https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 04 May 2026 17:50:01 +0000 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 08:34:05 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9713 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59738&title=rip-albums#59738 Author: TallPaulInKy
Subject: 9713
Posted: 09 December 2021 at 8:34am

eric_a wrote: Sony is reported to have pressed 500,000 on vinyl alone! Given the wide appeal across demos, I suspect we'll see strong sales through the end of the year as a stocking stuffer.

According to current standards a Gold Record is awarded for
sales of either 500,000 copies of a single or album.
So I guess the term "Million Seller" nolonger applies.



Edited by TallPaulInKy]]> Thu, 09 Dec 2021 08:34:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59738&title=rip-albums#59738 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59731&title=rip-albums#59731 Author: Scanner
Subject: 9713
Posted: 08 December 2021 at 3:29pm

Thanks, radiofan16. Week 2 shows how few of the "30" songs
are still keeping the album atop the Billboard 200 due to
streaming. (At least this album is selling, although it is
depressing that this is the first album to sell more than
one million copies in over a year!) With all the Christmas
albums bounding up the chart, how many of those I wonder
are being supercharged by just one track? For example, is
anyone listening to anything other than "Rockin' Around The
Christmas Tree" on Brenda Lee's Christmas albums or "The
Christmas Song" on Nat King Cole's? ]]> Wed, 08 Dec 2021 15:29:19 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59731&title=rip-albums#59731 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59720&title=rip-albums#59720 Author: radiofan16
Subject: 9713
Posted: 08 December 2021 at 12:44am

Scanner wrote: I would love to see a breakdown each week of how many points (streaming, sales) each song on an album earned weekly to see how much the whole album or a just few of its songs are contributing to the album's chart position. After Adele's album bomb clears the Hot 100 in the next 1-2 weeks, the only songs likely left behind will be its current singles, "Easy On Me" and "Oh My God." Should the success of just those two songs make the entire "30" seem like a chart success?

Spotify release their weekly numbers every Friday.

First Week:

Easy On Me, 13.6M

Oh My God, 10.2M

Can I Get It, 7.4M

My Little Love, 7.2M

I Drink Wine, 7M

Strangers By Nature, 6.6M

Cry Your Heart Out, 6.2M

To Be Loved, 5.9M

All Night Parking, 5.3M

Woman Like Me, 5.2M

Hold On, 5.1M

Love Is A Game, 4.5M

Second Week:

Easy On Me, 7.9M

Oh My God, 4.7M

Can I Get It 3.1M

My Little Love, 3.1

The rest have fallen out of the Top 40.
]]> Wed, 08 Dec 2021 00:44:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59720&title=rip-albums#59720 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59690&title=rip-albums#59690 Author: Jody Thornton
Subject: 9713
Posted: 03 December 2021 at 5:30pm

PopArchivist wrote: Jody Thornton wrote: 1990 was a sad year for me, as vinyl disappeared from the stores. Any chance you can make us proud and change your board name to youcantdownloadvinyl ? :) Been waiting on someone on this board to do it, might as well be you!

Haaaaaaaa! That would be funny. Nut no I always put my name by my comments :)

Good suggestion though.
]]> Fri, 03 Dec 2021 17:30:32 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59690&title=rip-albums#59690 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59687&title=rip-albums#59687 Author: Scanner
Subject: 9713
Posted: 03 December 2021 at 2:11pm

There have always been record buyers who purchased an
album for just one or two songs on it. The dueling "You
Light Up My Life" albums have always intrigued me. The
single was readily available and sold abundantly. Yet,
Debby Boone's album went Top 10 and platinum. The
soundtrack, which did not even feature the hit version
(!), went Top 20 and gold. I have always wondered how
many people who purchased either album ever listened to
more than just the opening track on each.

In today's streaming world, both albums would be
successful if people would only listen to "Light" and
none of the other tracks. Does this make an album a
success or just the song? I would love to see a
breakdown each week of how many points (streaming, sales)
each song on an album earned weekly to see how much the
whole album or a just few of its songs are contributing
to the album's chart position. After Adele's album bomb
clears the Hot 100 in the next 1-2 weeks, the only songs
likely left behind will be its current singles, "Easy On
Me" and "Oh My God." Should the success of just those
two songs make the entire "30" seem like a chart success?]]> Fri, 03 Dec 2021 14:11:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59687&title=rip-albums#59687 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59660&title=rip-albums#59660 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 9713
Posted: 01 December 2021 at 4:31pm

aaronk wrote: That's actually not the reason. People think DJs use the internet to DJ. They don't understand that most of the time our laptops are not even online, let alone linked up to a streaming service to play music.

I never once thought that DJ's stream. I did once upon a time think that every song was pretty much released as I heard it, which is a fallacy. The last time I hired a DJ was 1991, so what do I know?

Edited by PopArchivist]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2021 16:31:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59660&title=rip-albums#59660 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59659&title=rip-albums#59659 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 9713
Posted: 01 December 2021 at 4:29pm

Jody Thornton wrote: 1990 was a sad year for me, as vinyl disappeared from the stores.

Any chance you can make us proud and change your board name to youcantdownloadvinyl ? :)

Been waiting on someone on this board to do it, might as well be you!

]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2021 16:29:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59659&title=rip-albums#59659 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59658&title=rip-albums#59658 Author: aaronk
Subject: 9713
Posted: 01 December 2021 at 4:27pm

That's actually not the reason. People think DJs use the internet to DJ. They don't understand that most of the time our laptops are not even online, let alone linked up to a streaming service to play music.]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2021 16:27:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59658&title=rip-albums#59658 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59654&title=rip-albums#59654 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 9713
Posted: 01 December 2021 at 7:20am

eriejwg wrote: From my business's standpoint and everything being streamed now by the public, when I am the DJ at an event, people expect that I own every song that exists in the world in my library. They are shocked if I don't have some odd album track that nobody has ever heard of...except them.

That's because we are conditioned to believe that every song is out digitally on a CD or somewhere when the truth is that decades and decades of vinyl, 45's etc still have not made CD since the early 80's introduction.]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2021 07:20:18 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59654&title=rip-albums#59654 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59653&title=rip-albums#59653 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 9713
Posted: 01 December 2021 at 7:17am

Brian W. wrote: This younger generation doesn't care about owning things like we do.

If this board had a "thumbs up" feature your comment would have gotten one.

My nephew would rather subscribe to spotify (which often times has non-hit versions of top songs) then take the time and actually discover what the true 45/single versions of these hits are.

Now don't get me wrong digital downloading has its advantages. I have found many a hit that is unavailable on CD through Qobuz/7 Digital/Itunes.

Just recently I bought 1985's Natalie Cole Dangerous album. Not likely to be on Spotify, Apple or any service and not available on Qobuz/7 Digital/Itunes. Only place to get it is the old fashioned CD!]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2021 07:17:48 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9713&PID=59653&title=rip-albums#59653