ANOTHER CHILD OF DESTINY
Keith,
I have concerns regarding Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child [and] her latest CD "Do You Know." I didn't see it debut in the top 100 of The Billboard 200 albums chart. How did "Do You Know" sell? Also, how many albums did she sell of her first album, "Heart to Yours?" Why are they not promoting her well? I just don't understand.
Thank you,
Eliakim
Hi Eliakim,
Released on Jan. 27, Michelle Williams' "Do You Know" sold 10,000 copies in the U.S. in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The set landed at No. 120 on The Billboard 200 and No. 2 on Billboard's Top Gospel Albums chart. In its second week, the Music World/Columbia album shifted 6,000 units.
Her debut solo album, "Heart to Yours," sold 17,000 in its first week, placing it at No. 57 on The Billboard 200 and at No. 2 on the Top Gospel Albums tally. "Heart" eventually climbed to No. 1 on the latter chart and has sold 200,000 units in the U.S.
Williams recently completed a stint on Broadway in the title role of "Aida." She is also set to appear in the play "Will a Real Man Please Stand Up?" A start date for the latter show has not been announced.
NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL INTERESTING!
Hi Keith
To my surprise I found out that "NOW That's What I Call Christmas!" entered Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Album Chart on Nov. 9, 2002. That's about one year after its release! How can that be? Shouldn't it still be found on The Billboard 200 at that time?
I wonder about this because the album was misleadingly No. 1 on the 2003 year-end Catalog Album list. How many units did it shift in 2003 compared to the runner-up, the Beatles' "1"?
Regards,
Thomas Christiansen
Copenhagen
Hi Thomas,
Actually, there is nothing too misleading about this. Holiday albums become considered "catalog" after their first season in stores. For all other albums, the regular two-years-old rule remains in place.
For Billboard's 2003 year-end Top Pop Catalog chart, "NOW That's What I Call Christmas!" came in at No. 1, with the Beatles' "1" at No. 2. For this particular tally (which totaled the sales during the charting weeks between the issue dates of Dec. 7, 2002, and Nov. 29, 2003), "NOW" sold 638,000 while "1" moved 562,000.
COMING CLEAN ON DUFF
Keith,
I just picked up the latest issue of Billboard magazine to see where Hilary Duff's new single "Come Clean" was on the charts. To my chagrin, it's not even on Billboard's Hot 100. It's not on the sales charts and it's not on the airplay charts. Hilary's been on KIIS-FM Los Angeles' "Top 10" songs, and KIIS is owned by Clear Channel Communications, which owns the majority of radio stations in this country, which means that Hilary is getting airplay on related Clear Channel radio stations. This should mean that Hilary is getting enough airplay to get her onto the Hot 100, but she's not.
What is even more grating is that there are 50 songs in the Hot 100 that I've never heard of, and couldn't possibly be getting more airplay or selling more singles or albums than Hilary. Why is Billboard trying to sabotage Hilary Duff's music career?
Mike
Mike,
Billboard does not pick and choose the titles that appear on the Hot 100 and is certainly not trying to sabotage Duff's career. Far from it, in fact. As part of the Platinum Stars series of spotlight issues, Billboard devoted an entire section to Duff in its Jan. 31 issue, celebrating Duff's remarkable album sales and enormous popularity.
Billboard's Hot 100 is compiled by combining singles sales and radio audience information. A panel of 932 radio stations from nearly all formats of popular radio (including top 40, R&B, country, modern rock, and Latin) are monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by sister company Broadcast Data Systems.
Though Hilary Duff is doing well at KIIS and other mainstream top 40 stations, she hasn't had enough airplay to appear on the Hot 100. Because the Hot 100 is an all-format radio chart, Duff has to compete with every other artist on the radio. As Duff earns nearly all of her airplay solely on mainstream top 40 radio stations, it's especially hard for her to compete against artists who garner multi-format radio airplay, like Beyoncé, OutKast, Linkin Park, Dido, Kelis and so forth.
Duff's "Come Clean" moves 22-19 this week on Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 chart, with a radio audience of about 26.6 million. Because Duff's airplay is mostly limited to mainstream top 40 stations, she can usually only achieve a certain audience reach. Unlike a song by Beyoncé, for example, who can crossover to R&B radio, or Nickelback, who can garner airplay from both mainstream top 40 and rock stations.
To compare, a No. 1 single on the Hot 100 will regularly have a radio audience of well over 100 million from multiple radio formats. So you can see that while 26.6 million in audience for Duff is a good start, she's still a bit away from the top of the chart.
In last week's issue (Feb. 21), Duff was No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Bubbling Under Chart (an online-only chart that reports the top 25 singles that are below the last position of the Hot 100, but showing growth). Therefore, one can assume that she will bow on the Hot 100 soon, possibly this coming week.
Keith,I have concerns regarding Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child [and] her latest CD "Do You Know." I didn't see it debut in the top 100 of The Billboard 200 albums chart. How did "Do You Know" sell? Also, how many albums did she sell of her first album, "Heart to Yours?" Why are they not promoting her well? I just don't understand.
Thank you,
Eliakim
Hi Eliakim,Released on Jan. 27, Michelle Williams' "Do You Know" sold 10,000 copies in the U.S. in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The set landed at No. 120 on The Billboard 200 and No. 2 on Billboard's Top Gospel Albums chart. In its second week, the Music World/Columbia album shifted 6,000 units.
Her debut solo album, "Heart to Yours," sold 17,000 in its first week, placing it at No. 57 on The Billboard 200 and at No. 2 on the Top Gospel Albums tally. "Heart" eventually climbed to No. 1 on the latter chart and has sold 200,000 units in the U.S.
Williams recently completed a stint on Broadway in the title role of "Aida." She is also set to appear in the play "Will a Real Man Please Stand Up?" A start date for the latter show has not been announced.
NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL INTERESTING!
Hi KeithTo my surprise I found out that "NOW That's What I Call Christmas!" entered Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Album Chart on Nov. 9, 2002. That's about one year after its release! How can that be? Shouldn't it still be found on The Billboard 200 at that time?
I wonder about this because the album was misleadingly No. 1 on the 2003 year-end Catalog Album list. How many units did it shift in 2003 compared to the runner-up, the Beatles' "1"?
Regards,
Thomas Christiansen
Copenhagen
Hi Thomas,Actually, there is nothing too misleading about this. Holiday albums become considered "catalog" after their first season in stores. For all other albums, the regular two-years-old rule remains in place.
For Billboard's 2003 year-end Top Pop Catalog chart, "NOW That's What I Call Christmas!" came in at No. 1, with the Beatles' "1" at No. 2. For this particular tally (which totaled the sales during the charting weeks between the issue dates of Dec. 7, 2002, and Nov. 29, 2003), "NOW" sold 638,000 while "1" moved 562,000.
COMING CLEAN ON DUFF
Keith,I just picked up the latest issue of Billboard magazine to see where Hilary Duff's new single "Come Clean" was on the charts. To my chagrin, it's not even on Billboard's Hot 100. It's not on the sales charts and it's not on the airplay charts. Hilary's been on KIIS-FM Los Angeles' "Top 10" songs, and KIIS is owned by Clear Channel Communications, which owns the majority of radio stations in this country, which means that Hilary is getting airplay on related Clear Channel radio stations. This should mean that Hilary is getting enough airplay to get her onto the Hot 100, but she's not.
What is even more grating is that there are 50 songs in the Hot 100 that I've never heard of, and couldn't possibly be getting more airplay or selling more singles or albums than Hilary. Why is Billboard trying to sabotage Hilary Duff's music career?
Mike
Mike,Billboard does not pick and choose the titles that appear on the Hot 100 and is certainly not trying to sabotage Duff's career. Far from it, in fact. As part of the Platinum Stars series of spotlight issues, Billboard devoted an entire section to Duff in its Jan. 31 issue, celebrating Duff's remarkable album sales and enormous popularity.
Billboard's Hot 100 is compiled by combining singles sales and radio audience information. A panel of 932 radio stations from nearly all formats of popular radio (including top 40, R&B, country, modern rock, and Latin) are monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by sister company Broadcast Data Systems.
Though Hilary Duff is doing well at KIIS and other mainstream top 40 stations, she hasn't had enough airplay to appear on the Hot 100. Because the Hot 100 is an all-format radio chart, Duff has to compete with every other artist on the radio. As Duff earns nearly all of her airplay solely on mainstream top 40 radio stations, it's especially hard for her to compete against artists who garner multi-format radio airplay, like Beyoncé, OutKast, Linkin Park, Dido, Kelis and so forth.
Duff's "Come Clean" moves 22-19 this week on Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 chart, with a radio audience of about 26.6 million. Because Duff's airplay is mostly limited to mainstream top 40 stations, she can usually only achieve a certain audience reach. Unlike a song by Beyoncé, for example, who can crossover to R&B radio, or Nickelback, who can garner airplay from both mainstream top 40 and rock stations.
To compare, a No. 1 single on the Hot 100 will regularly have a radio audience of well over 100 million from multiple radio formats. So you can see that while 26.6 million in audience for Duff is a good start, she's still a bit away from the top of the chart.
In last week's issue (Feb. 21), Duff was No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Bubbling Under Chart (an online-only chart that reports the top 25 singles that are below the last position of the Hot 100, but showing growth). Therefore, one can assume that she will bow on the Hot 100 soon, possibly this coming week.
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