Alpocalypse Chart Watch & Speculation

[crazygurl14]

Delux is now 117 on the top itunes album chart and has fallen to 3 and 5 on the comedy chart. The Lonely Island has found their way back to the number 1 spot.

Only if they determined chart numbers by how many times people listened to a particluar song or album. He would defanatly be high, i think i have listened to the cd almost everyday since i got it

[Way_Moby]

On my computer it still says that Al's number 1 and 2. Do they update at different times?

[Teh Dingo]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it looks like Alpocalypse took a major stumble this week, down to 46.

Oh well gang. It's out of our hands, we did our job. It's Al's turn now. Let's see what he's got

[weirdojace]

Yep. Definitely a fan-rush situation. This is gonna be one of those albums that's just kind of existing in Al's catalog.

Unless one of the other videos goes mega-viral or something.

[TMBJon]

Yep. Definitely a fan-rush situation. This is gonna be one of those albums that's just kind of existing in Al's catalog.

Unless one of the other videos goes mega-viral or something.

I mean, it did give him his best charting debut ever... All twelve songs are available for free online. So this album will be enjoyed by people for free. That's just a reality and Al accepted it and put all of the songs on YouTube with videos. These days, he's going to have more success freely distributing one song at a time online than promoting one big single on the radio and MTV. The other album tracks will go quasi-viral online and then people will know the songs and ideally realize all the tracks they know are from one album and buy it. I predict this album will be a sleeper with sales, hitting the Gold and possibly Platinum statuses after a good deal of time. Hopefully, this strategy will work in that people will have heard more than the usual one or two tracks from his album and then will not be so puzzled in thinking "where are they now" every four years.

[ludovica64]

I agree with Jon. I think the fact we had already heard 7/12 tracks is a factor in Al releasing this baby back into the wild.
I don't care what anyone says, this is by far Al's best album in my opinion, certainly the most consistent from track to track. It may take a while to convince people. The public perceives this as a "comeback" of an artist/career they'd forgotten about. Slow burning "awareness raisers" might not make an instant fortune, but steady sales over time provide money that is just as green

[Kevbo1987]

I think Jon is definitely right. Alpocalypse will be a sleeper, and it will ultimately sell very well. I think the tour will certainly help sales, and hopefully Al can continue to get onto TV shows to promote the album. The TV special that is being recorded in Toronto could also help slightly, depending on what channel it airs on and how much it's promoted. I think it will take a while to get this to Gold status, but it will happen eventually.

[Grom]

On the Australian album charts, Alpocalypse debuted at 28, and 19 on the digital albums chart.

[Way_Moby]

It's still number one on the Billboard comedy charts!

[HappyGilmore]

The public perceives this as a "comeback" of an artist/career they'd forgotten about. Slow burning "awareness raisers" might not make an instant fortune, but steady sales over time provide money that is just as green

Isn't every cd by him considered a 'Comeback?"