Katy Perry's 'PRISM' 10-22-2013 —The 3rd Thread—

[ILoveGeniuses]

I have no idea who/what Anna Karenina, Dangerous Liaisons or Great Gatsby are... LOL

Also I know who Keira Knightly is, but don't get the reference. LOL

[marty]

^
They're all books, and Keira Knightley acted in the recent Anna Karenina film, which had this dance scene that's just almost identical to the one hosted in Uncontrolled video, lol. The style of the clothes and the surroundings too are based on the style of these books, more or less.

[ILoveGeniuses]

^Ah ok. Never heard of any of it. Actually I think about only thing I've seen her in is the Pirates of the Caribbean films.

I did recognize the Anastasia themed stuff in the MV though.

[NintendoHTF1242]

idk the video is gorgeous though

[GREENsora]

That video made me love the song; such a gorgeous video. I can't stop singing it to my boyfriend

[TeamAyu2004]

Originally Posted by marty

^
It's SO Anna Karenina, 'cause the dancing scene just reminds me of the last film with Keira Knightely!XD And the car crushing Katy just made me think of the train running over Anna, lol. I don't see Great Gatsby or Dangerous Liasons (both of which I adore to death).

The car scene was based off or inspired from the Great Gatsby. I've never seen Dangerous Liasons though and I need too.
I love the video... It was amazing and I must have watched it a dozen times when it first came out. lol

[marty]

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

The car scene was based off or inspired from the Great Gatsby.

OH, now I see! Why didn't I link it to that, it's so obvious now that it's pointed out lol!

[TeamAyu2004]

lol... i didn't see it till I read about it. LOL.
Like, I was so close with Anastasia, but it was Anna... lol..
close enough. some time period! LOL

[ILoveGeniuses]

Are anymore of the album's tracks getting MVs? Or is this it?

[TeamAyu2004]

this is Katy Perry.
I'm pretty sure she will single at least 3 more songs.

[Delicious n Bold]

3 more singles*
So at least 3 more music videos?

[TeamAyu2004]

maybe? her last album had five or 6 singles yes?
and then she rereleased it for 2 more singles... so that was a total of 8?

[ILoveGeniuses]

I really don't see the point in releasing singles of the album songs AFTER the album is out. Never have. If a person wants just ONE song off the album they can always just buy just that one song on iTunes, Amazon etc. The way Japan does it with releasing singles before the next album makes more sense to me.

[Delicious n Bold]

She had a lot of singles
But it's definitely the case that we'll get music videos when she releases the songs as singles. There are few cases in western music where that isn't the case but I'm not counting on that.

[~StarCatcher~]

Western way of releasing music is weird and not my thing, because like you said ILoveGeniuses you already know the song and most probably bought it already off the album....

Japanese way of releasing is way more interesting; you always get something new and albums are so great, because you know the hits and can celebrate them and you also get to know new material

[brener]

PRISM - Oricon (Japan)

1st Week
Position: #10
Copies: 14,596
Total: 14,596

2nd Week
Position: #10
Copies: 8,917
Total: 23,513

3rd Week
Position: #5
Copies 10,236
Total: 33,749

4th Week
Position: #12
Copies: 6,255
Total: 40,004

5th Week
Position: #24
Copies: 4,218
Total: 44,222

[ILoveGeniuses]

And hows it doing sales wise in N.America?

[brener]

PRISM - Billboard (USA)

1st Week
Position: #1
Copies: 286,000
Total: 286,000

2nd Week
Position: #2
Copies: 92,000
Total: 378,000

3rd Week
Position: #4
Copies 61,000
Total: 439,000

4th Week
Position: #5
Copies: 46,000
Total: 485,000


we'll know the numbers for the fifth week tomorrow.. ^^ Billboard numbers consists of digital copies + physical copies, Oricon doesn't count digital copies.

[ILoveGeniuses]

^I thought Oricon doesnt count digital copies? Well i thought if i buy my copies of JPOP albums from YA or CDJ they count on Oricon?

Anyways, those sales are really good.

[brener]

by digital copies I mean mp3/m4a download from iTunes, recochoku, amazon.jp etc.

and of course it will count on Oricon if you buy the physical version on those stores ^^