After what has seemed like an eternally long wait since Adam’s Glam Nation/FYE era ended, we have finally arrived at May 2012 – the month that Adam’s new album “Trespassing” will be released! The album will drop in the U.S. & Canada on May 15th. Lucky fans in New Zealand & Japan will get the album a few days earlier on May 11th, Australia & Germany a few days later on May 18th, while some other European countries (U.K., Ireland, France) will have to wait until July. In addition to the album release, we can look forward to three concerts with Adam headlining this month, the KRZ Summer Bash in Wilkes-Barre PA on May 25th, at Six Flags New England on May 26th, and the Freshtival in National Harbor MD on May 27th. We will also see Adam perform on American Idol May 17th, will have the official push of “Never Close Our Eyes” to pop radio beginning on May 29, and may see the music video for NCOE later this month as well!

Our featured photo for this month’s chat comes from Adam’s mini-concert of April 26th on the Jimmy Kimmel show.

It’s going to be an exciting month as we begin the Trespassing era, enjoy the chat!

 

4,012 Responses to May 2012 Chat

  1. ultimathule says:

    I use Disqus to sign in at MJ’s.

  2. Ron says:

    rs

    Seems you’re making progress, though!!

    You’re to the point where you can select the photo you want to use? The next step should be where you can re-size the photo by moving the adjustable square that appears on the photo.

    When you’re satisfied with that and click “okay”, if I remember, you then have to give it a rating – G or R or X. It will then be in place BUT you have to then click on the photo and CONFIRM it.

    Also know that any changes usually take 5 to 10 minutes to go into effect. You won’t see immediate results!

    Let me know if you got to the point where you can re-size and rate the photo.

    Photo should be .jpg format.

  3. milwlovesadam says:

    The link here is under”all reviews on one spreadsheet”, you need to scroll down, mid home page-ish.

  4. milwlovesadam says:

    I can’t use Disqus. It asks me to create a new log-in. And then I lost my avatar and name. So, MJ “fixed” it so that we could use wordpress and keep our names and avatars.

  5. milwlovesadam says:

    So, he’s not performing again until the 25th, but is in NY today doing promo, right?

    Good.

    I need the rest.

  6. rs says:

    OK I rebooted the computer and then was able to get the gravatar. It fit perfectly, no need for cropping. Then I confirmed and logged off since there didn’t seem to be anything else to do. We will see if it appears. When and if it does, I will just tell you what it is and why it is here. It is a sculture at the Israel Museum of the Hebrew version of the Robert Indiana Love Sculpture. I photographed it at sunset and I love the color. When I had my M&G I made a copy of this photo and glued it to the box that the hamsa I gave him was in. I explained to him what it was and he really liked the picture. And I gave Neil the key chain with the same image.

  7. rs says:

    YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Thanks for all your help, especially very, very, very patient, dear ron

  8. Ron says:

    Y-A-A-Y-Y-Y rs!

    YOU DID IT!!!

  9. luval says:

    He is not done, mils. Tomorrow night at Springle ball. Should I change my avatar?

  10. Ron says:

    Oh geez … Adam No. 5 on Billboard chart!

    Cry

  11. rs says:

    So FYI, you can have different WordPress accounts for different email adresses and different user names.

  12. milwlovesadam says:

    luval, honey, you can do whatever you want. Just send me that picture please. Gawd. it is one of his hawtest ever. I’ll end up printing it out, and putting it in my scrapbook of Adamphernelia.

    I don’t have files of pics, I don’t keep stuff on the computer. I literally don’t know how. Yet another thing my kids will need to teach their mom before I am an empty nester in the fall.

    rs: yay!!!!!

  13. milwlovesadam says:

    rs: where is that sculpture located? In Israel?

    #5???

    Top 10. Top 10.

    Lower than FYE. Dammit.

  14. luval says:

    No 5 on Billboard and iTunes?

  15. rs says:

    mils, it is in the Billy Rose Sculpture Garden at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, one of my favorite places in this city. It is quite a large piece.

  16. eywflyer says:

    The first HDD numbers are disastrously bad. IDEK what else to say.

  17. Ron says:

    Billboard is only showing 37% of sales at this point. There will be a further update later when 54% of the sales are tallied. He certainly can go higher on the chart than where he is now.

    It’s doubtful AO figures are included or ITunes or Walmart!

  18. riskylady says:

    Everyone should have this link bookmarked – they keep it really up-to-date and it helps with the disorientation re Adam’s crazy schedule!
    http://adamlambertevents.wordpress.com/

  19. TLKC says:

    Don’t despair. Adamofficial figures clearly aren’t in here – they should be at least 20,000. Plus iTunes isn’t in here either because Adam was ahead on iTunes almost all week. This is probably Amazon – Adam was never really ahead of this week’s 1-4 chart toppers on Amazon. These figures are mainly Amazon’s I would guess.

    Billboards Thursday projections came from talking to everybody and all channels would have given feedback, including those who won’t report until tomorrow.

  20. TLKC says:

    Patience. You have to know what market share each distribution channel has and when they report.

  21. Oksana2000 says:

    I wouldn’t worry about HDD numbers at this point. We don’t even know what sellers are represented. It’s only 37% of sales, and IT CANNOT BE PRO-RATED. I rather trust HDD predictions, than this incomplete report.
    “Now what I call the Music” leading the chart? C’mon…

  22. Oksana2000 says:

    TLKC, I don’t even think that these are Amazon numbers.”Now, this I call the music” is sitting pretty low on Amazon. It doesn’t look like a iTunes# where Adam was #1 for at least 2 days. Nor Walmart – I take it back, I was looking at Walmar online bestsellers, store sales could be different animal) Could be a combination of some retailers, but at this point I’m clueless.

  23. rs says:

    When do the “real” numbers come in?

  24. Oksana2000 says:

    rs,Final HDD prediction come in Tuesday afternoon, and Wednesday we get “real” numbers.

  25. TLKC says:

    Oksana is right about the pro-rated part. This isn’t 37% of units – it 37% of distribution channels reporting. I prepared a template based on last week’s sales – the last 45% of distribution channels delivered 35% for Adele and 26 % for Carrie. We don’t know what those channels are and how they will do for Adam.

    Also, there’s no way that Adam did as little as 14,000 on AO so that huge pre-sell figure isn’t in there. I would love to know if Barnes & Noble is in there. That would help a lot.

    Tonight will come in at about 54% of channels reporting. Then we can talk about how Wednesday a.m. will pan out. There will be no new figures until Tuesday evening.

  26. ultimathule says:

    Was reading that “Where Are They Now” article (Daily Beast) at MJ’s. Don’t understand why it would have Carrie and Kelly there among the faded away ones – anyone got a clue? thanks.

  27. Oksana2000 says:

    Don’t understand why it would have Carrie and Kelly there among the faded away ones – anyone got a clue? thanks.

    Yes, I do. Sloppy journalism.

  28. luval says:

    This is the most nerve wracking day since the days after the AMA’s. That word disastrously makes me sad. But I will wait. I so feel for Adam when he has to “hawk” Trespassing. And when he said “even if you don’t like me, buy the album….something like that”, I was sick for him. TPTB must have some knowledge of how it was selling. Not really any competition from other May 15th cds. Just the usual suspects. I don’t know anymore. If Adam were to just give it up I wouldn’t be surprised. Not that he would but everything in this industry today is ridiculous.

    Anyway…here is an answer from one of the venues I mailed to:

    “Thank you for reaching out to us. I will keep this in mind when working with local and regional promoters. Hope to see you here soon.”

    Still don’t have any blockquote use anymore.

  29. Oksana2000 says:

    TLKC, how do we know what was AO pre-sale number? Did they say anything?
    Do we know if “deluxe” and “regular” are included in the same count? I would assume they do.

  30. Oksana2000 says:

    luval, stop worrying. From my previous experience HDD and BB predictions were usually spot on. I even remember one of them changing Cookie estimates and it went in the right direction (lower)

  31. TLKC says:

    Just picked this up from Robert1969 on AO:

    “I’ll reiterate: the early numbers on the HDD building charts for FYE didn’t look good. Adam was in trouble. Or so it appeared. But when the second batch of numbers came in Adam rose from 15th place to third place and stayed there until the end, and as we all know, FYE debuted at #3.”

    ETA: Adam didn’t rise above #3 in final round reporting last time partly because Walmart is a late reporter and they didn’t buy into Adam big time. This time they did: they had an autographed cd pre-sell

  32. TLKC says:

    I don’t know for sure but knowing how quickly the acoustic cd sold out it’s first batch, we have to know that Adam has the capacity to pre-sell a minumum of 10,000 of a brand new cd through his own site.

    Also, the 44.99 kit counts for 2 – the cd and the vinyl (AO isn’t stupid.)

  33. riskylady says:

    Didn’t see this posted yet, lovely interview with Larry Flick (love the end part about Burning Man, hilarious!).
    http://soundcloud.com/slightly_askew/120521-outq

  34. AL says:

    Here is the report from Street Pulse showing the top albums sold at small and independent stores. You’ll notice the Bloom’s Beach House is at the top and is not even among the top 50 on the current HDD report. Bloom is sitting at #8 on iTunes right now and NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 42 is at #48. It’s also at #57 in the Amazon popularity music list. So who knows where these first reports are coming from.
    Lots of sales to come from the larger sources.
    http://www.allaccess.com/mail/streetPulse/seven_day.html

  35. Oksana2000 says:

    More important will be next week sales. I hope that drop will be within the usual percentage. Having said that I’m going to order 2 more albums for my frugal friends that would like to have his CD, but I REFUSE to make copies of that particular album.

  36. Oksana2000 says:

    eywflyer,do you remember if we get the second update on Monday? Or it’s on early Tuesday with final number coming late in a day?

  37. Ron says:

    Love your avatar, rs!!

    Is that new?

    Wink

  38. eywflyer says:

    Oksana, I think we get the 54% HDD update this evening eastern time.

    After reading various threads on AO & Adamtopia and discussing with some numbers experts on twitter, my feeling is that we should see some improvement with the later updates, but I’m thinking #1 is rather doubtful. Hope I’m wrong.

  39. Ron says:

    Hi Oksana

    I know that TLKC is out cycling right now.

    She told me to expect the second numbers to come in later today. I suppose that could mean 7:00 to 9:00 pm eastern time?

    She didn’t tell me this so I’m going out on a limb when I say that HDD wouldn’t predict Lambert poised to take the #1 spot unless they had very good info/statistics to back it up. They have access to “everything” and know, or can give a good approximation, as to what the final numbers will be. I don’t think they would print something, that could end up being so far removed from what they predicted with the potential to embarrass themselves, unless they really knew what they were talking about.

    I didn’t know that FYE first appeared at #15 on the chart and that after the next update it was in the #3 position.

    This is very encouraging and I’m optimistic that Trespassing may find itself sitting at #1 or #2 later on or tomorrow when the final tallies are in.

  40. Oksana2000 says:

    Eywflyer, my glass is still half full. I doubt if all the number “experts” know as much as HDD and BB.I too, hope that you’re wrong.. Smile

  41. rs says:

    Ron says:

    05/21/2012 at 4:55 pm

    Love your avatar, rs!!

    Is that new?

    Why, yes it is, ron. Thanks for noticing Wink

  42. Oksana2000 says:

    Ron,I agree with you 100%… Smile
    And being in bitchy mood, I would say that 37.7% number could be Kris total opening number. His stats (iTunes, Amazon) are baaaaad…
    (Going to the corner)

  43. Ron says:

    While we pass the time, let’s all join hands and sing a rousing version of “Kumbayah”.

    Big Smile

  44. TLKC says:

    My glass, too. As Robert1969 has pointed out – it’s like looking at the election results when the urban centres haven’t posted their numbers yet (or the rural areas, for that matter).

    It would help to know who has reported so far. I am mainly curious about the book stores.

  45. TLKC says:

    TLKC is back by the way. I blew out my tire. No more cycling for me until my bike gets a new tire.

    ETA: BB’s Thursday prediction came from talking to all of the key distribution channels at mid-week. It’s a little more all-encompassing than this early report, which includes specific channels. It may provide an indication of whether Adam can pass someone Like Adele in a tight race to the end, though.

    Note: Adele will not have pre-sell figures this week and neither will Carrie.

  46. Oksana2000 says:

    BTW, I don’t want TS to open at #2. IT HAS TO BE #1, just for the bragging rights and for creating the precedent..

  47. Miss Chaos says:

    If we are all feeling bad, imagine what Adam must feel, unless he is more in the know than we are. It means a lot to him too, but at least he is getting to do all these concerts, and the good ones overseas, and Queen. Are we feeling down because we want to say to all the Debbie Downers, see he is doing awsome, his 15 minutes arent near up. Hes not in the same boat as, Cook, Allen, Archie, Lee (hehe) you name it. We all want him to be up with the name people, I just find is so impossible that with the millions of people that by albums, and all the followers that Adam has that is all he sold. Even with a lot of us buying 2 or more albums. SMH Eek!

  48. Miss Chaos says:

    What OKSANAsaid^^^^^^^^^!!!!!!

  49. dcglam says:

    and for creating the precedent..

    This is what I want to see more than anything.
    I want our boy to make history!!! Heh

  50. TLKC says:

    http://t.co/VT9ltlsO

    Pop Dust. Look at the date and the time.

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