Definitely... Anyone who says no has way too high of standards for music sales tbh...
EVERY major pop girl's album is a success in my opinion... The fact that all of you know who they are and hear their songs on the radio all the time shows that they are success. People take that for granted when they say "oh artpop is a flop" or "prism is a flop". No they aren't tbh... Most of you have never heard of most of my favorite artists. Or wouldn't if it weren't for ATRL and tumblr.
Yes. Bangerz has been selling mediocre and average. The sales aren't great but they're not bad. Miley also had two huge singles and We Can't Stop and Wrecking Ball were the two most talked about music videos of the year. There was also the iconic VMA performance that will go down in the history books.
After all the hype/ controversy I thought sales would be higher, and when you think about Robbie Williams album (which was released later) has sold 1.3m WW and he doesn't even have the biggest music market in the world..
It did LIGHTYEARS better than what i thought. I remember she did an interview on the 2012 VMA red carpet and she was talking about it and I remember thinking no one is gonna be here for it. Also considering typical ex Disney star debuts, she did really well.
As an era, yes. As an album, a flop IMO. How do you have two of the biggest hits of the year and become the most searched/exposed/controversial human being on the planet in 2013 and only scan 1.3M WW