Chart Failure

[QUOTE] [b]MisterCosmicc wrote:[/b]

Look at Velvet Side A, a different producer per song, 3+ hired song writers per track. A waste. Adam should get a band together and then it’ll be better, they’ll help make the songs sound better as they will want it to sell.

His management sucks.[/QUOTE]

Wouldn't be so sure about that. Look at Liam Gallagher. After Oasis split he tried to carry on with Beady Eye (essentially Oasis minus NG), but soon realized his audience was shrinking fast as they lost their main songwriter and were unable to replace him. After two albums he called it quits, went solo, hired professional songwriters and there he is, selling records like hot buns again.

The truth is Adam needs to start thinking about some sort of a post-Queen, TV career once the touring ends. Or find a maverick songwriter and hopefully transform completely into something which at least resembles an actual artist.

Liam's new album is fantastic by the way.

Notice Adam Worshippers has no comment on any of this except for the “Daily Double”? LOL

I think he'll have a long career in the entertainment industry but I don't see him ever really breaking out as a major solo artist without some fundamental changes to his music. Might be too late for that anyway, he's not exactly young any more. He just seems that way because he's playing in a band of grandfathers. I like the guy,

I thought QAL would finish after the 2017 tour, but they have a big 2020 pay day coming so he has no reason to do anything different right now.
After that, I think his immediate future lies in being a judge on a major TV talent show, or taking a lead in a Broadway musical.
He could go into acting or just TV presenter.

I think he would do very well in either of those, but he's not challenging Rhianna, Taylor Swift or Beyonce in record sales anytime soon.
I reckon if hes going to have an album that goes big, its going to be a covers or duets album. Worked for Rod Stewart and Robbie Williams and Tom Jones and Tori Amos and Elvis Presley and Bryan Ferry and David Bowie and John Lennon and absolutely didn't work for Duran Duran's monstrosity 'Thank You'.

[QUOTE] [b]K770i wrote:[/b]

Lambert needs to be knocking on Simon Cowell's door as he is pretty useless and clueless as a solo artist.
He has no direction with his music and it is merely a guess when it comes to his style of music.
I have heard his new single and it is crap, and again will fail to chart.[/QUOTE]

He's doing music he want's to do, his fans are loving his new EP and it's getting great reviews by the media. Since when did commercial success always equal quality and talent? The single isn't my favourite personally t's ok and upbeat enough but it's not the one I would have chosen as the single there's better songs on the EP than Superpower.

If his fans are loving his music so much, why are his singles chart failures?

Before you say it’s due to the internet or anything, there’s 100 positions on the Hot 100 that he failed to chart in... yes, people still buy music. Downloads are integrated into the Hot 100 chart.

So why did his singles fail?

[QUOTE] [b]MisterCosmicc wrote:[/b]

If his fans are loving his music so much, why are his singles chart failures?

Before you say it’s due to the internet or anything, there’s 100 positions on the Hot 100 that he failed to chart in... yes, people still buy music. Downloads are integrated into the Hot 100 chart.

So why did his singles fail?[/QUOTE]

The single was overshadowed IMO with the EP, he did some promo but never performed it when it was released and it wasn't sent to radio until the 7th October by which time the EP was already out, seems a strange way to do things but who knows what the reason was.

The EP charted on the digital download charts but only low on the billboard chart which takes streams into consideration. He has a very loyal core fan base but not massive numbers and some don't use streaming sites and just buy the music to download or buy physical copies. The physical release is only just being shipped so those numbers won't have been included in the calculation for the first week, no idea if it was some problem with getting copies out on time or a deliberate thing. The CD will be available on Amazon and HMV from November 1st so there's plenty fans buying his music but without radio play etc it's unlikely enough people will hear it to affect streaming numbers. He charted on the indie chart which is what you would expect for an artist without the backing of a major label so IMO his music is doing as expected.

Let me explain..,

The billboard Top 200 does record digital sales. It’s the overall chart and 178 isn’t good at all. The digital and indie charts are integrated into the top 200... obviously he failed in the USA with Velvet Side A at 148.

Radio play is completely irrelevant to sales. Every station could play one of his songs 24/7... but his singles will still fail if they don’t sell. Everyone knows Adam released Superpower. Very few people bought it. He doesn’t need it on the radio for his hardcore fans to know it’s out. Hardcore fans are what make the sales. Downloading the song on iTunes is integrated into the Billboard Top 100.

If half of the people who like his Instagram posts actually bought his music, he’d be in the top 40 frequently.

“ so there's plenty fans buying his music but without radio play etc it's unlikely enough people will hear it to affect streaming numbers.“

You do realize that the Billboard Top 100 is the overall chart and records all digital sales, right? Streaming, iTunes, physical copies, everything. You know that right?

Adam has 1.4 million followers on Instagram. Does he really need radio to notify his fan base that he has a new music out? No, because they are following him on Instagram. Old people not on Instagram or Facebook are very very unlikely to boost any sales if they heard his music. The general public isn’t what makes Adam’s music chart... Adam’s fans do. Obviously the majority of Adam’s 1.4 million followers could care less about his music. He’s been promoting his music heavily. Only 5,000 people out of 1.4 million followers actually buy his music? Terrible.

Back in the early days of Adam’s career, his music sold pretty well. That’s dwindled now. Teenyboppers outgrew their infatuation.

His sales are terrible.

“ He charted on the indie chart which is what you would expect for an artist without the backing of a major label so IMO his music is doing as expected.“

You can be an indie artist and have a #1. In fact, considering Adam’s music was released digitally, their is no limit on how many digital single sales he can have, unlike physical copies which only a certain amount are manufactured.

4.6 million followers on Facebook and only 5,000 people downloaded his new music?

Are people claiming those 4.6 million people aren’t his fans? That his fans aren’t following him on social media, but don’t have the internet, and rely on finding out about his music on the radio?

[QUOTE] [b]MisterCosmicc wrote:[/b]

4.6 million followers on Facebook and only 5,000 people downloaded his new music?

Are people claiming those 4.6 million people aren’t his fans? That his fans aren’t following him on social media, but don’t have the internet, and rely on finding out about his music on the radio?[/QUOTE]

You do know, that the followers on social media are worldwide and the 6k copies (according to Rolling Stone) are US only?

If all artists sold as many albums as they had followers, they would be more than happy.
In Adam‘s case there are many Queen fans following him, who aren’t into his music. And most of them aren’t from the US.

So that makes up for his music failing to chart?

Are you honestly saying that his US fans are the 80+ year olds who don’t have social media?

[QUOTE] [b]MisterCosmicc wrote:[/b]

So that makes up for his music failing to chart?[/QUOTE]
No, it shows, that your reasoning is full of inaccuracies.