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Annita;4019427 said:
This is the Friedmann-article.

Michael Jackson Brand Damaged by Poor Sales of New CD and Books

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■Music

by Roger Friedman - June 11, 2014 12:09 am
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Considering all the people who write to me screaming about how they love Michael Jackson, etcetera, etcetera, here’s a question: where are you?

Jackson’s much touted CD of new, unreleased, and reconfigured material has been a bust. Forget proclamations that it’s “number 1 in 50 countries” or other such nonsense. In the United States, after four weeks of sales, “XScape” has sold just 286,000 copies.

That’s it, and it’s around number 25 on the album charts. It’s not coming back, either. “Xscape” had one
marketing
ploy and it’s over. That was the dancing “hologram” on the Billboard Music Awards.

Meantime, two new books about Jackson, pegged to the fifth anniversary of his death on June 25th, are also flops. “Michael Jackson Inc” by Zach O’Malley Greenburg, has done the worst. It’s ranked around number 16,000– sixteen thousand– on amazon.com. That’s pretty much no sales.

“Remember the Time,” an interesting memoir by two former Jackson bodyguards, has done a little better. Deservedly so. That book is up around number 1,320, which means it’s had some sales, good worth of mouth and online reviews. But it’s no best seller.

Maybe the authors of the books are waiting for the death anniversary to do some publicity. I think they should get going now. Those books are not going to revive themselves. Like the CD, they simply haven’t caught on.

The CD, of course, was a bad idea. Remixing and fiddling with Jackson’s unreleased music was a kind of heresy. It served no purpose. Just releasing the demos as they were would have been plenty.

As it is, many good unreleased songs were thrown out because they’d already been included in the “Bad” 25th anniversary album. There isn’t that much left now in the vaults. Sony would be wise to issue a series of live CDs from concerts.

What do people want of Michael Jackson? The hits, the ones they love, and have ties to. “Billie Jean” and “Beat It” already outlasting the “new” stuff.

Meantime, TMZ has a LOL story about Jackson’s ex-wife and her purported engagement to gay pornographer Marc Schaffel. Apparently, he has a wife. Only on TMZ, my friends, only on TMZ.
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LOL! Poor Roger. I feel sorry for this poor excuse of a "man".
 
somewhereinthedark said:
Roger Friedbrain is like a scorned lover. He is totally obsessed with Michael. He always has been and always will be. Friedbrain can't get over the fact that Michael never acknowledged him at all and he can never forgive Michael for that. On Friedbrain's dying bed, he will be saying Michael's name with his last breath. RF is emabarrassingly desperate.
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Sorry to be ott and rude, but Roger is like Demon Dimond, both of the get their panties wet when they talk about MJ.
 
respect77 said:
No. Accusing MJ of child molestation is worse than anything. Sure RF had his share there too (eg. the whole Schaffel case in 2006) but not as much as Dimond.
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She is a demon, pure evil, she really believes in that bullcrap she is selling. Roger on the other hand knows how great Michael is but his hate towards him overshadows that, he lies deliberately for money. That's why I say he is worse. But they are the same.
 
The Best of Internet @TheBestofMJJ ·

US - Billboard Top Album Chart
#12 Xscape
#71 Number Ones
#130 The Essential Michael Jackson
#139 [Thriller, Michael Jackson

The Best of Internet @TheBestofMJJ · 1 Std.

US - Billboard Catalog Album Chart

#6 Number Ones
#23 The Essential Michael Jackson
#27 Thriller Michael Jackson


France Charts Album:
#3 XscapeMichael Jackson

Single:
#6 Love Never Felt So Good Michael Jackson
 
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Maybe Xscape is back in Top Ten USA next week, this woud be great

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/rumormill.cgi

YOUR TOP 15: Jack White scores his second #1 as a solo artist with this week's only Top 10 debut. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend.

*Jack White (Third Man/Columbia) 110-120k
Miranda Lambert (RCA Nashville) 55-60k
Fault In Our Stars (Atlantic) 45-50k
Frozen (Walt Disney) 45-50k
Brantley Gilbert (Valory) 35-40k
Now 50 (NOW) 30-35k
Coldplay (Parlophone) 30-35k
Now Country 7 (NOW) 24-27k
Michael Jackson (Epic) 20-23k
The Black Keys (Nonesuch) 19-22k
*Passenger (Nettwerk) 17-20k
*O.A.R. (Vanguard) 16-18k
Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville) 16-18k
Florida Georgia Line (Republic Nashville) 15-17k
*The Amity Affliction (Roadrunner) 14-16k
*Rebelution (Easy Star) 14-16k

*Debuts

In other news, the World Cup has begun, and we're still not stoned enough to understand what's happening. Guess we'll just have to keep smoking. (6/12p)
 
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It's interesting that while Xscape continues to slip on the sales charts, it is STILL the #2 most ILLEGALLY downloaded album in the world, according to thepiratebay website: http://thepiratebay.se/top/101 Now here's where it really gets interesting: Xscape has held this position STEADILY for over three weeks, while in the meantime dipping from #2 to #7 to #12 on Billbaord. That has been pretty much a consistent pattern on all of the world charts, but on a chart that calculates official illegal downloads, it has not budged from the #2 position for weeks. Which means there has to be a sh**load of people all over the world downloading this album. Now just imagine if all those illegal downloads had transferred to legitimate sales. Xscape has certainly done well, but it's sad to look at this chart and realize that Michael could be SLAYING those charts that count right now, rather than the ones that don't. Just something to think about.
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1s23kgp
 
BEST SELLING ALBUMS OF 2014 (world wide)

1. "Frozen" OST - 4,653,000
2. "Beyoncé" Beyoncé - 1,922,000
3. "Ghost Stories" Coldplay - 1,558,000
4. "Pure Heroine" Lorde - 1,383,000
5. "Midnight Memories" One Direction - 1,380,000
6. "GIRL" Pharrell Williams - 1,357,000
7. "Prism" Katy Perry - 1,203,000
8. "The Marshall Matters LP 2" Eminem - 1,085,000
9. "Night Visions" Imagine Dragons - 1,059,000
10. "Tsugi No Ashiato" AKB 48 - 1,020,000

11. "Unorthodox Jukebox" Bruno Mars - 898,000
12. "Racine Carrée" Stormae - 897,000
13. "True" Avicii - 841,000
14. "Xscape" Michael Jackson - 830,000
15. "AM" Arctic Monkeys - 774,000
16. "High Hopes" Bruce Springsteen - 757,000
17. "Bad Blood" Bastille - 667,000
18. "Random Access Memories" Daft Punk - 627,000
19. "Swing Both Ways" Robbie Williams - 580,000
20. "Shakira" Shakira - 579,000

21. "Bangerz" Miley Cyrus - 551,000
22. "Farbenspiel" Helene Fischer - 512,000
23. "Artpop" Lady Gaga - 501,000
24. "The Outsiders" Eric Church - 495,000
25. "Turn Blue" The Black Keys - 492,000
 
JASON DERULO – Wiggle f/Snoop Dogg: 49.974 (+ 1.540)
M. JACKSON & J. TIMBERLAKE – Love Never Felt So Good: 45.798 (+ 0.780)
ONEREPUBLIC – Love Runs Out: 45.248 (+ 1.135)
 
Dorian;4019621 said:
JASON DERULO – Wiggle f/Snoop Dogg: 49.974 (+ 1.540)
M. JACKSON & J. TIMBERLAKE – Love Never Felt So Good: 45.798 (+ 0.780)
ONEREPUBLIC – Love Runs Out: 45.248 (+ 1.135)
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Is this the new peak? Or what was the peak for this song?
 
Check out Shit Keys on the Top 100 MX #41 from May 19 May 25. MUAHAHAHA! :devil:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Turn Blue de <a href="https://twitter.com/theblackkeys">@theblackkeys</a> puesto #41 del <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Top100MX&amp;src=hash">#Top100MX</a> del 19 al 25 de mayo</p>&mdash; Amprofon (@Amprofon) <a href="https://twitter.com/Amprofon/statuses/477203808594829312">June 12, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Dorian;4019621 said:
JASON DERULO &#8211; Wiggle f/Snoop Dogg: 49.974 (+ 1.540)
M. JACKSON & J. TIMBERLAKE &#8211; Love Never Felt So Good: 45.798 (+ 0.780)
ONEREPUBLIC &#8211; Love Runs Out: 45.248 (+ 1.135)
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Very good news! Keep requesting on radio! The more people here this song, the more they will request it. The more people who here the song, the more likely they will buy the song/album and stream the video. Just heard it for the first time on a hits only radio station in Belgium. This song could be a grower. Don't give up yet!
 
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Annita said:
Maybe Xscape is back in Top Ten USA next week, this woud be great

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/rumormill.cgi

YOUR TOP 15: Jack White scores his second #1 as a solo artist with this week's only Top 10 debut. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend.

*Jack White (Third Man/Columbia) 110-120k
Miranda Lambert (RCA Nashville) 55-60k
Fault In Our Stars (Atlantic) 45-50k
Frozen (Walt Disney) 45-50k
Brantley Gilbert (Valory) 35-40k
Now 50 (NOW) 30-35k
Coldplay (Parlophone) 30-35k
Now Country 7 (NOW) 24-27k
Michael Jackson (Epic) 20-23k
The Black Keys (Nonesuch) 19-22k
*Passenger (Nettwerk) 17-20k
*O.A.R. (Vanguard) 16-18k
Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville) 16-18k
Florida Georgia Line (Republic Nashville) 15-17k
*The Amity Affliction (Roadrunner) 14-16k
*Rebelution (Easy Star) 14-16k

*Debuts

In other news, the World Cup has begun, and we're still not stoned enough to understand what's happening. Guess we'll just have to keep smoking. (6/12p)
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Very good news! This is a strong hold relative to last week's sales. It definitely seems that this album has good legs even before the next single s released. If the promo/video are good, it could definitely push it " over the top" and ensure weeks of solid sales.
 
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#5 - Michael Jackson - Xscape (last week 3)
MJJ / Epic - 102.000

#10 - Love Never Felt So Good - Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake (last week 11)
MJJ / Epic - 171.000

XSCAPE total sales 830.000 copies.
 
how many led zeppelin re-issues are there? I think number ones was 1# for long while til now? is this the reason?
 
InvincibleTal said:
how many led zeppelin re-issues are there? I think number ones was 1# for long while til now? is this the reason?
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There is a remastered re-release of all of their studio albums. Right now they released their first three albums remastered.
 
ONEREPUBLIC &#8211; Love Runs Out: 46.473 (+ 1.225)
M. JACKSON & J. TIMBERLAKE &#8211; Love Never Felt So Good: 45.954 (+ 0.156)
USHER &#8211; Good Kisser: 39.975 (+ 0.923)
 
Chart News @chartnews · 4 Std.

Canadian certifications (CRIA): @michaeljackson, Xscape Gold (40,000).
 
Do we have the final results for the UK for Xscape in terms of the chart position and sales?
 
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