I'm totally fine with these numbers.
I guess people forget his DEBUT opened with 55k 1st week and should reach 2x platinum next year.
His numbers never was that impressive. LONGEVITY is.
Thats about what I was expecting for Bruno, honestly. Its a nice size increase over his last album's debut week.
Also, he's quite a few hits as a "featured" artist, but has only had 4 hits as a solo artist. I don't think he's quite hit that level yet of, "must have first week". He will have longevity for sure though.
That's how it's gonna be with bruno, his numbers will increase with every album, and in every era he will gain new fans, if you look at his records' sales throughout last year, you realize that he did it quietly, that's why people were shocked at the end of the year, no one paid attention towards how big his sales were.
Taylor Swift - Red - 1.208.000
Mumford & Sons - Babel - 600.000
One Direction - Take Me Home - 540.000
Jason Aldean - Night Train - 409.000
Justin Bieber - Believe - 374.000
Madonna - MDNA - 359.000
Pink - The Truth About Love - 280.000