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Good ‘My Best Days’ Still #1 on iTunes Country, Gokey Fans! 3/3 Discussion
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Twitter: JosieInSeattle
Erika, you and Amy are just killing me with that photo!!! I don’t do the fangirly thing too much but oh my goodness. I don’t even want to think about it anymore.
I just sent you an email with the adds for last week. I will do a reconciliation in the next day or so, just to make sure we don’t miss any radio station format changes, and will let you know if anything turns up.
nina, I saw your post to me last night. Hi! Yep, I’m on the west coast, and sometimes I’m here very early and sometimes very late. Looking forward to chatting soon, I hope!
Everyone have a great day. Such a happy start to the week, wouldn’t you say?
Twitter: Owlki
Good morning, peeps!
I think Danny is killing everyone with that photo, Josie! It’s beyond hot! It’s instant combustion at first sight!
I checked my inbox and I didn’t get your e-mail. Can you send it again?
My eyes are getting heavy already. I might go to bed soon.
Have a nice day, y’all!
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
Erika, I just sent it to the other email address that I have for you, the one that we corresponded with before. I hope you do go to bed soon, you need to rest! Talk to you soon!
Good morning,
Steph thanks again. I love “The Coach”, easy listening…
I love the play of the instruments.
More all. Since I do my physical therapy in the late morning and afternoon I am spent so my mornings I have enough strengh (and no pain meds) to be able to write. Erika you are so mean with that photo. LOL. I really wish they would have used that photo for the publicity photo. I have a feeling that one will be offered in poster version some day. I just have to keep reminding myself that he is he same age as my daughters.
Wonderful to hear he is stil #1 in Country and am really wondering what will happen after Thursday night. When do the Billboard numbers come out? And for goodness sakes will some of the stores be restocked before Friday. I heard horror stories about having to go to multiple stores to find a copy.
oh my goodness!!!!!!!!!! i super really love the photo today!!!!
Gasp – P-pant – P-pant – P-Pant – Ahhhh
He had better hire himself some more security.
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Gah!!! That is one of my Favorite photos! I loved waking up this morning and seeing that!
Juat listened to the Buford videos…. Crazy Not To makes me melt.
I don’t know how much more I can take… first the picture… then the song…gotta go fan myself!
Hi everyone.
I hope you feel better ConchCast.
I am glad to see Danny is still #1 on the Country albums chart on Itunes and #4 on the overall albums chart. And he’s #12 on the “Bestselling Items in Music” chart.
Also he is now ranked #13 in the sales ranks for music on the Barnes and Nobles site. Yesterday he was ranked #40 on that site. I am glad to see he is getting some sales through the Barnes and Nobles site too.
I already have this photo in my sig at IDF. It’s probably the hottest picture I’ve ever seen of Danny.
I can’t wait to see the entire booklet. Everything that’s happened to Danny seems like a dream. I had to pinch myself this morning to make sure it was real. It is real! We did it!
No one believed me months ago when I kept saying this would happen. Heck, even I didn’t believe it–so many times it was hard to stay positive in the face of so many detractors. But this is only the beginning, and I am sure when Danny appears on Idol this week he will go to #1 on the overall chart. Then he tours with a huge act like Sugarland, which will bring him even more fans.
Well, here’s a funny story. On IDF and other sites all of a sudden Danny is getting so much love–even from haters! I’m talking how about how everyone there is complaining how much the guys this season suck, and how much better last year’s guys were, even Danny. Here’s a a good example. I was on the Lee fan thread and there was a discussion about Lee and how much he reminds people of Cook and “Gokey” (nope, I’m apparently not the only one who thinks he’s a hybrid of them–I keep seeing the comparisons) and a few people who were haters last year and hate Lee this year complained that anyone would dare compare Lee to Danny (and Cook) who were far superior. One person mentioned how “boring” Lee is–and said that at least Danny had an interesting backstory! This coming from a Danny hater who used to complain about that same thing! LMAO! These people sure have short memories. And they are looking forward to him being on the show–they are saying he should teach these guys how to sing.
Okay, the guys last night. Alex was a LOT better–and may be becoming a favorite. I love his James Morrison tone. He also has a sweet and humble personality. I’ll forgive him for the mullet. Tim isn’t going anywhere. He was better and the Disney set loves him. Andrew disappointed me. I think he peaked too early and hasn’t been that good two weeks in a row. Casey, eh. But oh, Kara, you fickle woman! You dissed your man.
Lee. omfg Lee. Holy.Jesus.Lord.Mary. What can I say? Pimp spot, first off. If that wasn’t enough, he sang one of my favorite songs and–of all the guys, was the ONLY one who sang it PASSIONATELY and with emotion–as Kara pointed out. I can’t resist a man who sings that way–even if imperfectly and with some bad notes–and Oh my Lord, is he cute. Like Danny and David, he really listens to what the judges say. You can tell he WANTS this–he wants to win.
Dream finale for me: Lee/Siobhan or Lee/Crystal.
I hope Crystal is better. Apparently she was quite ill and had to be hospitalized due to diabetic complications.
Sorry for the very long post, I’m going to TRY to go to work today.
Getting Danny’s album too. Still waiting on my Amazon copy to arrive.
Hey guys
Danny currently has three songs charting on the Top 1000 songs on Itunes.
His single “My Best Days” is charting at #617. “I will not say goodbye is charting at #707. And “I still Believe” is ranked the highest at #363. I think that is great that Danny now has three songs charting on the Top 1000 songs chart on Itunes.
FOGS–
Thanks for the updates, they are always appreciated.
Apologies for my bordering-on-spicy language before. Couldn’t help myself. Danny is still my #1 — I can’t imagine anyone else having such a profound overall effect on me as Daniel J. Gokey has. What a crazy roller coaster ride of a year.
Now, I have to TRY to dig my car out from under the snow and go to work. Wish I could stay here all day.
Hello Gokeyworld! Great to see so many of you here and still full of energy! I actually feel quite drained after all the excitement of Danny’s album release. I have emotionally invested a lot on following Danny’s career and all the ups and downs he has experienced over the past year and Danny is definitely going to be the one and only artist/celebrity I will ever give this much of my time.
I have totally lost my interest to follow this year’s AI and even though there are few great singers, such as Lee, they just don’t move me at all.. Like I have said before Danny spoiled the AI for me..
Talking about gorgeous photos.. Danny has so much going for him and it will surely help that he is one of the best looking men around.. He is going to be in trouble with women.
Have a great day!
Twitter: Upsnodowns
It’s so hard to keep up wiht everything! I’m going on CMT to vote for both countdowns. I have to go to ITunes and continue to buy Danny’s singles and albums. My ITunes is overloaded with Danny’s music. I’ve totally lost track of how many times I’ve bought his album and singles. My hubby Ron shares the same ITunes account and when he gets back home to update his Ipod, he’s gonna think I’m crazy!
Morning All,
Our Danny is looking mighty gorgeous in this mornings picture.
Hannele, I am the same way, Danny is the only artist I have and ever will give this much of my time to. He is so worth every minute.
FOGS, Danny’s numbers are looking better and better, or gooder and gooder, as Danny would say, Ha.
Twitter: Upsnodowns
It’s funny how I’ve heard most of Danny’s songs from the album on the dozens of videos we get from his love performances, but now when I play the album non-stop it’s like every song is fresh each time I hear it. Not only is it fresh I like the music better every time I hear another spin! I can’t ever see myself getting tired of listenting to Danny’s music!!!
Morning!
It’s a crazy day for me today. I spend like 5 hours sitting before my PC to find all the news about Danny’s album.So happy for him.
Hi FOGS, thank you for the update on the charts. It’s interesting how “I Still Believe” is doing the best on the individual songs. I think it’s a good song, but the rest of the album is much better. So many people seem to have so different taste on what is the best song on Danny’s album.
However, the main thing is that Danny is doing well and his album and individual songs are climbing the charts!
Cheryl, some of the songs on Danny’s album will definitely be around for a long time. My boyfriend and I listened to the album several times yesterday evening and each time we were finding new things, which made us love the album even more. My boyfriend just keeps saying what an awesome voice Danny has and that it’s difficult to even try to listen to any other artist after listening to Danny’s singing for many hours.
Hannele
“I still Believe” is my least favorite song on Danny’s album. But I think that it’s interesting that it’s the song that is currently doing the best on Itunes. It just moved up again on the Itunes charts along with “I will not say good-bye” and “My Best Days”. It seems like a lot of Danny fans have different favorite songs on his album.
ITA with you that the main thing is that his album is selling and that he has some singles that are selling.
I meant to say “best” not “main” thing in my last post.
I wonder if Danny is excited about going back to the idol stage. I know that he will get great reviews from his performance.
Lastnight GokeyGuy and I were discussing whether Danny would use just his guys or his guys and the AI band as well when performing his song.
Hannele, Your boyfriend is a smart guy and knows talent when he hears it. It must be great for you to be able to share Danny’s music with him.
Y U M M Y !!!!! That is all I can say.
I’m glad that the CMT top 20 countdown seems to be like the CMT 12 pack so you can vote as many times as you like. I hope
Danny makes it on the CMT countdown this week.
Kathy Hi, I’m assuming you are referring to Danny’s picture on this mornings comment page. Yes, I agree, yummy!!!!!
VickieCarol, it is great to be able to share Danny’s music with my boyfriend. He seems to be quite happy with the fact that I have this Dannyland, which gives me a little break from my responsibilities. I tend to worry about things a bit too much..
Maryann,
I believe you are right, Danny will soon need to hire himself some security because he will need help fighting off the adoring female fans.
Hannele, Your boyfriend sounds like a keeper, for sure. He cares about your well-being and happiness, where did you find this gem of a guy?
Received this tweet. Danny’s on the top of the list.
CountryMusicGW
Vote @DannyGokey “Artist Of The Month” on CountryMusicGoneWild.com. Go 2 http://poll.fm/1nfbg 2 cast your vote.
VickieCarol, he sure is a keeper. We both have learned from past relationships what really matters and are doing our best not to repeat mistakes done in the past. It helps a great deal to be with a man who is confident and has a great personality.
Hi guys,
Glad that Danny is still high on the charts. One thing I saw today on wikipedia is that Susan Boyle sold so far more than 8 million. Of that 3.3 million in the US and of that “only” 86,000 in digital sales. I brings this up only for the sake of comparing physical vs. download sales in her case. Sure, she had the gift and holiday season going on for her, but still the difference in her case is staggering.
I hope the apparent lack of availability of Danny CD in some stores will not put off people from buying altogether.
I am at still work, under severe stomach pain. I do not dare say that I am sick, layoffs will be announced this or next week. I wish it was over already. The uncertainly is killing me.
I like the “gooder and gooder” expression by Danny. It really uplifts the mood and suits him so well.
Twitter: LuluGokey
Morning~~~
I just read this at usatoday, Brian said Danny has sold over 1,000 copies last wee? What is that?
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2010/03/kris-allen-allison-iraheta-see-post-idol-album-bump/1
sorry for bad grammar and spelling in my last post…
Hi Bosman,
I sure hope that you feel better soon. I hope you have great news about your job next week too.
Gooder and Gooder, yes, I think Danny is so cute when he says that.
Okay, I’ve composed myself for now. Trying to ignore the sexy picture. It is tough, but I am determined.
Hope you are feeling better soon Bosman, Connie and Cindy S.
What a trooper you are, Bosman, being at work right now. Hope it isn’t serious.
Can’t wait to see Danny on AI Thursday. Hope he looks amazing. Also, hope he brings his rougher look to the stage. We girls appreciate it!
Last night’s AI was interesting. I am still going with Lee for the win. Like Helio said, he has passion, just like another special someone.
Going to run by our local Best Buy this morning to see what the deal is with MBDs availability, because I am concerned about empty shelves. Started a thread at DGO, to get the message through to Danny’s people. Not sure anyone is “home” over there.
lulu this is what the article says
Also, Danny Gokey’s My Best Days showed up earlier than expected. Though the album’s official release date was announced as March 2, My Best Days scanned well over a thousand units last week, enough to put Danny on some of the sales charts.
was the album available even before march 2?
Lulu
I think that what Brian is saying is that Danny’s CD was available early in some stores last week. And that he sold 1,000 (scanned copies) of his CD last week. I think that it’s interesting that his CD was available a week earlier in stores from his original airdate.
For sure VC. Poor Danny. He is such a nice respectful guy. He has no idea what he is in for, for sure. That women coming to all his shows was nothing! They are going to be stalking him to no end… young and seasoned (I like that term) women alike. God help him!
He is obviously still trying to deal with his grief, and get his career off the ground. He is going to have on heck of a time. If you ask me, it isn’t just the looks that are going to get him into trouble, it is that passion that Helio mentioned, along with his beautiful compassionate heart. He is a triple treat, and everything women look for in a man.
I am serious about that security. This kind of situation can become real scary. He needs protection.
No idea about that sales figure. Could those be from some of his radio shows?
It is great that Danny is doing so well on the sales charts. That should be a huge confidence booster when he performs tomorrow on AI. 19E and RCA Nashville must be very happy with the results. And I think he will easily hit #1 on the overall ITunes Country chart on Thurs.
Last night’s performances with the guys again disappointed me. There is no one that even comes close to Danny. I finally switched to a DVR of when Danny was on the Top 36.
Aside from Danny’s powerful voice and the fact that Danny comes on pitch every time (per Kara), Danny rarely allowed his nerves to get the best of him. Even though he now has said he was too nervous, he still always commanded the stage and let his personality take over. That is one of the things that separates the “wannabes” to those who are.
Twitter: pjgvet
Good Morning-
I actually really love I Still Believe now that I heard the studio version. It was my least favorite before the album.
I wonder if CCM people are downloading I Still Believe. Or is that one of the songs that EW said to download? I know they picked Its Only, which is really strange to me.
Anyone else get a good laugh that Whitney P. reviewed the other 2 albums on that write up and not Danny’s?
-Is she afraid of the razor sharp witted dressing down us Gokey fans
-Is his album too good and she doesn’t want to write it?
sorry, typo – I meant Danny will easily hit # on the overall ITunes chart on Thurs. He’s already at #1 on ITunes Country
Maryann,
Is it the record label who would make the call as to when Danny would need security? Does he have any at all right now, probably not? Right?
Maryann,if Danny needs protection, the perfoect job for me would be to be his bodyguard.
Morning!
I AM G
Yes, Danny has set the bar high with his natural talent. There isn’t anyone who can compare to him on this years Idol.
Twitter: pjgvet
Do sales run starting Tuesday? Perhaps the 1000 copies was from the Monday Best Buy deal in West Virginia as well as stray insiders like Kristie who bought me the album on Friday.
pjgvet
I think that Brian was saying that these sales were from last week. I think that Danny’s CD might have been in some stores last week early and this is how he sold that amount of CDs.
I think that any sales that Danny got on Monday would count for this current week, and would be included in the sales total for next week.
Just caught those videos from Best Buy in Georgia. Had no idea Danny was actually performing at those stores. He did an amazing job!
Can’t you just imagine people hearing that beautiful voice for the very first time? I hope they have truckloads of CDs at those appearances.
Twitter: pjgvet
Bosman; that is what Ellen and I are concerned about; those digital sales are MINOR compared to Brick and Mortar and there can be no Sales if stores don’t have the CD.
But I know there is nothing to be done except maybe:
Call your local stores and ask them if they have the CD (even if you already have it). Tell them about AI appearance tomorrow if they don’t have plenty of copies.
This will give them a heads up
Def just tweeted and confirmed that he’ll be on the Sugarland tour!! He will definitely bring a lot to do the show, because he also has stage presence.
Sorry my typing errors.. I did mean ” Def will bring a lot to the show”
Excellent ideas, Pam. Off to my BB in a few. Have to pick-up something in the store next door anyways.
Did everyone see Danny’s tweets from last night? Can’t believe he sets up an impromptu mini concert in a restaurant, at the request of that girls basketball team!
Another reason to love the guy.
Pam and FOGS, I’m totally confused with the album sales and it would be good to know how much, for example, Carrie and Lady Antebellum have sold,because Danny has passed them on digital sales
Oh no I cant post again
Twitter: pjgvet
Maryann, I was just floored by the restaurant concert. What a truly sweet, awesome guy. But we already know that!!!
He keeps on looking gooder and gooder. You are right; tighter security is needed.
3 singles in the Top 1000, FOGS? Wow. Just wow. Remember when Paula said “Carrie Underwood” after one of his performances? That’s our Danny.
Gotta run, back later.
Twitter: pjgvet
Hannele, that is real time; not totals; and Carrie and Lady A album have been out a long time, yet are still selling.
Pam, sorry that I dwasn’t enough clear in my comment. What I did think the position in the charts meant was that Danny had higher sales on that specific period than Carrie and Lady A.
Am I getting nearer at all?
Just checked that Danny was #9 on the best selling items at Amazon.
Hannele
Lady Antebellum and Carrie have been selling really well with their albums in stores. The digital sales are only a very small percentage of album sales. Most sales come from brick and mortar stores.
Danny is ahead of them on the digital charts, but at least Lady Antebellum will probably definitely outsell him this week, (and maybe Carrie too), because they have had a lot more national promotion than he has gotten and are way more popular than him.
I’m too busy to check my writing on the comments and lots of mistakes.. Have to write fast, because I need to leave soon.
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Bosman That is really interesting about Susan Boyle and the digital vs. hard copy sales. That’s a huge difference. It makes me worried that Danny doesn’t have enough CD’s on the store shelves! Although, I am going to guess by digital they stricly mean downloads and not people who order the CD off the internet. I would think in the USA many people buy from Amazon, Barnes and Noble or any of the other stores that sell hard copies over the internet. I always thought very few people these days go into stores to buy CD’s. Of course I live in Chicago (not in the suburbs) and it might be a little different here. People here, I think, buy CD’s off the internet because there may not be a store close by that they would drive to just to get a CD.
Please don’t get upset with me for what I am going to say next. I know a lot of you disagree with me on this, but I wish Danny was singing either IWNSG or Crazy Not To on Idol. I realize that Danny’s prducers and label want and need to promote his first single because that is what is being kept track of on the charts, but I think most people buy a CD based not just on the current single but on a song that they hear and love. I know I have bought MANY albums based on a song that I hear that is not the current single. I’m thinking that if people heard one of the two songs I mentioned, it would prompt them to go to ITunes or wherever to look for the song and buy it. Possibly that would then prompt them to listen to all the songs and buy them as well (and maybe the whole album!) Crazy Not To and IWNSG are more crossover I think than MBDAAOM. The millions of listeners watching Idol are not going to be just country fans (as a matter of fact I would guess most are not), so it seems that singing a more crossover song would be helpful in getting not just country fans to buy Danny’s music, but other fans as well. We know Danny could sing any one of the songs off his album and he will appeal to country fans (the acceptance by industry insiders and radio DJ’s have proven that), so wouldn’t it help him gain even more fans by singing one of his songs that has more crossover appeal?
If I am perfectly honest, I believe that people who are not country fans might hear MBDAAOM and just have no interest in buying a country album because they just don’t like country (that’s how I used to be!) and they may not be willing to explore the whole album to discover that the songs on he CD appeal to rock, gospel, soul and pop fans. Many people watching Thursday night will be surprised to find out Danny has gone country. Many of you know how surprised I was at first and how I was a little disappointed and unsure of whether I would like any of his music. I was even sad, because I feared Danny would lose that beautiful, natural soulfulness that he has. Well Danny has not lost his soulfulness and has completely sold me on his country/soul concept. But, I still run into people who, when I tell them Danny is now singing country, are surprised, don’t get it and are even a little disappointed because they too like his soulful voice. If they were to hear IWNSG or Crazy Not To, I think they would understand Danny’s whole country/soul concept and be intereseted in listening (and hopefully buying) his music. With MBDAAOM I am afraid he might lose those fans who aren’t willing to give Danny a chance because they don’t like country.
I suspect Danny and his people contemplated Danny singing something other than MBDAAOM because in a number of interviews I noticed Danny would say “I will be singing one of the songs from my new CD”. Why wouldn’t he have just said he was going to sing his new single? (after all that would be the most obvious thing, right?) I think they did consider other songs and probably the idea that it is important to introduce his first single to the world won out.
Anyway, that is just my opinion. That being said, I am over-the-top excited to hear Danny sing on Thursday and I know he will sing his heart out. I will be crying because it will remind me of how far he has come since his first day in auditions and how much further he will be going. He is going to have an amazing career and I can’t wait for the next album, and the next, and the next!
The current rankings for Danny’s three songs on Itunes are:
“I still Believe” #313
“My Best Days” #563
“I will not say good-bye” #640
Twitter: Upsnodowns
I loved that Danny did the impromptu concert for the girls basketball team. I wonder which songs he sang? I tweeted him and said if he sang Cray Not To he should look behind him because the entire girls basketball team must be following him!
It reminded me of how Prince used to do that. When he would go to a city for a concert, he would go to a club or restaurant/bar with his bandmates and they would do impromptu concerts. He did it so often that when he would go to the same scity again, people would stop buy the club or restaurant to see if he would stop by again and do another jam session. To me it’s a sign that the artist just has music in their bones and loves performing so much that they find pleasure in singing regardless if they are getting paid or not and even if it is not the best acoustics or platform. It also shows a real confidence. Boy Danny has become visibly more confident in so many ways! And, he is so generous with fans. Can you imagine eating dinner and all of a sudden there’s Danny singing to all the customers? WOW
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Typos! *Crazy* *city*
Cheryl, those kind of things you usually only get to dream of.. Those girls were so lucky.
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Hannele Hopefully those girls were finished with their game, because if it were me, I wouldn’t be able to concentrate on playing!!!!
Twitter: pjgvet
Cheryl, no on will be upset; you are not the first to say that.
I think we have to remember MBD is a great song; in fact it is one of Brian Mansfield’s favorites.
And Danny’s top rated selling single was the country song WHTM; not YASB or even CROCS!
I didn’t even buy WHTM until end of the season, because I’m not a country fan, but I guess a lot of people did.
I know what you mean about fans; I played his CD today during surgery. One of my employees (who attended the concert with me) said she wasn’t buying it and was really sad he went country. Of course I tried to convince her otherwise.
To be honest myself; IWNSGB is on my second tier of faves. Maybe I just had too high expectations after everyone raved. But I actually am liking Crazy not to (of course) , Get Away and I Still Believe surprisingly.
And Danny needs to attract his male fans too; IWNSGB or CRAzy not to has less potential to attract men; other than the men with such good taste like those true Danny fans here.
So I’m goin with the flow!
Did any of you hear Danny say on the video that he is the 6th most followed Country artist on Twitter? I didn’t know that, it’s so cool. The interviewer asked Danny what his last Tweet was and he said catching the sony jet then mentioned a couple of other tweets. He said that he likes to be fun and open with his followers. What a sweetie he is.
Cheryl, it’s just so bizarre for us international fans that Danny keeps appearing all over the US doing these mini concerts! You are so lucky to have him and you personally should get to meet him, the sooner the better.
I have about an hour before we leave again, and am delighted to be able to read the posts this early before the page is filled and it takes me into the wee small hours of the next morning to read everything
Bosman, hope you feel better soon. Stomach or intestinal pain of any kind isn’t fun.
Connie, good luck with the PT. I know it hurts, been there and done that….but you will be glad you stayed with it in the long run.
Today’s pic is….well, been trying to think of adjectives to describe it and am coming up empty! But go to the dictionary and look up the words gorgeous or hot or sexy or beautiful or adorable….and you will see this pic on the page!
I REALLY wish they would sell mini-posters or 8×10′s of this pic at his concert appearances. I’m also very surprised that pics or any kind of concert merchandise isn’t sold on DGO. Go visit just about any other country artist, and they offer online sales of photos, posters, teeshirts, keychains, etc.
I have at least 4 pages of videos and interviews to work through on the home page so I better get busy on that! BBL!
Wishing a great day to everybody. I’m logging off and heading home.
Shirl,
How are you today? That is a good idea about the selling of Danny items on his site. He could make a lot from the sales of photos, tshirts, cups etc., with his gorgeous picture on it. I would buy from his site over any other sites who are selling Danny Items.
Hannele,
Have a safe trip home.
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Shirl What a great idea for them to sell that pic as a poster. I would be buying! It is surprising that they don’t do that. Maybe as he becomes more and more popular they will.
Pam I know quite a few people(including my sister and brother-in-law)who won’t buy Danny’s music because he went country
It’s kinda sad, but I am going to give them one of the CD’s I bought and hopefully it will hook them!
I think Crazy For You is one of those songs men will like and won’t admit it! Sometimes men don’t like to say out loud that they like a love song, but secretly they are listening to it and really feeling it. Now women on the other hand will squeel and cry over a good love song!
I have finally determined my favorites:
1. Crazy Not To
2. IWNSG (very, very, very close 2nd)
3. Get Away
4. Tiny Life
5. I Still Believe
6. It’s Only
7. Be Somebody
8. Life On Ya
9. MBDAAOM
10 Like That’s A Bad Thing
11 The Coach
That’s as of today at 10:53 A.M.! Ask me in another hour!!!!!
Twitter: Upsnodowns
Gotta do some more voting on both CMT Countdowns. BBL!
Was it announced yet who won on Amy’s Giveaway contest? I must have missed that somehow…..and if I did, congrats to those who won!
Reporting in on the situation at my local Best Buy… not good!
Only 1 MBDs on the racks!
Inquired as to whether there would be any more coming out. They weren’t sure. Said I should ask customer service. Waited in line about ten minutes to be told, they believed they only had what was on the shelf.
Also, need to say that Danny was not with the rest of the new releases (were other country acts there). Rather, his divider and solo album were in the country section.
I am worried.
FOGs, Interesting about ISB.
Listening to the CD on better speakers has done something to my views on the CD. I now like CNT, GA and IWNSG in that order. Sure, I love all the songs, but those are my faves.
He sings the heck out of GA. I am digging it.
Maryann
Was there only 1 CD or 1 stack of CD’s in your local best buy?
Danny has slipped down a spot on the Country albums chart on Itunes and is now #2 on the country albums chart. He is now #5 on the overall albums chart on Itunes. But I believe he will move up and regain the #1 spot on the country album on Itunes. I could definitely see this happening after he performs on AI tomorrow night.
Hi everyone long time lurker here posted once on this site awhile back, I just want to say based on the rankings on both Itunes and Amazon, Danny will have a strong debut. I am not sure how those rankings translate into actual sales, and I know some of the fans do not want to set the expectations too high, but I think IF Danny’s album can maintain its current rankings on ITunes and Amazon etc for the next few days, we should be expecting his album to debut in the Top 3 Country Chart. Of course I would want him to stay at the top of both the sales charts & music charts for as long as possible. I really believe his album has already created some buzz in the country music world, and sales will follow.
Hey FOGs!
Thanks for the numbers report. Only a single CD in the rack! UGH!
Hey, here is another thing bugging me right now. Someone named Kristen (?) has a post up at MJ’s (maybe an intern) stating the following:
Danny Gokey manages to get on our chart with street violations. Let’s see what he can do next week now that his album is in full release this week.
Excuse me? Sounds kinda hostile if you ask me!
Twitter: BLfolsom
Good morning everybody, it’s a great day to be a Danny fan!1
Bosman, sorry to hear about stomach – hope things get better for you.
Vicki Carole, thx for the poll – our Danny is ahead of everybody else! Everyone go vote.
Cheryl, don’t worry, you’re just expressing an opinion
we’re all different and it’s ok.
My fav pics are inside the cover without his glasses on, very adorable and sexy.
Maryann, I agree with you about that woman coming to all the AI shows being nothing now. It’s only the beginning – he seems innocent to all the craziness that comes with stardom; and rightfully so. I hope his management team has briefed him about how to handle all the fans, I can’t imagine that they wouldn’t.
I wish AI would put him on the big stage; isn’t the one they’re on now the small stuido? Danny needs the big stage for that big bold voice!!
BTW, I saw a promo for tomorrow nights’ show and he was featured – YEAH!!
Danny didn’t even have a place for his CDs on the New Release racks. Was back in the country only aisle. Hmmm
Really bothers me. Especially since I live in a very populated area, and this is one of the massive Best Buy stores.
Twitter: kiady
(staring at that pic totally melted and drooling)
(3 minutes later)
Hey everyone!
(staring at that pic again)
aaaaaaaaaaaah!!! Could he be any more gorgeous and sexy than that?!?!?!? 8)
Sorry guys…lol i’m still in shock because of the album, and because of the pics from booklet that i’m imagining thanks to sweet Cindy who did an amazing job describing them to me… *faith LOL
Maryann
Danny having only 1 CD on the rack is definitely something. I do wish the stores would have stacked more of his CD’s. But on the bright side, it looks like he’s selling most of what is stacked. So at least he might not have a whole lot of unsold CDs lying around. Maybe the stores will order more CDs if they see their is a demand for them.
Also I wonder what the street violations thing is about too? It looked maybe some stores sold Danny’s CD before they were supposed to. If so I wonder how many stores did this especially considering he sold 1,000 scanned copies and some of us aren’t really seeing that many CDs in our local stores.
Twitter: pjgvet
I don’t know where you get your information Franktastic, but I hope you are correct!
I guess I will break down and buy iTunes again
Have only bought it once.
Wonder how Blake Sheldon and Josh Turner got selected to do this month’s Walmart Soundcheck Interviews and Mini Concerts. Danny really could have used that exposure this month.
Saw both of their CDs on the shelves at Target and Best Buy. They are still sitting there, gathering dust. Mentioned this yesterday, but Blake’s CD was on sale for just 4.99. They had like 30 of them at Target.
Forgot to mention that Best Buy was selling Danny’s CD for 13.98. Yet, there was only one there.
I bought all of mine for 8.98/each at Target. A friend of mine told me she made a purchase at Walmart for 9.99. I find it interesting that there can be such a difference in pricing.
Welcome Franktastic!
Twitter: kiady
Hi Franktastic!
Ihearties i have a question The results for iheart “Giveaway Contest” didn’t come out yet right?
Sorry but I’ve been busy i couldn’t catch up with all the comments, i saw Shirl asked about it but i couldn’t find an answer to her so i’m asking…
Pam, thank you so much
* catching up all the news*
Twitter: BLfolsom
Franktastic welcome!
I’m off to my local Target and will give you a report shortly, hopefully here in the Phoenix, Az. area his CD’s are well stocked.
Nothing yet, Claudia & Shirl!
Were you able to get the CD yet, Claudia? If not, I have one I can shoot out to ya.
BBL
Cheryl, why in the world would you think we’d be upset with you? I think most Danny fans would love it if Danny sang a different song, like IWNSG. I’ve thought Danny would sing his single based on logic, but I would love, love, love to be proved wrong! And I agree perfectly with your analysis. Remember, I was one of the folks who originally thought, “Oh, drat, Danny’s gone country. What a waste.” If I hadn’t posted here and had a chance to be exposed to country music and develop a taste for it, who knows whether I would have bought the CD. The AI exposure is a precious opportunity, and he could pull in the noncountry fans who liked him from Season 8, if he sings the right song.
And Pam brings up a good point about attracting male fans . . .
Maryann
I definitely think that this situations with the CDs are intereting. Some places are higher than others, I do believe that places like Target and Wal-mart normally have the better deals. I wonder how much Danny’s CD is selling at K-mart.
That’s interesting about Blake Shelton. I wonder how many CD’s he will sell this week, especially since he has them at such a low price. He is more popular than Danny and has a song that is selling well on Itunes, but right now his CD which is cheaper than Danny’s isn’t ranked as high as Danny’s is.
Maybe he will end up selling more copies in the stores than Danny, but I am interested in seeing what will happen with his sales, along with Danny’s and other people that are releasing albums this week.
It wouldn’t surprise me if either Lady Antebellum or Sade were #1 again this week, since both of their CD’s have been selling really well.
Gah! Can’t they just let Danny sing his entire album on AI? It’s only 40 minutes, as one reviewer noted. How long does it take to eliminate 4 people, anyway? *joking*
Twitter: jancute
Good Afternoon Ladies, Guys! Did someone posted this earlier??? Its a Fox6 news new report on Danny’s album release…
http://www.fox6now.com/shows/fox/americanidol/dannygokey/witi-danny-gokey-american-idol,0,3860143.story
My vote goes to Ellen! I like it. The Danny Gokey Special! They should have let him go on tonight, since Crystal is ill. He’d rock the ratings for sure!
Twitter: kiady
Maryann, Hi! ok thank you for answer me.
I downloaded it from Itunes yesterday! Amazon.com estimates that my copy of the Cd will arrive around 2nd April, how silly a whole month to get here… thanks for the offer sweetie!!
See, Maryann? Now do you understand why I am upset and worried? At my store, Danny’s CD wasn’t even being treated the same as other recent country releases by NEW country artists! In other words, his peers!
Thanks I-hearties! I know I always feel welcome here! Pam I do not have any “insider” info but just based on the current rankings and some simple logics – as I said my “prediction” would only be “correct” if Danny’s album maintain its current rankings in the next couple of days. My feeling is right now there are only 2 country albums that could outsell Danny’s this week, that is Johnny Cash’s American VI Ain’t No Grave and Lady A’s Need You Now. However they are not debut albums. And if we compare Country Albums debut the same week as Danny’s, that would be Easton Corbin’s and Blake Shelton’s, (I could have missed others) based on ITunes and Amazon these are the 2 country debuts that could pose some threats to Danny’s sell numbers. However, both of them currently rank lower than Danny’s on Itunes & Amazon, of course they could sell more in hard copies than Danny, but I really think that’s not a high possibility given Danny will be on AI S9 (a national PR opportunity), and the fact that Danny has been on a great promotion campaign this week. I would imagine just the Milwaukee concert this Sat will help him sell 1000 to 1500 given the fact that the venue has a capacity of around 1000 and people has to purchase his CD as ticket to see him. So I am cautiously optimistic that he’ll debut pretty high in either the Country Chart or be one of the top debut Country Albums.
Franktastic, welcome! I hope you are right!
Claudia,
I’d be happy to send it, really I would. If you are interested just shoot Amy and email and she can forward your address. I bought a couple extras.
G-G,
Thanks for the link. Never saw that one.
Here is what I think about AI… I think Danny will do fine by the general audience if he does MBDs (which G-G’s video just confirmed). I just wish they could put up his video on a huge screen in the backdrop, because I think it would really spice things up. I also hope he does a fun style of dress. Maybe, one of those caps and a cool jacket with boots. He needs to look good, but not too country.
Maryann, I understand that Blake’s CD is an EP (about 5 songs or so), so the $4.99 price tag sounds about right. I don’t think it was marked down.
I am worried too Ellen. I hear ya. Danny wasn’t even with the Lady A or Blake Sheldon or Josh Turner in the new releases at Best Buy. Really makes me mad.
Of course, it is up to the people at the stores to do the setups, I suppose. At Target, he was with his peers in the new release section.
I’ve opened a thread at DGO for people to voice their concerns. If you want, make a post.
Just hoping someone with the power to clean it up, will hear fan concerns.
Thanks Ellen. I had no idea.
Catch ya all later. Have to walk my antsy Australian Shepherd. She is giving me the ‘eye’ for sitting on the computer too long!
*sitting at the computer (te-he sounds dangerous – sitting on the computer)
Twitter: kiady
Maryann, thank you sweetie
don’t take it wrong but i’m going to wait for my copy to arrive, for now i’m pretty satisfied with the Itunes CD can’t stop listening to it i really can’t! And my bf told me that amazon always “says” it takes a while to arrive and then it come earlier, at least the books that my boyfriend order from USA have an estimated time of about 2 weeks and most of them arrive in 5 days, so i hope it happens to my copy too!! lol
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
Erika, I just realized I was having an email glitch and my emails were still sitting in my outbox. They should be there now. But just in case, here is a summary of the adds from last week. It looks like you got them all.
Monitored:
KZSN Wichita KS
WEZL Charleston SC
WFUS Tampa FL
WUSN Chicago IL
Non-monitored:
WMUS Grand Rapids MI
Twitter: karatemom34
Hey Everyone, I’m kind of speechless right now after seeing that beautiful pic above!! I’ll be back! Welcome Franktastic!!
Sounds good Claudia! Hope it makes it to you sooner then later.
If anyone else would like it, let me know.
BBL Out for our walk.
Twitter: kiady
Maryann, me too!
thanks anyway!!
Twitter: pjgvet
I wish they would have put “The Coach” on the CDS also (although I understand their business logic; many uber fans may buy iTunes just to get the extra song).
The more I listen to it, I really like it. Country in that it has a story, moral. Very relaxed, easy going style; the chorus is running through my head-very catchy.
And it is another “guy song”.
I just love that all of Danny’s songs on the album have such different “flavors”. Thats one criticism of Kris’s album I have- a lot of it sounds the same.
Hey guys here are the estimates from HDD about Danny’s sales based on their one day sales estimate, they say he might debut between 45,000-50,000 CD sold.
http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news07964m01
OMG FOGs! That would be A W E S O M E !!!!
Twitter: pjgvet
I’m happy
I assume they don’t take the AI appearance into count?
I wonder how much that will boost his sales?
I remember Bosman guessing either 10 or 20,000 didn’t he?
I also wonder how much the first day sales were from our preorders, and how many from store purchases?
They called his debut “impressive”
YAY! Maryann.
If he could debut that high, that would be fantastic.
I thought that his estimated sales would be consideraby lower considering he hasn’t had a lot of national promotion.
Twitter: BLfolsom
Maryann, what a great idea! Since Crystal is ill (hope she gets better soon) perhaps Danny can do two tunes
!
Just got back from my local Target, there were only 5 CD’s in the entire store. The sales associate said the store received “lots” of CDs and that number is what was left…I think that’s a good thing….I think.
He was displayed with Lady Ant., Josh Turner, and Blake Sheldon; believe me, there were plenty of their CD’s on the shelf.
FOGS – that would be a very decent number for a debut country artist if the estimate is correct – I understand we should not be too uptight about the first week sale numbers and I am sure Danny’s album will sell well in the long run, but a strong debut for a new artist will certainly create some buzz in the industry and helps sales in the future.
pjgvet
I’m not sure if they are taking his AI appearance into consideration. I think it’s possible that they might not be taking it into consideration. I think they might only figure in the scanned copies,and maybe digital copies in their one day estimates. But I’m not sure about that.
But either way I am very happy about this estimate.
FOGS, That would be incredible if their estimates are correct.
Franktastic Welcome, Always great to see another Danny Fan here.
Billie, I didn’t think of that but you are right, Danny does need to be on the bigger stage to perform his MBD. With his powerful voice, he would rock the house.
Pam & FOGs,
Just wait till it all kicks into the equation. The AI return, the big tour and the national promotion!
Can’t wait to see him climb. He must be speechless. You know his label has got to be happy.
VickiCarol if you are still on. Yes I Love this picture. When my CD came and I opened it up and saw that picture I had to sit down. All this talk about “The Coach” Were can I hear it.
I will be back in a little while my boss is calling me.
Billie,
Pretty interesting. Seems you found a similar situation in your store.
We can only pray they’ve run out, because they’ve all been sold.
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
FOGS, that is great news! It looks like they expect Blake Shelton to have the biggest debut which would make sense considering he’s more well known. I’m not so sure about that though. I know iTunes is just a small percent of sales, but obviously Danny is doing great there, it looks like he keeps switching places with Lady A this morning for the #1 spot on country. And of course with his AI appearance, who knows. I also wonder, as I think Pam said, if they factored that in. AI viewers obviously loved Danny, and he’s looking and sounding fantastic and I think people are going to be thrilled to see him and interested in his album.
Twitter: BLfolsom
Vicki Carole, I think you and I need to start a grassroots effort to get him on the big stage….who do we call?
FOGS, that’s a great 24 hrs. number! Woo! Hoo!
Franktastic,
I like the way you think, “large estimates of a new artist like Danny would create a buzz”. Yes, that sounds good to me.
Danny’s Walmart/soundcheck interview. You all may have already seen it but just in case. Here it is again. It’s short but sweet.
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/03/danny-gokey-american-idol-gave-him-a-hunger-a-drive-a-passion.html
Twitter: jancute
FOGs – what???!!45-50,000?? WOW! Only 2 Days from its release? WOW!!! that is really impressive and unpresidented!!! and its only less than a week and the AI show performance has not begin yet… WOW!!! maybe 100,000 on his 1st week sales??? WOW!!!
Kathy, I haven’t heard the new song either. It’s just on downloads I guess.
I’m glad that Danny’s album is selling well in the stores. I just wonder why his albums haven’t been put in the new releases section, in a lot of the stores.
Jose, Yes, I think that AI will boost sells on itunes and in the stores. Can’t wait to see the results of that appearance.
Billie, You are right, who do we call. They need our opinions and ideas on this matter. Ha
Twitter: pjgvet
NO< NO! For anyone confused (Jan)
That is what Danny is predicted to sell for the WEEK.
Gokeyguy, Hey, Yes, Like Franktastic said if the sells are that high, in just the first week, it will cause a buzz in the music industry and the big wigs will certainly take notice of our Danny. Danny is going to be a force to be reckoned with. Not sure how the other country artists will take that. But like Danny was saying, the country music industry has opened up and welcomed him.
Twitter: pjgvet
We could all stop in our local stores and if Danny is not on the endcap ask where his album is and casually say, you know; after AI people are going to need to find this album!
I so hope they get more supplies before Friday. Casual buyers may not return if they can’t find it the first time.
I don’t think its fair they factor a $4 or $5 EP the same as an album. Obviously, a lot of people will buy it because its cheap (Blake Shelton).
Kathy, the Coach is only a bonus song on iTunes. You can download iTunes and buy the album for only $7.99. You can then play it on your computer or burn it to a CD, even if you don’t have an IPOD.
Hey Pam, yep it’s just an estimation at this point.
You ladies are FUNNY! I think rectangular frames suit the shape of Danny’s face, and tailored jackets complement his scruff. They make him look both smooth AND rough.
Thank you guys for wishing me well.
I am better now, came back from work and I think I will just go fetal.
I hope I will not wait more than 2 weeks for my amazon order to arrive. Waiting impatiently. It sucks not having itunes.
Pam, I am glad that the Coach is another guy song because I always wondered how come Danny does not have more male fans. He is such a guys guy too.
And God willing, on the next album he will have more romantic songs like Crazy not to.
So I am off to bed now. Have a great rest of the day.
Are you serious, Pam?
I thought that was the total projection. That is an amazing figure for week one. Praying it is spot on.
Saw plenty of Blake Shelton out. That may not be a good thing for him. Sounds like a marketing ploy to me, to get people to purchase your music because it is cheap.
R2,
I am playing it coy. I really think he should appear in that cap, the aviators, a short sleeved “V” tee and some leather pants.
Twitter: pjgvet
Maryann, now I’m confused; you thought that was a total for what period?
So not serious *gigglesnort*
Poor Danny… being objectified so!
Pam, I have no clue when it comes to this numbers game. Silly me. I thought someone took the combination of the first day or two sales, whipped them through some concocted crazy math formula, and tried to project a number that they thought the artist would be able to achieve for that particular CD in total. Like a general prediction of marketability.
Seeing your post, I am even more elated for Danny, because I am waiting for him to go Platinum.
Twitter: jancute
What?! that was not the debut release estimate??? It was the first week estimate then huh?? OMG! I thought it was the debut cuz if it is, that would be so crazy! but even so, Danny did great with those estimates for a beginner Country singer… I know its not the right time to compare sales from other S8 Idols but maybe I will wait for next week for that cuz they really dissed Danny about album sales and how powerful their trio was uggh… But for now, celebration and countdown to Danny’s first appearance Post S8 Idol performance.!!! I hope Paula is present in that show even though shes only in the audience, that would be so great!!! Danny loves Paula so much!
Gokey, That would be cool if Paula could be there in the audience or somewhere. Danny would love that. But she probably won’t be anywhere near AI anymore.
Well, Maryann, there’s nothing wrong with being a CONNOISSEUR of the male figure, is there? You’re just practising your critiquing skills on a fine specimen.
Twitter: kiady
Gokeyguy, i would love Paula to watch him perform on Idol too! She would definitely jump, dance and scream while he was performing wouldn’t she?
she’s such a sweetie and a super Gokey fan!
Twitter: jancute
VickieCarol, Clauda – i really hope so cuz Paula would dance while Danny is performing his single for sure… I hope Ellen and Danny would meet for the first time and invite him on her show for interview and Ellen would give her audience a copy of Danny’s album… Im just thinking of this might happen AYAY!
You got it
R2. Nothing wrong with it all. After all, it isn’t my fault he distracts me that way. He is the one that has the audacity to look like that. Take today’s photo. Come on!
Maybe some of us should have our husbands and boyfriends tweet Danny and thank him, because there is a whole lot-ta distraction going round.
Twitter: kiady
Gokeyguy, that would be awesome!! I think Ellen will be really amazed by his voice so she is going to invite him! Or at least give the CD to the audience as you said, it would be a great promo! I wish we could see Paula dancing and smiling from ear to ear while Danny performed…
Just watched the videos of Danny at the Best Buy yesterday, really loved he performing Crazy Not To, it’s an wonderful and lovely song!!! <3
Twitter: jancute
Im diggin’ around this Its Only full version! Perfect for Idol Gives Back! I can see it now!!! or maybe back to back performance of Carrie and Danny of their inspirational songs “Change” and “Its Only” respectively…
Maryann, You can say that again. A whole lot-ta distraction. Not much talking goes on to my hubby while I’m in Dannyland.
Gokeyguy, That’s a great suggestion, can you tweet Ellen and tell her to do that, give away Danny’s CD and have him on her show. It’s been a long time a comin’. He should have been on the show last year after the show, like all the other idols. Still a sore spot for me. Guess you can tell.
Twitter: pjgvet
REALLY nice interview in Colorado with Danny.
http://www.coloradoconnection.com/community/story.aspx?id=420599
Twitter: jancute
Claudia – my wishes are so crazy I hope they come true… Its so impossible that Ellen wouldn’t like Danny’s voice and looks… She should invite him to her show and this time, no excuses…
Twitter: jancute
Vickie – yes that would be a great idea but I don’t follow Ellen, Maybe some of us here that follows her… Im just curious on how Ellen would respond to Danny, is it so amazed or starstruck! thats the only options YAY!
Thanks for the answer on ” The Coach” Now another question how many are going to Turner Hall?? And how early is everyone going to get there?? I am a newbie at doing this.
Twitter: kiady
Gokeyguy, i know! She will love him!!
and i think Kara will be all smiling when Danny finishes the performance he was a fan too!
Just got an email from my local country station notifying me that Danny’s album is now for sale, and that he will be on AI on Thursday evening.
Oh yeah. They haven’t added him, but they are promoting him? WTH?
You know… I think Ellen has turned out to be a fabulous judge. Loved the way she was making actual song suggestions last night.
Twitter: kiady
Maryann, lol that’s weird but at least they are promoting him to their listeners!
Twitter: jancute
Maryann – I love Ellen making it as a new judge, she brought something new to the table which is fun and humor but I kinda see her as a 2nd Randy or 2nd Kara, much as like Kara’s first year as a judge. Its like repeating the same judgments all over again but Ellen’s style I guess… I know shes not into technical elements of the judging but I think she should continue to have humor on that table and not depend on the contestants story or saying like “vote for this guy or girl” or “you’re cute and adorable and many will vote for you” its not right btw… And bout Ellen giving song suggestions, Sellers should be out of the competition right before hollywood week.
Ah, pjgvet! Danny responded to Craig Coffey’s prompt of “Sophia” by shaking his head and saying “the most beautiful person in the world.” Now I’m off to cry again.
Twitter: pjgvet
I know R2; wasn’t that just the sweetest thing.
I loved that whole interview. Make sure and watch both; the edited one is nice because it shows clips of AI; the uncut one is nice because its long and has lots of Danny.
Twitter: jancute
R-squared – He still loves her and will not letting go is so hard to do… It takes time to heal… OMG! I don’t know why IWNSG comes to my mind… sobs!
pjgvet and Gokeyguy, I think one of the greatest gifts Danny has given his married fans is a deeper appreciation for our spouses. I don’t mind crying for it AT ALL!
Twitter: pjgvet
Don’t forget to go to iTunes and leave a positive review and rate his album.
Of course there are plenty of obvious haters there. We need to bump up the star rating to compensate.
Twitter: jancute
R-squared – yes, life is short, Its too short so make every moment lasts and cherish every minute with your lovedones with happiness and love…
Twitter: kiady
i tried to write a review when i bought the album on itunes and i’ve been coming back to try it again because with MBD single i could easily write one but with the album i can’t find the “place” to write the review
i know from the single time that Itunes from Portugal it’s different, i mean i wrote a review and you are not allowed to see it because it stays on the Portuguese Itunes so i don’t know if any of you could help me 
Twitter: kiady
*can not could sorry
Twitter: kiady
Ok forget it! Got it! lol sorry i was looking at the wrong place
the review is written !
I know this has already been posted but it is worth posting again.
From Hits Daily Double:
“RCA Nashville’s American Idol alum Danny Gokey’s country debut, My Best Days, looks like an impressive 45-50k, the same as IGA’s Lifehouse album, Smoke & Mirrors.”
This is very good in my opinion. We will have to see what number he ends up on Billboard because there are several albums with predictions close to Danny’s numbers. I am quite confident he will debut in the top 10 overall on Billboard and in the top 5 or higher for country albums. This is good news. I would count on two much more of a bump from AI because Allison and Kris numbers were in the 3,000 to 6,000 range increase from their appearance. I have also heard that HDD tends to overestimate the Idols. I will be very happy with 45 to 50 thousand for the week and I think RCA Nashville will be happy too.
I meant to say that I would NOT count on too much more of a bump due to his AI appearance.
After work today I stopped at Walmart to buy Danny’s CD–and there were just two left, so I bought both of them! I also bought the new Lifehouse CD Smoke and Mirrors. I also ordered one from Amazon. So I’ll have 3 copies–one to keep in the house, one for my car, and one to gift to someone.
While in the store, I observed the display. He had one slot, at the top of the rack, on an endcap, very visible to shoppers. Unlike Adam and Kris, who were both toward the bottom. I asked a clerk how they were selling, and he said the rack had been full that morning, so I guess that’s pretty good. I’m not sure how many a rack will hold–maybe 10? He said he and his wife liked Danny too, and planned to watch him on Idol on Thursday. I felt kind of bad leaving the shelf empty, but not that bad!
I raced to the car, and, fingers trembling, unwrapped the CD for the car (I hate all the cellophane and those darned anti-theft stickers on the edges) and finally got impatient and slit it open with my keys. I jammed it into the CD player and surrounded myself with Danny’s voice. Ah, bliss. I haven’t heard it over good speakers before, and I noticed how crisp and clean the production is–no muddy “wall of sound” to obscure Danny’s voice (which sadly, was one of the annoying things about DCTR).
Every song is distinct from the other–and many have a very bluesy, even rock-ish vibe. I think my favorites so far are Like That’s a Bad Thing (definitely a man’s song), Crazy Not To (this would make a great third single), and of course It’s Only and MBD. I Still Believe is really growing on me now and outside the somewhat religious message, I think it could be a hit too. Listening to his CD in all its glory, I felt myself tearing up, and actually shed a few before turning into my driveway. It wasn’t just Danny’s voice or the messages that got to me–it was thinking about how far he’s come and how much care had been put into this end result of Danny’s magnificent year. It’s clear that RCA really loves him and made sure he got the best producer, musicians, and writers he could possibly get. Every song on it could be a hit, really. This is one of the best albums I’ve heard in a long time.
All the crazy ups and downs, worry and heartache were all worth it–and this amazing CD is the tangible result of all that. My heart bursts with pride for Danny and how far he’s come and what he had to overcome, but at the same time it’s a little bittersweet, and I think most of you know what I’m talking about.
Lizzy
I think that it’s great that Danny has a shot of debuting into the Top 10 albums on Billboard. I would have been happy enough with a Top 20 debut on the Billboard 200, but a Top 10 debut would be awesome.
Lizzy, that’s an excellent figure! I hope it’s right. I would love to see Danny be the bestselling season 8 idol (no offense to you, Adam and Kris).
I had to laugh that they are projecting the same sort of figures for Smoke and Mirrors–because that was the other CD I bought today.
I’m thrilled to see the HDD estimate! If Danny is even on the low end of that, I think that’s great. He has really not had that much promotion and it’s been almost a year since Season 8 ended, so I think 45,000 is awesome!
Anyone know how much they were “off” on the estimates of the other idols? Just curious.
Hey! Just checking/lurking in
rm2010-yeah, I couldn’t wait to open my cd til I got home yesterday, so I opened it up at Subway…lol
Couldn’t help myself. I tried taking a pic of it to send to twitpic but it was too much light inside. Yeah, I did try and take a picture of my cd…lol 
I’ve never been excited about getting a cd in my life. Maybe I have in past occasions, but not like this. It was worth it 
So MBD is estimated to sell between 45-50k?!!! That’s amazing. Honestly, I was trying to “guess-timate” what Danny’s sales could be and I guessed it would be half of what Kris’ sales were his first week, 40k, so I was close right? lol Just have to wait to see what the final numbers are come next week, but other than that that’s awesome for him!!!
Amy
I am not sure how much they are often off for the other idols. I think they were off with David Archuleta’s sales quite a bit, and I think they may have been a little high with Adam’s sales, I think they put him over 200,000 even though he debuted with like a 196,000.
But hopefully they won’t be too far off with Danny’s estimate, unless he sells more than what they predict. I think that based on their estimate, that Danny might sell at least 40,000 albums next week and hopefully in the range they predicted or better. Hopefully his appearance on Idol will give him a boost in sales.
Twitter: pjgvet
Kathy-
I’m sorry; I missed your post earlier.
I don’t know what time the out of towners are arriving. I think Cherie and Ashley may be going early.
I was planning on going by lunchtime if things are under control at work. Am going to take turns with someone else in line! Hope its not raining.
Casey25 from here was looking for someone to hook up with there- I told her about Cherie, but if you are interested in meeting them too send your email to Erika and she could give it to Casey if she wants so you guys could plan, if you’re looking to meet up.
I am hoping we can all go downstairs to the restaurant/bar after. There is a Bucks game, but the manager said we should be able to find space by that time (I’m sure it will be 9pm by the time he’s done signing).
Aww! How sweet! My friend from PA e-mailed me to let me know that Danny’s CD is now available in stores, etc. It looks like she must have signed up for notification. Not sure, but it looks like it came from Danny’s web site. Which is odd, because she is not a fan. But she does know how much I love Danny. At the AI concert, she managed to snag the very last photo of Danny from the merchandise counter, and gave it to me as a gift. Yes, that’s right — Danny’s photo had sold out in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Okay, I’m in tears now. She is such a good friend. Helped me enormously when my Dad died, and I was trying to wrap up loose ends in PA from here in Oregon. She went way above and beyond the call of friendship.
If and when Danny sells those 50,000 CDs . . . Well, all I can say is, those 10 or 20 fans of Danny’s must be fairly wealthy to be able to afford all of those CDs!
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
I just checked mediabase and the song is down 34 spins – I have no doubt he will make it up by the end of the week, but if anyone has been too busy with all the fun stuff going on to do their usual song requests, this is a reminder!
I appreciate the reminders to keep voting. I never forget to do the GAC one, but I am going to have to do a little make up session with the CMT 12 pack. I just pulled up the CMT Top 20 one, but it says it is not available right now.
But speaking of that, look at what I found in the Q&A, I went looking for it because I thought I had seen this before. If the fan votes don’t count toward the show, I wonder why they bother to have a poll. I guess voting is helpful to show interest, but it’s too bad it doesn’t help Danny get on the show.
Q. How does CMT select the Top Twenty Countdown list?
A. The Top Twenty Countdown videos are selected by using a variety of resources including Billboard charts, video sales, CD sales, singles sales, etc. The results are weighed together to determine the top 20 videos. Fan voting is not used as a resource in the process for this particular show.
Twitter: pjgvet
Ellen-
Have you been able to listen to your CD yet- have you received it from Amazon?
If so, what do you think?
Pam, I let my husband listen to “The Coach”, he likes it. He said it is a good long drive music.
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I guess it is a guy song, but I love it and I am not a guy. lol
Here are the current rankings for Danny’s three songs on Itunes, they have moved up some more on the Top 1000 songs on Itunes.
“I still believe” #270
“My Best Days” #429
“I will not say good-bye” #593
I am not surprised that I Still Believe is selling well. I was holding out on listening to the songs on Danny’s album until I bought it yesterday and have since listened to the entire album at least 5 times. I Still Believe is surprisingly one of my favorites, along with I Will Not Say Goodbye, Get Away and of course My Best Days Are ahead of Me.
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
FOGS, how many copies of “I Still Believe” do you think Kara is going to buy?
I’m just kidding, it’s a good song. I am surprised though that it is selling more as a single than I Will Not Say Goodbye. Maybe it was that EW blurb. Pam, btw, I was also amused that Whitney outsourced the Danny section of her article. Although judging from the lack of insight that the reviewer showed, one wonders if he had even heard of Danny before she threw the CD on his desk and told him to write something up about it. Overall I can’t complain though, I have been pretty happy with the reviews, it’s been very favorable.
Ellen, it sounds as if you have a very good friend there!
Ana, you don’t have to be a guy to listen to and love “guy” songs! I like lots of different kinds of music, from sappy sentimental love songs to driving rock and metal music.
And also — this is Danny! Why wouldn’t you like the song? I think I would enjoy it if Danny sang from the phone book!
Pam, no, haven’t listened to the CD yet. Too upset last night, and no time since. Maybe before or after AI tonight.
Still not a happy camper about the distribution of the CDs at bricks and mortar stores. Has it occurred to anyone that if the HDD estimate factored in CDs bought or downloaded from the Internet, and used those figures to project Danny’s sales for the week, the projection could be way off, and not in a good way? Hard for people to buy 50,000 copies if 50,000 copies haven’t been distributed to THE STORES!!!
Twitter: jancute
Wow! just saw the commercial before AI 9 Girls’ performance. They said on the results night, “Idol Favorite” Danny Gokey will perform! OH YEAH!!!(they showed the “Dance Little Sister” performance) Idol Superstar!!! YAY!
I think the reason I like I Still Believe so much is because it is so “Danny” and it shows off his vocals very well. Get Away makes me laugh everytime I hear it. It is so much fun and Danny just lets it rip. I Will Not Say Goodbye makes me weepy every time I listen to it but once again like I Still Believe, it is so Danny and his vocals couldn’t be better. I am glad that I Will Not Say Goodbye is going to be Danny’s 2d single. I think it is going to be a big hit. I love all the songs on the album but so far the ones I mentioned are my favorites.
I’m going to say goodbye for now. AI will be coming on in the East Coast soon, and I want to avoid any posts about the girls until I can see them for myself later tonight.
Josie, I can’t believe that. Why does the CMT Top 20 countdown even have a voting page if they don’t even count the votes. That means that we are wasting our time. I am confused and not happy about that.
Well, I’m out for now. I’ll try to come back later. Deuces <3
Whoops! My bad! That’s not my other twitter name, it’s “leeleeluvgokey” Sorry about that. I really do need to get that energy drink…lol
Bye for now!
lol Josie.
Gokeyguy did they just show that commercial tonight, before the show began? I didn’t see it.
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
Lizzy, I agree, that song does really show off his vocals, it covers quite a range. I really like all the songs too, and I think it’s amazing how many fans I see saying that. I think my favorites right now are Crazy Not to and I Will Not Say Goodbye, and I also really do love the first single. But I love listening to the others too. I wonder which ones will have videos for them, I assume IWNSG will, we talked about that the other day. I really do think that several of the songs could be radio hits.
Josie,
Where did you see the info. about the CMT top 20 voting?
You are right Ellen, Danny can sing “itsy bitsy spider” and it will sound great. God really gave him a wonderful talent.
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
VickieCarol, I don’t understand it either. It is inconsistent with the voting page which says “help pick the Top 20 videos of the week”. I was looking for a link to send them an email but haven’t spotted on yet.
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
on yet s/b one yet.
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
Here is the link to the Q&A info on CMT.
http://www.cmt.com/interact/help/help_cmt.jhtml
Josie, Does that just refer to the CMT Top 20 and not the CMT 12 Pack?
i think dannys appearance at ai will really boost the sales of his album by at least 10,000 maximum of 50,000. kris and allison got 3000-6000, right? but we have to consider that their album was long available in the market and danny is just on his first week. most of kris and allison’s fans already knew their albums are out even before their ai appearances. so their appearances did not help that much.
for danny, i guess most of his loyal fans (the ai viewers) dont even know he has an album out already and his ai performace will serve as some sort of a reminder to them. i also believe his fans are not the ones that go online often.
Thanks Josie for the link. I’m just still confused about the voting page. If it’s not counted then there shouldn’t be a voting page. Seems deceitful.
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
VickieCarol, I think that Q&A is referring specifically to the CMT Top 20, and not the 12 pack. I am certain that votes do count for the 12 pack. I don’t know if there is a way to get it clarified, so lacking that I am going to assume it would be helpful to vote for him there to show interest, but I’m going to put much more time on the 12 pack because I know that will pay off with him getting played on that show.
If anyone has any info about this please correct me if I’m wrong. I’m just making assumptions based on the info I’ve been able to find so far, and I’m just saying what I intend to do and not suggesting what anyone else should do about voting.
Josie,
Thanks for the information. I was going to do the same thing, vote for the 12 Pack and not spend as much time with the top 20. Danny will probably make the top 20 anyway with his sales, etc.
Twitter: jancute
FOGs – its like its just 5 or 10 mins before AI begins… Its so refreshing to see Danny presented on Idol that he will be performing on results night…
trish – are you saying if you go Country, AI fans(tweenies) will have no idea that you have an album released now?
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
The CMT Top 20 is an important show, so I do wish there was a way to get clarification. I have never seen it but maybe if there is someone here who watches it, they will be familiar with what is said about voting. I would have thought that voting would be one of the factors they consider, if the Q&A didn’t explicitly say that it was not. Very strange.
I’m calling it now. Crystal will win. They might as well send all the girls (except maybe Siobhan) home right now.
I think it was cruel of them to put poor little Haeley right after what was quite possibly one of the best performances in Idol history and then throw her under the bus the way they did. That wasn’t necessary at all.
Twitter: steph6449
hi everyone, lots of good news I see. That would be great if Danny could sell over 40,000 copies of his album, and be higher than Easton Corbin whose song is in the top 10 (5?) on country radio chart.
Here are two articles talking about the sales for Josh Thompson and Sarah Buxton, two of the other newbies with albums coming out now. (btw, although they are calling Blake Shelton’s EP a debut at the HDD site, I think they must mean just debut into the chart. not debut (first) album, as with Danny, Sarah, Easton and Josh. Blake’s a pretty established country artist.
http://gotcountry.blogspot.com/2010/03/sarah-buxton-best-selling-country-debut.html
Sarah Buxton is soaring high on the news that her eponymous debut album bowed at #12 on Nielsen Soundscan’s Country Top 75 chart. With 8,000 units sold first week this gives Buxton the best selling debut from a female country artist since 2008.
http://gotcountry.blogspot.com/2010/03/josh-thompsons-album-way-out-here.html
Josh Thompson burst onto the country album sales chart this week, as his debut album Way Out Here earns first-week sales in excess of 15,000 units, the # 9 spot on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, and #28 on the Top 200 chart. Way Out Here is the highest debut from a new country act this year, and the highest debut from a new solo male since Justin Moore in August 2009.
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
steph, that is fascinating. If I am reading that right it looks like Danny’s projected sales would be considered blowing it out of the water for a newcomer, is that how you read it too?
Twitter: steph6449
for the Matt fans, maybe Pam is right and he will wind up signing with a jazz label?
Had a label meeting today. It was a good meeting.
they were feeling some “You Don’t Know Me” with @annawilsonJYA now it’s a day off!!
about 5 hours ago via Echofon
Retweeted by 2 people
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Today, March 03, 2010, 9 hours ago
michaelsarver1: Goodmorning Twitter world. Great Twitter party last night. So I’ve decided that my favorite @dannygokey song is Get Away. Nice job dude!
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most of these girls are pretty excruciating tonight, Crystal was good though.
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really glad to hear Def say he’ll be back with the band for tour, but will miss seeing him til there.
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with the store thing, should mention that I saw a lot of similar complaints with the kradison CDs. not sure it is unusual for Danny, and as yesterday, glad we are not hearing of stacks of Danny CDs sitting in stores with no one buying.
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Wow I don’t know who Sarah’s got on the payroll over at the “got country” blog put she should be sending them a box of chocolate daily. Talk about spin.
I don’t think that overall the girls on Idol tonight have been good. I think that Crystal did a decent job but that’s about it. The rest of them haven’t done well and aren’t that interesting, IMO.
Don’t know if people have seen this. But EW and Wendy Pastoreck have their fangs out. They graded MBD B-. We still need Danny’s fans to counter and post positive comments.
http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/03/02/extended-play-country-edition-danny-gokey-blake-shelton-easton-corbin/
Twitter: steph6449
Josie
I’ll just say I bookmarked those articles for use in future as needed, lol. If Danny could get even 30,000 sales he would be selling twice as many as Josh, ~4x Sarah, and about the same as Easton. And Sarah’s been on the scene for years, Josh & Easton both well back into last year.
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looks like the Jeffrey Steele fundraiser tix are selling well, with Danny, Sarah and others.
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interesting
@dannygokey Aww…I saw a commercial 4 ur CD from Target! I usually FF commercials. Got distracted n 4got 2 FF. What a nice surprise 4 me!
about 3 hours ago via Echofon
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Today, March 03, 2010, 6 hours ago
PhilStacey: Has everyone gotten @dannygokey ‘s new record?
robdempsey: @PhilStacey not yet …. Tell me how you like it?
PhilStacey: @robdempsey Gokey can sing, man…
B- doesn’t sound too bad, especially not for EW, but I have to read the review. Thanks for posting.
Overall, MBD seems to be getting good-mixed reviews. What really matters though is how it sells, and things are looking very bright for Danny right now.
The EW review wasn’t bad at all–for EW. They’ve never been Danny fans so keeping that in mind, it’s a good review.
Twitter: steph6449
I Am G, I posted a comment yesterday at EW that for them, that was a big rave review for Danny’s CD.
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Huh, they are drooling over Lilly. I kinda like her, but didn’t think that one was all that great. (Did not like the girl who did one of Megan’s songs last year, nope. Bring back Megan along with the guys, lol.)
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I think that blog site isn’t one that dumps on the artists, and Sarah seems to have a lot of goodwill to do well. Made me wonder who the last female solo act was who did better. The trend has been more to male artists and group artists, maybe they aren’t that many female solo acts who’ve even been trying to put out albums?
Steph, I liked Lilly better than Megan (who I was never a fan of) but she couldn’t hold a candle to Crystal.
B- is not necessarily a horrible review considering that it is EW. Neverless, it would help Danny if we post positive comments – to counter the negative ones.
Good point, I AM G. I’m sure there will be lots of negative comments because it’s the EW site, even if the review wasn’t bad.
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
Steph, big smile indeed!
I agree that for EW, that review was a lovefest in comparison to stuff they used to say about Danny. I am glad that Whitney has learned to be more cautious. I haven’t commented on it yet, but I will.
Hi everyone – promising news about the sale projections for this week. I’m a wait and see kind of person so won’t get too excited until we see the final numbers. But it does sound good.
Steph, that gotcountry info was very interesting. I was telling my daughter about Danny’s empty bin at Target yesterday. She said she had the same problem when she wanted to buy our other locally grown newbie, Josh Thompson’s cd (my daughter is not really a country fan but works with a good friend of Josh’s and wanted to show support). She had to go to 3 Best Buy’s to find his cd. This was on the Thursday of his release week. So, perhaps the stores do not start out with a lot of cd’s for newbies to begin with but wait and see (sounds like me) how they do and then replenish. Still seems silly in his hometown, but who am I to say.
Twitter: steph6449
Looks like Danny’s interview with Walmart Soundcheck will be available March 15th. The zapit site is just excerpts.
Today, March 03, 2010, 9 hours ago
WMSoundcheck: Can’t wait till 3/15? Zap2It has an exclusive sneak peek of our interview with Danny Gokey! http://bit.ly/c36bb4
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WMZQ in DC joining the stations who are putting Danny’s CD online streaming
http://wmzq.com/cc-common/ondemand/music.html
nothing but nice comments on the station FB page (not including mine, and none look like Lizzy to me)
I LOVE his new song!!!
I want it for my B’DAY!
Love his new single! Perfect song for my bday and my future ahead! “MY BEST DAYS ARE AHEAD OF ME!”
his new song ROCKS!!!
Love My Best Days, Life on Ya, Crazy not you, I still believe, Like That’s a Bad thing…he is awesome!
Got the CD the other night from his signing…the CD is really good for his first one….I love it
It’s sad that I am actually read for tonight’s Idol show to be over. I am only actually looking forward to Ryan possibly mentioning Danny’s name at the end of tonight’s show. I wish this season was more interesting, but so far it is shaping up to be a disappointing season for me.
Hi there – Just checking in. I stopped at our local Wal-Mart Store….and no Danny Gokey CD. I looked in both the new release and the country area. So I asked the clerk. He wasn’t sure about it. Said it would have been with the new releases and possibly sold out. (I wonder how many they had originally). I asked it they would get more and he assured me they would. Haven’t checked other stores yet.
Off to do some voting while watching the girls on AI tonight..
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I didn’t mean the Got Country blog was wrong in what they posted it’s just that 8000 just doesn’t sound good no matter what light you put it in. I know Saarah is holding onto her contract by her fingernails so she did not have a good week.
I will be interesting to see what happens with Danny’s print PR next week if he stays in the range of HDDs prediction.
Twitter: steph6449
another press release article on Danny – talks about the basketball team concert, lol
http://askjimmycarter.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Yesterday, Gokey celebrated his album release in and around Atlanta, GA, where a day of TV, radio, and an in-store appearance was capped by an impromptu performance for the University of Alabama women’s basketball team. Members of the team, in town for an SEC tournament game, spotted Danny dining in the same restaurant and asked if he might sing for them. In good-natured style, and with the blessing of restaurant management and fellow diners, Danny’s band grabbed their gear and delivered a performance and autographs on the spot.
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Suz, the one I meant with Megan’s song (Put your records on? probably not the exact title) was a PYTish girl with long dark hair. Don’t know her name but wasn’t Lilly.
Twitter: steph6449
this is a review of Blake’s EP. says he’s been signed with Warner for 10 years.
http://thatnashvillesound.blogspot.com/2010/03/cd-reviews-blake-shelton-hillbilly-bone.html
according to this, Blake has had 5 albums before this new EP.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Shelton_discography
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anyone know how many CDs Kellie or Bucky sold their first week out?
Twitter: jancute
FOGs – hey that is what Im waiting for too… Ryan saying Danny will perform tomorrow YAY!
Twitter: steph6449
that Country Hitmakers site with the posted article is apparently tied to a syndicated radio station. hopefully they will play MBD on their show this week, and Danny will get the extra spins along with the exposure for his interview.
http://countryhitmakers.com/about
Brian Mansfield posted a comment on his post inviting questions for Danny. He’s responding to someone else who posted the HDD prediction, appears that Brian agrees.
USA TODAY Staff
Brian Mansfield (20 friends, send message) wrote: 5h 28m ago
Thanks, dazed — somebody was just asking me what I thought Danny would do, and I was figuring in that area but had nothing to base it on. Now I do!
Here’s some info about Kellie’s first week of her first album from Wikipedia:
Her first single, “Red High Heels”, debuted on September 13, 2006, and its music video was officially released on October 20, 2006. It received a nomination for the CMT Video Awards for “Breakthrough Video of the Year”.[10][11]
Her debut album, Small Town Girl, released on October 31, 2006, topped Billboard’s Top Country Albums and landed at #9 on Billboard Top 200 selling over 79,000 copies in its first week, making Pickler the highest-selling first-week sales for a new artist in 2006.
Steph
I had read on wikipedia that Bucky’s album debuted #1 on the country albums chart and #4 on Billboard with 61,000 copies sold the first week.
I read that Kellie debut album “Small Town Girl” also debuted at #1 on the Country albums chart on Billboard and #9 on the Billboard with about 79,000 copies sold in it’s first week.
Here’s Bucky’s info, same source:
His debut album, Bucky Covington, was released on April 17, 2007, to positive reviews. It debuted on the Billboard 200 at #4 selling 61,000 copies. It also debuted at #1 on the Top Country Albums chart, making the album the best opening week for a debut album by a male on the chart since Billy Ray Cyrus’ 1992 debut with Some Gave All.
Hello everyone! I can’t believe it! I finally met Danny in person!!! OMG! He is such a beautiful man. I have some videos but I’m gonna need help uploading them. No pic with, not allowed but I got a hug!
I need to go home now. I’ll BBL. I’m on cloud 9 right now.
No mention of Danny tonight from Ryan about being on the results show tomorrow. The past couple of hours of Idol was almost a complete waste, IMO. Though I think that Siobhan is cute and I like her personality.
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
Nina, that’s wonderful! So happy for you! If you’re driving home, don’t drift away on Cloud 9 too much, ok?
Looking forward to hearing more about it later.
Nina, congratulations on meeting Danny! Looking forward to hearing all about it.
Twitter: steph6449
Ryan didn’t mention Danny coming on? Odd, boo to that.
Danny’s album has “buzz” according to someone at Brian’s sales update, in relation to the “street violations” (stores jumping the gun, I guess).
I believe that the 1,000 probably came from street date violations. That’s usually what happens for most albums that have some sort of buzz.
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considering the changes in the market, the Kellie / Bucky figures can’t be that far off. Danny may well wind up with a higher percentage of sales compared to the AI winner in his year?
I just called my local Target to see if they had any MBD cd’s. The very nice young man, who I don’t think knew much about Danny, (asked me if it was his new cd) went to look and said, no. They may have had some earlier today but there aren’t any now. He said they get cd deliveries every night except Mondays. He suggested calling in the morning to reserve a copy. Hopefully they will get the idea and start ordering larger quantities!
steph
I think that Ryan might have forgotten to mention Danny. It did seem like the show was going to have some extra time tonight, because of the way the performances were going, and I thought Ryan would mention Danny at the end, but it seemed like they spent a little longer than they normally do on the performance clips and I think he forgot to mention Danny.
Twitter: jancute
WTH! there is no Danny mentioning part there! ugghh oh well good to know in advance that Danny will perform there!
WOW Siobhan WOW!!! They really pushing Crystal to the finishline to hard
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
Here is what I said on EW:
“I am curious about the reviewer’s comment that the album “feels a little impersonal”. I have the opposite impression, and from other reviews I’ve seen I believe that most feel that the songs were carefully chosen both to effectively highlight Danny’s voice and style, and to represent who he essentially is as a person. I have no idea how someone could listen to the devastatingly beautiful “I Will Not Say Goodbye”, and find it impersonal, that’s a puzzler. But anyway, if I were recommending two songs to download, it would be that one, and either “Crazy Not To” for a really lovely romantic song, or “Get Away” for a fun driving song. I think this is a very strong debut and I think it’s going to do great in the marketplace. Good for Danny, so glad he’s not stuck in the AI bubble anymore with an unfortunate number of people who think it’s good sport to make revolting comments. He is so far beyond that now, and that makes me very happy.”
It is so icky to go on that site. Blech.
That’s too bad that Ryan didn’t mention that Danny will be there tomorrow, but I think someone said it was mentioned in a promo spot before the show? At least there was that. Maybe Ryan will tweet about it tomorrow. I don’t follow him because he is always tweeting about people that I could not care less about, but I know he has lots of followers.
Twitter: steph6449
nina, very exciting
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eeps. poor Danny
Just met @DannyGokey in the bathroom!! I didn't know it was him!! Got @jenave an autograph!! WOMEN!!
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this has some other sales stats
http://www.roughstock.com/blog/lady-a-cash-s-posthumous-set-lead-charts-this-week/
Twitter: this_is_shellie
That is some pic of Danny,he’s lookin’ fine!
Twitter: jancute
Josie – Yes, Danny was in a commercial before AI started… It was his performance of Dance Little Sister and it said that he will perform on results night…
Twitter: steph6449
maybe we should tweet Ryan that he forgot, and ask him to mention it on his twitter?
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don’t remember if this was mentioned, Danny’s myspace says he will be back visiting with WUSN in Chicago
March, 8 2010 07:30 AM – Radio Station Visit (WUSN)
Two Prudential Plaza, Suite 1000, Chicago, Illinois –
Radio Station Visit (WUSN)
That is disappointing that Ryan didn’t mention Danny’s performance for tomorrow. I hope most viewers saw the pre-show commercial. Or did they show it during the broadcast, too? I don’t usually stick around for commercials…
Josie – I like your EW post. You go, girl! But I agree, blech to their site. They are the ickiest of the icky.
Twitter: jancute
milgokey – the only time it was shown was before AI even started for the performances… Did Ryan did mention Kris Allen performing? I think Allison was mentioned… Actually I waited and it was just 30 secs spare time until it hit 10pm here… there was 30secs for Ryan to say about Danny but it didn’t happen… Oh well, maybe TV glitches but hey ladies, we got to see Danny tomorrow right??? its a positive side about it and its fine with me…
Twitter: jancute
Josie-way to go to your fearless comment! anyway, they are not credible reviewers and millions of people know that…I don’t even care about their reviews…
Twitter: jancute
but I think Danny will be mentioned on the show eventually before starting introducing the contestants or maybe after their group number… Can somebody here record the whole Danny performance???
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
Thanks milgokey! Yep, it’s too bad about EW. As far as I know, Michael Slezak has not said boo about Danny’s album. I wonder what Danny would say if he did ask for an interview. What I hope he would say is that he would do it, as long as Kristen Baldwin was there and also on camera for the whole thing. They could talk about Danny’s hit single, and how it felt to see his album hit #1 in Country on iTunes after its release, and how great it is that he’s going on a big tour with Sugarland….wouldn’t that be bliss???? I would pay money to see that. A pretty good chunk, in fact.
Twitter: steph6449
pic where Danny was appearing tonight at the Best Buy store
http://twitgoo.com/fqmwi
FYI The Walmart here(Milw) had a huge rack for Cd’s(main aisle).There were only 4 artists on the rack.Each row held 48 cds. The first row was Blake Shelton(full) Danny was second(two thirds sold out) Third row was Susan Boyle(full) I don’t even recall who was in the last row but,it was full too. They also had an end cap in the audio department. Danny’s section was the only one sold out(about 50 artists on display)
Hey ….still looking to meet at a Park and Ride or something for Sat. I’m just like you Kathy, kinda new at all this.But I figure this might be the last shot at an intimate DG show and a hug?! You know what I’m sayin’
Josie – that sure would be an interesting interview for sure. Knowing how Danny is I’m sure he would agree to do it, if he could squeeze it into his busy, busy schedule of course
Casey – are you going to Turner Hall Saturday? I’m planning on going but not sure what time to get there. I think it’s going to be nuts! What time are you going?
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happy fan RTed by the San Jose radio station peep
Today, March 03, 2010, 13 minutes ago |
IndianaAL (Indiana AL )
RT @Brit_LovesLNT: Just got done meeting @dannygokey love him soo much! And he totally killed it! Put on an amazing show! Now headin to club rodeo! Round 2!
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there must have been some promo about Danny being on AI tomorrow as the haters are reacting to it on twitter, lol.
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Kris sold a lot of copies of that song he sang last week for Haiti. something else to consider when looking at the difference in the albums for Kris and Alli after they were on.
Twitter: steph6449
Let It Be, the song Kris performed on American Idol last Thursday, had the best Idol debut for the week, selling more than 46,000 copies — proceeds from which will go to Haiti relief.
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appears Anoop is going indie
Although he lives part time in Los Angeles, Desai produced the EP in Raleigh and will release the music without the help of a record label. It’s his choice, he says.
“When I moved out to LA after the [Idol] tour, it was with the intention of getting a label and going the traditional route. But I began to see that labels are bogged down in bureaucracy and nonchalant in the work they have to do.”
By going the independent route, Desai says, he would always be the No. 1 priority. He already has some fame because of “Idol”; by taking control his success could be based on the amount of energy he put into his pursuit.
Nina,
I’m so happy that you got to meet Danny and you even got a famous Danny Hug. That is awesome!!! Did you by chance see Marilyn there? I was wondering if you two met up while there. She said that her husband was driving her there. It was a three hour drive for them. I sure hope that she got to meet Danny too and hope she got a big hug from Danny.
VickieCarol – If I recall, I believe today is your birthday. So, Happy Birthday!
If I missed it change that to Happy Belated Birthday
Milgokey
Yes I am going. I heard others say they were going around 10 am. I agree on the craziness! He packed in 20,000 on his hometown visit-I know this won’t be the same-but I’m sure not everyone will get in. I would love to not have to go alone.
Casey – I am going alone also but hoping to meet up with others. I don’t think I can get down there that early. Probably going to shoot for 1:00. Let me know if you want to meet up.
Milgokey,
You are right, today is my Birthday. Thank you so much. That’s so sweet.
That’s right Happy Birthday VC!
Milgokey-definitely. I have to go gotta be up at 5am-I’ll check in with you tomorrow.
ok. g’nite Casey.
Thanks Casey, You ihearties are always so sweet and thoughtful.
Good Night Casey
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someone posted this at mj’s from iTunes earlier today.
03/03/2010 at 1:29 pm
The Season 8 Idols have a total of 10 songs charting on the iTunes Top 1000 right now (Kris – 4, Danny – 3, Adam – 2, Allison – 1)!!
#17 Let It Be (Kris)
#22/#330 LLWD (Kris)
#24/#401 WWFM (Adam)
#301 I Still Believe (Danny)
#444 AWM (Kris)
#493 MBD (Danny)
#531 FYE (Adam)
#539 Scars (Allison)
#604 I Will Not Say Goodbye (Danny)
#871 Heartless (Kris)
iTunes album charts
#5 My Best Days
#25 Kris Allen
#61/#241 FYE
#157/#599 Just Like You
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also this is quoted from Billboard somewhere
As for the rest of the albums aiming for a high debut on next week’s Billboard 200 — “American Idol” fans, rejoice! Last year’s third-place finisher, Danny Gokey, could be the tally’s second-highest new entry, as his “My Best Days” should bow in the top 10.
Steph – that just made me smile from ear to ear! Thank you for posting those numbers. Now I can go off to happy sleep.
Good night.
Twitter: pjgvet
Happy Bday VickieCarol!
Going to turn in early too; have to rest up for standing in line for an eternity this Saturday. But it will be worth it, like Casey said; not much chance of seeing him up close and personal after this summer I think.
Congrats Nina; you finally met Danny! You will have to tell us all about it.
I know I watched the boring AI all the way to the end too just to hear Ryan mention Danny and he didn’t. Major FAIL!
My family left comments at EW
Josie, don’t know if you noticed, but it wasn’t Whitney who reviewed Danny, someone else did and she did the other two. I think we skeered her 
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windmills at mj’s says there is a review of Danny in People magazine?
appears (per w-m) to be a mixed review, even if so — that’s good exposure for Danny.
Danny’s album is reviewed in the new People magazine with the guy from the Bachelor on the cover. I don’t have a scan but they gave his album 2 stars out of 4 and said it’s weird seeing a gospel Michael Mcdonald type singer go country and country’s not as good a fit for him as it was for Carrie Underwood or Kellie Pickler. But they ended by saying a good singer is a good singer even if it seems like he’s a stranger in this town. Easton Corbin’s album is also reviewed and gets 3 stars out 4. So is Blake Shelton’s and I think it gets 2 1/2 stars out of 4. But both those reviews are short reviews and Danny’s is a longer one.
Twitter: pjgvet
Oh, forgot to mention; I just went to ITunes to give MBD another star and Danny is holding at #2 on Country (Lady A is first) and #5 overall album charts.
Happy about that
He’s been up there 48 hours now.
Thanks for the BD wishes Pam. Can’t wait to hear about the big day with Danny from all the fans from iheart. Hope it’s a fun day and not too exhausting for you all, because of the long lines. Enjoy!!!
Twitter: steph6449
awww
http://media.herald-dispatch.com/blog/idol/2010/03/danny-gokey-cd-review-is-he-back-in.html
Has there ever been an Idol contestant that I have had more of a love/relationship with than Danny Gokey? I don’t think so…
I absolutely adored him from the get-go last year, and then I did a complete 180 and viciously turned against him, even declaring I would do whatever I could to keep him from the finals. And then I met him and he looked into my eyes with that earnest face that you just can’t deny and then took the stage with that gutwrenching performance of “What Hurts the Most.” It was really hard not to like him after that.
But then he went and recorded a country album, and I don’t like country, which should have placed him back in the hate column. So why am I going to Amazon.com as we speak and ordering the CD?
Because I love it. I know I’m in shock too…
[and she goes on to talk more about it]
Wow, Steph, Sounds like this girl is fighting as hard as she can not to totally love and adore Danny but she’s not having much luck. Danny has that affect on people. He’s hard to resist.
Twitter: BLfolsom
Nina, congrats for meeting Danny; isn’t the famous Danny hugs to die for!?!? I nearly fainted when I got mine, his chrisma is so thick you could cut it with a knife; don’t you agree?
Josie, Danny did do an interview with that Michael Sleez something, something guy and was very gracious to him. Actually, if my memory is correct…I think he did two interviews with him. Michael Sleez something, something has always been hostile to Danny. Sorry, I don’t know how to spell his name ’cause whenever I see it…I just ignore it.
Goodnight all
It’s late – touching base one last time for the evening. Hello to anyone still here yet…and believe b-day wishes go to you VickieCarol (like your picture a lot). I too watched AI and no mention of Danny. We’ll all need to tune in tomorrow and hopefully see him. Wish I had been able to go to Mall of America in Minn. to see Danny Friday (and combined it with a little shopping too). If you haven’t had a chance to visit the Mall…it’s a great place (with an amusement park inside) as well as hundreds of stores. I’m sure Danny will be swamped with fans on Friday. But planning to see him on Saturday in Milw. (that will be swamped too I’m sure). Goodnight to all
I am a bit perplexed that Billboard predicted Blake’s EP would sell around 65K-70K and Danny around 40K-45K for this week (from MJs), I know Blake has been in the country music scene much longer so he must have a good following, however both Itunes and Amazon indicates his rankings are consistently below Danny’s in the past week or so, may be Billboard has some info on the sale number of physical copies and that’s where Blake is ahead?
I used to post comments (though not on a regular basis) on MJs but about 6 months ago she started putting my comments into moderation and it’s been a hassle to post there. I am glad to see lots of Danny supporters (and I recognize quite a few from here) post there now.
Twitter: steph6449
Today, March 04, 2010, 13 minutes ago |
IndianaAL (Indiana AL )
KRTY HOT 9@9. The 9 hottest songs on KRTY today… the most requested song today # 1 My Days Are Ahead Of Me – Danny Gokey
Cori, Thanks for the BD wishes. I’ve never been to the mall of America but I’ve heard a lot about it. Would love to see it someday. Good night Cori
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another review, pretty good
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20100302_Goin__country__political___retro.html
GOKEY GOES FOR GOLD: With those earnest, powerful pipes, he could have come out of the “American Idol” wringer as another blue-eyed soul singer. But what would that have gotten Danny Gokey? Status as “the next Taylor Hicks”? Uh, pass.
Fortunately, the third-place finalist of Season 8 listened when guest mentor Randy Travis suggested country. On Gokey’s debut, “My Best Days,” (19 Recordings/RCA, B+), it fits perfectly.
Does it help the backstory that Gokey used to be a big-rig driver and church musical director? That his wife died unexpectedly a month before the competition?
All that gives him the gumption to gather and earnestly sing wholesome, sometimes lighthearted twang-rockers and ballads about making each moment count, keeping the faith and never letting love leave your heart.
Franktastic, Since those are estimations, when will the actual figures come out? Do you have any idea? Is it going to be posted for the sales results for the first week?
Wow, That’s great Steph!!! #1 requested song in Alabama. Is it Alabama or is it Indiana? It’s funny the song is the most popular but the tweeter didn’t write the correct title. That’s okay, just one word missing.
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Today, March 04, 2010, 8 minutes ago |
krty (KRTY 95.3 FM)
Danny Gokey, LIVE at Rodeo Club! http://twitpic.com/16i8zp
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from mj’s
“I Still Believe” is at #248 on iTunes right now, MBD at #393 and “I Will Not Say Goodbye” at #594.
Steph, I really like that review. The reviewer spoke the truth with no sarcastic jabs. See that’s how you write a review. Kudos to that guy/gal.
VickieCarol – I believe the sales numbers will be available every Wednesday, so the actual figure for this week’s sales should be available next Wed March 10. I normally go to mj’s to check.
Great to see there are 3 Danny’s songs charting on ITunes Top 1000. I am a bit surprised that I still Believe is the highest charting song right now. My favorite – Crazy Not To, IWNSG, Tiny Life. But there isn’t one song on the album that I don’t like. Sometimes I am wondering if it’s Danny’s vocal that makes the song “likeable”
Twitter: jannworth
Hi Steph, VC, Frantastic and Cori—I had a 15 hour day of work–but couldn’t go to bed until I tried to catch up on Danny news and blast MBD on my BOSE wave! (And its after midnight!)
Great reviews coming in!
I was at a business meeting/social gathering tonight and I guy that I had never met before (we have over 350 employees in this subgroup) says to me as I join a group–”You’re a Danny Gokey fan aren’t you?” I saw you interviewed on the local news at his concert!” He said “I told my wife, I know that woman! Did you buy his new CD?”
I assured him that that I was a big fan and of course I had bought the CD! (I didn’t mention that I’d bought 4 or 5 copies….) Being that “Crazy Madison” fan of DG is sneaking into my “normal” life on a regular basis…. It made me wonder which segment he saw…
Jan
Jan, That’s just too Kool. You are being recognized by that interview. Hey, you are famous. Just wondering, was that guy a Danny Gokey fan too?
Franktastic, At least we only have to wait until next Wednesday to check out the sales, that’s great! Thanks for that info. You know a lot about this record sales business. Glad that you are a iheart poster and Danny fan. We can pick your brain for info. Ha
Can’t wait until Danny’s AI appearance tomorrow.
I have just listened to “the Coach” for the first time. It’s okay. I’ll have to listen to it a few times to totally get the feel of it. It’s different than the others. Just didn’t catch me hook line and sinker at first, the way the other songs did.
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
Jan, that is pretty cool that he remembered you!
Billie, yes, I remember the Slezak interviews right after Danny left the show and then during the tour (remember how he made the heart sign for Kristen? ha!). He was in the AI bubble then and kind of stuck with it I think (although I’m sure he could have refused if he wanted to, but I don’t think he would have given the guy the satisfaction). He’s out of the bubble now though and Slezak is not so relevant anymore, that’s why I am not absolutely certain as to what he would do.
I watched the AI girls tonight. I liked Paige and Crystal the best. Siobhan is interesting although I didn’t love that song for her. She could become a favorite. I liked Lilly a lot last week, but not so much this week although the judges certainly praised her a lot. I was surprised about that.
Twitter: jannworth
VickieCarol, by the enthusiasm he had in his voice, I think he was a big fan. It wasn’t the “Oh, you’re a DG fan” type of voice, it was the “isn’t he cool” kind of voice! If we had been alone (it was a large group/noisy) I would have found out what he thought of Danny, but I only had time to add that my husband and I had won the tickets and that he was a fan, too. He said I did a really great job on TV; I kidded it was all my great “on the job” experience and then the conversation veered into another topic.
Jan
Great to meet another Danny Fan, isn’t it? We all feel connected in a special way, that special way being our love for Danny.
Oh my gosh! That’s right. Happy Birthday, Vickie Carol! (It’s still March 3rd here on the West Coast!)
Guess it’s time to close the computer down and get to bed.
Good Night IHeart Peeps~~~~~
Thanks so much Ellen. You are so sweet.
Chat with you all tomorrow. Nite
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
VickieCarol, Happy Birthday!
I also forgot to say thanks to Gokeyguy for the “fearless” comment, that was nice! If you met me in real life I would not come across as tough, I promise, but I don’t find it difficult to be fearless when I am sufficiently inspired.
Pam, I did notice that it wasn’t Whitney who wrote it. I think she knew she really screwed up last time. She was in a tough spot. In order to defend herself from the charge of deliberately mis-stating the facts to create a false impression, she would have had to admit that she just didn’t know what she was talking about. Not a pretty choice.
Steph,
Those figures you posted are very encouraging!
I can’t wait to see Danny tomorrow night!