UK: Marina scores lower first-week sales than 'Bionic'
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Music Week
ALBUMS: Marina & The Diamonds' second album Electra Hearts beats faster than its rivals to debut atop the album chart on sales of 21,358 copies. Undoubtedly helped by the success of second single, Primadonna, which bounces 13-11 this week (29,896 sales), the album eclipses the top position of Marina's first album, The Family Jewels, which debuted and peaked at number five although it fails to equal its first week sales of 27,618 copies.
'Bionic', the lowest-selling number one album in eight years at that time, debuted with 24K in June 2010, while the far less-hyped 'The Family Jewels' with almost 28K in February 2010. Thoughts? Did Dr. Luke really help?