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Xscape chart positions. (incl. singles)

The Estate NEVER said #1 in the U.S., they said world wide, and to wait for the U.S. #. As I'm sure others have previously said, Hits numbers are just estimates, when the difference is that close they aren't 100% accurate, that's why I didn't claim victory yesterday.
 
I will tell you that at 1:00am I went to Walmart first day of release and the on'y copies they had was the "standard" edition and wasn't even shelved yet so I found the box for new releases and there were 12-20 copies in this box.. I taken 2 and bought them.

If the Keys got there Number 1 it's only because Retailers didn't have enough copies to sale so I blame the retailers and I blame Sony for not supplying them.

Again, He's really Number one! Remember when Thriller 25 came out and Jack Johnson was hogging up the Number 1 spot and They wouldn't Let Thriller 25 chart on the Billboard 200 to be Number 1? I think it's the same concept here. In our eyes, He really was Number 1.
 
ConservativeMind said:
I will tell you that at 1:00am I went to Walmart first day of release and the on'y copies they had was the "standard" edition and wasn't even shelved yet so I found the box for new releases and there were 12-20 copies in this box.. I taken 2 and bought them.

If the Keys got there Number 1 it's only because Retailers didn't have enough copies to sale so I blame the retailers and I blame Sony for not supplying them.

Again, He's really Number one! Remember when Thriller 25 came out and Jack Johnson was hogging up the Number 1 spot and They wouldn't Let Thriller 25 chart on the Billboard 200 to be Number 1? I think it's the same concept here. In our eyes, He really was Number 1.
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Well, it wouldn't be Sony's fault for not supplying. If retailers didn't order enough copies to stock their shelves with, that has nothing to do with the record company.
 
Embarrassing to lose from that poor shitty band. Embarrassing for America.
 
^ Billboard usually doesn't report their numbers until later in the day, around 4-6pm Eastern time.
 
Spyce said:
Well, it wouldn't be Sony's fault for not supplying. If retailers didn't order enough copies to stock their shelves with, that has nothing to do with the record company.
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Ok, I thought Sony supplied them for the CD's and other releases. My mistake. :)
 
I feel sick. :(
Billboard usually post the article for top 10 of albums and digital songs around this time.
This week, a little late.
 
BB are doing this on purpose. they're making us squirm. they know we are sitting here waiting. then it's going to get worse when they do anounce it and mj really is number 2.
 
^But they are not mentioning any numbers for Black Keys or whoever the hell they are called?
 
Soundmind;4010999 said:
http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

They are reporting it is final MJ No# 1
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That came out two days ago on May 19th.

They claimed MJ to be #1 and even had a statement by Branca yesterday

"Xscape, Epic’s collection of material from the Michael Jackson archives, has edged out Warner Bros.’ The Black Keys on the HITS Album Sales Chart, in the toughest, tightest battle for #1 in recent memory.

The set was curated by Epic chief L.A. Reid and team from a list of songs chosen by the MJ estate’s John Branca and John McClain. The songs appear both in their original form and with updated production.

“L.A. Reid is the one that pulled this off,” Branca notes. “He had a vision from the beginning, and he put together an incredible team of talented producers to execute his vision.”
 
ConservativeMind said:
Ok, I thought Sony supplied them for the CD's and other releases. My mistake. :)
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They do- they supply what the retailer orders. And if the retailer says "I only want to order 20 copies", then Sony sends them 20 copies. It's all based on what the retailer thinks will sell well in their market. Imagine if MJJC was a real place, like a town or a city, and there was music store there. Because there are so MJ fans in that little town, the store would probably order hundreds, if not thousands, of copies of the CD because they know people will come out to buy it.

Not only that, but you have to take into account the fact that the music purchasing industry has changed. Now with iTunes and Spotify, people are buying less and less physical copies so stores are ordering fewer and fewer physical copies.

Couple that with the incredible disappointment of the Michael album- stores ordered tons of those- only to have to return most of their stock because it just didn't sell. The stores ended up losing money. So, to keep that from happening again, they ordered fewer physical copies of Xscape.
 
I really think it's "thanks" to the poor distribution (once again, like with Bad 25). The biggest stores in America running out of stock. Unreal...
 
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