Now I was going back and forth about choosing this album as one of the "What happened..." topics because of it
just being released, but in all honesty, it isn't performing quite how everyone originally anticipated in the U.S. Anywho, its first single became a monstrous hit upon its release, and with some people deeming the video "iconic", early talk began that she would receive her first #1 album, while besting her previous 1st week's sales of 207K with
Loud. However upon the album's release, early HDD predictions stated it may hit the 200K mark, which isn't great but isn't horrible by any means, while the actual numbers were around 197K.
I'm not saying TTT won't rebound or won't be successful -- because Rihanna does have longevity on her side, especially WW -- but why wasn't there a growth in numbers? Essentially, what happened with 'Talk That Talk'?