Besides R8 not even being out yet
Rebel Heart is Madonna's 12th album
Ultraviolence wasn't a major release. .did it even have promo?
The Pinkprint was released by a rapper
and neither of their last albums opened with 1M

OT yes for Gaga ARTPOP is a flop for all the hype & promo surrounding the era.

This.

Not sure how many times this will be discussed..it's not even interesting anymore.

If you have to ask the answer is probably yes

No. Stop.

And there you have it!

I think it set "flop" to a new standard. Like yeah it underperformed, but now ARTPOP is THE album to compare to other flop albums, and ARTPOP wins every single time. Like it must be the best selling flop of all time...queen!

yes, it did, but it is still among my favorite albums ever and I'm proud of Gaga's struggle in it, she managed to get back around anyway.

With a lot of promo ? Yes

No, it produced two huge hits (three top 10 Billboard singles to be precise!) and was successfully toured around the world.

It underperformed. It was by no means a flop.

Yes

Commercially, it was an underperformance. Music quality wise, it was a flop.

Only by Gaga's standards.

Only on ATRL a 2 m ww selling album that had two decently performing ww singles and a 90 M tour can be called a flop. Only here.

It's not just on ATRL though. the entire world called it a flop.

1 moderate hit (Applause), 1 mini "hit" (DWUW), 1 massive flop (GUY) and 1 random song that charted because of chart loop hole flaw (Dope)

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Yes. The whole era was a massive flop and a massive decline in terms of pretty much everything.

Nope.

I love how some people say BTW opened with over a million when its convenient for them....they usually don't and use the Amazon excuse.

And? Eminem, Drake, and others have all been selling very well.

The promo was a normal amount, not "massive". Albums like Prism and Bangerz had more.

And we have no idea what Interscope cancelled and what they had plans for....

Did it? It sold about the same WW and had no real hit songs on it. Not to mention, it had the biggest promo spot possible with the Superbowl, the single had a radio deal, etc.