Comments on: Is Paramore Going To Blast Past Mariah On The Charts? http://idolator.com/5278592/is-paramore-going-to-blast-past-mariah-on-the-charts Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:52:22 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris Molanphy http://idolator.com/5278592/is-paramore-going-to-blast-past-mariah-on-the-charts/comment-page-1#comment-982662 Chris Molanphy Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:58:33 +0000 http://idolator.com/?p=5278592#comment-982662 <i>HITS</i> numbers are in: she actually debuted <b>third</b>, behind not only Paramore but Barbra! Yes, Barbra: http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news07782m01 We'll have to see if these numbers hold up when <i>Billboard</i>/Soundscan release the final numbers tomorrow, but...wow. HITS numbers are in: she actually debuted third, behind not only Paramore but Barbra! Yes, Barbra:

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news07782m01

We’ll have to see if these numbers hold up when Billboard/Soundscan release the final numbers tomorrow, but…wow.

]]> By: dusty vinyl http://idolator.com/5278592/is-paramore-going-to-blast-past-mariah-on-the-charts/comment-page-1#comment-981822 dusty vinyl Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:44:20 +0000 http://idolator.com/?p=5278592#comment-981822 That gap between the two albums of only 17 months is the worrying thing in the context of such a large drop. All the other returning giants of the industry have had longer gaps between albums and thus should have been more susceptible to this year-on-year crash in album sales. I think E=MC2 eventually topped out at around 1.4m which considering the size of the hole the post-Touch My Body singles disappeared into, wasn't that bad of an achievement. That gap between the two albums of only 17 months is the worrying thing in the context of such a large drop. All the other returning giants of the industry have had longer gaps between albums and thus should have been more susceptible to this year-on-year crash in album sales.

I think E=MC2 eventually topped out at around 1.4m which considering the size of the hole the post-Touch My Body singles disappeared into, wasn’t that bad of an achievement.

]]> By: Chris Molanphy http://idolator.com/5278592/is-paramore-going-to-blast-past-mariah-on-the-charts/comment-page-1#comment-981492 Chris Molanphy Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:14:18 +0000 http://idolator.com/?p=5278592#comment-981492 For posterity's sake, here's a rundown of the first-week sales of all of Carey's albums. A total in the upper 100K's would place <i>Angel</i> toward the lower middle of the pack: <i>E=MC2</i>: 463,000 copies <i>Emancipation of Mimi</i>: 404,000 <i>Charmbracelet</i>: 241,000 <i>Glitter</i>: 116,000 <i>Rainbow</i>: 323,000 <i>Butterfly</i>: 236,000 <i>Daydream</i>: 224,000 <i>Music Box</i>: 174,000 <i>Emotions</i>: 129,000 (I left off compilations/EPs/the holiday disc – most didn't perform at this level, with the exception of <i>#1's</i> which moved about 220K its first week – and her self-titled debut, which predated the launch of Soundscan.) To be fair to Mariah: Many of Carey's albums are growers – several of the mid-'90s discs had fatter weeks after their debut, and <i>Mimi</i> sold like a champ all through '05, long after it debuted. And obviously, <i>Angel</i> is being released in the shitfest sales climate that is 2009, which ain't Mariah's fault. To be real: If that <i>HITS</i> estimate is anywhere close to being correct, Carey's dropoff from <i>E=MC2</i> (less than 18 months ago, let's remember) would be at least 60%. No returning superstar in the past year who's rolled a depressed first-week total – not U2, not Kanye, not Springsteen, not Green Day – has seen a dropoff that steep from studio album to studio album. It would take a mighty hit single indeed – something on the scale of "We Belong Together" – to resuscitate that disc. For posterity’s sake, here’s a rundown of the first-week sales of all of Carey’s albums. A total in the upper 100K’s would place Angel toward the lower middle of the pack:

E=MC2: 463,000 copies
Emancipation of Mimi: 404,000
Charmbracelet: 241,000
Glitter: 116,000
Rainbow: 323,000
Butterfly: 236,000
Daydream: 224,000
Music Box: 174,000
Emotions: 129,000

(I left off compilations/EPs/the holiday disc – most didn’t perform at this level, with the exception of #1’s which moved about 220K its first week – and her self-titled debut, which predated the launch of Soundscan.)

To be fair to Mariah: Many of Carey’s albums are growers – several of the mid-’90s discs had fatter weeks after their debut, and Mimi sold like a champ all through ‘05, long after it debuted. And obviously, Angel is being released in the shitfest sales climate that is 2009, which ain’t Mariah’s fault.

To be real: If that HITS estimate is anywhere close to being correct, Carey’s dropoff from E=MC2 (less than 18 months ago, let’s remember) would be at least 60%. No returning superstar in the past year who’s rolled a depressed first-week total – not U2, not Kanye, not Springsteen, not Green Day – has seen a dropoff that steep from studio album to studio album. It would take a mighty hit single indeed – something on the scale of “We Belong Together” – to resuscitate that disc.

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