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Originally posted by Sahn
No. You keep ignoring Billboard:
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Oh, you're right. I should have gone to them first. They're serving some hot tea:
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So you can see, given that MDNA has a nice buzz and single going, it's pretty much beyond reason to think that suddenly this album would sell substantially less than any recent one Madonna has released.
That said, let's wait and see what the drop-off is next week on sales of MDNA. Second weeks tend to follow a fairly predictable curve. And while it's far from a perfect science, it's one of the best bullsh-- detectors out there for an inflated first week. Billboard's head of charts Silvio Pietroluongo says that an iconic pop star's album will generally drop anywhere from 65 to 80 percent second week. If MDNA drops a lot more than that, it'll be an indication of the degree of first week inflation caused by bundling.
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Also, according to what Billboard said the cost was built in to the ticket, but it was not an additional cost. Meaning, sure, they charged
everyone for the cost of an album when setting the ticket prices, but then forced people to go through the process of redeeming their code to actually get their hands on a copy. People didn't say "Yes, I would like to purchase a copy of MDNA as well" when purchasing their tickets.
