Re: [情報] 又賣0.99元了...
※ 引述《herohoney (http://ppt.cc/eJRa 點!!)》之銘言：
: http://twitter.com/#!/amazonmp3/status/73650270021750784
: http://ppt.cc/5tq1 (amazon網站)
: 還沒買專輯的人快去買吧...XDD
: 看來銷量又要往上衝了
: 只是到時候會有人講話就是了@"@
看來國外已經有人在連署陳情了，寫這篇陳情文的人認為
Amazon以0.99美金的價格幫助GAGA銷售專輯是CHEATING，希望Billboard
不要把這個promotion算進專輯銷量內
(之前BestBuy 買一支智慧型手機就送一張專輯的促銷已經不被算進Billboard 200內了)
節錄重點：
這種「作弊」行為不能算進銷量內，他們覺得這種手段讓BTW可以很容易的破百萬銷售，
假使一萬個小怪獸各買100張專輯，百萬銷售根本就是垂手可得 (老實說我覺得這個論點
太好笑了XDDD)。這種行為太不公平了，之前破百萬的歌手都是以原價或是不會太誇張的
促銷價格賣破百萬。
以下是信件全文
Dear Billboard,
1,000,000 1st week sales of GaGa (with the $0.99 deal) are NOT the equivalent
of an artist 10 years ago with 1,000,000 sales. At this rate, Gaga will
outsell Celine Dion, Madonna, Mariah Carey in 10 years if she makes deals
like these. Michael Jackson has rolled around in his grave, because his TOP
selling album status may be ruined by your ignorant, silly and inappropriate
policy.
You have to take into consideration that when artists like The Beatles,
Whitney Houston, Eminem, Britney Spears, Usher, Shania Twain, Taylor Swift,
50 Cent, Norah Jones.. and all of the other artists who have has first week
impacts over over 1,000,000 unit sales to consumers that there was NO SPECIAL
DISCOUNTED PROMOTION for them. It's almost as if Gaga's taking advantage of
the rules that have been set by the powers-that-be. This is why you have a
lot of angry fans on your hands, especially Britney Spears & Eminem fans. You
have someone who made a thunderous boom onto the music scene and left her
mark with one of the highest debuts ever. That title is in danger of being
stripped or lessoned because for two days (or even more) Amazon decided to
virtually give the album away. In a sense it is completely not fair.
At the end of the day selling a brand new album at 99 cents means fans can
afford to buy 100 copies for just under 100 bucks. IMAGINE 10,000 GAGA FANS
BUYS 100 COPIES EACH ==> 1,000,000 COPIES ALREADY That basically gives her
the #1 spot without her even trying to get it. Where is the pride in that?
f**king PATHETIC! Almost ANY artist with a brand new album selling at 99
cents could accomplish massive first week sales and a debut number one. Its
basically CHEATING.
The richest artist of the year (like GaGa) selling an album for $0.99 is the
same as an artist who started from scratch and can not afford all these
advertisments and plays things fair and sells an album for, let's say $9.99
?? I'm sorry but your policy is UNFAIR.
And if GaGa truly wanted to give her fans the "treat" if an album in a more
accessible way, she might as well leak her albums, and keep making money off
tours if that's the case, but it is CLEARLY not the case, for it is obvious
that the 1st week SALES is very important for GaGa and her team, and to make
such a drastic and DESPERATE change is sad. This 0.99 cents album is totally
ridiculous how a new artist with low budget is gonna compete with this kind
of "politics" a new artist cant sell his album at 0.99 cents, this is
basically so unfair to other artists that sold 1 million in a regular price
And a sign of Billboard's "go with the flow"and inconsiderate arrangements.
Both GaGa and Billboard will be remembered for this policy change, because it
minimizes the efforts and 1st week sales of many other artists who have
earned their legendary figures and 1st week debuts. Billboard is joining the
rest of the corporate-driven industry, where money talks. It is not artists
and untalented individuals who ruin art and music, it is policy changes and
last second behind-the-scenes decisions like yours who reduce legends' and
icons' status. The digital era is inevitible, and one must deal with it
rationally, not in biased methods of business making. Billboard has always
been a respectable chart, and has been losing the respect from critics and
even artists.
It's the fact that artists like Eminem, Usher, Shania Twain, 50 Cent, Norah
Jones, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift and others actually WORK hard to sell a
$12+ album to their fans which ends up breaking records and selling
1,000,000+ and in comes this desperate ass try from Gaga to sell her 99cent
album just to break the record. Yes, Gaga's album may be some-what good, but
it's the actually work we're talking about here and the fairness of it. Your
only asking for all this hate yourselves. So don't complain when people
attack you on Twitter.
The industry is CORRUPT and it's all about Payola $$$. I guess the record
industry isn't about quality anymore, but about how many records you can
break by virtually smashing albums down America's throat. Ah well. The
decline from first week to second will be another record that Gaga breaks...
Music politics is all this is. The media, Billboard included, are all
strapped in on the Gaga train and money or something that is of value for BB
is obviously being exchanged. The $.99cent sale of this album is nothing more
than a ploy from Team Gaga to get her to break records and join that
1+million first week debut list. That's all. It's ridiculous and desperate
for a debut week. With this I wish Beyonce would do the same thing, she
deserves it as well. So does Katy, Rihanna and so on. TRYING HARD desperately
selling her album for .99cents. With that price most artists could venture
into the 700k+-1+million stream. It's ridiculous and Billboard knows it. You
guys are always playing music politics.
Speaking about the situation with Britney's 5th studio album, Blackout. The
Eagles had a choice. They chose to sell that album exclusively to a store
that Billboard does not count AND has never counted for decades. They even
willingly signed an agreement stating they would not be counted toward the
regular Hot 200 album chart. So they change it last minute, for The Eagles?
That is what you call unfair. That is what you call unprofessional.To change
the rules of something that's been set for years and years and years,
basically since day one of the chart starting in 1945 just because one band
decided to not sell the album in a way where they would be counted, is not
fair at all. They had a choice, they made that choice. You don't change the
rules in the middle of a board game do you? Especially when the winner is
about to be announced!
PS: All companies that have distributors sell their products have contractual
terms for the price floor in which their product can be sold at or terms that
require negotiation for major promotional activities. This prevents the
original companies from losing brand value. In a normal sales transaction,
both Amazon and the record profit on a sale to a customer and in order for
both sides to forego that profit, there has to be an agreement on either side.
This means that Universal/Gaga is making a cut on the backside of the Cloud
Service and a payment for the loss of revenue/price differential. Universal
had to sign off on the promo plan and it likely included another check, on
top of their normal cut, given the magnitude of the event.
Not to mention Gaga was giving out FREE codes to people with Farmvillle to
download the digital album as well when they came to her cd signing the other
night.
FANS OF MANY ARTISTS ARE SPREADING THIS LETTER EVERYHWERE. WE HOPE YOU WILL
CONSIDER CAREFULLY AND WILL HAVE A GREAT DECISION (not counting those Amazon
0.99$ sales) FOR FAIRNESS.
THANKS & BEST REGARDS,
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