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Luther Vandross will endure at the summit for two or more weeks
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Luther Vandross at #1? Please!
06-20-03, 08:47 AM
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Luther Vandross at #1? Please!
It's June, and that means lots of summer weddings. M-O-O-N, that spells summer weddings, laws yes! And that's the only reason I see for Luther Vandross to debut at the top of the Billboard Top 200 Album chart. He knocked Metallica to #2 and kept contemporary Radiohead to debut at #3
NEW> 1. Luther Vandross, Dance With My Father
2. Metallica, St. Anger
NEW> 3. Radiohead, Hail To The Thief
My prediction is that Vandross will slide down the chart as quick as a kid on a slide with butter on his ass. Next Thursday the new Billboard chart comes out, and I don't think we'll see Vandross in the Top 10 at all.
The title track to his new album is probably more boring than 1990's Here and Now.
NEW> 1. Luther Vandross, Dance With My Father
2. Metallica, St. Anger
NEW> 3. Radiohead, Hail To The Thief
My prediction is that Vandross will slide down the chart as quick as a kid on a slide with butter on his ass. Next Thursday the new Billboard chart comes out, and I don't think we'll see Vandross in the Top 10 at all.
The title track to his new album is probably more boring than 1990's Here and Now.
06-20-03, 08:55 AM
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He also debuted at #1 because he's been in a coma for over a month since having a stroke and it's been all over the news. People bought the album for sentimental reasons.
06-20-03, 11:49 AM
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so, basically, you're upset that Metallica isn't number one for a second week?
or are you upset that Radiohead didn't hit number one*?
i'm going to assume you're not a Luther Vandross fan. i'm going to further assume that your "kid on a silde with butter on him ass" prediction will not come to pass. he'll certainly be in the 10 next week.
Just not at number one..
btw...I partially agree with RevLiver. His medical situation partly contributed for some sales...but, it wasn't the sole reason.
his last album, the first on his new record label, debuted at number 6 the first week it was released in 2001 [can't find the sales figures & I don't think bigjim25 was doing the Billboard charts back then]
* [If anything, the RIAA could use this as an example of the "evils" of filesharing...]
or are you upset that Radiohead didn't hit number one*?
i'm going to assume you're not a Luther Vandross fan. i'm going to further assume that your "kid on a silde with butter on him ass" prediction will not come to pass. he'll certainly be in the 10 next week.
Just not at number one..
btw...I partially agree with RevLiver. His medical situation partly contributed for some sales...but, it wasn't the sole reason.
his last album, the first on his new record label, debuted at number 6 the first week it was released in 2001 [can't find the sales figures & I don't think bigjim25 was doing the Billboard charts back then]
* [If anything, the RIAA could use this as an example of the "evils" of filesharing...]
06-20-03, 10:09 PM
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What bothers me the most is that Luther Vandross never had a #1 album before now, and now he's so far beyond his prime it isn't even funny. In 50 years, people will look back and say, wow, Luther Vandross's "Dance With My Father" album was his big #1 album, so it must be his absolute best! Meanwhile, it is probably his absolute worst album.
I hate this. The charts have become a total misrepresentation of what's popular these days.
You look back as far as, say, 1991, and you'll see Skid Row at #1 with their album "Slave To The Grind." The album was, in fact, a dismal failure to their debut album two years earlier. Their debut self-titled album from 1989 sold millions, and even had two Top 10 hits. "Slave To The Grind" debuted at the top based solely on the success of their 1st album, and it is a total misrepresentation since the album totally sucked.
That's my point, and this time next week, we'll see my prediction about Vandross's album come true.
I hate this. The charts have become a total misrepresentation of what's popular these days.
You look back as far as, say, 1991, and you'll see Skid Row at #1 with their album "Slave To The Grind." The album was, in fact, a dismal failure to their debut album two years earlier. Their debut self-titled album from 1989 sold millions, and even had two Top 10 hits. "Slave To The Grind" debuted at the top based solely on the success of their 1st album, and it is a total misrepresentation since the album totally sucked.
That's my point, and this time next week, we'll see my prediction about Vandross's album come true.
06-20-03, 11:18 PM
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Originally posted by Buttmunker
What bothers me the most is that Luther Vandross never had a #1 album before now, and now he's so far beyond his prime it isn't even funny. In 50 years, people will look back and say, wow, Luther Vandross's "Dance With My Father" album was his big #1 album, so it must be his absolute best! Meanwhile, it is probably his absolute worst album.
What bothers me the most is that Luther Vandross never had a #1 album before now, and now he's so far beyond his prime it isn't even funny. In 50 years, people will look back and say, wow, Luther Vandross's "Dance With My Father" album was his big #1 album, so it must be his absolute best! Meanwhile, it is probably his absolute worst album.
I hate this. The charts have become a total misrepresentation of what's popular these days.
You look back as far as, say, 1991, and you'll see Skid Row at #1 with their album "Slave To The Grind." The album was, in fact, a dismal failure to their debut album two years earlier. Their debut self-titled album from 1989 sold millions, and even had two Top 10 hits. "Slave To The Grind" debuted at the top based solely on the success of their 1st album, and it is a total misrepresentation since the album totally sucked.[/B]
do you have a problem that Luther's in the top 10...? or just that he's number 1...?
06-21-03, 12:34 AM
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I may not be a fan of Luther, mainly because I don't listen to R&B, but he's certainly better than most of the crap that's in the Top 40 now. That Justin freak from American Idol is at number #20? Now that's who you should be complaining about. It sounds to me like you've got a problem with age in general. Luther past his prime? Hardly. Did it tick you off that Fleetwood Mac debuted at number #3? They were in the Top 10 for a few weeks. They're still in the Top 40 now btw. I'm glad to see more seasoned and respected artists on the charts.
06-21-03, 02:26 AM
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Amazing as it sounds, people do like Luther Vandross' music. His health is also a concern and thus his name has been on people's mind and in there hearts.
As for metallica. I'm sorry, but that excuse for an album isn't worth being #1. I suppose TRL and MTV didn't do that great of a job pimping it out as they should have since the #1 spot is usually held by someone BECAUSE of the marketing and not because of the quality on the cd. Metallica burned a lot of bridges with their stance against their fans with the whole Napster issues so I don't see why it's such a surprise to see them not hold on to the spot.
As for metallica. I'm sorry, but that excuse for an album isn't worth being #1. I suppose TRL and MTV didn't do that great of a job pimping it out as they should have since the #1 spot is usually held by someone BECAUSE of the marketing and not because of the quality on the cd. Metallica burned a lot of bridges with their stance against their fans with the whole Napster issues so I don't see why it's such a surprise to see them not hold on to the spot.
06-21-03, 03:09 AM
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from bigjim25's Billboard thread here
i'm more surprised at Annie Lennox's showing...
weird...she's never had a number four solo album before...and after EIGHT years too...WAY past her prime, i'm sure...
hmm...
Despite being hospitalized, Luther Vandross scores his first No. 1 on The Billboard 200 with "Dance With My Father." The J Records set sold 442,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, to give the R&B singer his best sales week in the SoundScan era.
Vandross suffered a stroke on April 16 and has been hospitalized in New York ever since. Last week he was moved out of the intensive care unit at Weill Cornell Medical College, and his business manager reported that his health was improving.
The first-week numbers for "Dance With My Father" more than double the opening week total of his 2001 self-titled J debut. That album opened with 135,000 copies and peaked at No. 6. "Dance With My Father" is the sixth album from Vandross to reach The Billboard 200's top-10. His previous chart high was No. 4 with 1994's "Songs" (Epic).
In a strong week for new releases, Vandross leads six albums into the top-10, including impressive first week sales for Radiohead, Annie Lennox and George Strait. But none were able to best the first full week of Metallica's "St. Anger" (Elektra). After racking up sales of 418,000 copies during a four-day sales period and debuting last week at No. 1, the album sold an additional 363,000 copies in its first full week in stores, and is No. 2 in its second week on the chart.
Vandross suffered a stroke on April 16 and has been hospitalized in New York ever since. Last week he was moved out of the intensive care unit at Weill Cornell Medical College, and his business manager reported that his health was improving.
The first-week numbers for "Dance With My Father" more than double the opening week total of his 2001 self-titled J debut. That album opened with 135,000 copies and peaked at No. 6. "Dance With My Father" is the sixth album from Vandross to reach The Billboard 200's top-10. His previous chart high was No. 4 with 1994's "Songs" (Epic).
In a strong week for new releases, Vandross leads six albums into the top-10, including impressive first week sales for Radiohead, Annie Lennox and George Strait. But none were able to best the first full week of Metallica's "St. Anger" (Elektra). After racking up sales of 418,000 copies during a four-day sales period and debuting last week at No. 1, the album sold an additional 363,000 copies in its first full week in stores, and is No. 2 in its second week on the chart.
"Bare" (J Records), the first solo album in eight years from Eurythmics principal Lennox, lands at No. 4 on sales of 153,000 copies. Her 1995 set "Medusa" debuted and peaked at No. 11 with 73,000 copies sold.
hmm...
06-21-03, 08:04 AM
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I don't care a rip for Metallica or Radiohead, it's not that at all. I wouldn't care of they both fell out of the Top 40 tomorrow. I do have a problem with Luther being at #1 mainly because I feel an album should earn the right to sit at the throne. I wish that it could be like in the old days when an album had to make its bones and climb the chart as its popularity grew. In the 1960's and 1970's and even the 1980's, you didn't see an album in the Top 10 that didn't deserve to be there, let alone #1. Hell, in 1984, Huey Lewis & The News scored a #1 album with Sports, but it was not an overnight success. In fact, the album was already out a year, and it gained momentum through the singles that were released. It took the album's fourth single, If This Is It, to propel it to the top for one week.
When albums debut in the Top 10, I find it circumspect and doubt the vitality of the album until I hear word of mouth. Nowadays, almost anyone can have a hit album - but longevity? Hardly.
When albums debut in the Top 10, I find it circumspect and doubt the vitality of the album until I hear word of mouth. Nowadays, almost anyone can have a hit album - but longevity? Hardly.
06-21-03, 08:47 AM
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Originally posted by Buttmunker
I don't care a rip for Metallica or Radiohead, it's not that at all. I wouldn't care of they both fell out of the Top 40 tomorrow. I do have a problem with Luther being at #1 mainly because I feel an album should earn the right to sit at the throne. I wish that it could be like in the old days when an album had to make its bones and climb the chart as its popularity grew. In the 1960's and 1970's and even the 1980's, you didn't see an album in the Top 10 that didn't deserve to be there, let alone #1. Hell, in 1984, Huey Lewis & The News scored a #1 album with Sports, but it was not an overnight success. In fact, the album was already out a year, and it gained momentum through the singles that were released. It took the album's fourth single, If This Is It, to propel it to the top for one week.
When albums debut in the Top 10, I find it circumspect and doubt the vitality of the album until I hear word of mouth. Nowadays, almost anyone can have a hit album - but longevity? Hardly.
I don't care a rip for Metallica or Radiohead, it's not that at all. I wouldn't care of they both fell out of the Top 40 tomorrow. I do have a problem with Luther being at #1 mainly because I feel an album should earn the right to sit at the throne. I wish that it could be like in the old days when an album had to make its bones and climb the chart as its popularity grew. In the 1960's and 1970's and even the 1980's, you didn't see an album in the Top 10 that didn't deserve to be there, let alone #1. Hell, in 1984, Huey Lewis & The News scored a #1 album with Sports, but it was not an overnight success. In fact, the album was already out a year, and it gained momentum through the singles that were released. It took the album's fourth single, If This Is It, to propel it to the top for one week.
When albums debut in the Top 10, I find it circumspect and doubt the vitality of the album until I hear word of mouth. Nowadays, almost anyone can have a hit album - but longevity? Hardly.
06-21-03, 09:37 AM
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Originally posted by Buttmunker
I feel an album should earn the right to sit at the throne. I wish that it could be like in the old days
I feel an album should earn the right to sit at the throne. I wish that it could be like in the old days
And in your pining for the old days, you do realize you're wishing it would go back to the days when labels counted units shipped, not necessarily sold. And when DJs were paid by the labels to pimp certain records, thereby increasing sales. Your beloved Huey Lewis album didn't get to #1 because people discovered it and word-of-mouth propelled it up the charts. It hit #1 because his label paid the major DJs at the time to play it constantly, embedding it into people's skulls, causing them to request more of it and buy it. How is that any different than the marketing the labels do now?
I had no idea anyone cared about the sales charts, they are nothing but tools for the marketing departments of the major labels.
06-21-03, 12:18 PM
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Originally posted by RevLiver
I had no idea anyone cared about the sales charts, they are nothing but tools for the marketing departments of the major labels.
I had no idea anyone cared about the sales charts, they are nothing but tools for the marketing departments of the major labels.
06-21-03, 06:44 PM
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Originally posted by Buttmunker
I do have a problem with Luther being at #1 mainly because I feel an album should earn the right to sit at the throne. I wish that it could be like in the old days when an album had to make its bones and climb the chart as its popularity grew.
I do have a problem with Luther being at #1 mainly because I feel an album should earn the right to sit at the throne. I wish that it could be like in the old days when an album had to make its bones and climb the chart as its popularity grew.
And who says quantity = quality anyway? It never has before. I won't even address where Huey Lewis & The News -
- falls in this "debate" of yours.
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Originally posted by Buttmunker
What bothers me the most is that Luther Vandross never had a #1 album before now, and now he's so far beyond his prime it isn't even funny. In 50 years, people will look back and say, wow, Luther Vandross's "Dance With My Father" album was his big #1 album, so it must be his absolute best! Meanwhile, it is probably his absolute worst album.
I hate this. The charts have become a total misrepresentation of what's popular these days.
You look back as far as, say, 1991, and you'll see Skid Row at #1 with their album "Slave To The Grind." The album was, in fact, a dismal failure to their debut album two years earlier.
What bothers me the most is that Luther Vandross never had a #1 album before now, and now he's so far beyond his prime it isn't even funny. In 50 years, people will look back and say, wow, Luther Vandross's "Dance With My Father" album was his big #1 album, so it must be his absolute best! Meanwhile, it is probably his absolute worst album.
I hate this. The charts have become a total misrepresentation of what's popular these days.
You look back as far as, say, 1991, and you'll see Skid Row at #1 with their album "Slave To The Grind." The album was, in fact, a dismal failure to their debut album two years earlier.
All theory, but it seems to happen a lot methinks.
06-22-03, 11:28 AM
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Buttmunker, they did not have the technology prior to the 90's to track the exact number of units sold. It was a best guess. Now, they have Nielsen SoundScan. That and internet pre-sales.
I'm more disgusted that word of mouth can put crap like Huey Lewis on the top of any chart. Even a year after it's release.
Buttmunker, they did not have the technology prior to the 90's to track the exact number of units sold. It was a best guess. Now, they have Nielsen SoundScan. That and internet pre-sales.
I'm more disgusted that word of mouth can put crap like Huey Lewis on the top of any chart. Even a year after it's release.
The group Live released their album Throwing Copper on May 14, 1994, where it debuted at #38 in stark contrast to the SoundScan era's thrend of albums debuting at Number One. The album reached the top spot in its 52nd week on the chart - May 6, 1995, almost a year to the day of its release. This occurred not because it was Live, and not because of some marketing strategy, but because it had solid music and songs released to radio that caused word of mouth to reach people.
06-22-03, 12:05 PM
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Originally posted by Buttmunker
Huey Lewis and the News was just an example of how an album can take time to rise to the top like cream. True, it was pre-SoundScan, and since 1991 the tracking system had changed with SoundScan.
Huey Lewis and the News was just an example of how an album can take time to rise to the top like cream. True, it was pre-SoundScan, and since 1991 the tracking system had changed with SoundScan.
Remember, album sales are not a judgment of a piece of work, it's just stating who sold more than who during that ONE WEEK in time. It's not cumulative, either.
Album A could sell 1/4 million a week for 40 weeks
Album B could sell 5 million its first week and then disappear
B easily would be a #1 album, but A sells a total of double and might night ever be #1
06-22-03, 04:48 PM
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Originally posted by Buttmunker
The group Live released their album Throwing Copper on May 14, 1994, where it debuted at #38 in stark contrast to the SoundScan era's thrend of albums debuting at Number One. The album reached the top spot in its 52nd week on the chart - May 6, 1995, almost a year to the day of its release. This occurred not because it was Live, and not because of some marketing strategy, but because it had solid music and songs released to radio that caused word of mouth to reach people.
The group Live released their album Throwing Copper on May 14, 1994, where it debuted at #38 in stark contrast to the SoundScan era's thrend of albums debuting at Number One. The album reached the top spot in its 52nd week on the chart - May 6, 1995, almost a year to the day of its release. This occurred not because it was Live, and not because of some marketing strategy, but because it had solid music and songs released to radio that caused word of mouth to reach people.
06-26-03, 06:45 PM
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Originally posted by Buttmunker
My prediction is that Vandross will slide down the chart as quick as a kid on a slide with butter on his ass. Next Thursday the new Billboard chart comes out, and I don't think we'll see Vandross in the Top 10 at all.
My prediction is that Vandross will slide down the chart as quick as a kid on a slide with butter on his ass. Next Thursday the new Billboard chart comes out, and I don't think we'll see Vandross in the Top 10 at all.
Originally posted by Buttmunker
What bothers me the most is that Luther Vandross never had a #1 album before now, and now he's so far beyond his prime it isn't even funny. In 50 years, people will look back and say, wow, Luther Vandross's "Dance With My Father" album was his big #1 album, so it must be his absolute best! Meanwhile, it is probably his absolute worst album.
...that's my point, and this time next week, we'll see my prediction about Vandross's album come true.
What bothers me the most is that Luther Vandross never had a #1 album before now, and now he's so far beyond his prime it isn't even funny. In 50 years, people will look back and say, wow, Luther Vandross's "Dance With My Father" album was his big #1 album, so it must be his absolute best! Meanwhile, it is probably his absolute worst album.
...that's my point, and this time next week, we'll see my prediction about Vandross's album come true.
Monica Creates A 'Storm' On The Billboard 200
R&B vocalist Monica lays claim the top spot on The Billboard 200 this week with the debut of her third album, "After the Storm." In an overall slow sales week, the J Records set sold 185,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. The total was enough to edge out last week's No. 1, "Dance With My Father," from labelmate Luther Vandross. That set falls to No. 2 with sales of 182,000.
On the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums tally, however, the 1-2 finish is reversed, with Vandross' disc holding fast at No. 1 and Monica's bowing in the second spot. That chart is calculated based on sales at a genre-specific subset of retail stores.
The Billboard 200 showing is Monica's first-ever No. 1 album position, besting the No. 8 debut of her sophomore 1998 release, "The Boy Is Mine" (Arista). That album also debuted at No. 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Last week's No. 2, 3 and 4 albums on The Billboard 200 -- Metallica's "St. Anger" (Elektra), Radiohead's "Hail to the Thief" (Capitol) and Annie Lennox's "Bare" (J), respectively -- each slip one spot. "St. Anger" withstands a 62% drop to 138,000 copies sold to place at No. 3 following its second full week of retail availability. Meanwhile, "Hail to the Thief" slipped 68% to sales of 96,000 albums and drops to No. 4, and "Bare" dropped 39% to come in at No. 5 with 93,000 copies sold.
R&B vocalist Monica lays claim the top spot on The Billboard 200 this week with the debut of her third album, "After the Storm." In an overall slow sales week, the J Records set sold 185,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. The total was enough to edge out last week's No. 1, "Dance With My Father," from labelmate Luther Vandross. That set falls to No. 2 with sales of 182,000.
On the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums tally, however, the 1-2 finish is reversed, with Vandross' disc holding fast at No. 1 and Monica's bowing in the second spot. That chart is calculated based on sales at a genre-specific subset of retail stores.
The Billboard 200 showing is Monica's first-ever No. 1 album position, besting the No. 8 debut of her sophomore 1998 release, "The Boy Is Mine" (Arista). That album also debuted at No. 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Last week's No. 2, 3 and 4 albums on The Billboard 200 -- Metallica's "St. Anger" (Elektra), Radiohead's "Hail to the Thief" (Capitol) and Annie Lennox's "Bare" (J), respectively -- each slip one spot. "St. Anger" withstands a 62% drop to 138,000 copies sold to place at No. 3 following its second full week of retail availability. Meanwhile, "Hail to the Thief" slipped 68% to sales of 96,000 albums and drops to No. 4, and "Bare" dropped 39% to come in at No. 5 with 93,000 copies sold.
06-26-03, 10:30 PM
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I still listen to Slave To The Grind on a regular basis. I think it's good.
I still listen to Slave To The Grind on a regular basis. I think it's good.
They went from a pretty darn good pop-metal band to one of the coolest heavy metal bands on earth in just one album. Thats impressive.
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