The Nielsen SoundScan Building Chart is more than a guess -- if its sales for the first 4 days of the week and a forecast for the rest of the week. It is almost right in rank. Sometimes a bit off on the sales units.
But not time to celebrate.
Q3... 1. Are Amazon and AO sales numbers count as well? 2. If you buy the box set with an LP and a CD are they counted as 2 units?
The building charts are just a forecast and do not include Amazon or Play.com which operates AO.com.
Amazon and AO.com sales count for the Billboard and RIAA.
Regarding the LP CD box sets, I believe that they count as one unit. I will research it tomorrow.
I'm developing a strange affection for both of the leopard/star shirts. ;D
I love that leopard/star shirts on him from the beginning, especially the long sleeve he wore on the iHeartradio. He looked so gorgeous on it and Adam's wearing other color than just black, brown, blue or grey.. LOL
Wow, Amazon is surprisingly low. I would have thought Walmart would be on the list as a big album retailer.
I wish I still had the article, so I could post the actual top 10, but Walmart was not one of them. Target was #3 at 7%. That is about all I remember though.
If someone places an online order for a CD at the end of this week, and it ships on Friday or Saturday but isn't scheduled to arrive until the next week, does it still count for this week's sales? It seems that for preorders, the "scheduled to arrive" date is the date that counts, so I wondered if the same applies for all orders.
The Nielsen SoundScan Building Chart is more than a guess -- if its sales for the first 4 days of the week and a forecast for the rest of the week. It is almost right in rank. Sometimes a bit off on the sales units.
But not time to celebrate.
Question: Is Amazon including in this "building chart"? I don't see it listed or does it fall under one of those "odd" names like Trans World or Anderson Merchandisers??
The Building Chart reflects the first four days (Monday through Thursday) of SoundScan's tracking week (which ends Sunday) as reported by six major merchants: iTunes, Trans World Entertainment, Best Buy, Starbucks, Target and Anderson Merchandisers. Billboard estimates that they make up about 85% of all U.S. album sales.
Isn't Amazon a big album retailer? No?
www.amerch.com/ Anderson Merchandisers has recently acquired physical music distribution rights from Sony DADC, the physical manufacturing and distribution arm of Sony DADC. The purchase means the vast majority of physical music sold in America will soon reach customers through Anderson.
So they do Kroger, and other stores, maybe even Walmart.]
The one in the list that threw me for a loop was starbucks. They only have about 30 albums in their online store.
Well it wouldn’t be Starbucks, for one thing. We’re just as passionate about music as we are about coffee. That’s why we handpick all the tunes you hear in our stores. We take pride in creating unique compilations you can’t find anywhere else. Because helping people discover their next favorite artist or recording is one of our favorite things to do.
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I wish I still had the article, so I could post the actual top 10, but Walmart was not one of them. Target was #3 at 7%. That is about all I remember though.
If someone places an online order for a CD at the end of this week, and it ships on Friday or Saturday but isn't scheduled to arrive until the next week, does it still count for this week's sales? It seems that for preorders, the "scheduled to arrive" date is the date that counts, so I wondered if the same applies for all orders.
Well I was close. It looks like I had Amazon and Target flip-flopped but I was in the ballpark. Thanks for hunting that down!
Is SoundScan's cutoff time midnight on Sunday or earlier? I'm raising this question because of the Billboard's Award Show. I believe Carrie may be performing and she could mess things up by getting a bump in her sales? I'm hoping the cutoff time is before the show.
Quoting myself to see if I can get this question on a current page for an answer.l
Interesting article I found on Yahoo. It states that while IQ is important, EQ (emotional intelligence), MQ (moral intelligence) and BQ (body intelligence) are equally, or more important for success. It seems to me that Adam has always had at least the first three: IQ, EQ and MQ, and more recently he has concentrated also on BQ. A 4X gifted guy.
Cassie what blows me away about Adam is his EnQ - Energy Quotient. And by that I don't mean his high energy but his ability to communicate through energy. Its something I'm learning through a form of training and there's about one million things to learn in the first level, and Adam is the perfect exemplar of everything we are learning - even the lingo he uses when he talks and the songs he writes mirrors it. Im getting loads of help and Im wondering where the heck is he getting it?
Do you think it's intuitive with him and he was born with that ability ? It really is exceptional IMO
You do not have to shout but if you want to chat....
mimijoy: Q3. .....lol....today's thread says 5.11.15.......just noticed but have been reading off and on all day
May 11, 2013 20:12:46 GMT -5
Q3: mimijoy! Thanks! Fixed. I have been date challenged all week.
May 11, 2013 20:41:56 GMT -5
stardust: Yay!! The refresh bounce back is gone!!!!! Hallelujah!!!
May 13, 2013 23:15:26 GMT -5
evergreen: So glad the refresh issue is solved! I have one other issue - I have my password set to be saved. When I enter the site, I am asked to sign in. When I click to sign in, I am not taken to where I sign in. I'm taken straight to the menu.
May 14, 2013 11:29:39 GMT -5
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crazylady: When I enter my username and password and then press "continue," the system doesn't log me in but takes me to the home page where I have to select
May 14, 2013 12:57:41 GMT -5
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crazylady: login" again and then I will get the "redirecting" message at the top. Weird, huh
May 14, 2013 12:58:36 GMT -5
butterfly: I also have to login twice, such as crazylady.
May 14, 2013 13:43:48 GMT -5
crazylady: Sorry you are having the same login problem, butterfly, but at least I am in good company! At least we can log in! I'd panic if I couldn't! LOL
May 14, 2013 16:50:29 GMT -5
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maitospf: crazyladym...happening to me too!
May 15, 2013 19:42:49 GMT -5
ayleim: Just checking - so there were NO Adam-sightings in the performance show right? Then I don't have to worry about being near the TV later tonight, I can just listen from the kitchen. :D
May 15, 2013 22:25:54 GMT -5
Q3: The second log-in is part of the security system to protect the site from hackers. If you want to avoid it, select the option to keep me logged in.
May 16, 2013 11:18:07 GMT -5
vivlite: Good to know about the log-in option..I kept wondering if I was imagining things when I had to log on twice..whew..
May 16, 2013 13:59:55 GMT -5
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vivlite: Gotta stop down here more often..
May 16, 2013 14:01:03 GMT -5
crazylady: Q3, thanks for the update on the login process! Really appreciate it!
May 16, 2013 18:20:10 GMT -5
maitospf: Yes thank you Q3. Thought I was jinked there for a minute
May 16, 2013 21:11:10 GMT -5
maitospf: Woops - sorry! jinxed (the ghosts of my english teachers would haunt me for not proofreading, so there you you go) ... 8-|
May 16, 2013 21:13:49 GMT -5
minnie12: this is great, Sauli deserves the support. There's no negativity here and that's nice.
May 17, 2013 23:57:11 GMT -5
daffywak: http://distilleryimage1.s3.amazonaws.com/49986864befe11e29d7122000a1f97c6_7.jpg
May 18, 2013 0:48:25 GMT -5
minnie12: Nice to see all the pics of Sauli and his friends. Has a lot of female friends. Goes out a lot with Ade?
May 18, 2013 23:48:39 GMT -5
blueberry: A tech question. When I post, I'm stuck in BBC Code, can't get back to Preview. Any ideas? I have Preview as default in my profile, but that doesn't help.
May 18, 2013 23:56:59 GMT -5
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