As much as me & Janelle Monae would like that, it isn't true.

On the one hand, those were released on Black Friday.

On the other hand, she's had more hits and sold millions more albums since. Plus, the whole thing had the smell of a re-release vs a proper album.

DEAD. Ya'll already mentioned Janelle

only britney spears has safe sales because of her fans

gaga depends on the level of her music

So, basically... in order to have great sales, you need more than just "good music.' I agree.

the grey wig is amazing.

btw when will the taylor album come out?

i like the single so i'm interested

True. She has enough fans to keep her from mega flopping, but she needs the good music.

the good music is the first thing if you are a singer like lady gaga who is so hated/ loved

but that's my 2 cents

Safe opening week sales, that's about it.

lady gaga hasn't a lot of fans..

yes.. she has die-hard fans

but most of her fans are pop fans : today i love gaga, tomorrow i'll love X-singer and so on

lady gaga has to appeal to the casual buyer

circus sold more than 3 million copies. britney has a lot of fans

She had good music with Blackout, but that's not even platinum. There's really no true formula for these pop artists.

I think Gaga will have good first week numbers no matter what music she puts out because so many people have fallen in love with her with TF/TFM. But how long she stays on the BB 200 depends on the music, promo, etc.

Circus had hits. You think she could have pushed 3 million with ****** music?

Um...Recovery?

this proves what i said : good music = good sales

KATY PERRY WINS
BATTLE OF THE DIVAS
Capitol Records Pop Queen Scores in the 200k Range for Teenage Dream

August 25, 2010

The summer may be nearing an end, but Katy Perry’s still in her Daisy Dukes and bikini top, straddling the chart universe.

That’s the news from one-day sales reports sent to us by those retailers who haven’t permanently deleted us from their e-mail base.

Coming on the heels of two straight smash singles, including "California Gurls" and the title track, Perry’s sophomore Capitol Records album, Teenage Dream, finds her in the clouds, set to debut at #1 with a total of around 200k, almost half of which will be digital downloads. And while the first-week sales are slightly below expectations, if the steady stream of hit singles keep coming, it could eventually approach a similar performer, Black Eyed Peas’ E.N.D., which is up to 2.7m and still selling 12-15k a week more than a year after its release.

And while Perry’s chart-topping debut would suggest sex trumps a suicide attempt, Fantasia’s J/RMG album Back to Me seemed to generate sales from media interest in her overdose, with first-week estimates of 120-130k, making her a solid #2.

Capitol Nashville co-ed country rockers Little Big Town are targeting sales in the 40-45k range for their new album, The Reason Why.

Usher’s new LaFace/JLG remix album Versus will be counted separately in the chart tally, with around 40-45k, while tne newly released deluxe edition should add some sales to the current Raymond v Raymond CD, already over a million.

Sire’s Never Shout Never looks to be in the 25-30k area for the second studio album from singer/songwriter Christofer Drew Ingle, Harmony/

MCA Nashville’s Randy Rogers Band should do between 24-27k, while indie label Ferrett/ADA’s Dayton, OH, metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada is in the 15-20k range for their Zombie EP.

The market was up 2% vs. last week, down 11% vs. same week last year and still down 12% year to date.

You can now return to tallying up how much Tiger Woods will be shelling out to get rid of Elin Nordegren, and when he starts sexting again.

Usher 40-45k
What a flop

I was hoping for more from Usher, but I can't say I'm surprised. RvR didn't come out too long ago (and it's still selling). Curious to see the sales of RvR this week.

Looks like Billboard's estimates for Fantasia were higher. I hope Fantasia exceeds HITS expectations.

I'm not a fan of Katy so her sales aren't disappointing to me. Maybe this will humble her stans who were continuously throwing shade at everyone else releasing albums this week.