Wait for You is now #5! :rocker:


According to my notes, the song peaked at #13 on the US Hot 100 back on August 9, and held that position for 4 weeks.

That's great.
:hooray:

He is now officially a WORLD WIDE INTERNATIONAL STAR!! :rocker:

fantastic news for Elliott. We are so proud of you!!!!

Super!

:congrats: :elliottfree:

:rocker: :hooray: Thanks for that great news PoorMe!

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:elliottelliott: Loving to see that name on the charts!

:elliottelliott: I love the sound of that!

Super!!!

:rocker:

That is too damn awesome!

WFY is # 2 at the Billboard Hot 100 Air Play Chart - up from # 6

http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/ranking/billboard..._air/j_air.html


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:woot: Great news!!! I am so proud of Elliott and so happy for him. :woohoo:

:woohoo: That is super super awesome! :hooray: :cheerleaders: :elliottelliott:

Wow! That is great. It took me a minute to figure out that #2 was Elliott but when I clicked on it, his album cover came up!

All of this is such great news!! When you meet Elliott and hear Elliott on the radio you can't help but fall in love!! :awe: :awe:
:hooray:

:woohoo: Congratulations, Elliott!

I hope he's not only making millions of new fans but also millions of $$$'s. All this economy scare stuff makes we want to see somebody doing well and who better than the man with the most beautiful voice in the history of the world.

As we always knew he would be!

But, once again, faster than I ever expected. Three years ago, he was still bagging prescriptions and hadn't even gone to the first tryout for Idol. Amazing.

AMAZING! just curious - where did he peak on the US Billboard charts?

Wasn't it 13 on the overall chart?

(and 5 on pop, 4 on AC?)

Or am I thinking about the wrong charts here? I believe the 13 is the comparable one, but I'm not sure.

ETA:
Furthermore, while Elliott was climbing from the ninth spot to fifth, Madonna, who entered the chart at about the same time, was dropping from 7 to 11. Other westerners near the top of the charts include Jason Mraz, who went from 28 to 14 this past week; Sean Garrett, 30 to 15; and Usher, who fell from 19 to 20.

Leona Lewis fell from 13th spot to 23rd -- Take that, Simon Cowell and Clive Davis!

Yes, 13. It's in my first post, right below the image.

WFY stayed at number 4 for several weeks on Pop. It made it to number 3 for a few days but it was back to number 4 when the chart closed for the week.

Yep, you *way* beat me to it!

Oh, yeah, now I remember that brief shining moment of # 3 on pop!

It's very rare for a Western artist to sell in quantities that compete in the upper end of the chart with local Japanese records.

I think Avril Lavigne's last album was No. 3 nationally in Japan for 2007 and that was really rare.

But Avex is really into the younger part of the market; they gave contracts in the Nineties, I think, to Chic, Cheryl Lynn and other well-known R&B artists who couldn't get signed in the States. Also they have been big in the dance area. Traditionally, Japanese money has also supported jazz for many years, as US major label rosters and budgets got smaller.

It might be a bit cheesy for Elliott to record in Japanese himself, but I think one very viable remix idea would be to get a Japanese rapper who does dancehall-style toasting to rap a breakdown in WFY or any follow-up single.

Wow at Elliott's success in Japan! :hooray:

This must be all so strange and exciting for E-Dude.

Great News!

Great news! Is Japan the first international market they've tried to market to yet? I always wondered why WFY wasn't charting in other countries, cause it's in that Backstreet Boys zone of songs that seem to go to the top in most countries.

Do we know if WFY charted anywhere else? Maybe South Africa?

This is fantastic news. Has the song/album been released in Europe because I think it could really do well in England and Germany.

Last year, it was #1 on the yearend chart of Magic 89.9 and #2 on the yearend chart of RX 93.1 (two of the most popular radio stations in the Philippines).

I don't think many people have seen this... it's a video of when "Wait For You" was announced as Song of the Year on Magic 89.9, last New Year's Eve :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS1JOQyrvDk

Incidentally, several of Elliott's songs have been picked up by radio over here... we're still hearing "One Word" and "You Are The One" on certain stations. They played his Christmas songs last holiday season. I even heard his version of "Sharing The Night Together" on the radio one time, and did a major double take! :)

That's Crazy! You are so lucky. And Elliott ROCKS!

Thanks for posting that Merrr. That must have been exciting!

^ It definitely made my New Year very happy, haha! :)

And I am so pleased that he is being embraced by the Japanese music scene. :)

SkiddlyBop,

Thanks for all of the info on AVEX.

I like your brainstorm idea too.

Japanese fans tend to be loyal for decades.
Karen and Richard Carpenter (the Carpenters) are still well loved there over 30 years after their debut on the Japanese charts!