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

[Tom Punks]

That's so weird to me, is it normal for western artists to have so much longevity on the charts in Japan? I'm so used to sales dropping off 95% after the first week lol

[Refix]

Oh I hope she gonna add my country since it was not so far away from Japan! That would be ahmaaziing~~
So I was watching Unconditionally music video again and God gracious she looks beautiful and beautiful video also... and beautiful male dancers lol

[brener]

Originally Posted by Tom Punks

That's so weird to me, is it normal for western artists to have so much longevity on the charts in Japan? I'm so used to sales dropping off 95% after the first week lol

Actually it's always been common for western artists to enjoy such longevity, not with great numbers but with steady ones. And nowadays international pop female singers are selling better than female japanese singers.

[brener]

Good article talking about PRISM success

KATY "ROARS" AT RETAIL AND RADIO

PRISM, "Roar," "Dark Horse" and the Marketplace

February 27, 2014

You know she’s got the eye of the tiger and the bling of Cleopatra, but how’s Capitol’s Katy Perry doing in the marketplace?

In a word: Strong.

In the 19 weeks it’s been at retail, Perry’s PRISM has left the Top 10 only once. The album has been certified platinum both as a standalone (it’s currently at 1.2m) and in pure TEA—having furnished singles, including two #1 smashes at Pop radio—accounting for more than 10m tracks sold).

Speaking of those singles, "Roar" has moved more than 5m tracks in the U.S. since release. Globally, the song has sold 8.6m tracks and earned 425m audio and video streams.

Follow-up "Dark Horse," currently enjoying its third week as the #1 song at Pop radio, has moved more than 3.5m singles domestically and 4.2m worldwide, and has roosted at or near the top of the iTunes singles chart for months. In the five days since its release, the song’s video has commanded more than 30m video views worldwide. It’s also #3 on our most recent Shazam chart. "Unconditionally," meanwhile, adds another 1m U.S. downloads and 1.5m worldwide to the tally, not to mention 70m views RTD.

She holds the Top 2 all-time weekly spins at Mediabase Top 40 with "Roar" and "Dark Horse," and is the only artist ever to appear twice in the all-time Top 10 totals.

"It’s truly been an amazing global effort," says label EVP Greg Thompson. "Katy’s core team came into the process and inherited the power and muscle of her new family, the global UMG family, and you can see the results of that. We've worked well with her management. Katy herself has also connected more deeply—and widely—with fans. She really understands social networking; she’s really active and it’s all authentically from her. If she’s not the hardest-working artist I’ve ever seen, she’s one of them."

Perry’s busy schedule has had her crisscrossing the globe; U.K. dates precede her U.S. arena jaunt, which runs from June to September). Ticket sales are reportedly a blowout, so maybe she can finally buy that pyramid she’s had her eye on.

[Tom Punks]

Originally Posted by brener

Actually it's always been common for western artists to enjoy such longevity, not with great numbers but with steady ones. And nowadays international pop female singers are selling better than female japanese singers.

That's weird, I wonder why that is??? Is it just because western artists promote their albums more in the long run? That's one thing I hate about Japanese releases, they're out and then a couple weeks later they just drop off the face of the planet lol

[brener]

US artists end up promoting their albums (unwittingly) in Japan rather than individual singles due to the fact that they don't release physical singles there and it's hard for foreign artists to sell more digital downloads than japanese artists. Dark Horse feat. TEE likely will affect PRISM sales, not Dark Horse digital downloads. Furthermore the release pattern of a foreign artist (single-album-single-single-single +) allows the album to always be spotted in Japan when its sales begin to decrease. And yet there's the promo thing, foreign artists travel to Japan to promote their stuff there, participate in music festival, meet fans at the airport...

[marty]

It was nice of her to sing with a japanese rapper for the japanese version!
Sweet.

[brener]

yeah, she does care a lot with her fans, this week after singing at that japanese music festival she flew to australia to announce her australian tour dates, meet some fans and give some interviews at local radio stations.

[marty]

^
She's just such a sweetheart!!

[brener]

YouTube Official Video Streamings:

Roar - 398.436.588 [+2.494.324]
Unconditionally - 75.427.330 [+1.161.336]
Dark Horse - 62.274.640 [+7.734.775]

Gains are in comparison to 1 day ago

[brener]

Katy confirms that Legendary Lovers will be released as single this year!!

[marty]

^
Yay!! I love the song!

[brener]

PRISM - billboard (USA)

Spoiler:

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

5th Week
Position: #11
Copies: 21,000
Total: 464,000

6th Week
Position: #5
Copies: 136,000
Total: 660,000

7th Week
Position: #9
Copies: 51,000
Total: 711,000

8th Week
Position: #9
Copies: 59,000
Total: 770,000

9th Week
Position: #7
Copies: 99,000
Total: 869,000

10th Week
Position: #5
Copies: 99,000
Total: 968,000

11th Week
Position: #4
Copies: 51,000
Total: 1,019,000

12th Week
Position: #7
Copies: 23,000
Total: 1,042,000

13th Week
Position: #9
Copies: 22,000
Total: 1,064,000

14th Week
Position: #9
Copies: 25,000
Total: 1,089,000

15th Week
Position: #9
Copies: 30,000
Total: 1,119,000

16th Week
Position: #10
Copies: 27,000
Total: 1,146,000

17th Week
Position: #9
Copies: 31,000
Total: 1,177,000

18th Week
Position: #7
Copies: 26,000
Total: 1,203,000

19th Week
Position: #14
Copies: 23,000
Total: 1,226,000

She just popped out from top 10 because of 8 new releases ^^

[toLOVE]

... the part about Legendary Lovers being release this year makes me wanna die in happiness!! The epic song needs a music video. I think Legendary Lovers' her best song ever.

[rookies]

Yes, so happy that Legendary Lovers will be a single! Love that song!

[orangeakira]

Woo! that song is awesome. I'm not sure how it makes me feel, but fsr I think of Pocahontas during the "take me down to the river" part.

[brener]

PRISM - ORICON STYLE (JPN)

Spoiler:

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

6th Week
Position: #34
Copies: 3,690
Total: 47,912

7th Week
Position: #44
Copies: 2,603
Total: 50,515

8th Week
Position: #50
Copies: 2,346
Total: 52,861

9th Week
Position: #64
Copies: 2,044
Total: 54,905

10th Week
Position: #60
Copies: 2,278
Total: 57,183

11th Week
Position: #26
Copies: 3,115
Total: 60,298

12th Week
Position: #36
Copies: 1,731
Total: 62,029

13th Week
Position: #45
Copies: 1,401
Total: 63,430

14th Week
Position: #60
Copies: 1,222
Total: 64,652

15th Week
Position: #71
Copies: 1,305
Total: 65,957

16th Week
Position: #84
Copies: 826
Total: 66,783

17th Week
Position: #82
Copies: 768
Total: 67,551

18th Week
Position: #70
Copies: 1,131
Total: 68,682

19th Week
Position: #96
Copies: 966
Total: 69,648

20th Week
Position: #114
Copies: 891
Total: 70,539

yay 70k!

[brener]

PRISM - billboard (USA)

Spoiler:

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

5th Week
Position: #11
Copies: 21,000
Total: 464,000

6th Week
Position: #5
Copies: 136,000
Total: 660,000

7th Week
Position: #9
Copies: 51,000
Total: 711,000

8th Week
Position: #9
Copies: 59,000
Total: 770,000

9th Week
Position: #7
Copies: 99,000
Total: 869,000

10th Week
Position: #5
Copies: 99,000
Total: 968,000

11th Week
Position: #4
Copies: 51,000
Total: 1,019,000

12th Week
Position: #7
Copies: 23,000
Total: 1,042,000

13th Week
Position: #9
Copies: 22,000
Total: 1,064,000

14th Week
Position: #9
Copies: 25,000
Total: 1,089,000

15th Week
Position: #9
Copies: 30,000
Total: 1,119,000

16th Week
Position: #10
Copies: 27,000
Total: 1,146,000

17th Week
Position: #9
Copies: 31,000
Total: 1,177,000

18th Week
Position: #7
Copies: 26,000
Total: 1,203,000

19th Week
Position: #14
Copies: 23,000
Total: 1,226,000

20th Week
Position: #17
Copies: 18,000
Total: 1,245,000

[brener]

PRISM - ORICON STYLE (JPN)

Spoiler:

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

6th Week
Position: #34
Copies: 3,690
Total: 47,912

7th Week
Position: #44
Copies: 2,603
Total: 50,515

8th Week
Position: #50
Copies: 2,346
Total: 52,861

9th Week
Position: #64
Copies: 2,044
Total: 54,905

10th Week
Position: #60
Copies: 2,278
Total: 57,183

11th Week
Position: #26
Copies: 3,115
Total: 60,298

12th Week
Position: #36
Copies: 1,731
Total: 62,029

13th Week
Position: #45
Copies: 1,401
Total: 63,430

14th Week
Position: #60
Copies: 1,222
Total: 64,652

15th Week
Position: #71
Copies: 1,305
Total: 65,957

16th Week
Position: #84
Copies: 826
Total: 66,783

17th Week
Position: #82
Copies: 768
Total: 67,551

18th Week
Position: #70
Copies: 1,131
Total: 68,682

19th Week
Position: #96
Copies: 966
Total: 69,648

20th Week
Position: #114
Copies: 891
Total: 70,539

21th Week
Position: #124
Copies: 635
Total: 71,174

80k here we go!

[brener]

PRISM - billboard (USA)

Spoiler:

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

5th Week
Position: #11
Copies: 21,000
Total: 464,000

6th Week
Position: #5
Copies: 136,000
Total: 660,000

7th Week
Position: #9
Copies: 51,000
Total: 711,000

8th Week
Position: #9
Copies: 59,000
Total: 770,000

9th Week
Position: #7
Copies: 99,000
Total: 869,000

10th Week
Position: #5
Copies: 99,000
Total: 968,000

11th Week
Position: #4
Copies: 51,000
Total: 1,019,000

12th Week
Position: #7
Copies: 23,000
Total: 1,042,000

13th Week
Position: #9
Copies: 22,000
Total: 1,064,000

14th Week
Position: #9
Copies: 25,000
Total: 1,089,000

15th Week
Position: #9
Copies: 30,000
Total: 1,119,000

16th Week
Position: #10
Copies: 27,000
Total: 1,146,000

17th Week
Position: #9
Copies: 31,000
Total: 1,177,000

18th Week
Position: #7
Copies: 26,000
Total: 1,203,000

19th Week
Position: #14
Copies: 23,000
Total: 1,226,000

20th Week
Position: #17
Copies: 18,000
Total: 1,245,000

21th Week
Position: #16
Copies: 15,000
Total: 1,260,000