Second To None In The USA And Canada

Jim Semple, if you don't want to offend anyone why do you keep leaving your negative, small-minded comments all the time? Using your theory the fact that Elvis 30 No 1s has sold 9,000,000 copies worldwide since it's release a year ago should mean that 2nd to None will sell millions without any advertising! The great majority of people on this planet are happy just to have the one, single disc Elvis compilation and won't bother buying anymore no matter how much advertising you throw at it. You keep criticising BMG yet if they are so bad how come 30 No 1s was so succesful? It wasn't just the music otherwise why weren't all the other Elvis compilations that have been released during the last couple of decades been as popular? More Elvis CDs have been sold in the last year than have been for a very long time, (no mean feat considering he's not producing any new material!), yet according to the likes of you BMG are doing a bad job! Let us true Elvis fans enjoy his return to the top of the charts and celebrate what is and not moan about what could be. Nothing lasts for ever man!

As I keep saying, if people don't know its out there, they will not buy it. If 2nd To None sells 1 million copies worldwide, it will be lucky. Such a shame really. Sales normally fly in the first few weeks but this will slowly decline into poor figures. And that is all down to the zero promotion. Who in the right mind starts an advertising campaign AFTER the product has been released?? Crazy.

I don't wish to offend anyone, but whoever thinks 2nd To None and Rubberneckin are brilliant successes, you must be really naive. Sales have been generally very very poor, all down to the non existent promotion and marketing. Don't people realise that the next Elvis release after 2nd To None will sell even worse figures and it will go on and on like that. On the otherhand, if we had the promotion Elvis deserved, we would be looking at sales of around 5 million for 2nd To None (we'll be lucky to hit 1 million) but more importantly, it would be fresh in peoples minds and consequently they would go out and buy the next release etc. I can honestly say, unless you are a hardcore Elvis fan who studies websites like this, you will have absolutely no idea, that 2nd To None is in the shops. And we have every right to complain, because Elvis deserves so much better. Forget all the nonsense about the the good work of BMG and EPE, its all down to the loyal fans who keep paying good money for these releases. Dont even get me started on the Aloha and Comeback Special DVD's !!

Certainly, I am hoping "2nd to None" will be another SMASH!193,000 copies moved, for a singer that has been dead for over a quarter of a century, ain't bad.

The car ad has been playing a lot on my TV. I have also seen the 30 and 60 ad for "2nd to None" on various cable channels - including MTV. But honestly, this is not the same as pushing "Elv1s." Both Best Buy and Target had the cds priced for $9.99 - including the bonus disc. There was a lot of buzz about I'm a Roustabout. But it comes down to one simple fact: this isn't packed with the hits. that's not saying the song selection was poor, but it's easy to get a casual listener to buy the cd that has Hound dog and Don't be Cruel - or to give it as a gift to someone. BMG has done as much as it can with a cd of an artist that can't go on talkshows or tour Clear Channel sheds. BMG doesn't want to lose all it's profits by carpet bombing ads. They have three more installments on this series.

You can't compare the promotional effort given the lastest Kylie single to "2nd to None." Kylie is alive and it's not a 30 year old song that is being sold. The only thing you can compare the push for "2nd to None" is a band that has broken up or a fellow dead singer. Elvis is getting a bigger push than Steve Miller's latest greatest hits collection. The guys at BMG know how much money they need to make off "2nd to None" to make it very successful. Last year was a peak moment - the Nike ad, the 25th anniversary, Lilo and Stitch and "Elv1s." Enjoy it for what it was. Don't expect it to be repeated every year. "E3" will probably sell even less.

It is inaccurate to suggest that prior to Aloha and pre # 30 No 1 hits, Elvis had no hit albums in the UK. Is everyone forgetting the following top five albums?: Greatest Hits - 1988 From the Heart - 1992-3 The Essential Elvis Collection - around 1994-5 50 Greatest Love Songs - Late 90s There may have been more. Second to None looks like it may achieve the kind of sales the latter three did in the UK, rather than take off like # 30 No 1 hits. That's hardly surprising. As someone has already said, many people are happy to have one greatest hits album in their collection. Look at your own record collection! I'm sure there are certain bands/singers who are represented by only one album and no amount of advertising would make you shell out more cash. Sure the album would have sold more copies with better advertising, but how many more? Enough to cover the budget of a huge advertising effort by BMG? This is a commercial world we live in and I'm not remotely surprised that this album has been a little more word of mouth than last year's.

I said it before and I'll say it again. The promotion for the single and 2nd to none has been pathetic. What is the problem with these guys who have no idea in my mind how to promote Elvis.Reminds me of the time in 1968 when R.C.A. released "Why can't everyday be like Xmas" 1 week before Xmas day. Although I have noticed "Rubbernecking "used daily on one of the Phillippine musical /game shows and that is the only place I have heard it. It's pathetic when overseas countries promote Elvis better than the U.S.A,and this has always been so,pity the Colonel didn't see the golden opportunities of touring Elvis there more than the hick towns he played here.

You said it Jeremy. Good to see someone using this site that lives in the real world. Elvis is doing great!!

I am a little disapointed. I expected at least 300 thousand for first week sales in the USA.. Well, unlike last years 'Elvis 30's, that went triple platinim by January 8th( Elvis's Bithday), We are lucky if we go platinum with 1 million in sales by January 8th, 2004. Maybe if BMG does a heavy holiday promotion we will do better. Just Hoping.

The song selection is great.. The songs are all big hits as far as I am concerned, and I think it is good for the casual fan to get to hear Elvis sing other songs beside the 10 or 15 that radio stations have on rotation. There are so many great songs that show Elvis's tremendous emotional expression, with his Soul coming right through his person. '2nd to none' gives the listener some of that..

Moody Blue, in 1977, reached number 3 in the U S A, and a few others did as well in the 70's, in the UK..

I am talking about the 'Moody Blue Album', not the song..I am pretty certain the Album went to number 3 in Oct.77...

Well, I am going to side with BMG on this one. First. let me say that prior to 30 #1 Hits, we would have been ecstatic if an Elvis album reached number three on the charts! Number #3 folks! That is better than: The Comeback album, From Elvis in Memphis, Onstage, MSG, and tons of other great Elvis albums - and this is over 25 years after his death. I have seen promo posters, buttons, foldouts, flyers, and lots of other things. The promotion is fine from what I can tell. 2nd to None is not going to have the same appeal as an album of all Elvis #1's - that is a one time deal and is not going to be repeated. It is performing great for what it is - a reasonable second helping.

Like I said, with the exception of 30 #1 Hits, you have to go back to 1964 to find an Elvis album that reached higher on the charts - 40 YEARS! That is the one clear cut fact in all of this. This album ain't gonna have the appeal of the last one folks no matter what the promotion!

Sorry, forgot Aloha reached #1, but before that is was Roustabout. BMG if you are out there...thanks for these albums, thanks for the remixes, thanks for FTD...

Let Yourself Go and Got a Feeling in my Body would have made better remixed singles. Rubberneckin is too tuneful and that is fatal nowadays. The remix is also not as good as a LLC.

Where was the commercial; Like last year with ALLC?? Lets hope its going to be better with E3!!