First Week sales = 21K

[JLMACN]

Harlem Diplomat Jim Jones has the highest selling hip-hop debut this week after moving 94K copies of his 3rd solo LP Hustler’s P.O.M.E. The Koch Records release lands at #6 on the Billboard Top 200, closely trailed by Lil Wayne and Baby’s joint album, Like Father, Like Son, which sold another 72k to grab the #7 spot. Other debut records that charted this week include Kansas City’s Tech N9ne at #50 (21K) with his latest Everready (The Religion) and Houston’s Z-Ro at #75 (14K) with his new disc I’m Still Living. Elsewhere on the charts we see Mississippi natives Cadillac Don & J-Money debut at #156, moving just under 7K copies of their inaugural LP Look At Me. Miami rapper Pitbull fell several spots since his debut at #17 last week, moving to #57 with an additional 19K copies of El Mariel.

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[KEEP_IT_KEEBLER]

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[JLMACN]

What happened ICP fans?

I thought Tech was gonna sell 90K the first week because of you?

5000

 

[Tha Sinner]

i really thought it was gonna be higher

 

[in10city_131x]

^^me too

i dunno maybe isms is the big one that'll cause a huge peak in sales for eveready...

it seems like tech and travis have some kind of a plan that they're not letting people in on

 

[soulwinnerrj]

Good Shit!

This is exactly what I thought Tech would sell the first week, especially with no single blowin' up the airwaves. I was hoping for 30k, but I would say 21k is damned good for an indie label. This is Strange's first record completely solo... well, with Fontana, but I'm saying no Universal/Interscope/JCor, no MSC and no QD3 either. I'd say this is awesome; they just have to keep grinding and they will have success! Hopefully, some big record label will take notice and reward Tech and Strange with an offer they can't refuse. :classic:

 

[soulwinnerrj]

...it seems like tech and travis have some kind of a plan that they're not letting people in on.

I agree with you. I think they are real close to something big, but had to hold off for Everready. aranoid:


Sorry and shit for the double post!

 

[Psycho_Tech]

What happened ICP fans?

I thought Tech was gonna sell 90K the first week because of you?

5000

Shouldnt this have been posted in the Definitive thread? ..............J/P I dont know where that figure came from. I myself predicted around 30k. Too bad the actual total was under that, but what do you expect when the promoting of the album didnt start until about 2 or 3 weeks before the album dropped. It should of been 2 or 3 months prior to the release date at least.

One more thing, has anyone seen the Independent Billboard Charts, I tried to go there but you have to be a suscriber.

 

[DaSlacker]

stores can't sell what they don't have.

 

[Thevillian]

i've been to plenty of stores in the kc/st joe area where there at lots of unsold cds it could be true that some stores didn't get a lot of cd's but come on this day and age how hard is it to find a cd if u want to buy it. I'm not buying your point

 

[GKLEPTOG]

Not bad but the sales will get higher. ALOT of people downloaded this but it will gain higher sales in the upcoming weeks.

 

[Cranky]

Damn that's a shame. The album is tight.....

 

[henrym]

not so fast...

Absolute power debuted at #79. Should we be disappointed or happy with sales. I think Tech's my space message about being jocked by record stores tells me to be disappointed? What do you guys think?

 

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1 FNSM 50 * TECH N9NE EVERREADY (RELIGION) 21887 999 77 21966

week 1

label FN/SM Fontania/Strange

Chart postion 50

Artist / Album Title

This week sales 21887

% increase 999

Last week sales 77

Total sales 21966

 

[Tech4Life]

i know it would have sold more if, like slacker said, the stores carried more...what kinda store only buys 10 copies of one cd on its release date? i mean come on. i know 10 ppl who didnt buy it til today because stores just restocked.

 

[Swick]

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