"Taking Chances" ALBUM on the charts

[tim123]

Does anyone know if album sales from Amazon count? Billboard only calculates 80% of retailers and amazon was not on the list. Curious because I bought (2) from Amazon as gifts to friends

[Bellamy]

Billboard does count Amazon, iTunes and all online stores.

[tim123]

hmmm, that shutters my whole more albums sold thought ... Edited April 30, 2008 at 11:36 AM by tim123

[tim123]

ok ..this is what is from billboard.com:

Billboard estimates the merchants who report to Nielsen SoundScan's Building Chart -- Trans World Entertainment, Best Buy, Circuit City, iTunes, Starbucks,Borders, Target, Anderson Merchandisers, and Handleman Co. -- comprise about 80% of all U.S. Album sales.

 

it doesn't list Amazon.com so if they count amazon for album sales it should have been listed which leaves me to believe they do not

maybe this is a question for Chuck

[Say What?]

The SoundScan Building Chart is a sample that gives an early look at how the final SoundScan chart will be. SoundScan's figures for the Billboard 200 includes Amazon and other retailers that aren't part of the Building Chart.

[Chula]

I believe the album will go down and disappear from all charts soon. The world tour won't help anything at all. I'm hopeless for this album.

[Black Kitten]

I believe the album will go down and disappear from all charts soon. The world tour won't help anything at all. I'm hopeless for this album.

...but let's still be thankful that it still managed to reach Platinum status in america and sold 3.1M copies worldwide, which is pretty hard to achieve even for some 'high profile' artists such as janet jackson and madonna.

[isurrender]

Billboard does count Amazon, iTunes and all online stores.

 

Itunes is used only for the BBHOT100, I think.

 

For, albums, BB doesn't take into account amazon and other online store. Well, that's what I think as there are :

 

-BB Internet sales ( amazon and so on... ) and BB digital sales (or something like that for legally downloaded albums).

[Chula]

Billboard has inaccurate methodology. They should modify its system.

[celinefanlux]

24 157 184 DION*CELINE TAKING CHANCES 4 364 3 513 -19,5% 973 467 (-27 places)

 

Back Catalog US :

COL --- 336 16 21 17 DION*CELINE ALL THE WAY-A DECADE OF SONG 4,990 4,979 -0,2% 7,690,237

Edited May 1, 2008 at 05:46 PM by celinefanlux

[binsk]

here is what billboard counts...from an article about madonna sales

 

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/articl...t_id=1003796943

 

they count itunes

[dj4celine]

By next week, the album's prolly gonna be out of the 200

[tim123]

so here we are again w/internet sales such as Amazon. If they aren't included they should be -- from what I am reading from previous posts, BB internet sites are not exclusive to the sales charts contrary to what the report said from the link on Madonna's new album ... Celine's cd in my opinion has sold more than BB website cares to acknowledge Edited May 1, 2008 at 10:47 PM by tim123

[Bellamy]

24 157 184 DION*CELINE TAKING CHANCES 4 364 3 513 -19,5% 973 467 (-27 places)

 

Back Catalog US :

COL --- 336 16 21 17 DION*CELINE ALL THE WAY-A DECADE OF SONG 4,990 4,979 -0,2% 7,690,237

ATW sold more than TC again.

[Chula]

It is still on the chart? I thought it already dropped out!

[Kyle_Jared]

This is so sad.....less then six months. The album will be out of the Top 200 next week......maybe it'll hang on for one more week because of 'mothers day'.....but it will definitely be out within the next two weeks. Lovely. A dead album in five months all because Sony thinks its "BIG FUN" to wait five months to release a second single! and the WRONG ONE AT THAT. Can you hear the headlines now when she hits North America for the tour:

 

"Celine Dion hits North America this week in support of her new album Taking Chances....which incidently is nowhere to be found in the top 200...guess she needs to let people know it's out"

Edited May 2, 2008 at 12:54 PM by Kyle_Jared

[caroline_reynolds]

Of course no! C'mon! The album sold 3 millions world wide, their has been problems promoting again with the second single but when legends come on tour, people dont look at the charts and the hit singles, they look after seeing a legend on stage with their favorite song and some new ones.

[Black Kitten]

Of course no! C'mon! The album sold 3 millions world wide, their has been problems promoting again with the second single but when legends come on tour, people dont look at the charts and the hit singles, they look after seeing a legend on stage with their favorite song and some new ones.

true! i mean, wtf??? the album is already PLATINUM in america and has reached gold, platinum and multi-platinum status outside the US without any huge single to support it! am soooooo tired of hearing people complaining about the sales of TC . sure it'll be out of the top 200 in a week or two, but c'mon........

[Chula]

We can make an assumption that there are 3.1 million die-hard fans in the world.

[amelie]

We can make an assumption that there are 3.1 million die-hard fans in the world.

 

 

nah die hard fans would have bought D'elles too so that leaves us with 500.000 maybe

[boyblackuk]

Of course no! C'mon! The album sold 3 millions world wide, their has been problems promoting again with the second single but when legends come on tour, people dont look at the charts and the hit singles, they look after seeing a legend on stage with their favorite song and some new ones.

true! i mean, wtf??? the album is already PLATINUM in america and has reached gold, platinum and multi-platinum status outside the US without any huge single to support it! am soooooo tired of hearing people complaining about the sales of TC . sure it'll be out of the top 200 in a week or two, but c'mon........

 

Well said...Plus it is the most Downloaded Torrent and if these people bought it sales would be through the roof

[amelie]

Of course no! C'mon! The album sold 3 millions world wide, their has been problems promoting again with the second single but when legends come on tour, people dont look at the charts and the hit singles, they look after seeing a legend on stage with their favorite song and some new ones.

true! i mean, wtf??? the album is already PLATINUM in america and has reached gold, platinum and multi-platinum status outside the US without any huge single to support it! am soooooo tired of hearing people complaining about the sales of TC . sure it'll be out of the top 200 in a week or two, but c'mon........

 

Well said...Plus it is the most Downloaded Torrent and if these people bought it sales would be through the roof

 

how do you figure so?

[boyblackuk]

Of course no! C'mon! The album sold 3 millions world wide, their has been problems promoting again with the second single but when legends come on tour, people dont look at the charts and the hit singles, they look after seeing a legend on stage with their favorite song and some new ones.

true! i mean, wtf??? the album is already PLATINUM in america and has reached gold, platinum and multi-platinum status outside the US without any huge single to support it! am soooooo tired of hearing people complaining about the sales of TC . sure it'll be out of the top 200 in a week or two, but c'mon........

 

Well said...Plus it is the most Downloaded Torrent and if these people bought it sales would be through the roof

 

how do you figure so?

 

It was reported a few months ago, its in this thread somewhere not sure where though

[Chula]

We can make an assumption that there are 3.1 million die-hard fans in the world.

 

nah die hard fans would have bought D'elles too so that leaves us with 500.000 maybe

 

Oh yeah! I forgot, thanks

[Prince Whiskers]

Of course no! C'mon! The album sold 3 millions world wide, their has been problems promoting again with the second single but when legends come on tour, people dont look at the charts and the hit singles, they look after seeing a legend on stage with their favorite song and some new ones.

true! i mean, wtf??? the album is already PLATINUM in america and has reached gold, platinum and multi-platinum status outside the US without any huge single to support it! am soooooo tired of hearing people complaining about the sales of TC . sure it'll be out of the top 200 in a week or two, but c'mon........

 

Well said...Plus it is the most Downloaded Torrent and if these people bought it sales would be through the roof

 

how do you figure so?

It was reported on this thread in the middle of December last year. 2.5M illegal downloads or something. The artcle was in French. Ironic, no? Celine was the one expected to buck the torrent trend bec. her fans are supposedly "older" and yet.......

[bfhb]

hey guys just checked i-tunes in ireland and celine is at no 13 with taking chances deluxe!!!

and the bonus version is at no 39!!!

and whenever i see it in shops if i can i re-arrange it so she is number 1....lol...so she is currently number 1 in tescos clondalkin in dublin !!!

[Ballynageeha]

hey guys just checked i-tunes in ireland and celine is at no 13 with taking chances deluxe!!!

and the bonus version is at no 39!!!

and whenever i see it in shops if i can i re-arrange it so she is number 1....lol...so she is currently number 1 in tescos clondalkin in dublin !!!

 

 

Haha! I do that in Dunnes all the time...

[incognito69]

Interestingly, Taking Chances re-enters the charts here in Australia. Don't know what spurred it on, given the tour here ended a month ago and the album dropped out of the top 50 a week after the conclusion of the tour.

Physical album charts: R/E 46 (-)

Album charts: 48(-)

A new day DVD: 4(5) The DVD seems to be holding up well here.

Edited May 4, 2008 at 02:51 PM by incognito69

[Prince Whiskers]

nah die hard fans would have bought D'elles too so that leaves us with 500.000 maybe

Make that 700k.

[Prince Whiskers]

It will be interesting to see how the album does in the UK this week. Hope to see Celine on top of Mimi. Figuratively, of course. Edited May 5, 2008 at 07:34 AM by manuel morriso