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For, much like the 29 year old’s performances as of late, final figures for ‘Fatale’ on this side of the pond are both limp and lifeless.
Despite much label backing, Spears’ 7th studio album could only manage a lowly #8 debut on the Official UK Top 40 Albums Chart. The singer’s last effort, 2008’s ‘Circus’, bowed at #4 with opening week sales of 76,000. Meanwhile, Tesco’s Mary Byrne – of X-Factor fame- saw her debut ‘Mine & Yours’ open at #6, above Britney.
As such, ‘Fatale’ becomes the Spears’ lowest-charting studio album in the UK since ‘In the Zone’, which peaked at #13 in December 2003. What’s more, with sales between 27,000 – 30,000, it also serves as her lowest first week British sales to-date.
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