Chronic Re-Lit sales? any info on it?

[Giesuz]

i wonder if the re-lit was a success in the first week....

[cheesefry]

HITS & SoundScan Top Albums (August 31-September 7, 2009)

LW TW artist / album label power index
2 1 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 27,130
NUMBER ONES
-- 2 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 26,088
BREAKTHROUGH
3 3 GEORGE STRAIT MCA NASHVILLE 22,994
TWANG
1 4 REBA MCENTIRE VALORY 19,917
KEEP ON LOVING YOU
-- 5 NOW COUNTRY 2 SONY MUSIC 18,808
VARIOUS ARTISTS
7 6 HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE WALT DISNEY 18,280
SOUNDTRACK
5 7 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 15,930
ONLY BY THE NIGHT
10 8 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 15,848
FEARLESS
15 9 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 15,683
FOUNDATION
9 10 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 15,309
ESSENTIAL
19 11 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 15,186
WIDE OPEN
12 12 NOW 31 SONY MUSIC 14,536
VARIOUS ARTISTS
11 13 DAUGHTRY 19/RCA/RMG 12,624
LEAVE THIS TOWN
-- 14 LETOYA CAPITOL 12,261
LADY LOVE
13 15 MAXWELL COLUMBIA 11,323
BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT
6 16 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 10,788
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
21 17 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 9,726
LEARN TO LIVE
25 18 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 8,656
DARK HORSE
26 19 JUSTIN MOORE VALORY 8,236
JUSTIN MOORE
-- 20 JET REAL HORRORSHOW 8,208
SHAKA ROCK
35 21 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 8,178
LADY ANTEBELLUM
8 22 NEIL DIAMOND COLUMBIA 7,960
HOT AUGUST NIGHT/NYC
-- 23 QUEEN LATIFAH VERVE 7,919
PERSONA
20 24 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 7,877
FAME
18 25 HANNAH MONTANA 3 WALT DISNEY 7,773
SOUNDTRACK
-- 26 COLLECTIVE SOUL ROADRUNNER 7,011
COLLECTIVE SOUL
-- 27 SKILLET ATLANTIC 6,902
AWAKE
16 28 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 6,654
THRILLER
30 29 SHINEDOWN ATLANTIC 6,481
SOUND OF MADNESS
36 30 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 5,960
DEFYING GRAVITY
-- 31 ARCTIC MONKEYS DOMINO 5,610
HUMBUG
29 32 GLORIANA ATLANTIC 5,211
GLORIANA
41 33 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/RCA NASHVILLE 5,161
GREATEST HITS II
-- 34 LOVE & THEFT HOLLYWOOD 5,111
WORLD WIDE OPEN
49 35 BILLY CURRINGTON MERCURY NASHVILLE 5,072
LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING
38 36 BRAD PAISLEY ARISTA NASHVILLE 4,966
AMERICAN SATURDAY NIGHT
27 37 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 4,930
RELAPSE
31 38 WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE WALT DISNEY 4,923
SOUNDTRACK
37 39 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 4,812
BAD
44 40 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 4,669
DANGEROUS
28 41 DEMI LOVATO HOLLYWOOD 4,616
HERE WE GO AGAIN
-- 42 DAVID GUETTA ASTRALWERKS 4,524
ONE LOVE
-- 43 K'JON UP&UP/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 4,442
I GET AROUND
-- 44 MATISYAHU EPIC 4,111
LIGHT
33 45 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 4,002
KIDZ BOP 16
46 46 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 3,837
OFF THE WALL
-- 47 THEORY OF A DEADMAN ROADRUNNER 3,823
SCARS & SOUVENIRS
17 48 LEDISI VERVE 3,599
TURN ME LOOSE
-- 49 JACK INGRAM BIG MACHINE 3,593
BIG DREAMS & HIGH HOPES
14 50 SEAN PAUL ATLANTIC 3,468
IMPERIAL BLAZE

lol daz was right.  it didn't even move 3,000 copies.

[G-Funk]

well, goddamn.

[MarshColin]

This is one of those releases that will bring in consistent sales, unlike if an artist drops an album and they do super good the first month or so and then sales fall big time. If I were an average joe and a year from now I saw this on the shelf for the first time and I also saw Daz's So So Gangsta on the shelf it would be way more likely for me to pick up Re-Lit because it's a timeless release with added material while an album from 2-3 years ago has lost its appeal. I'm just using So So Gangsta as an example, not a diss to it.

[Episcop Cruel Cvrle]

dayumn not even 3k...lara levy is gonna file for bankrupcy

[acgrundy]

I stated before that I think she and people on this forum had way too high of expectations.  Besides the internet rap sites, this album has ZERO promotion.  What do you expect.  And everybody on these internet sites already own a copy of the chronic.  and its a very bad recession.  I expected more than 3000, but still I knew it wouldn't do well.

[SoilSavy707]

I too would have thought more than 3k, but I also dont think this release will have huge success as time goes on. Sure, it is a classic rap album, but how many people give a shit about that? Obviously, not many. The flame from re-lit blew out . If it were a straight release with just unreleased material, I could see it doing better, which might be the case for the Snoop Dogg cd coming out soon.

[cheesefry]

I too would have thought more than 3k, but I also dont think this release will have huge success as time goes on. Sure, it is a classic rap album, but how many people give a shit about that? Obviously, not many. The flame from re-lit blew out . If it were a straight release with just unreleased material, I could see it doing better, which might be the case for the Snoop Dogg cd coming out soon.

if the bonus material had anything to do with the chronic we'd be talking different numbers.  this shit just seemed like such a random after thought.  maybe instead of just her web design she should have found people who knew the history and could have helped make a better product!  shit, little things like adding 187 after lil ghetto boy as it was originally sequenced, add the single versions on a bonus disc, etc.  even with the whole no dre vocals thing she could have put chronic-related music on there instead of random stuff from 5 years later.

if lara took out a $10 million loan to acquire this material (i'm being generous here too) then she needs a few hit records and not just sleepers that will net her $5,000 a month.  then again am7 already took most of her heat away by releasing albums of material before she even came onto the scene.  so where we are at is that she needs the snoop project to fly off the shelves but the mostly crappy tracklisting, horrible cover, and the fact that snoop is still rapping all shaopes up to hurt her success. 

and she thought she'd buy death row and become rich overnight lol.  those cock riders on the internet make up like 0.00000000000000000000000000000001% of the global market.

[jory]

what was the promotion like in the US? adds on tv or radio? or in magazines? or was it internet only?
hopefully the will advertise the snoop cd alot better.
does soundscann include internet sales (itunes, amazon etc?)

[MediumL]

if sales continue like this we could see some remix albums  But on the real. None of the new tracks had Dre vocals (which was a downer) and a lot of the artists hold no weight to most fans (come on, how many have heard of CPO?). I wasn't up for paying £17 for a couple videos and songs by artists who I don't check.

The Snoop Dogg lost sessions are another question though 

[hobomotel]

if sales continue like this we could see some remix albums  But on the real. None of the new tracks had Dre vocals (which was a downer) and a lot of the artists hold no weight to most fans (come on, how many have heard of CPO?). I wasn't up for paying £17 for a couple videos and songs by artists who I don't check.

The Snoop Dogg lost sessions are another question though 

I paid £9

[woof]

what was the promotion like in the US? adds on tv or radio? or in magazines? or was it internet only?
hopefully the will advertise the snoop cd alot better.
does soundscann include internet sales (itunes, amazon etc?)

its koch what do u think. there is NO promotion only on websites and blogs.

Daz is right they fucked up. how can u press only 35 000 units for snoop album and don't promote it?? allhiphop.com is not promotion

i guess international sales will be better when distribution deal will be settled

[Detox Iz Not Active]

how are making any money of this shit selling less then 3g

[cheesefry]

how are making any money of this shit selling less then 3g

assassin's bullshit mixtapes run laps around this release lol

[Dre-Day]

what was the promotion like in the US? adds on tv or radio? or in magazines? or was it internet only?
hopefully the will advertise the snoop cd alot better.
does soundscann include internet sales (itunes, amazon etc?)

its koch what do u think. there is NO promotion only on websites and blogs.

Daz is right they fucked up. how can u press only 35 000 units for snoop album and don't promote it?? allhiphop.com is not promotion

i guess international sales will be better when distribution deal will be settled

the fact that there was no worldwide distribution at the time of the release definitely didn't help