Nice sales overall for the top ten overall. Weird to see Gotye higher than fun., despite their single domination. Making Mirrors is a superior album, though.
LMAO at all the sweat and books wasted in this thread. If Madonna really cared she wouldn't have been to the tour rehearsals the day after the Superbowl.
Of Madonna's 359,000 sold, trusted sources tell Billboard that somewhere in the area of 185,000 came from the bundle/redemption code. Sacre bleu, you say, doing math: 359 - 180 = 179. Mr. Richie's 199,000 is the true king-making total this week!
so if she didn't have that bundle deal.......the album would only be at about 230-240k in 2nd week total. It doesn't matter tho, she's Madonna lol she can underperform it's not like it will put a dent in her 30 year career. Can't say the same for other artists lol
so if she didn't have that bundle deal.......the album would only be at about 230-240k in 2nd week total.
Why didn't you finish the quote?
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But that's completely ridiculous. With all respect deserved and paid to the beloved songs of Mr. Richie, think about two important points. One: Madonna fans who redeemed that code are not receiving the album for free. (...) All 185,000 fans who used the Madonna redemption code were the first in line to buy tickets to her tour. These are her top fans, each of whom were eager to shell out anywhere from $50 to more than $350 for a seat. If no bundle existed, do you really think a large portion of these fans wouldn't have purchased the album? We'll never know for certain, of course. But I think it's a more than safe bet that Madonna has the no. 1 album in the U.S. under any circumstance.
Anyway, this shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, I mean the woman has been doing this for a century, the US is her weakest market, and MDNA is subpar. Let's not act bewildered gurls.
So I think I read on that Billboard article without the tour deal thing technically Lionel Richie would of been #1.
. All fans who used the Madonna redemption code were the first in line to buy tickets to her tour. These are her top fans, each of whom were eager to shell out anywhere from $50 to more than $350 for a seat. If no bundle existed, do you really think a large portion of these fans wouldn't have purchased the album?
i can only think of BTW that dropped by more 
