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Music News: Fantasia vs. Katy: The Numbers Are In
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Fantasia vs. Katy: The Numbers Are In
Katy Perry took the number one spot on the charts this week with the release of Teenage Dream selling more than 194,000 copies!
And Fantasia took second place with her album Back To Me with sales just over 122,000 copies!
Source. PerezHIlton
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Member Since: 3/24/2009
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Congrats To Katyyy 
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Member Since: 7/18/2010
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She couldn't even get 200k?!?! 
Great fan base she's got here.
I knew I should have bought 5 copies.
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Member Since: 8/12/2007
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That's alright, for Katy, but I'm shocked Tasia sold that much.
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Member Since: 8/22/2009
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Yes Fantasia, im so proud of her. 
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Member Since: 12/31/2009
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Fantasia! 
Katy, I'm disappointed. 
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Member Since: 7/23/2010
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Considering that "Teenage Dream" already have 2 hit singles, 194k is still too low for a first week sales. Or probably, leaks have affected its sales.
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Member Since: 11/13/2009
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Not surprised with who came out on top, but I expected higher sales.
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Member Since: 7/23/2010
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There are just too many tracks being sold on iTunes already prior to the release of the album.
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According to Billboard, Katy sold 192.000 copies.
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Member Since: 9/8/2009
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Not even 200k? I knew the numbers wouldn't be amazing, but I was expecting over 200k at least.
Some people were predicting 800k... 
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Member Since: 10/2/2009
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Katy Perry does double duty at No. 1 this week on both the Billboard 200 albums chart and the Digital Songs tally thanks to the arrival of her "Teenage Dream" album.
Her second Capitol effort starts atop the Billboard 200 with 192,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan -- marking her best sales week and a new chart high. She's the first solo woman to reign at No. 1 since January, when Ke$ha's "Animal" spent one week atop the list.
Over on the Digital Songs chart, "Teenage Dream's" title track moves up one spot to spend its first frame at No. 1 with 259,000 (up 24%).
Perry's last album, 2008's "One of the Boys," debuted and peaked at No. 9 in July of that year with 47,000 sold in its premiere week. Its best sales frame came over Christmas week of 2008 when it shifted 63,000 -- but at a lower rung on the tally.
On Digital Songs, "Teenage Dream" gives Perry her second No. 1 of the year. She earlier reigned for five weeks with the album's first single, "California Gurls." The latter is on the verge of becoming the year's top selling download with 2.6 million sold. Its sum falls just shy of 2010's best-seller: Train's "Hey, Soul Sister" (3.8 million).
Last week's Digital Songs No. 1, Lil Wayne's "Right Above It," tumbles hard to No. 10 with 101,000 (down 55%). That's the biggest positional drop from No. 1 since Artists for Haiti's "We Are the World 25: For Haiti" flew from No. 1 to No. 17 in its second week, on the chart dated Feb. 13.
Back on the Billboard 200 albums chart, former "American Idol" champ Fantasia starts at No. 2 with "Back To Me" (117,000). That marks her highest charting album yet. Her "Free Yourself" debut started and peaked at No. 8 in 2004 and her sophomore effort "Fantasia" topped out at No. 19 in 2006. The latter set entered the chart with 133,000 over a busy Christmas shopping week. The new album also debuts at No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart -- the singer's first topper on that list. "Free Yourself" and "Fantasia" peaked at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively.
Eminem's "Recovery" retreats two spots to No. 3 this week with 98,000 (down 15%) while Usher enters at No. 4 with his new "Versus" album (46,000). He also earns a bullet at No. 19 with "Raymond v Raymond" (20,000; up 57%). The latter set was reissued in a deluxe edition with "Versus" as a bonus disc, much in the same way Lady Gaga unleashed "The Fame Monster" both as a stand-alone set last November in addition to bundling it with a reissue of her "The Fame" album. "Versus" gives Usher his sixth top 10 album.
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Full Article @ Billboard.com
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Member Since: 10/8/2009
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There were so many mistakes made with this album release 
Though the numbers are still great, it could have done much better.
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Originally posted by PopBoi
There were so many mistakes made with this album release
Though the numbers are still great, it could have done much better. |
What mistakes? Other than maybe the album should have been released a little sooner? Otherwise, they did a tremendous job. I even see billboards for the album, which is rare.
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Member Since: 10/20/2009
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I'm shocked Katy didn't sell as many as most of us thought she would.
Teenage Dream is an excellent album. I think it will still do very well singles wise
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Member Since: 7/30/2010
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I wish Fantasia would have done a little better, but her numbers are still impressive
Katy's just not an album artist but she'll go platinum in the long run, I think.
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Member Since: 6/7/2009
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Originally posted by _ShyBoy
I wish Fantasia would have done a little better, but her numbers are still impressive
Katy's just not an album artist but she'll go platinum in the long run, I think. |
Fantasia still did really well for somebody who went out of the media life for awhile.
But I agree with everything what you said.
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Member Since: 2/17/2010
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Fantasia never had a chance. 
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Member Since: 2/17/2010
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole
What mistakes? Other than maybe the album should have been released a little sooner? Otherwise, they did a tremendous job. I even see billboards for the album, which is rare.
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The biggest mistake is the release date. They should have skipped all of the 3 promos singles, and released the album a month ago.
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Member Since: 3/27/2009
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Before her "scandal", I thought Fantasia would've done maybe 70K. Congrats to her
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