[CakeLike]

People still acting like Interscope deliberately sabotaged eminems sales for gaga to get to number 1 The thirst is real. What kind of business do you think are running, they're making money either way, they don't care whos number one. Im glad you think Gaga is so powerful she can jeopardize YET another artists sales. What kind of justice for bionic teas, only the queen of pop

[Musickid203]

King Em is back at it

[Rindain]

Originally posted by BeamMeUp

As fishy as this is, we have to keep in mind that 100K of her sales came from pre-orders so she didn't actually have to sell more than Eminem in a week to go #1. This also explains how she sold more despite only being #1 on iTunes for 1 tracking day.

But what about the fact that from multiple reports Best Buy and other retailers ran out of physical copies of Eminem's album after his first sales week, and didn't get any more stock from Interscope until this past Friday/Saturday?

You have to admit it's a wise business move: imagine the bad press if Gaga debuted at #2.

Interscope wants to protect their investment in Lady Gaga so she can be a viable artist years into the future, so why not have Eminem sacrifice some sales for his second week in order to avoid a negative media frenzy?

[CakeLike]

Originally posted by Rindain

But what about the fact that from multiple reports Best Buy and other retailers ran out of physical copies of Eminem's album after his first sales week, and didn't get any more stock from Interscope until this past Friday/Saturday?

You have to admit it's a wise business move: imagine the bad press if Gaga debuted at #2.

Interscope wants to protect their investment in Lady Gaga so she can be a viable artist years into the future, so why not have Eminem sacrifice some sales for his second week in order to avoid a negative media frenzy?

Multiple reports? Please provide all these reports on these retailers claiming this?

[KyKy]

Nickleback's numbers I guess like husband like wife

[Honey]

Eminem coming for that second week at #1.

[Rindain]

Originally posted by CakeLike

Multiple reports? Please provide all these reports on these retailers claiming this?

Here's two reports regarding Best Buy…I'll try to find more of them.

1) http://atrl.net/?p=17782115

2) http://atrl.net/?p=17748034

"Best Buy only updated their website yesterday, the album sold out at Best Buy after 5 days of release and it's been sold out until yesterday."

[CakeLike]

Originally posted by Rindain

Here's two reports regarding Best Buy…I'll try to find more of them.

1) http://atrl.net/?p=17782115

2) http://atrl.net/?p=17748034

"Best Buy only updated their website yesterday, the album sold out at Best Buy after 5 days of release and it's been sold out until yesterday."

So your "reports" are users on atrl claiming it??? Now I've seen it all.

[Luis]

Originally posted by KyKy

Nickleback's numbers I guess like husband like wife

It's a greatest hits album with no new single/promo.

[Aden]

Welp, at least she got that #1.

[BadKidBrodie]

Was anyone NOT expecting that though?

[Rindain]

Originally posted by CakeLike

So your "reports" are users on atrl claiming it??? Now I've seen it all.

People on other forums also noticed it being sold out all week at BB and others.

Where there's smoke, there's fire.

[slicknickshady]

Disappointing that A Perfect Circle isn't even getting predictions. :-(

My 2nd Favorite Band after Tool. Yes, it's just a Greatest Hits album with 1 new song but.... :-P

[RainDreamer]

Let's the conpiracy theories begin

I think if anything happened then we'll see by em having a minor 1-10% decrease or an increase, but am sure some will just say its because of hype around 'the monster' being #1 .

And CF also isn't doing that well,hopefully these aren't signs of how the movie will do

[Bribe]

http://www.billboard.com/articles/ne...-billboard-200

Rock band Five Finger Death Punch is on course for its second top five album this year. The group's new release, "The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Vol. 2" may sell around 80,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, Nov. 24.

That should enable the set to score the highest new entry on the Billboard 200 chart next week. The top 10 of the chart will be unveiled on Wednesday, Nov. 27.

The new Five Finger Death Punch album follows the group's "The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell: Volume 1," which debuted and peaked at career-high No. 2 on the Aug. 17-dated chart. The set opened with 112,000 -- the act's best sales week yet.

Next week's No. 1 slot could see a return visit from Eminem, as his "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" might skip back to the top of the list. It would mark the second chart-topping week for the album, which debuted at No. 1 a week ago, selling 792,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan. Lady Gaga's current No. 1, "ARTPOP," could also hold atop the list. It bowed in the penthouse this week with 258,000 sold.

Aside from Five Finger Death Punch's new album, the Billboard 200 should also see high bows from Daughtry's "Baptized," "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" soundtrack and Yo Gotti's "I Am." Of those, the biggest of the bunch will probably be the "Hunger Games" set, with around 60,000 to 65,000

[Retro]

Originally posted by Bribe

http://www.billboard.com/articles/ne...-billboard-200

Omg

I won't get my hopes up, but it would be nice!

[DAP]

Gaga just can't win.

[RainDreamer]

Originally posted by Bribe

http://www.billboard.com/articles/ne...-billboard-200

Wait , although it doesn't sound like an 'official' prediction ... This could mean eminems drop will be huge again . Is it that people think the album is that bad or is it that album sales have really fallen that badly

[Ger-55]

Horrible sales for the Catching Fire Soundtrack

Daughtry I just realised that their album was out

[Retro]

Originally posted by RainDreamer

Wait , although it doesn't sound like an 'official' prediction ... This could mean eminems drop will be huge again . Is it that people think the album is that bad or is it that album sales have really fallen that badly

They really have fallen horribly. No matter how he does after this point, he's doing well, but album sales are not healthy at all right now.