Soft-rock act Ikimono Gakari from Kanagawa (Japan) shoots straight atop of the global album chart with the new release 'Members' Best Selection' after first-week sales of 457.000 copies. It's the best sales week for the band ever. The previous album 'Hajimari No Uta' opened at no.12 with 200.000 sales in the week 1, 2010. After the furious start last week, Taylor Swift's 'Speak Now' slides at no.2 with a 65% decline to sales of 408.000 units, a total of 1.557.000 after two weeks at retail.
Now a look to the year-to-date list: Lady GaGa's 'The Fame (Monster)' continues rules the chart with 5,4 million, following by Eminem's 'Recovery' with 5,1 million and Justin Bieber's 'My Worlds' with 4,7 million.
No one had as many no.1 hits during the last years as Rihanna. With 'Only Girl (In The World)' she lands her seventh global no.1 smash, the track climbs to the summit in its eighth week on the tally and grows up another 7% to 471.000 points. Rihanna's most successful hits to date are 'Umbrella' from 2007, which holds no.59 on the alltime chart (8.614.000 points) and 'Love The Way You Lie', her collaboration with Eminem, which climbs to no.115 on the same chart (7.205.000 points).
Now a look to the year-to-date list: Lady GaGa's 'The Fame (Monster)' continues rules the chart with 5,4 million, following by Eminem's 'Recovery' with 5,1 million and Justin Bieber's 'My Worlds' with 4,7 million.
She's going to get bumped to #2, chart-****ed as always.
She's going to get bumped to #2, chart-****ed as always.
She could have two #1 albums in a row, it would be crazy if she gets two #2s.
I don't think Eminem will surpass her though. The difference now is 300k and Em is gaining 30k on Gaga each week. He will need 10 more weeks to outsell Gaga and there are only 8 left until the year ends. But yeah, it's going to be close.
There's no way Eminem can outsell Gaga especially there are only a few weeks left until the year end. But UWC usually stop tracking on January tho. But if Em can benefit from the holiday season, so does Gaga.
She could have two #1 albums in a row, it would be crazy if she gets two #2s.
I don't think Eminem will surpass her though. The difference now is 300k and Em is gaining 30k on Gaga each week. He will need 10 more weeks to outsell Gaga and there are only 8 left until the year ends. But yeah, it's going to be close.
I don't think The Fame Monster will have a noticeable holiday increase, since it already sold a lot and there's no single out there. While Eminem will probably release another single...
, but this theard has better first post.
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