Jenny Lewis and Neko Case, my two favorite alt country redheads. Both have red hair, both in amazing rock bands (Rilo Kiley, New Pornographers) and both have alt country solo projects, but there can be only one. Who would win in a battle to the death?
"Graduation widely outsold 50 Cent’s Curtis in first week sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan: 957,000 copies to 691,000 copies." (from AP and TheStranger)
What does this mean for you? What does this mean for the music industry? It means life goes on. We are now $10 to $20 poorer and Kanye West & 50 Cent are atleast twice as rich as they were before this whole competition started.
Regardless of which band you think rocks harder, you can see them both on tour together in October.
All Time Low & Boys Like Girls Tour Dates 09-29 Worcester, MA DCU Expo Center 09-30 New Haven, CT Toad's Place 10-01 Providence, RI Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel 10-02 Baltimore, MD Ram's Head Live 10-03 Norfolk, VA The Norva 10-04 Myrtle Beach, SC House Of Blues 10-05 Charlotte, NC Amos Southend 10-06 Jacksonville Beach, FL Freebird Live 10-07 Fort Lauderdale, FL Revolution 10-09 Lake Buena Vista, FL House Of Blues 10-10 St Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing 10-11 Atlanta, GA Roxy Theatre 10-12 New Orleans, LA House Of Blues 10-13 Houston, TX Meridian 10-14 Austin, TX La Zona Rosa 10-16 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit 10-17 Dallas, TX House Of Blues 10-19 Tempe, AZ The Marquee 10-20 Anaheim, CA House Of Blues
Kanye wins but what's more interesting is that in the last 2 months leading up to the release when you would expect traffic to increase, 50cent.com sees a considerable drop in traffic. My theory is that the albums or singles leaked onto the internet around June pushing the buzz for Kanye and killing the buzz for 50 Cent.