According to this thread and it's poll, most members on ATRL expect #R8 to open with 150-200k. While Ultraviolence debut at #1 with 182k. Her very anticipated album 'Honeymoon' will come out this year. Note that Born to Die is still @ #80 on Billboard 200 this week even after years of never leaving the chart.

Who do you think will have bigger sales first week this time?

Stop pitting artists against each other please.

R8 of course

I am not It's called friendly discussion

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They should both be doing 400k at the very least, after all atrl has been telling us anything less than 300k first week means you are over

those covers

RiRi has slow starts but longevity. Lana... i have no idea what her numbers could be and if she'll refuse to promote again, they won't be very nice.

So #R8

Well, we don't even know how Honeymoon will sound, like WTF?

Also, Rihanna should have bigger numbers. I don't see Lana promoting at all in the future

UV debuted with 182K?

Lana .

It's not necessarily the sound of an album that determine the first week sales.

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do we even need to do this?

Well, it actually is. Rihanna's material is underwhelming this era, therefor she PROBABLY won't have huge numbers. If Lana releases something that is not appealing towards a huge number of people, she will have bad numbers, too.

I don't know what is so hard to get?

#R8.

Unapologetic did 238K compared to Ultraviolence's 182K, and actually went platinum. The last album Rihanna had sell less than 182K first week was Good Girl Gone Bad. I doubt she'd sell less than that while Lana probably will because Ultraviolence wasn't successful and she's really only known for Born to Die.

Lana will destroy Rihanna in singles and album sales

West Coast received lukewarm response from the GP, even her fans didn't digest the song at first. It was really quite a grower. It was actually Lana her brand and Born to Die that helped the frontloaded sales of UV. It's all about momentum and hype when it comes to first week sales.

I don't know what is so hard to get?

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Ultraviolence gained a lot more fans for Lana while the fans who liked Born to Die will probably still want to support her this time because she has been saying Honeymoon will sound close to BTD more than to UV.

UV still went Gold.

But haven't you just said that #R8 should have huge number in your previous post? You are contradicting yourself sistren.

I think you read too much into what she says. This is the same woman who said she will retire after BTD. Stop making these threads and save these things for your other fave when she is about to release something.

The things you post make no sense. The music buying public doesn't care if Lana releases something close to BTD again. If it's not on the radio or promoted, it will flop.