Straight Outta Lynwood Chart Watch

Post by **Kevbo1987** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:57 pm

Well, Well, Well @ Jan 17 2007, 11:57 AM wrote: There needed (needs) to be a second single. One song is not going to make people go out and buy the cd, especially when you can just download "W&N" for 99 cents. Even if 10 downloads of "W&N" equal one album sale, that's still a lot of lost sales. Even though Al has had a great career, this album holds the trend of lots of one hit wonder bands.

I don't think it's really fair to say that this album is like those of one-hit wonder bands. After all, "Canadian Idiot" also made the Billboard Charts. Plus, Al's popularity has been increased as an all-around artists. It seems to me that a lot of people are discovering his earlier music as well. eBay's appearance in the "Bubbling Under" charts seems to be evidence of that.

ducttapeearth · Post by **ducttapeearth** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:49 pm

I think the tour will help. Lots of people go to Weird Al concerts a bit on random, maybe they only heard W&N or were fans in the 80s. And then when they hear the great songs, the new album is conveniently sold, right there. That should help sales.

Yankovic-Gretzky · Post by **Yankovic-Gretzky** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:24 pm

Yankovic-Gretzky @ Dec 1 2006, 03:25 PM wrote: The 2006-2007 Billboard Charts Week by Week: UPDATE!

Straight Outta Lynwood - 10, 19, 28, 35, 38, 42, 63, 86, 97, 89, 82, 81, 85, 81, 85, 105, 124

White & Nerdy - 28, 9, 11, 15, 17, 23, 26, 36, 42, 55, 57, 55, 44, 19, 34, 48, 59

Canadian Idiot - 82, 94, 98 (3 Weeks)

http://www.billboard.com

UPDATED!

White & Nerdy fell to # 48 this week.

Straight Outta Lynwood #105

Post by **stupidsurgeon27** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:16 pm

Well, at least SOL stayed in the top 100 for quite a while, which is impressive.

Post by **Kevbo1987** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:16 pm

It's sad that SOL fell out the Top 100, but it had quite an impressive run. "White and Nerdy" is still doing pretty well, which is encouraging.

CatraDhtem · Post by **CatraDhtem** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:40 pm

SOL is at #105 on the "Billboard 200" this week.

Also, for those of you keeping score at home, W&N has sold 687,108 downloads so far.

Yankovic-Gretzky · Post by **Yankovic-Gretzky** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:44 pm

CatraDhtem @ Jan 19 2007, 10:40 PM wrote: SOL is at #105 on the "Billboard 200" this week.

Also, for those of you keeping score at home, W&N has sold 687,108 downloads so far.

Where did you get the Billboard position from? Your local book store?

Does that figure qualify White & Nerdy for a GOLD record for iTunes sales or not yet?

CatraDhtem · Post by **CatraDhtem** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:27 pm

Yankovic-Gretzky @ Jan 22 2007, 10:44 AM wrote: Where did you get the Billboard position from?

There's a chart forum on the UKMix.org web site in which people with paid Billboard.com accounts post complete versions of some of the major charts.

Does that figure qualify White & Nerdy for a GOLD record for iTunes sales or not yet?

Well, I think I've pointed this out before, but according to "Billboard's" web site, a single can be certified Gold with only 100,000 paid downloads and Platinum with 200,000 paid downloads...so it looks as if Al will have much rejoicing to do very soon.

CatraDhtem · Post by **CatraDhtem** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:31 pm

W&N is down to #59 this week. So far the song has sold 714,843 paid downloads.

Meanwhile, I'm still trying to find out SOL's chart position.

Post by **Kevbo1987** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:52 pm

At least W&N still seems relatively safe in the Top 100. I sure hope it stays there for a while longer.