HOT DIVA-ON-DIVA ACTION: In the battle of the Q4 sirens, Capitol’s Katy Perry enjoys a decided advantage in single sales—her “Roar” has moved 1.5 million in just three weeks, nearly three times those generated by “Applause,” the first single from Interscope’s Lady Gaga. But with 45k+ in preorders, Gaga’s forthcoming ARTPOP (due out 11/11) has more than triple the numbers Katy has scored thus far for Prism (which streets 10/22). You’ll recall that Katy’s last album sold 2.7m, while Gaga moved 2.3m. Handicappers are handicapping 400k bows for both. It’s still early days, so beware sweeping conclusions about these numbers—a lot can happen between now and when we finally dip into the eggnog. Stay tuned for more geek-friendly stats from the fourth-quarter horse race. (9/4a)

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Album queen

Didn't MDNA also do those numbers? Look how that turned out

Don't get cocky sis

This thread won't end well

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45K of pre-orders already? 2 more months to go.


Can't wait to see the final numbers.

Queen

Queen

and still 2 months to go

Billboard did say she's an album driven artist

Less than 15,000 people preordered Prism?

So 45K so far, and maybe 110K final

Yep. But it's holding up well on iTunes without any promo since the VMAs.

Gaga is there weeks before.

Katy's still above Gaga on iTunes after iTunes Festival, video release on GMA, GMA interview and VMAs.
Katy only had VMAs.

I guess monsters didn't learn yet.

The record, held by Justin Timberlake, is about ~140k. I wonder if Gaga can beat it? There's still a lot of time left and lots of promo to come.