LouisvilleGreg Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I have no idea who they're up against next week, but I'd be stunned if it's not Top 5, with around 150,000 opening week sales. I'll go with #4 to be precise. Post your guesses here in advance and lets see who gets it right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jules Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 #2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Three (3) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dude Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 #1, just so I can tell everyone 'I told you so' if it does indeed come true. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wilconut Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I think #2 is a pretty safe bet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouisvilleGreg Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 I don't know anything about Rob Thomas, but he has an album coming out next week as well. Is he bigger than Wilco? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
u2roolz Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I'll also guess 3.I figure it leaked and some people probably won't buy it. Since I don't typically care about album sales, are iTunes sales taken into account? Kristofor PS I remember Prince did something cool in 2004, where everyone that bought tickets to his show got a copy of his new album when they showed up to the show. It kept him on Billboard for a long time. Well, for as long as he was on tour. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Sadly the Rob Thomas thing is making me think #2. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dude Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Rob Thomas has talked at length about how he's a Wilco fan and how they probably think he sucks for being a multi-platinum selling douchebag. So if a Rob Thomas album kept Wilco out of the #1 spot, that would be ironic indeed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I wouldn't have expected Wilco to be #1 regardless of who else releases something that week. Realistically, I think they'll come in at 2 or 3. Has this album been heavily promoted, beyond the tour and the Conan appearance? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cooperissup3r Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 "a solid number 2" - norm hitzges Quote Link to post Share on other sites
watchtower41 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I wouldn't have expected Wilco to be #1 regardless of who else releases something that week. Realistically, I think they'll come in at 2 or 3. Has this album been heavily promoted, beyond the tour and the Conan appearance? Good point there. WXRT has made it's fair share of plugs, but most people (that care) probably know about Wilco or the album here in Chicago already. I'd like to think Sky Blue Sky was a bit more premoted before the street date. Especially with magazine covers and articles... havent seen much this time around. The album leaking could also mean for more positive sales, as it opened up to a lot of people that may have not taken the opportuninty to listen otherwise. Leakage certainly didn't hurt DMB in their first couple weeks of album sales. I'll predict #2, missing out by a slim margin to Matchbox 20 boy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Rob Thomas will be above them. Brad Paisley and Bone Thugs n' Harmony might be too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jesusetc84 Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Wilco the album will sell between 95-120k copies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wilconut Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Wilco the album will sell between 95-120k copies. I think this sounds 'bout right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hixter Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Just noticed that the top 16 albums on Amazon.com are Michael Jackson records. Number 17 is Wilco (The Album). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky speaks Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 So they are really #1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouisvilleGreg Posted June 28, 2009 Author Share Posted June 28, 2009 MJ albums might actually crack this week's Billboard Top 10. There was a cover story here in Louisville today about every single music carrier in the city selling out of his records yesterday. I can only assume this is going on everywhere. How crazy would it be if one of his records ended up making Wilco post lower on the charts? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 MJ albums might actually crack this week's Billboard Top 10. There was a cover story here in Louisville today about every single music carrier in the city selling out of his records yesterday. I can only assume this is going on everywhere. How crazy would it be if one of his records ended up making Wilco post lower on the charts?I doubt that that will affect Wilco's first week sales ranking. By the time those charts are revealed, the MJ craze will have died down, because everyone will have already bought the records between his death and early next week. So by W(TA)'s release, MJ records will go back to selling like they were a week ago. But maybe not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jules Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 After seeing the stack of W(TA) CDs bright and early at Starbuck's this morning, I am upping my prediction to #1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ryann7739 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 After seeing the stack of W(TA) CDs bright and early at Starbuck's this morning, I am upping my prediction to #1. I saw that too, which is pretty exciting Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SarahC Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 #1 would be amazing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 1. Michael Jackson - Thriller2. Wilco - Wilco (The Album) That would be a strange sight indeed. With the renewed interest in MJ, the Wilco disc could be out of the top 5. The one thing that will help Wilco is that there's probably more copies of W(TA) shipped to stores this week than MJ ones. So they might still end up at, or near the top. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Kinsley Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I think the Starbucks factor will be huge. I had a coupon for Borders so I went there, then across the street to Starbucks to get a drink and read the W(TA) booklet, not dreaming that they'd have it there. With the decreasing number of record stores, just the impulse buys alone from being practically the only thing within arm's reach for most people will bump them up 2 or 3 places on the charts. It's funny though, that for a band that really cares so little about sales their fans are concerned about it for them! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jules Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 It's funny though, that for a band that really cares so little about sales their fans are concerned about it for them!I think they care plenty about sales, no? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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