Will CHSIB Appear On The U.S. Charts Next Week ?
 

Nielsen SoundScan is the system they use to track record sales in the US and Canada, and is the main source for the Billboard music charts.

According to the the information I found on the Nielson SoundScan website : http://home.soundscan.com/about.html

"Sales data from point-of-sale cash registers is collected weekly from over 14,000 retail, mass merchant and non-traditional (on-line stores, venues, etc.) outlets. Weekly data is compiled and made available every Wednesday. "

So, if I'm reading this correctly, they'll be collecting the record sales statistics for Couldn't Have Said Better until next Tuesday (an entire week), and it should appear on the US charts next week !!

Am I right :??: Does anybody have any ideas :??:

Vicki

Vicki,

That sounds right to me, so I guess we'll be keeping our fingers crossed for the news Wednesday. Good mojo coming from my corner of the world, to be sure!

Sherrie

I'm with ya Sherrie :!: Good mojo coming from here too :D

Maria

And good mojo coming from here ... so that makes 3 of us :)
Thanks Sherrie & Maria ... I'll keep you posted !!

Vicki

I hope it does get on the charts!

In Australia, a list of stores from which the statistics are taken is available. Is there any list for the US? Even if there isn't, I'm guessing a major online store like Amazon would HAVE to be one of those being sampled, and if so, then that is a good sign. As we know, the album has been doing phenomenonly well on Amazon.

Thanks Shane :)
That's a very good point about the list ... I'll have to check into it. And I hope you're right about Amazon ... it's amazing how well it's been doing there !!

Vicki

Hey Guys, Go to Hitsdailydouble.com tomorrow (Monday 9-29) they have the Album sales totals for this week as its comes in. Its a free site just have to register, the site updates every 5 minutes. It will take til tuesday for all the data to come in, but its usually pretty close to what occurs on the Billboard charts. If you got any questions let me know.


Jack

Thanks for the info Jack :D


Maria

Thanks for the information Jack !!
I'll check it out right away :))
Vicki

I just checked and nothing listed yet ... so hopefully you're right and it'll show up tomorrow ....

Vicki

The Sales Data has Started to come in on Hitsdailydouble.com
 

The chart for this week has started so go to the site now. But I want to let you know that site only has the top 50 spots. As of 1.8% in Meat isnt on the chart but its still very early. But just wanted to let you all know that the site has started this weeks charts, and once again it updates usually every 5 minutes.

Jack

Re: The Sales Data has Started to come in on Hitsdailydouble
 

Thanks for the reminder Jack :)
I just checked .... 31.19% in and Meat still isn't on there :(
Hopefully that will change soon .....

Vicki

Re: The Sales Data has Started to come in on Hitsdailydouble
 

I just checked ... and Meat wasn't on the final chart :(
I hope that's not an indication of Billboard ... and CHSIB will still show up there :roll:

Vicki

Michael found the answer to our chart question and posted it on the CHSIB Sales thread :

According to VH1.com :

Other notable debuts on next week's chart include R&B crooner Anthony Hamilton's Comin' From Where I'm From at #33; The Best of Pantera - Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits at #38; Baby Bash's Tha Smokin' Nephew at #48; Elvis Costello's classically influenced 20th album, North, at #57; Rufus Wainwright's Want One at #60; Vertical Horizon's fourth album, Go, at #61; Meat Loaf's first studio album in eight years, Couldn't Have Said It Better, at #85; Def Jux rapper Aesop Rock's Bazooka Tooth at #112; jam band the String Cheese Incident's Untying the Not at #157; and the self-titled debut by the Fire Theft, composed of former members of Sunny Day Real Estate, at #198.

http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/147...headlines=true

It's a shame ... I was really hoping for a higher initial spot :( But at least it'll debut in the top 100, and with more radio airplay or television promotion it'll get up higher where it belongs !!

Vicki

# 85 With 22,000 sold 2 weeks ago that would have been top 15.

MEAT

Thanks for the update Meat .. it definitely should be in the top 15 :)
Hope we can get it higher !!
Vicki

Don't worry Vicki, we will :D


Maria

You're absolutely right Maria :))
Thanks !!
Vicki

Fire Ball said:

Were there some real heavy hitters this week that weren't on the charts two weeks ago, is that the reason for the difference in ranking with sales of 22,000?

Sherrie

85? So why is Billboard.com showing Moodring by Mya as #85? That's the album chart for Issue date 4th October (which isn't for another 2 days!).

I thought Billboard was the official charts????

Sue
http://www.KasimInfo.com

Hi Sherrie.

Here's the direct link to the article on VH1.com :

http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/147...headlines=true

I think you've hit the nail on the head :( Hopefully we can get it up to where it belongs .....

Vicki

Hi Sue!

I just checked Billboard.com, and now they're showing the official chart for Issue Date 11th October (which really doesn't make any sense since that's 9 days away !!). Here's the direct link :

http://www.billboard.com/bb/billboar...illboard%20200

And it shows Couldn't Have Said It Better listed as #85 ...

I just hope there's a chance that it can move up on the chart.

Vicki

I think When they mean Oct 11, that is the day the chart will be released in the Magazine for that week. I could be wrong, anyway like its been said the correct chart for the debut week of CHSIB is online, so check it out.

Jack

Oh ok ... that makes sense :)
Thanks for the information
Vicki

No 85...

I stopped by Target this AM (as my son is growing out of his school uniforms faster than I can keep up, the early morning trips to Target seem to be happening quite often)! :P I stopped by the CD section to see how CHSIB was being stocked. Horrors of horrors, the "Meat Loaf" header card was there, but in front of it was a half dozen copies of "Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's Greatest Hit"! What could be more evil than placing the Olsen Twins where ML should rightly be? :evil: As I rushed about to find a clerk I was then pleseantly surprised to see nearly a dozen copies of CHSIB on the "hot seller" display, in the top 10 area. It sounds like it's doing fairly well, at least at my local Target. Don't the Billboard rankings come out today?

Sherrie

Thanks for the update Sherrie ... I'm glad to hear it's doing so well at your Target :)) Hopefully it's doing as well around here !!

I just checked Billboard .. the date and rankings are still the same :(
Maybe it'll be updated tomorrow ? I'll keep you posted :)

Vicki

Sherrie I just checked Billboard ... and it's dropped from 85 down to 133 :cry:

Vicki

Well that sucks :evil:


Maria

Yeah I know exactly what you mean :(
Vicki