wow no easter effect for anyone.
but really stable sales for Adele, basically exactly the same again
amazing for such a frontloaded album that has outsold its nearest 2015 competitor by 5:1 and keeps on widening the gap. by far the best sales for any non-debut!

gurl. Not a lil bit was alot smaller of a hit than Love Em All and this album has had less exposure. Theres no way she was doing bigger numbers

Not it trending down. A reverse Gwen Stefani tea.

Come on, even his label was expecting more.

I thought he would do at least 200k easily.

lol, most i've seen predicted more

still not bad

You seem to have trouble with comprehension, even when the main point being made was bolded just for super obviousness.

A strong number of 1D fans ran to get their single the first week, and an even larger number ran to get the album the first week.

A strong number of Zayn fans ran to get his single the first week, but less than half are getting the album.
Where are those 267k people? How could these be "some of the 1D fanbase [who] won't support his music" when they bought his single the first week? Explain your reasoning and how it relates to my point.

Wasn't his label expecting 300k?
He really is the Geri Halliwell of the group.

But if you wanna make it about omgcomparisons to debuts, 5SoS's debut album opened with 259k.
Meghan Trainor with 195k.

Debuting at #1 on the hot 100 isn't a small feat, you need large selling power straight out the gate, selling power large enough to overcome the impact of radio on the Hot 100 formula. And that's what Zayn got with Pillowtalk. Where those people are now is the question on everyone's minds atm.

I can't think of any other artist who debuted at #1 on the Hot 100 who has sold sub 150k first week.

well, i can think of 2 who didn't have much impact album or w/e wise afterwards, but one was an ep out the same year as her last album, and the other one's mostly a meme.

This is more than what he deserves. His music and image right now is so dry, he's needs an overhaul.

I blame him, his is not promoting this album. albums is pure genius, he and his behavior is strange. anti teas

Part of Me and Harlem Shake, correct?

But if I recall correctly, Harlem Shake's #1 debut was granted due to a Hot 100 rule change for the inclusion of youtube streams, so it doesn't quite relate to this topic.

As for Katy, Roar was basically a #1 debut (557,000 copies sold first week) and Prism debut with a very healthy 286k.

He deserves much better sales regardless of these being decent numbers for his debut.
He hasn't even performed PILLOWTALK live yet and has only had 3 performance slots since its release.

No, they weren't.

So what? It still went #1 so your point was proven to be wrong.

Well, get perched for those 250k+ first week sales if you truly believe that

? It's entirely different from this situation. Not a traditional #1 debut in any sense. lol please be realistic.