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Stats: Lana Del Rey gets another #1 with 'Born to Die'
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Lana Del Rey gets another #1 with 'Born to Die'
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Global superstar, Lana Del Rey, claimed yet another #1 with her multi-platinum debut album "Born To Die" last week as she topped the norwegian album chart for the first time. Released back in January, "Born To Die" is still the third biggest seller album of 2012 and the first released this year. The album is currently double-platinum in France, platinum in the UK, Germany and Australia and some other countries and sold over two millions copies in the world despite being snubbed by the american territory.
The critically acclaimed album already topped the album chart in nine other countries: UK, Germany, France, Australia, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Greece.
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3rd biggest seller, with releases by Madonna, Nicki Minaj, One Direction, Justin Bieber, Usher, etc.
And she didn't even have one successful single
Congrats Lana
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Amazing
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Originally posted by Haus
3rd biggest seller, with releases by Madonna, Nicki Minaj, One Direction, Justin Bieber, Usher, etc.
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Lana is an album artist while the artists you listed (except Madonna)all need hit singles to sell albums.
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Congrats.
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Congrats.
Lana deserve more in the States
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Originally posted by PopFan
Lana is an album artist while the artists you listed (except Madonna)all need hit singles to sell albums.
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Not Justin, not really 1D or Nicki either, they have huge stanbases.
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Not Justin, not really 1D or Nicki either, they have huge stanbases.
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He's right. Justin had Boyfriend, Nicki Minaj had Starships(but failed), and One Direction had What Makes You Beautiful/One Thing.
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Originally posted by HausOfJabril
He's right. Justin had Boyfriend, Nicki Minaj had Starships(but failed), and One Direction had What Makes You Beautiful/One Thing.
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Well Lana had Video Games, it was pretty big in Europe but not as big as the songs you listed.
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Originally posted by HausOfJabril
He's right. Justin had Boyfriend, Nicki Minaj had Starships(but failed), and One Direction had What Makes You Beautiful/One Thing.
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Right, but they're all pretty much fan supported artists, especially Bieber. They aren't like Adele where anyone will just buy her album. I'm sure they would've achieved similar sales without any smash singles.
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Originally posted by Haus
3rd biggest seller, with releases by Madonna, Nicki Minaj, One Direction, Justin Bieber, Usher, etc.
And she didn't even have one successful single
Congrats Lana
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"Video Games" was massive in Europe.
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Good job girl
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Originally posted by HausOfJabril
He's right. Justin had Boyfriend, Nicki Minaj had Starships(but failed), and One Direction had What Makes You Beautiful/One Thing.
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Exactly how did Starships fail? It broke the record for being in the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 for 21 weeks, and has also gone platinum in several countries.
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Not Justin, not really 1D or Nicki either, they have huge stanbases.
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Oh so MDNA sold?
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Congrats Lana
With the re-release in Oct it will secure the third spot til the end of the year?
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Exactly how did Starships fail? It broke the record for being in the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 for 21 weeks, and has also gone platinum in several countries.
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I was talking about Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. I know Starships was really successful. It just didn't make people buy the album.
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Oh so MDNA sold?
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1.5 million copies WW 30 years into her career. Now take a seat.
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