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bubba
Akahai
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 Posted - 12/06/2007 : 06:11:37 AM
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Is there a website that lists the Hawaiian music CD sales by artist/group?
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Auntie Maria
Ha`aha`a
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Posted - 12/07/2007 : 3:24:55 PM
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| Do you want a kind of "Top 10" (or "best sellers") list, or....? |
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bubba
Akahai
72 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2007 : 06:11:32 AM
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| Top 10 would be good. What other lists are there? |
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Lawrence
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 12/08/2007 : 08:15:48 AM
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Raises a question...
Maria - do you report your CD sales to a National Sales statistics organization (like BillBoard)? I.E. if I were to buy Cyril's new CD from you, would it get reported the same way as if I had bought it from the (now defunct) Tower Records?
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Mahope Kākou...
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Auntie Maria
Ha`aha`a
USA
1918 Posts |
Posted - 12/09/2007 : 7:30:41 PM
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MELE.COM does not report (or support) any "Top 10" lists -- too easily skewed by a bombastic new release, or one island's favorite singer's new release, etc. The #1 at Borders-Maui, may not even show up in the top 10 at Borders-Kaua`i. And then the mainland audience skews it even more.
I tracked sales in 1997-98, and actually had a MELE.COM weekly "Top 10" for a few months -- but then found that the numbers were impacted by odd instances...like a kumu hula choosing a specific older recording of a mele, and those haumana then purchasing that CD...which perhaps hadn't had a sale for nearly a year...pushing that recording into the Top 10, briefly.
Too many variables...one person's "Top 10" probably isn't YOUR "Top 10". 
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Lawrence
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 12/10/2007 : 08:53:17 AM
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Too many variables...one person's "Top 10" probably isn't YOUR "Top 10".
Yes, but my added questions were somewhat broader.
How are National Sales statistics tracked in these days of the Internet?
If you and other "independent" sellers (like maybe CDBaby) do not report sales to National Statistics Aggregators, then who does?
And if they are not reported, then the sales statistics put out by entities like BillBoard must only represent WalMart and Amazon and that is about it. However, you do buy from a distributor or producer and they may be reporting their sales to entities like BillBoard, right?
So any manao you could share on this issue would be enlightening.
Mahalo...
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Mahope Kākou...
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Edited by - Lawrence on 12/10/2007 11:35:57 AM |
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Auntie Maria
Ha`aha`a
USA
1918 Posts |
Posted - 12/10/2007 : 2:09:00 PM
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As I understand it, the various music distributors here in Hawai`i report their sales. It's possible that this is the method also used for mainland distributors who handle the island titles for mainland retailers.
But that, too can be skewed -- many of the "big boy" retailers place enormous orders with 6-12 month terms...and then return all unsold product to the distributor before that payment comes due. Those returns cannot be "removed" from the previously-submitted sales info.
Which makes me wonder why anyone would make a purchase based solely on its chart rating...
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bubba
Akahai
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 05:23:46 AM
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| I guess my original question was my wondering if there was some sort of Billboard-type chart on Hawaiian music. If so, I haven't found it. I wasn't planning on basing my purchases upon the charts, rather I was just curious. |
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Auntie Maria
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 06:38:58 AM
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There is no formal "Top 10" published for island music -- but many retailers post their own lists (either in-store, or on their website). The Honolulu papers used to post the sales as reported by Borders (O`ahu only)...haven't seen it lately though.
FYI -- the island music distributors who post a "Top 10" on their sites, only list the titles they handle. So you will see totally different titles when comparing lists.
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Auntie Maria
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