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Chart Listings: HITS & SoundScan Top Albums (November 15-22, 2010)
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Originally posted by Crazytowel
Baby One More Time was released in 1999.
Oops I Did It Again in 2000.
Good Girl Gone Bad had a re-release and like twice as many singles.
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2007 was before the recession; only the real estate bubble had burst in the US. The peak of album sales was in 2004 IIRC so that excuse doesn't apply.
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Originally posted by rihannar0x8
GGGB was 5x platinum many years later when sales went down, and had the biggest #1 of the decade and another #1.
Britney has yet to have a more popular era in the UK than GGGB.
Rihanna is more popular there.
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Rihanna is NOT more popular than Britney anywhere. Rihanna relies on ONE song while Britney has a EXTENSE catalog of songs that were ALL popular and still are. That's the difference. 1 massive single doesn't compare to 20 well known singles. Buy a logic for your brain.
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Member Since: 5/15/2010
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Originally posted by Alexz
Rihanna is NOT more popular than Britney anywhere. Rihanna relies on ONE song while Britney has a EXTENSE catalog of songs that were ALL popular and still are. That's the difference. 1 massive single doesn't compare to 20 well known singles. Buy a logic for your brain.
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Rihanna, Rihanna, Rihanna... 
Wonder where she could have been now if britney screwed her and took Umbrella for herself... I can't... 
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Rihanna is so popular in the UK she can't even sell out two dates in London
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The thing about Britney (and I'm not stan so I'm not biased) is that she doesn't need hit songs to sell.
This is no diss but in a way it's like Justin Bieber (say what you will about him): they sell on their names alone. They're able to transcend hit singles. The kid hasn't had a hit single/promo in ages and his album sales are still schooling everyone with huge singles and huge promo.
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Member Since: 9/26/2009
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Originally posted by rihannar0x8
Rihanna is bigger in the UK than Britney.
Britney has had ten years in the game but can't seem to get a #1 album there are pull an album as successful as GGGB:R since Rihanna has been around.
Actually I'm not sure, has Britney ever had an album as successful as GGGB in the UK?
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Sales
Britney
BOMT: 1,400,000+
OIDIA: 1,000,000 - 1,100,000
Britney: 500,000
ITZ: 600,000
GHMP: 1,000,000+
Blackout: 200,000+
Circus: 450,000
Rihanna
MOTS: 150,000 - 200,000
AGLM: 400,000 - 450,000
GGGB: 1,500,000+ (including re-release)
RR: 400,000
Rihanna's GGGB era was extremely massive in the UK. However, keep in mind that Britney was able to sell just as much with her debut without a re-release.
Also, Britney has had consistent, high, multi-platinum UK sales. Rihanna is also very successful but Britney's sales are more impressive tbh.
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Member Since: 8/14/2007
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Exactly, Britney's name sells because Britney means quality (whether you agree or not is your business) and Rihanna doesn't because her name means.. Raina or whatever you pronounce it.
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Member Since: 9/26/2009
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Also, the argument "the industry has declined since 1999-2000" does not exactly apply for the UK.
While the UK album industry has slightly declined overall since its heyday (1997-2000), the top pop stars sell better than EVER, even better than in 1997-2000. That is thanks to very efficient promotional tools, such as XFactor, which motivate the masses in the UK to buy popular albums en masse.
Therefore, popular albums sell even better than the 90s in the UK. If you observe the year-end charts you will see so many Diamond albums.
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Member Since: 2/16/2010
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Originally posted by britneyfan09
Womanizer, Circus, and 3 all peaked around 72-73m AI total overall. Rihanna and Katy's singles have done over 110m+ in airplay and sometimes even reaching 130-140m. Like Nicole said if Britney had the same promo and airplay as Rihanna/Katy she'd easily be selling huge numbers.
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Womanizer peaked at 72-73 million AI? Is that really it?
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Originally posted by MusicTalker
Womanizer peaked at 72-73 million AI? Is that really it?
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well yeah, she is only POP, she gets little to no support from other formats... +70 million is still ALOT though 
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Originally posted by AyuM
Sales
Britney
BOMT: 1,400,000+
OIDIA: 1,000,000 - 1,100,000
Britney: 500,000
ITZ: 600,000
GHMP: 1,000,000+
Blackout: 200,000+
Circus: 450,000
Rihanna
MOTS: 150,000 - 200,000
AGLM: 400,000 - 450,000
GGGB: 1,500,000+ (including re-release)
RR: 400,000
Rihanna's GGGB era was extremely massive in the UK. However, keep in mind that Britney was able to sell just as much with her debut without a re-release.
Also, Britney has had consistent, high, multi-platinum UK sales. Rihanna is also very successful but Britney's sales are more impressive tbh.
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Bitch, AGLM sold 500k and Rated R is 2x platinum so its now 600k.
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Member Since: 4/12/2007
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Originally posted by eli's_rhythm
Bobby, I disagree with the notion that Britney's recent accomplishments are no more impressive than Rihanna's or Katy's; the fact that she does so little for her sales should say enough about her power.
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I'm under the notion that both Circus and Blackout sold about as much as they were going to possibly sell and that tons of promo wouldn't have increased their sales by much. It was the same case with "3." Everybody was aware that it existed, everyone on the planet knows who Britney is, but not very many people outside her hardcore fanbase seemed to want it and I don't think relentless promo would have boosted its sales much.
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Originally posted by eli's_rhythm
2007 was before the recession; only the real estate bubble had burst in the US. The peak of album sales was in 2004 IIRC so that excuse doesn't apply.
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The recession actually started in late 2007. Album sales peaked in 2000, they declined over the next three years, experienced a slight rebound in 2004, and then continued declining from there.
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Member Since: 11/7/2009
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Originally posted by MusicTalker
Womanizer peaked at 72-73 million AI? Is that really it?
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About 60 million from POP and other 10 split from the other stations...
If you look through the Pop chart, You'll see the #1 songs, it usually has 65-75 million...
And that's it...
No stations other than pop give wide support to Britney...
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Member Since: 6/1/2010
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Originally posted by Alexz
Exactly, Britney's name sells because Britney means quality (whether you agree or not is your business) and Rihanna doesn't because her name means.. Raina or whatever you pronounce it.
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Gerl bewp. 
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Member Since: 6/1/2010
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Originally posted by Alexz
Rihanna is NOT more popular than Britney anywhere. Rihanna relies on ONE song while Britney has a EXTENSE catalog of songs that were ALL popular and still are. That's the difference. 1 massive single doesn't compare to 20 well known singles. Buy a logic for your brain.
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20 well known singles where? Britney has about 8 well known songs. The rest are neither here nor there.
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Member Since: 1/27/2006
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Originally posted by bobbymfw
It was the same case with "3." Everybody was aware that it existed, everyone on the planet knows who Britney is, but not very many people outside her hardcore fanbase seemed to want it and I don't think relentless promo would have boosted its sales much.
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Do you mean "3" or The Singles Collection? Because "3" is a #1 double platinum compilation single. That's nothing to bash when it had nothing but a video that wasn't well received by the fans or general viewers. Also, It has sold only 400k less than "Rude Boy" which had five weeks at #1, relentless promotion, & huge radio support. (just an example stans, so please).
If you meant TSC, then you're right. At the same time, it's a greatest hits and we know they don't sell anymore. Can't be treated as if it were a studio album.
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Member Since: 1/27/2006
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Originally posted by Captain Planet
20 well known singles where? Britney has about 8 well known songs. The rest are neither here nor there.
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8 is still more 1, which was the general point. 
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Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2
8 is still more 1, which was the general point. |
Maybe so, but I didn't know if he was exaggerating or he actually thought Britney had that many well-known songs.
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Member Since: 8/14/2007
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Originally posted by Captain Planet
20 well known singles where? Britney has about 8 well known songs. The rest are neither here nor there.
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Who are you?
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Member Since: 6/1/2010
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Originally posted by Alexz
Who are you?
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Your daddy.
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