Sis born this way sold over a million first week, so technically its about a third. Also even without the amazon deal Gaga still sold over twice as much as this. Its a bad first week compared to Born this way no matter how you look at it. And this is in the US, katys strongest continent ;)
And monster say that katy's 'fans' are 5 years old.
4. WHY is the #JusticeForBionic Campaign on the same day as Lady Gaga's ARTPOP release?
Because this is when the campaign has the best chance to garner the most headlines. It doesn't really make sense to schedule it on another day, when the potential success of the campaign (getting people to buy/check out Bionic) is hinged on trying to convince the public to sympathize with Christina fans by recalling the shady events from 2008 to 2010.
This campaign is for the people who strongly believe Perez Hilton, Lady Gaga and Akon played a role in sabotaging Christina from 2008 to 2010, in an effort to grab headlines and raise Gaga's profile, which resulted in Christina and her album Bionic experiencing a backlash which is still being felt today. It even effected the airplay of her singles. With insufficient airplay of the singles, the vast majority of commercial albums are doomed to underperform or fail, regardless the amount of promotion from the actual artist, because many retailers are not as willing to order heavily (or at all) if the singles do not do well.
Kittens were really feeling themselves with that Metacritic 70 that lasted less than a whole weekend, and they really thought she'd bring at least a decent first week. Poor things.