[othfan]

I'm not even a Britney fan but to question her success is stupid. The difference between Rihanna and Britney is that Britney has been successful not only as a singles artist but as an album artists. When Rihanna can pull in the amount of multiplatinum albums and singles that Britney can then you can start talking crap but until then please shut up.

[othfan]

Originally posted by Louie

I'm talking about first week sales! Who mentioned Britney? We're just talking about Country music

Sorry I took so long to reply to this I got sidetracked. Initially you mentioned that Britney is a much bigger star WW than Taylor and I'm not disagreeing with you. You said that it's hard for country to sell WW, so I just mentioned Shania to show that it's not impossible for a country artist to do well worldwide but it is difficult. A comparison of any of Taylor's sales to Britney or Shnia's old albums is a little slighted considering what's happened to the music industry over the past few years(illegal downloading, itunes). That being said Taylor's just starting out and is nowhere near either one of them but she's getting off to a really good start.

[RihMark]

i still dont understand why people are arguing with me...where is britney on the grammy nominee list this year?

anyone have lady gaga's sales this week?

[Tightrope]

Originally posted by fridayteenage

Wow, Taylor already has more weeks at 200k than Lil Wayne. Should at least match his # of weeks at 100k, likely even surpass.

LW: 1006, 288, 209, 156, 125, 105

TS: 592, 217, 267, 193, 254

she absolutely deserves it Taylor >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lil Wayne

[Tightrope]

LW TW artist / album label power index % change
2 1 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 254,214 +39%
FEARLESS
1 2 BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/ZLG 192,396 -62%
CIRCUS (Well, not a bad hold)
3 3 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 161,997 +9%
I AM... SASHA FIERCE Drop plz you overrated dancer!
5 4 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 161,049 +18%
DARK HORSE
6 5 TWILIGHT ATLANTIC 133,416 -1%
SOUNDTRACK
4 6 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 128,113 -12%
808S & HEARTBREAK :-\
8 7 NOW 29 UME 117,728 +30%
VARIOUS ARTISTS :-\
11 8 AC/DC COLUMBIA 110,344 +33%
BLACK ICE
10 9 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: SENIOR YEAR WALT DISNEY RECORDS 108,720 +29%
SOUNDTRACK
9 10 DAVID COOK 19/RCA/RMG 104,539 +18%
DAVID COOK

The rest I like

24 20 MILEY CYRUS HOLLYWOOD 60,528 +43%
BREAKOUT
23 22 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 59,093 +38%
A LITTLE BIT LONGER
25 25 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 54,397 +43%
GREATEST HITS, VOL. 1
15 26 KILLERS ISLAND/IDJMG 54,120 -12%
DAY & AGE
28 28 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 51,005 +42%
TAYLOR SWIFT
27 29 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 50,900 +39%
ROCK N ROLL JESUS [so-so]
17 31 GUNS N' ROSES GEFFEN 48,242 -14%
CHINESE DEMOCRACY
31 32 NOW ESSENTIAL CHRISTMAS UME 47,728 +40%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
36 33 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 46,367 +52%
LOVE ON THE INSIDE
35 38 METALLICA WARNER BROS. 37,365 +21%
DEATH MAGNETIC
37 39 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJMG 37,328 +26%
GOOD GIRL GONE BAD [so-so]
44 40 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 36,634 +55%
WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS
34 41 COLDPLAY CAPITOL 35,388 +13%
VIVA LA VIDA
42 42 KATY PERRY CAPITOL 33,001 +34%
ONE OF THE BOYS
39 43 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE 32,637 +21%
LUCKY OLD SUN
20 49 CASTING CROWNS PROVIDENT/REUNION 27,750 -44%
PEACE ON EARTH (nice to see them still top 50. Power of Christian Bands <33333)
-- 50 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA/RMG 27,705 --
CARNIVAL RIDE

I say check out Casting Crowns, their music won't disappoint you. IMO I would have it swap with Now 29 which basically is a mixed CD these days.

[10.30.07]

Glad to see Brit, Bey, and Taylor selling so well. They all deserve it. If Britney can keep her Christmas sales up she might be able to go Platnium like Taylor and Bey before then end of the year. Taylors sales are crazy didnt HDD say she would do 190-200k and Britney would do 180k last week? Its good they are exceeding expectations.

[ladyroc]

Originally posted by Tightrope

3 3 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 161,997 +9%
I AM... SASHA FIERCE Drop plz you overrated dancer!

Hating is a Full Time Job.

Get It B

[CarCAL22]

Originally posted by rihannar0x8

i still dont understand why people are arguing with me...where is britney on the grammy nominee list this year?

anyone have lady gaga's sales this week?

1st: Sales are more important than Grammys

2nd: Britney's already won a Grammy

3rd: Britneys established enough and is a legend, and the Grammys dont define or challenge her already known throne as Princess/Queen of Pop.

[Sporefan]

5 4 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 161,049 +18%
DARK HORSE

[Travis10]

Holy shizz @ Swift! She and her mgmt mean business.

[And Now I Wonder]

9 10 DAVID COOK 19/RCA/RMG 104,539 +18%
DAVID COOK


19 21 DAVID ARCHULETA 19/JIVE/ZLG 59,462 +9%
DAVID ARCHULETA

Take that, gaychuleta fans. One week behind and Cook's outselling that monkeyfaced gaylord 2 to 1.

[bobbymfw]

Originally posted by Carrie-is-no-1

-- 50 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA/RMG 27,705 --
CARNIVAL RIDE

nearly 30k this week

A few months ago I told you CR was going to be near 2.6 million by year's end and you didn't believe me.

[cooksgenes]

Originally posted by And Now I Wonder

9 10 DAVID COOK 19/RCA/RMG 104,539 +18%
DAVID COOK


19 21 DAVID ARCHULETA 19/JIVE/ZLG 59,462 +9%
DAVID ARCHULETA

Take that, gaychuleta fans. One week behind and Cook's outselling that monkeyfaced gaylord 2 to 1.

This happens like everyweek. Thanks Lord.

[***Chu]

Originally posted by CarCAL22

1st: Sales are more important than Grammys

2nd: Britney's already won a Grammy

3rd: Britneys established enough and is a legend, and the Grammys dont define or challenge her already known throne as Princess/Queen of Pop.

Disagree

[Gerry I Shot]

Originally posted by Linnen Armani

Disagree

So winning an award is more important than millions of people listening to your music? that doesn't make sense.

[Louie]

Originally posted by othfan

Sorry I took so long to reply to this I got sidetracked. Initially you mentioned that Britney is a much bigger star WW than Taylor and I'm not disagreeing with you. You said that it's hard for country to sell WW, so I just mentioned Shania to show that it's not impossible for a country artist to do well worldwide but it is difficult. A comparison of any of Taylor's sales to Britney or Shnia's old albums is a little slighted considering what's happened to the music industry over the past few years(illegal downloading, itunes). That being said Taylor's just starting out and is nowhere near either one of them but she's getting off to a really good start.

I guess you're right!

PS: This is the first time I argue with a sane member

[Louie]

"Circus" will sell more next week!
Even If it's a Christmas week, 2nd week sales always drop.

if "Circus" go down on the Christmas big week, don't start criticizing, Britney introduced "Circus" with dance singles such as Womanizer & Circus, and Christmas is more of a ballad albums type of weeks.

I guess if she focused more on Out From Under or any other ballad, sales would have been higher.

(PS. I use " " for albums)

[Adr]

how about cook's total sales?

[Louie]

Originally posted by adr1101

how about cook's total sales?

479k

[Adr]

Originally posted by Louie

479k

including this week's sales? not bad at all..