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Re: Mandatory Fun Chart Watch
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:10 pm
by MandatoryPun
With this exposure and momentum, I bet he hold on to #2.
Re: Mandatory Fun Chart Watch
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:59 pm
by mrmeadows
It's estimated that Mandatory Fun has been pirated at least 40,000 times. (I made up for one of those by buying the album twice.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/ea ... ld-n164956" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Mandatory Fun Chart Watch
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:24 pm
by Muppetboy09
Man, that sucks...
Re: Mandatory Fun Chart Watch
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:59 pm
by jbracciante
On the other hand, 40,000 people just heard Mandatory Fun! (People that might not have listened to an Al Album if they had to buy it.) I'm sure some of them will become fans and start buying merch and seeing shows.
Re: Mandatory Fun Chart Watch
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:12 pm
by Teh Dingo
I think all 40,000 of those people were the LIFELONG AL FANS! who registered on WOWAY on July 11th between 10pm and midnight.....
Re: Mandatory Fun Chart Watch
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:53 pm
by Skippy
jbracciante wrote:On the other hand, 40,000 people just heard Mandatory Fun! (People that might not have listened to an Al Album if they had to buy it.) I'm sure some of them will become fans and start buying merch and seeing shows.
Yep. And it's not like Al's alone in this; every artist is affected by piracy. He sold a bunch of albums in a time when it's hard to sell any albums if you're not peddling formulaic toddler pop. I can say that as a member of the generation that brought you Napster, I have discovered quite a few cool artists by not paying for their music, and have subsequently spent plenty of money on them, including buying everything I previously obtained from the Grey Area. It's not ideal, but it's the world we live in. Al is trying to figure out how to make it work for him, and considering what he just accomplished, I have no doubt that he will.
Re: Mandatory Fun Chart Watch
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 6:44 am
by Grom
Good news time:
Mandatory Fun debuts at 9 on the Australian albums chart:
http://www.ariacharts.com.au/chart/albums" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This makes it his highest charting album in Australia, beating his previous best, Running With Scissors which got to 18, and a noticeable improvement over the last 3 albums which peaked at 26, 27 and 28 respectively.
Re: Mandatory Fun Chart Watch
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 4:03 pm
by jbracciante
In other charting news, Al has charted for the first time in the Netherlands and in Belgium:
Netherlands - #99
Belgium - #198
http://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/3d20b/W ... datory-Fun" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Mandatory Fun Chart Watch
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 7:35 pm
by mellow weasel
Muppetboy09 wrote:Man, that sucks...
Gosh, you're all so honourable here
Re: Mandatory Fun Chart Watch
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:47 am
by Big Spoon
any word on how it's doing this week?