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Originally posted by Hector
Britney's album was released in December in a more competitive sales period. Plus, UK radio hates her more than Shakira.
Shakira only had ONE promo appearance performing on The Voice YESTERDAY (the last day of the chart tracking system). Britney did Alan Carr's talk show and some very minor appearances.
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Most of her "appearances" were radio **** and Alan Carr was over a month before Britney Jean was released, plus I don't recall her even mentioning the album. If I'm not wrong, there was pretty much nothing on the album release week, and honestly I still don't know how on earth Work Bitch managed to go Top 10 either.
Anywayz, I don't know why Britney was brought up here, this thread is about Shakira's new album, but it's been pretty clear to me that the UK market (at least when it comes to albums) has abandoned Britney since late 2003, when she had two HUGE #1 singles and even so that wasn't enough to take ITZ to the Top 10 or cross the 600k mark.