Adam Lambert – Predicted to Sell 225K This Week – Billboard

Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 12:17 PM | American Idol 8
Tags: Adam Lambert, Billboard

Woohoo! Let’s keep on buying For Your Entertainment so we can assure that this is the number.

Billboard is projecting that Adam Lambert will sell 225,000 copies this week of his debut album — surpassing Lady Gaga! Congratulations fans! All the hard work is paying off.

17 Comments for Adam Lambert – Predicted to Sell 225K This Week – Billboard

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No, Lady Gaga will sell more. Seriously…

bwatt27 on November 25, 2009 at 12:21 pm
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an album sold entirely on controversary and certainly not talent…..his AMA performance was disgusting and not because of its gay content…it was just all around bad…..this album will sink fast I predict

Fabian on November 25, 2009 at 12:39 pm
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Not that much considering the album is selling for 99 cents haha

rachel9isfine on November 25, 2009 at 1:52 pm
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Its more about longevity than debut in my opinion. I’m just excited to see how it all pans out and I’ll be secretly pleased if Adams continues to sell. But I am skeptical of that actually happening.

Claire on November 25, 2009 at 2:11 pm
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I live in Canada…is it really true they are selling the album for 99 cents?….that is hilarious….its probably not worth much more than that after hearing that performance the other night….oh wait…no body was listening anyways…..it was all about the shock value and not about the singing and the music anyways…good luck Mr Lambert your gonna need it….here’s one gay man who aint buying into pleas of discrimination and Im certainly not forking over money for your music

Fabian on November 25, 2009 at 2:17 pm
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Well, I see the haters are already out talking down Adam’s potential success. 225,000 is a very respectable first week no matter which way you look at it. Billboard/Soundscan does not count any sales below 50% of market value (so all of those Amazon promotional sales are not counted in their figure). That figure doesn’t even include international sales, which he is doing very well in as well.

As a fan, I was not pleased with his AMA performance because he didn’t sing well. The antics didn’t really bother me all that much, but I can see why they bothered others. However, the performances he gave on the CBS Morning Show reaffirmed why I was a fan in the first place. If he keeps giving performances like those, then he WILL have longevity. I think he learned a valuable lesson from the AMA fiasco, and will use that experience to make better choices in the future.

Darcy on November 25, 2009 at 2:34 pm
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That is a good news for Adam. I love the album, it’s the first album I purchased this year. It’s awesome!

Monica on November 25, 2009 at 2:44 pm
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Here we go again. The album is selling for 3.99 on Amazon, where it sold for how many weeks now at number 1-10? This is called a loss leader in marketing. You do that when you want market share instead of revenue. Usually when your revenue needs are met, you can then reduce some portion of your product to attack the competition in units.

It may be helpful to learn something intelligent from spending 24 hours per day on the internet bashing people.

So much bitchassness here. The prediction came out earlier this week and Adam did not sell a quarter of a million albums in one day.

The album did not sell on controversy. How many times have YOU bought an album you didn’t like because the singer is “controversial”? Fabian, don’t take my advise about marketing, you’re really not cut out for that job. And why are you so compelled to comment on a singer you hate? How many copies of For Your Entertainment did YOU buy?

Kristine on November 25, 2009 at 3:23 pm
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# doesn’t match the promo and exposure, let alone the hype. Based on the #, the album is nowhere near “the most anticipated album” hyped by the media (Subo has that in the bag). And Adam obviously isn’t the “next big thing” claimed by his fans. Guess OTT hype and promo could only help that much. Hope that Adam stop playing his sexuality (&discrimination) card and start to focus on music.

LetItBe on November 25, 2009 at 4:06 pm
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He sang beautifully on CBS this morning!I think he will do just fine.

cherieeckel on November 25, 2009 at 5:20 pm
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All of you Adam haters need to go out and buy a couple more of Kris’ Cds to help him out. (ouch)!

Also, Adam’s CD is incredible and most of the big reviewers think the same.

Geez kiddos, let it go as Adam is far from toast.

Christi on November 25, 2009 at 8:19 pm
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The number is respectable but lower than I expected given the hype and vows by glamberts to purchase multiple albums.

Maybe they’ll consider picking up Kris or Allison too.

druzilla on November 25, 2009 at 9:00 pm
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Kris fans, go back to his thread and sound bitter there. You’re just giving me a good chuckle.

jj on November 25, 2009 at 11:05 pm
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i love the album. and i think its cool he’s outselling rihanna. its an amazing album, really. my fav of the year, and im glad that he’s showing that he can match up to artist such as rihanna and shakira

regina on November 25, 2009 at 11:45 pm
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The album is 10.99 again on Amazon. SNAP Learn from the internet stop trying to make up your own flawed logic.

Kristine on November 26, 2009 at 2:35 am
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It really is a great CD! I love listening to it in the car…GREAT highway songs!

Hannah on November 26, 2009 at 9:11 pm
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His CD is excellent, spectacular! He’s a kid….give him a break. Explore him and some of his work prior to Idol and you will be blown away by this kid’s talent. He just needs to settle down. LOVE HIM and all my friends and family members love him and will forgive his one blunder. What do you want from me….I am workin’ it out….is what he is…and he will. Get a grip on your judgment and remember your own mistakes. Adam is supurbly talented and will rise beyond this. Go ADAM! WE love you. I went to look for CD’s to buy for friends for Christmas gifts and all stores were sold out BTW. Haters, go spend your time on what you think is important. Hatefulness just diminishes YOU, not ADAM! He will learn what’s important. Sad that you have not yet done that.

Marla on November 29, 2009 at 12:08 am