"The Original High" Helping Adam for Era #3 Guidelines

[rustycat]

ok...so since Adam's team apparently wants the preorders now, throw out what I previously said re preordering the album on iTunes -- go ahead and do it if you want (or not -- not telling anyone how to spend their money)...I guess that they want the visibility now at the single launch (probably to use it to convince radio to play the single etc).  It will likely hurt the album iTunes chart position release week, but they probably think that they need the visibility now and will have other promo to goose the itunes sales in June (and if the single is a hit that will help -- if its not, the album will have issues anyway -- the single is the most important thing this era).  I'm sure they also know that his fans will only be able to get the single so high release week (eg we can't get it into top 10 ourselves -- I think btikm peaked in the 30s -ish, ncoe a little lower and its been 3 years since them) so that the extra visibility from a good preorder album position will help

[indybeck71]

ok...so since Adam's team apparently wants the preorders now, throw out what I previously said re preordering the album on iTunes -- go ahead and do it if you want (or not -- not telling anyone how to spend their money)...I guess that they want the visibility now at the single launch (probably to use it to convince radio to play the single etc).  It will likely hurt the album iTunes chart position release week, but they probably think that they need the visibility now and will have other promo to goose the itunes sales in June (and if the single is a hit that will help -- if its not, the album will have issues anyway -- the single is the most important thing this era).  I'm sure they also know that his fans will only be able to get the single so high release week (eg we can't get it into top 10 ourselves -- I think btikm peaked in the 30s -ish, ncoe a little lower and its been 3 years since them) so that the extra visibility from a good preorder album position will help

This is essentially the official word what I got after Shoshanna's tweet last night. They've decided they want to have the visibility now for TOH on the iTunes chart now instead of on release day. So I'm going with that and changed all the info on the http://www.requestadamlambert.com site and what I tweet at @LambertMusic411. And I've preordered! **So let's all do that & get it even higher overall on iTunes ... in Top 10 now!**  

[rustycat]

ok...so since Adam's team apparently wants the preorders now, throw out what I previously said re preordering the album on iTunes -- go ahead and do it if you want (or not -- not telling anyone how to spend their money)...I guess that they want the visibility now at the single launch (probably to use it to convince radio to play the single etc).  It will likely hurt the album iTunes chart position release week, but they probably think that they need the visibility now and will have other promo to goose the itunes sales in June (and if the single is a hit that will help -- if its not, the album will have issues anyway -- the single is the most important thing this era).  I'm sure they also know that his fans will only be able to get the single so high release week (eg we can't get it into top 10 ourselves -- I think btikm peaked in the 30s -ish, ncoe a little lower and its been 3 years since them) so that the extra visibility from a good preorder album position will help

This is essentially the official word what I got after Shoshanna's tweet last night. They've decided they want to have the visibility now for TOH on the iTunes chart now instead of on release day. So I'm going with that and changed all the info on the http://www.requestadamlambert.com site and what I tweet at @LambertMusic411. And I've preordered! **So let's all do that & get it even higher overall on iTunes ... in Top 10 now!**  

Thanks Indybeck.   for you site

[nica575]

I am now streaming on RDIO on my mac and on Spotify on my PC.

I did not have to install RDIO:
http://www.rdio.com/artist/Adam_Lambert ... =t64025833

have it on loop...hope it counts  :thinks:

[Love2Lurk]

So are we pre ordering   TOH on iTunes now  :thinks:

If so I will pre order on iTunes & Barnes & Noble  

[madamimadam]

Yup! We got new marching orders from Shoshanna early this morning...

shoshannastone
@O_Jaqui do pre order the album on iTunes guys!! We want to see it fly!!!! ( it's singles that that applies to not albums)!

[Love2Lurk]

Yup! We got new marching orders from Shoshanna early this morning...

shoshannastone
@O_Jaqui do pre order the album on iTunes guys!! We want to see it fly!!!! ( it's singles that that applies to not albums)!

On it  :stats:  :music:    :musicagain: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[infinite]

Yup! We got new marching orders from Shoshanna early this morning...

shoshannastone
@O_Jaqui do pre order the album on iTunes guys!! We want to see it fly!!!! ( it's singles that that applies to not albums)!

I just did.  

[Love2Lurk]

Pre ordering done  

Just so you guys know....I looked on B & N.....couldn't find TOH listed to be ordered  :thinks:

Pre ordered CDs on Amazon tho  


Also...don't forget to return ....media & radio type tweets  

[Love2Lurk]

Netmeg99 ‏@Netmeg99_  · 32s33 seconds ago  
@adamlambert is slaying the Itunes Chart all over the world...OMG!!! I'm so happy for him #GhostTown #TheOriginalHigh



Love this^^^^^^^^^ tweet  :wub:  :wub:

[Love2Lurk]

Guys.......He is #4 in Top Albums...iTunes USA  !!!  :wub:  :wub:  :wub:




:celebrate:  :stir:      :nanners:

[madamimadam]

adamlambert  5m5 minutes ago
Don’t forget to add #GhostTown to your @Spotify playlist – http://smarturl.it/adam.spotify  #nowplaying

[madamimadam]

mmadamimadamm  21s21 seconds ago
RT @EMES79
WE NEED 560,021 PLAYS TO GET HIM ON GLOBAL LIST

RT @EMES79
212,541 PLAYS ON SPOTIFY

[nica575]

I found this answer to a "How does YouTube calculate its views?" question, it sounds reallistic, although no credentials for the person writing was listed (so it might be inaccurate), also it is from July 2013 and things might've changed since then:

http://www.quora.com/How-does-YouTube-c ... -its-views

Sandhya Ramesh, I'm curious about very specific things.
196 upvotes by Jeremy Hoffman, Quora User, Vikranth Reddy, (more)
I will try to address both ways this question could be interpreted - counting total number of views and counting one view.

Counting Views:
When a video is uploaded, it is cached in the different YouTube servers spread around the globe. This is done, of course, for faster response times. Every time a request is made for a video, the closest server provides the video and increments the count in its local log. These logs are then collated at fixed times and a central log is then updated.

The 301 freeze: When a video has less than 300 views, the views are not verified. However, when views cross 300, YouTube starts verifying them to make sure that they are legitimate payback requests and not "fake" views. So you would often find that the count of a video gets stuck for a few hours or a day at 301 (sometimes 302 or 305 or 308 if multiple logs sync with the centralized server at the same instant). From this point onwards, view counts increase in batches - after every batch of new views are verified by YouTube.

An interesting technical tidbit is that when the number 300 was decided by the designers, the programmer made the elementary careless mistake of using the age old ViewCount <= 300 instead of the ViewCount < 300 in their logic.

Calculating a view:
Coming to the specifics of the question, what constitutes a view? View is a video playback that was requested by an actual user. YouTube has been extremely tight lipped about this because giving away details of even the minutest of mechanisms will cause people to "hack" the system and artificially inflate views.

However, we can make some guesses by observation. We know that fake views include misleading views - misleading titles and thumbnails that attract views. When a video has a large number of views that last for mere seconds after clicking, the views are not counted as legitimate. So if a video is viewed in its entirety by someone who clicked on it, it is counted as one view. But not all views are fully played.
Google Ad Sense works only with videos that are over 30 seconds in length so that the click through rates get registered. In fact, some videos are lucky enough to have just ten seconds of play considered as a view. We can conclude from this that the amount of video played should be above a threshold percentage of the length of the video. The type and genre of video could also be a factor. YouTube also considers views from the same IP in breaks of 6 to 8 hours. So one person viewing the same video repeatedly would only generate 3 to 5 views a day, after views cross 300. A viewer being redirected to YouTube upon clicking an embedded video counts as one view. If there is an embedded video with autoplay, it is not counted as a view. I'm quite sure there are many more restrictions and rules that go into categorizing a request as a view that we might not be aware of.

In conclusion, a view is a unique, user-initiated play of a certain secret percentage of a video that is played only by YouTube's hosting.Written 25 Jul, 2013. 29,481 views.
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[madamimadam]

LambertMusic411 · 8h 8 hours ago
REMINDER! We are still waiting on the go-ahead from Adam/Shazam to Shazam #GhostTown; it’s happening this week http://requestadamlambert.com/2015/04/1 ... host-town/ …

[nica575]

Request a song on Z100NewYork
www.z100.com/pages/info/request.html

[madamimadam]

LambertMusic411 · 8h 8 hours ago
ATTN: Now that @adamlambert's OFFICIAL music video is here, stream it EXCLUSIVELY (lyric video only key first week) …

LambertMusic411 · 6h 6 hours ago
Buy @adamlambert’s #GhostTown video now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video ... d990535056 … but WATCH/STREAM on YT ;)


LibraLaurie · 7h 7 hours ago
@adamlambert’s #GhostTown music video on sale at iTunes store https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video ... 11lcaK&ct= … … Just bought it!! looks so good!

LambritsUK · 4h 4 hours ago
Pre-order Adam Lambert's new album "The Original High" Deluxe Version at @AmazonUK for only £11.99 …

Shazam · 5h 5 hours ago
#Glamberts! Here’s a peek at our EXCLUSIVE #ShazamInterview w/ @adamlambert dropping tomorrow: http://bit.ly/1DWEfS8

LambertMusic411 · 4h 4 hours ago
Lambert Music 411 retweeted Shazam
*ADAM FANS*: We should be Shazaming ONLY #GhostTown! Don’t Shazam other Adam songs! Radio needs to see GT! Thx!

4evrmomof4 · 4h 4 hours ago
ALL .@adamlambert fans from around the globe, Shazam your favorite Adam Lambert song to unlock the entire Shazam interview tomorrow!!!!!

ScorpioBert · 3h 3 hours ago
Shazam is a go



ScorpioBert · 3h 3 hours ago
Shazam FB …

Shazam · 2h 2 hours ago
#Glamberts! #Shazam “Ghost Town” & check your @Shazam homescreen tmrw for an EXCLUSIVE @adamlambert #ShazamInterview: http://bit.ly/1IoyOBG

[nica575]

Lambert Music 411 @LambertMusic411 · 6h 6 hours ago
ADAM FANS, please check this out:
What Everyone Should Know About Why Radio Does ‘Meet and Greets’ http://requestadamlambert.com/2015/05/0 ... nd-greets/ …

"What radio AND the artist hope for is that LOCAL LISTENERS of the station win/show up at these “meet and greets” – that’s what is beneficial to both of them. Specifically, radio can endear itself to its LOCAL AUDIENCE and hopefully make the winners at these events loyal listeners. If someone from Los Angeles shows up to a San Diego station event, that does no good for that radio station. And it then doesn’t reflect well on Adam. Just the same way it’s better if the majority of the “winners” at these events are in the radio station’s desired age demo.

Radio may very well be using these events to see what kind of audience Adam brings to the table for their stations. If they see non-local winners and a room full of people outside of their desired demo, the reaction by the station may not be a positive one. So this isn’t an inconsequential thing at all.

Things to keep in mind when more “meet and greet” opportunities come up."

more...

[rustycat]

Lambert Music 411 @LambertMusic411 · 6h 6 hours ago
ADAM FANS, please check this out:
What Everyone Should Know About Why Radio Does ‘Meet and Greets’ http://requestadamlambert.com/2015/05/0 ... nd-greets/ …

"What radio AND the artist hope for is that LOCAL LISTENERS of the station win/show up at these “meet and greets” – that’s what is beneficial to both of them. Specifically, radio can endear itself to its LOCAL AUDIENCE and hopefully make the winners at these events loyal listeners. If someone from Los Angeles shows up to a San Diego station event, that does no good for that radio station. And it then doesn’t reflect well on Adam. Just the same way it’s better if the majority of the “winners” at these events are in the radio station’s desired age demo.

Radio may very well be using these events to see what kind of audience Adam brings to the table for their stations. If they see non-local winners and a room full of people outside of their desired demo, the reaction by the station may not be a positive one. So this isn’t an inconsequential thing at all.

Things to keep in mind when more “meet and greet” opportunities come up."

more...

please please please take this to heart!!!! the reports from the meet n greets this week are just not good. We are so lucky that radio is giving Adam a chance this era and getting his single off to a good start...Meet and greets filled with fans who don't live in the listening area and are not part of the stations target demographic are not helpful. I am sure Adam doesn't want to see the same faces at multiple meet n greets either.

[vistadiva]

Lambert Music 411 @LambertMusic411 · 6h 6 hours ago
ADAM FANS, please check this out:
What Everyone Should Know About Why Radio Does ‘Meet and Greets’ http://requestadamlambert.com/2015/05/0 ... nd-greets/ …

"What radio AND the artist hope for is that LOCAL LISTENERS of the station win/show up at these “meet and greets” – that’s what is beneficial to both of them. Specifically, radio can endear itself to its LOCAL AUDIENCE and hopefully make the winners at these events loyal listeners. If someone from Los Angeles shows up to a San Diego station event, that does no good for that radio station. And it then doesn’t reflect well on Adam. Just the same way it’s better if the majority of the “winners” at these events are in the radio station’s desired age demo.

Radio may very well be using these events to see what kind of audience Adam brings to the table for their stations. If they see non-local winners and a room full of people outside of their desired demo, the reaction by the station may not be a positive one. So this isn’t an inconsequential thing at all.

Things to keep in mind when more “meet and greet” opportunities come up."

more...

please please please take this to heart!!!! the reports from the meet n greets this week are just not good. We are so lucky that radio is giving Adam a chance this era and getting his single off to a good start...Meet and greets filled with fans who don't live in the listening area and are not part of the stations target demographic are not helpful. I am sure Adam doesn't want to see the same faces at multiple meet n greets either.

As much as it might be hard for some fans to accept this, it's the truth. Please think about Adam and the success you want him to have. If you don't fit into the demographics a radio station is looking for, save your "M&G" time for CD signings at bookstores...OR BETTER YET, THE TOUR THAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE ALBUM IS A SUCCESS.