Everyone? No. Those delusional label projections don't speak for the entire population. Pretty much every member on here thought Katy was gonna flop and disappear with Teenage Dream. And even if they don't want to admit it, she exceeded more than what they thought she would with this era.
Everyone? No. Those delusional label projections don't speak for the entire population. Pretty much every member on here thought Katy was gonna flop and disappear with Teenage Dream. And even if they don't want to admit it, she exceeded more than what they thought she would with this era.
To answer the OP, no she won't.
Yeah the longevity was insane for Teenage Dream it was very succesful era
Katy will sell 2 million, since she's this global icon. I mean she is the female MJ, so it shouldn't be hard to sell over 1.5 or 2 million in one week. She could probably do it with only 4 days.
This is the only reasonable post in here. I mean people, of course she is breaking it. The living legend of our time is coming
Her debut album sold 1,5M (I don't think it reached the 1,3M mark when TD released), it was COMPLETELY STUPID that she would sell 750k with her 2nd album.
Everyone thought she would be a One Hit Wonder that won't sell her 2nd album at all and, actually, she did much better than the OOTB era.
I love and adore Katy Perry, but there's no way she's going to open with more than 300K in her first week.
I am a stan, but I am also not delusional. I am sure her lead single (and follow up) will smash out of the gate. That won't be enough to push her over 500K.
If Capitol/EMI does a 'Red'-type promo campaign, then MAYBE.
I love and adore Katy Perry, but there's no way she's going to open with more than 300K in her first week.
I am a stan, but I am also not delusional. I am sure her lead single (and follow up) will smash out of the gate. That won't be enough to push her over 500K.
If Capitol/EMI does a 'Red'-type promo campaign, then MAYBE.
300k seems low tbh, I expect a smash hit single and then 400k-500k in sales.
Comparing with Britney's record before file sharing and iTunes/Amazon became popular.
The price was mainly based on the costs of distribution of a physical disc. If you put 1 single or 12 songs on a disc, it had to be distributed to the shops. A single was 5 euro and 12 songs on an album 15 to 20 euro. If you liked 2 songs and didn't want to risk buying 3 singles for the same price as the album, you had to buy the album.
The costs of sending bits and bytes over the Internet is almost zero. A single can be sold at 1:12 the album price. The public has the choice to buy only the songs they like and save money in comparison to the past. The public can also use file sharing and spend nothing on music.
The album sales does give an indication of fan base size. How much people are waiting for the release, want every song and buy it the first week?
Our fanbase isn't the biggest and has more casuals (doesn't know Katy's story, dared to ask at a M&G what song is playing (it's on her album, ffs), Part of Me 3D showed me how small our fanbase in Germany is,...) than stans. She is known for the singles or her boobs. The hidden gems on her albums and songs/performances that shows her artistry is only known by the stans.
Taylor has a large fanbase, country music doesn't have the same demographics as mainstream pop and they are more likely to spend money on music.
Frontloading the album sales reduces the chances for a long lasting era.
BTW was discounted by Amazon to 99 cent. Everyone that might like 1 song of BTW, had to buy the album for 99 cent to not risk buying 2 songs for double price. This means there aren't people left who might like a BTW single and not having the album.
If Katy has high album sales the first week, the era will go like BTW or a Taylor era. If her next album sells like TD (192k in first week), it might last long.
My low expectation is 300k and will see how her next album will be doing.
She won't break it, but her debut week should hopefully surpass 300k. The following record after such a mammoth era should generate loads of hype and interest, and I think she has gained a lot of fans through TD's consistency and the movie.