Born This Way shouldn't have an asterisk to it's first week sales. Sure, it was a cop-out to sell over 1 million but she technically didn't break any rules. A rule was made after it but she got that 1.18 million before the rule soooooooo who curr?
If we are going to attach asterisks for sales gimmicks, then I'll start:
Katy Perry's Teenage Dream had 5 #1 Singles (*due to discounts and payola)
