BigChampagne's Ultimate Chart (a/o February 10th):
1. “What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger),” Kelly Clarkson
2. “Set Fire to the Rain,” Adele
3. “Turn Me On,” David Guetta
4. “Rack City,” TYGA
5. “Good Feeling,” Flo Rida
6. “Smooth Criminal (Glee Cast Version),” Glee Cast
7. “Young, Wild & Free,” Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa
8. “Domino ,” Jessie J
9. “Sexy and I Know It,” LMFAO
10. “Ass Back Home ,” Gym Class Heroes
This Is It - the rehearsal film - has already pushed past $100 million in global box office receipts. But what about the soundtrack? The double-disc (or downloadable equivalent) is mostly a collection of well-worn Michael Jackson classics, though early whisper numbers suggested US-based, first-week sales of well past 300,000. Sure enough, on Tuesday evening, Nielsen Soundscan counted sales of 373,000, a superb result for essentially a repackaging of older material.
What else? Digital Music News is also digging into digital sales, specifically the success of a forced album purchase requirement on the iTunes Store. The decision to prevent a-la-carte downloads of the lead single "This Is It" was a rare and unexpected concession by Apple, and considered consumer-unfriendly. But exactly how that plays into the sales story remains unclear, though the 'Jackson factor' is certainly formidable. More details ahead.
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