I Hid Three Ne-Yo CDs Today, You?

[Jason Tate]

HitsDailyDouble (http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news06077) is reporting Ne-Yo to sell 275-300k albums first week and Hawthorne Heights (http://www.absolutepunk.net/hawtorneheights) to push 100-110k. They go on to hint at Victory not having the album on iTunes as a factor in why the album will not sell more. Read it all right here (http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news06077).

[Darren McLeod]

Great title, Jason.

[Nick Lopez]

Serves them right.

[xllirikx]

thats so much.

[jawkneephighv]

People still buy CDs?

[kevanu]

why would you hide ne-yo for?

[lophatjello]

lol that makes my day! tbs didnt go number one (and theyre actually good!) i knew hh would never, no matter what shit victory tried to pull.

[TakingBackNolan]

I fucking work at an FYE in NJ and some douchebag or douchebags took all of the Hawthorne Heights in the Punk/Ska section and placed it over the Ne-Yo cd's on the Urban Top 20. If shit is gonna sell, it's gonna sell. Sure I throw in my two sense to some customers in what to purchase, such as NOY or some Morrissey, but I would never talk anyone out of purchasing something they enjoy. Oh...except Hawthorne Heights.

[catchmealone]

I fucking work at an FYE in NJ and some douchebag or douchebags took all of the Hawthorne Heights in the Punk/Ska section and placed it over the Ne-Yo cd's on the Urban Top 20. If shit is gonna sell, it's gonna sell. Sure I throw in my two sense to some customers in what to purchase, such as NOY or some Morrissey, but I would never talk anyone out of purchasing something they enjoy. Oh...except Hawthorne Heights.
Hell yea, push that Morrissey

I wish Johnny Cash would overtake all those kids, show em what good music is like.

[Blake Solomon]

haha, nice title my man

[TakingBackNolan]

Hell yea, push that Morrissey

I wish Johnny Cash would overtake all those kids, show em what good music is like.

:thumbsup:

[ebakrevs]

i think tony brummel and ne-yo should have a fight to the death. they each get one weapon. tony gets his mouth, and ne-yo gets a fucking machete. then we let darwin decide the winner.

after i read that shit that the victory street team got, ive lost any last bit of respect i once had for those fucking ass bags.

go steve jobs and iTunes. down with tony brummel.

[TakingBackNolan]

i think tony brummel and ne-yo should have a fight to the death. they each get one weapon. tony gets his mouth, and ne-yo gets a fucking machete. then we let darwin decide the winner.

after i read that shit that the victory street team got, ive lost any last bit of respect i once had for those fucking ass bags.

go steve jobs and iTunes. down with tony brummel.


I think Ne-Yo should get a Yo-Yo. Kinda like Startropics for the NES.

[Greg]

haha silly HH kids

[rainraindown]

i personally moved about 127 copies of the new hawthorne heights to the dog food aisle...

[underoathfob55]

im "so sick " of this stupid controversy that it makes me feel like "saying sorry" for hawthorne heights not making the top 5 next week.

[eatmeplz]

I fucking work at an FYE in NJ and some douchebag or douchebags took all of the Hawthorne Heights in the Punk/Ska section and placed it over the Ne-Yo cd's on the Urban Top 20.

See, that's just a secret tactic used by Victory to maximize sales. Tell your street team to hide HH CDs in the rap section so none of their fans can find it. You'd think this tactic wouldn't work... but... yeah... it doesn't.

[TakingBackNolan]

i personally moved about 127 copies of the new hawthorne heights to the dog food aisle...

I don't know if I am tired, or if that was funny, but I laughed.

[PunkNews.Org]

fuck you tony brummel
and fuck you hawthorne heights
i ordered my ne-yo cd two days ago from amazon....it's on sale for only $8.06

[weworemasks]

fuck you tony brummel
and fuck you hawthorne heights
i ordered my ne-yo cd two days ago from amazon....it's on sale for only $8.06

hahahhha i saw it at target for 7.99 too. hawthorne was the same though, i think.

[kevanu]

i personally moved about 127 copies of the new hawthorne heights to the dog food aisle...

SCENE POINTZ!!!!!!!!! LOL that was fucking hilarious

[Co and Ca]

silly rabbit, Hawthrone Heights are for kids!

[swizzle]

this makes me happy

[bigmike]

i think tony brummel and ne-yo should have a fight to the death. they each get one weapon. tony gets his mouth, and ne-yo gets a fucking machete. then we let darwin decide the winner.

after i read that shit that the victory street team got, ive lost any last bit of respect i once had for those fucking ass bags.

go steve jobs and iTunes. down with tony brummel.
a Brummel/Ne-Yo showdown would be excellent.

I could see the news report now...: "The Brummel/Ne-Yo fight appeared to be all square after three rounds until a five-person mob stormed the ring and took control of the "Brummel-Pummel." Ne-Yo and this entourage, only identified by a moniker "TBS" were declared victorious via TKO. Cindy?"

"Thanks Tom. On a related note, PETA was contacted after it appeared a few hundred killer whales were found dead shortly after the Tony Brummel/Ne-Yo fight. Everyone was later relieved to learn that it was only a few hundred teenage girls clad in Hawthorne Heights t-shirts. Cause of death was later determined to be, quote, 'cut wrists and blacked eyes.' Tom?"

"Well Cindy,it looks like we're all winners after this bout, not just Ne-Yo. [Insert Laugh Track] We'll be right back."






wow, it's way too late for me to be up.

[JunkBondTrader]

Hell yea, push that Morrissey

I wish Johnny Cash would overtake all those kids, show em what good music is like.

"I hear all this screaming, from these kids in their 'bands'
They think theyre playing music till i cut off their hands,
Im stuck in New York City, and time keeps dragging on
But that train it keeps a-rollin on down to Dayyyytoooon

When I was just a baby, my momma told me son
Always be a good boy, try and have some fun
So I shot a bunch of emos, just to watch them die.
When I hear that pussy music, I hang my head and cry"


......even johnny cash feels our pain.

[duffe]

hahaha.

[Snails]

hahahahaha

[Steve Henderson]

Am I the only one that has never heard of Ne-Yo?

Oh, and the only thing that could redeem Tony Brummel was if he invented Brummel and Brown. That stuff is amazing.

[JunkBondTrader]

Am I the only one that has never heard of Ne-Yo?

Oh, and the only thing that could redeem Tony Brummel was if he invented Brummel and Brown. That stuff is amazing.
i have never heard of Ne-Yo either

[FASSWcore]

i say hahahaha to victory records...and get that nights like these album out..NOW

[[Mike]]

I don't have a clue who Ne-Yo is, but I'm fucking ecstatic he outsold Hawthorne Heights 3:1.

[weezer283]

HH will still sell more then FOB first week

[preppyak]

I could see the news report now...: "The Brummel/Ne-Yo fight appeared to be all square after three rounds until a five-person mob stormed the ring and took control of the "Brummel-Pummel." Ne-Yo and this entourage, only identified by a moniker "TBS" were declared victorious via TKO. Cindy?"

hahaha

[preppyak]

HH will still sell more then FOB first week
yeah, but I think FOB will sell more overall. HH will have a great first week, but I think they already found a lot of their audience with their first album. FOB didn't have as large a teen following until after the record was released, thus why it kept selling 40-60k a week.

[$teve$]

www.purevolume.com/savedlatin if you like fall out boy, hmmmm

[Ryan Imhof]

I purchased my Ne-Yo CD off of iTunes yesterday.

[Billy]

a Brummel/Ne-Yo showdown would be excellent.

I could see the news report now...: "The Brummel/Ne-Yo fight appeared to be all square after three rounds until a five-person mob stormed the ring and took control of the "Brummel-Pummel." Ne-Yo and this entourage, only identified by a moniker "TBS" were declared victorious via TKO. Cindy?"

"Thanks Tom. On a related note, PETA was contacted after it appeared a few hundred killer whales were found dead shortly after the Tony Brummel/Ne-Yo fight. Everyone was later relieved to learn that it was only a few hundred teenage girls clad in Hawthorne Heights t-shirts. Cause of death was later determined to be, quote, 'cut wrists and blacked eyes.' Tom?"

"Well Cindy,it looks like we're all winners after this bout, not just Ne-Yo. [Insert Laugh Track] We'll be right back."






wow, it's way too late for me to be up.hahahahhahaha that has to easily be the funniest thing in awhile that i have ever read on a board.

[weezer283]

342

[Shatter_Glass]

"Hip-Hop" > "THE BATTLE CRY FOR R0CK!!!" - needless to say that whoever won (because you know as well as I do that to sole purpose for making an album in the first place is those first week sales) it was going to be sad news.

[-Aaron-]

Who the hell are either of these bands?;)

[.GoodCharlotte.]

o i like hawthorne heights... ne-yo suxz:(

[DeathCabForCoon]

What does Ne-Yo have to say about this? Or is he just being a normal adult and ignoring them?

[theOCEANFLOOR]

I think Ne-Yo should get a Yo-Yo. Kinda like Startropics for the NES.
WOAH THROWBACK! nice

and great title hahaha

[The Revisionist]

Ne-Yo is an R&B producer who has written/produced songs for such R&B heavyweights as Mary J. Blige and Usher. He just came out with his own debut album on Tuesday, and the first single is pretty solid and nicely arranged for a lot of the restraints that modern R&B seems to have. I'm probably going to pick it up today.

[ForgetYesterday]

I work at a Target in NJ, and I know i've rung up at least 30 Ne-Yo cds, and I haven't had anyone come to my lane with a Hawthorne Heights cd. I know that might not mean much, but it definitely says something.

I want a good band to get the #1 slot anyway.

[Pass The Flask]

Who the fuck is Ne-Yo?

[boldt_action]

Ne-yo is gizzangsta.

[puma960]

The fact that some kids actually take what Tony Brummel says as legit is absolutely fucking scary. This guy is out of his mind. I mean launching a campaign within your street team to hide the CD's of other artists so that you can come in at Number 1 instead of Number 2? I mean, honestly, this is so fucking stupid, to the point where when I read the E-Mail he sent to the street team I wanted to punch a fucking wall. This is music man, and yea, the industry is probably the most fucked up thing ever, but if you play dirty shit ass tactics like this not only do you look just as lame as the ignorant execs that run the majors, but your cred goes out the fucking window. I mean, this makes me not want to buy another Victory release ever (not that I would), which is just really fucking sad and lame. To support Tony Brummel would NOT be to support "ROCK" music from "returning", it would be to support bigotry and underhanded scheming. Fuck Victory.

[i2ockbotm]

Can someone tell me why the HH album is not on iTunes?

[avitabully]

Ne-Yo is an R&B producer who has written/produced songs for such R&B heavyweights as Mary J. Blige and Usher. He just came out with his own debut album on Tuesday, and the first single is pretty solid and nicely arranged for a lot of the restraints that modern R&B seems to have. I'm probably going to pick it up today.

I think you're wrong. Ne-yo is the character in the Matrix

[MaLt]

I think you're wrong. Ne-yo is the character in the Matrix

hahaha

[TommyGunn]

Can someone tell me why the HH album is not on iTunes?

Now THAT is a long story.

[leftstranded]

a Brummel/Ne-Yo showdown would be excellent.

I could see the news report now...: "The Brummel/Ne-Yo fight appeared to be all square after three rounds until a five-person mob stormed the ring and took control of the "Brummel-Pummel." Ne-Yo and this entourage, only identified by a moniker "TBS" were declared victorious via TKO. Cindy?"

"Thanks Tom. On a related note, PETA was contacted after it appeared a few hundred killer whales were found dead shortly after the Tony Brummel/Ne-Yo fight. Everyone was later relieved to learn that it was only a few hundred teenage girls clad in Hawthorne Heights t-shirts. Cause of death was later determined to be, quote, 'cut wrists and blacked eyes.' Tom?"

"Well Cindy,it looks like we're all winners after this bout, not just Ne-Yo. [Insert Laugh Track] We'll be right back."






wow, it's way too late for me to be up.


I have to say that you just made my day.

[earlynovemberX]

im so sick of love songs....so tired and slow.

[Greg]

Can someone tell me why the HH album is not on iTunes?
who the fuck cares?

[i2ockbotm]

who the fuck cares?
Just thought it was a bit weird because the album is up at Cdigix, a program at our school and some others where you can download the entire album (tethered) for free.

[daBNmaradona]

the ne-yo album is ight.

[Steve Henderson]

The fact that some kids actually take what Tony Brummel says as legit is absolutely fucking scary. This guy is out of his mind. I mean launching a campaign within your street team to hide the CD's of other artists so that you can come in at Number 1 instead of Number 2? I mean, honestly, this is so fucking stupid, to the point where when I read the E-Mail he sent to the street team I wanted to punch a fucking wall. This is music man, and yea, the industry is probably the most fucked up thing ever, but if you play dirty shit ass tactics like this not only do you look just as lame as the ignorant execs that run the majors, but your cred goes out the fucking window. I mean, this makes me not want to buy another Victory release ever (not that I would), which is just really fucking sad and lame. To support Tony Brummel would NOT be to support "ROCK" music from "returning", it would be to support bigotry and underhanded scheming. Fuck Victory.
You are bold. Admitting to be a member of the street team and all on a public forum...

Which raises the question, does HH really NEED a street team?

[ebakrevs]

o i like hawthorne heights... ne-yo suxz:(

did u create a profile just to post this????

[TomAce]

o i like hawthorne heights... ne-yo suxz:(


Damn...so many things i could say on this one, to keep it light, ur either a. a pre-teen girl that wears 3 belts, and has 50000 friends on myspace, b. the head of the victory street team zombie militia or c. all of the above, im actually afraid of people like this

[bigmig22]

i dont really like this album, but i like free stuff.

[elvis2x]

o i like hawthorne heights... ne-yo suxz:(

Well, we can't all get what we want

[zizou1790]

hahahaha so that battle cry scheme didnt work out?


thats a shocker, but im surprised this cd even sold 100 + k

[zizou1790]

100 + k in the first week that is

[KetchupMan36]

honestly, i don't give a shit about either artist. it's just a dumb publicity stunt.

[SummerxStars]

o i like hawthorne heights... ne-yo suxz:(

you cant be a real person...im sorry

[Colin Farrell]

Am I the only one that has never heard of Ne-Yo?

Oh, and the only thing that could redeem Tony Brummel was if he invented Brummel and Brown. That stuff is amazing.

i really have never heard of him either

[Colin Farrell]

The fact that some kids actually take what Tony Brummel says as legit is absolutely fucking scary. This guy is out of his mind. I mean launching a campaign within your street team to hide the CD's of other artists so that you can come in at Number 1 instead of Number 2? I mean, honestly, this is so fucking stupid, to the point where when I read the E-Mail he sent to the street team I wanted to punch a fucking wall. This is music man, and yea, the industry is probably the most fucked up thing ever, but if you play dirty shit ass tactics like this not only do you look just as lame as the ignorant execs that run the majors, but your cred goes out the fucking window. I mean, this makes me not want to buy another Victory release ever (not that I would), which is just really fucking sad and lame. To support Tony Brummel would NOT be to support "ROCK" music from "returning", it would be to support bigotry and underhanded scheming. Fuck Victory.

well said