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defrogCongratulations, America – Taylor Swift is yr new favorite President of the United States!
And then there’s this:
And this:
Which makes Lady Gaga Vice President, Black-Eyed Peas Secretary Of State and Nickelback the Pentagon.
PRODUCTION NOTE: I’d have posted this sooner, but Nielsen SoundScan used to wait until the end of the year to publish these numbers, so I usually don't start tracking them down until then. Evidently the SoundScan year ends in November.
BACKGROUND: A long time ago when I was doing the “Go To Hell” zine, I would publish annual SoundScan data as a sort of satirical tribute to the idea that people – mainly record label executives, but also a lot of music fans I’ve met – measure how good an album is by how many units it sells. Because if it wasn’t “good” music, no one would buy it. Right?
Then I would break down the numbers to compare the Top Ten with the number of Top Ten albums I bought that year, or the number of Top Ten artists that I owned any records by at all, etc. The number in either category was typically less than two (2).
This year it’s zero.
The same, incidentally, applies to Nielsen/SoundScan’s Top Ten Albums/Singles Of The 00s as well (though I do own a lot of Beatles albums – just not that one).
Not that it matters. I just enjoy pointing this out.
BONUS TRACK: Incidentally, I've just been informed that Metallica has officially outsold Shania Twain in the SoundScan universe – by 3,000 units!
Vox unpopuli,
This is dF
And then there’s this:
And this:
Which makes Lady Gaga Vice President, Black-Eyed Peas Secretary Of State and Nickelback the Pentagon.
PRODUCTION NOTE: I’d have posted this sooner, but Nielsen SoundScan used to wait until the end of the year to publish these numbers, so I usually don't start tracking them down until then. Evidently the SoundScan year ends in November.
BACKGROUND: A long time ago when I was doing the “Go To Hell” zine, I would publish annual SoundScan data as a sort of satirical tribute to the idea that people – mainly record label executives, but also a lot of music fans I’ve met – measure how good an album is by how many units it sells. Because if it wasn’t “good” music, no one would buy it. Right?
Then I would break down the numbers to compare the Top Ten with the number of Top Ten albums I bought that year, or the number of Top Ten artists that I owned any records by at all, etc. The number in either category was typically less than two (2).
This year it’s zero.
The same, incidentally, applies to Nielsen/SoundScan’s Top Ten Albums/Singles Of The 00s as well (though I do own a lot of Beatles albums – just not that one).
Not that it matters. I just enjoy pointing this out.
BONUS TRACK: Incidentally, I've just been informed that Metallica has officially outsold Shania Twain in the SoundScan universe – by 3,000 units!
Vox unpopuli,
This is dF
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on 2010-01-03 01:49 am (UTC)I feel a shotgun rampage coming on...
I have been wanting to write a big post about the return of rock, but right now I would rather smell the acrid reek of cordite, taste the sticky tang of blood.
Fie on Soundscan.
-- JF