Comments on: The Album Charts Are Starting To Feel A Little Comfortable http://idolator.com/398678/the-album-charts-are-starting-to-feel-a-little-comfortable Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:23:01 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: KrAzy Che3To http://idolator.com/398678/the-album-charts-are-starting-to-feel-a-little-comfortable/comment-page-1#comment-646002 KrAzy Che3To Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:00:23 +0000 2cbf71e74c98fa7314668b21c48546dc#comment-646002 <p>I think the results of Nas' album sales will compare to those of Snoop's latest.</p> I think the results of Nas’ album sales will compare to those of Snoop’s latest.

]]> By: othertim http://idolator.com/398678/the-album-charts-are-starting-to-feel-a-little-comfortable/comment-page-1#comment-646012 othertim Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:16:05 +0000 2cbf71e74c98fa7314668b21c48546dc#comment-646012 <p>After last week's 100 and Single, I was thinking Kid was kinda stupid for not having digital downloads of, well, anything, that he's done. I failed to consult the album charts. That's impressive that the lack of a single for sale is driving the album in this day and age.</p> After last week’s 100 and Single, I was thinking Kid was kinda stupid for not having digital downloads of, well, anything, that he’s done. I failed to consult the album charts. That’s impressive that the lack of a single for sale is driving the album in this day and age.

]]> By: Chris Molanphy http://idolator.com/398678/the-album-charts-are-starting-to-feel-a-little-comfortable/comment-page-1#comment-646022 Chris Molanphy Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:26:59 +0000 2cbf71e74c98fa7314668b21c48546dc#comment-646022 <p>One thing I regretted not mentioning in my <a href="http://idolator.com/398381/cant-touch-this-werewolf-kid-rock-brings-back-the-sales+free-chart-hit">column last week</a> comparing the Kid Rock no-download experiment with the M.C. Hammer no-cassingle experiment of 1990 was this salient fact: their albums are not only competing in two different technological eras (pre-digital and post-digital), but also -- duh! -- pre- and post-SoundScan.</p> <p><i>Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em</i> was basically the last blockbuster album of the pre-SoundScan era (which ended in May 1991). When I noted that <i>Please</i> spent 21 weeks on top of the album chart and no album has done so since, I failed to mention how hard it would be for any album, in the age of accurate sales counts, to sit atop the chart for that long. Too many albums debut like movie blockbusters now.</p> <p>Anyway, I mention all this because, as impressive as Kid's move this week back into the album-chart Top Five is, it also shows that his one big hit song is really going to have to penetrate for the album to go all the way back to No. 1, which is much harder nowadays. Actually, the one thing working in his favor is the summer doldrums; until the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus show up, there are no big blockbusters on the horizon for about another month yet.</p> One thing I regretted not mentioning in my column last week comparing the Kid Rock no-download experiment with the M.C. Hammer no-cassingle experiment of 1990 was this salient fact: their albums are not only competing in two different technological eras (pre-digital and post-digital), but also — duh! — pre- and post-SoundScan.

Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em was basically the last blockbuster album of the pre-SoundScan era (which ended in May 1991). When I noted that Please spent 21 weeks on top of the album chart and no album has done so since, I failed to mention how hard it would be for any album, in the age of accurate sales counts, to sit atop the chart for that long. Too many albums debut like movie blockbusters now.

Anyway, I mention all this because, as impressive as Kid’s move this week back into the album-chart Top Five is, it also shows that his one big hit song is really going to have to penetrate for the album to go all the way back to No. 1, which is much harder nowadays. Actually, the one thing working in his favor is the summer doldrums; until the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus show up, there are no big blockbusters on the horizon for about another month yet.

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