[Torturo]

Originally posted by Jeiboy

This reminds me of 2009

HDD Final

1. Paramore
2. Mariah
3. Barbra


Billboard FINAL

1. Barbra
2. Paramore
3. Mariah

Barbra = Barbra
Paramore = Florida Georgia Line
Mariah = Britney

but britney is #3 in HDD final

[Jeiboy]

Never underestimate Barbra

This first sentence alone.

EGOT winner serving competition after 60 years in the business

[ClashAndBurn]

Originally posted by UnusualBoy

Britney just can't win in Atrl, I'm sure that if she was having 150k or 200k first week you'd be like omg she's over Circus & FF sold more than that and all that crap, she's coming from her worst era in album sales and singles and y'all expect her to pull huge numbers? The numbers aren't amazing but taking all things into consideration, they aren't tragic either, just good. You all have more expectations over her than her own stanbase

150K would actually be amazing in this sales climate, and I think she'd get the praise that would be due to her for that at least. But 91K in pure sales would be miserable for any female pop star, regardless of whom they were.

But don't worry. Gaga and Katy will probably get their lashings when they release, no matter how much they end up selling.

[Lyrical.]

Originally posted by iheartBrit

Not when the majority of atrl was predicting a 50-60k opening.

I feel like those were troll predictions. In reality, I expected more than Britney Jean.

I suppose the sales climate is to blame though and I didn't really take that into account.

[Alexey]

Originally posted by ClashAndBurn

150K would actually be amazing in this sales climate, and I think she'd get the praise that would be due to her for that at least. But 91K in pure sales would be miserable for any female pop star, regardless of whom they were.

But don't worry. Gaga and Katy will probably get their lashings when they release, no matter how much they end up selling.

They won't sell much too. Gaga -115k-130k pure sales, Katy -135k-150k sales. No one is gonna perform big numbers unless it's some kind of apple exclusive which is working good for artists!

[Lukey]

Legend with that #3

Congrats Britney, you deserved higher, but take #3

[Zano]

Tragic numbers.

[Soapp]

Originally posted by UnusualBoy

Britney just can't win in Atrl, I'm sure that if she was having 150k or 200k first week you'd be like omg she's over Circus & FF sold more than that and all that crap, she's coming from her worst era in album sales and singles and y'all expect her to pull huge numbers? The numbers aren't amazing but taking all things into consideration, they aren't tragic either, just good. You all have more expectations over her than her own stanbase

You (her stans) constantly overhype everything she does. I've seen people say that her BBMAS perfomance was iconic, the word was thirsty for new music, the GP was on their toes for the VMA performance, and that she's still relevant and iconic. Nobody expects Britney to do better numbers but when her stans literally say things like that, people are going to drag y'all because the way that her stans think the 'GP' views her, she'd be looking at 300k+ first week sales.

[holocene]

lmao bye FGL, congrats Babs!

[Aqua]

Congrats Queen

[Ramooon]

Glory is the most promoted album of this year.
and yet it sold 91K

OK

[Jeiboy]

Florida Georgia Line - 147-152k SPS
Barbra - 150k+ PS/SPS

Britney - 115k SPS

#1 is a tight race!!! Rooting for Barbra

[Costa]

Originally posted by Ramooon

Glory is the most promoted album of this year.
and yet it sold 91K

OK

Girl focus on your own faves sales because THAT is tragic.

[Badgalbriel]

Oh, poor Britney. But it's fine, I guess. She's past her peak. 100k in 2016 is good for older acts.

[Alexey]

Originally posted by Ramooon

Glory is the most promoted album of this year.
and yet it sold 91K

OK

it's not.

[MrBeyonceFan]

Barbra

Yikes at Britney

[ClashAndBurn]

Originally posted by Alexey

They won't sell much too. Gaga -115k-130k pure sales, Katy -135k-150k sales. No one is gonna perform big numbers unless it's some kind of apple exclusive which is working good for artists!

Yeah, I don't think they will either. Still, Katy will probably get a hit or two from her album, which might push her ahead of your predictions. As for Gaga, I think the SPS will be just under Cheek To Cheek's pure sales debut (132k) Depends on if "Perfect Illusion" becomes at least a moderate hit or not.

Oh yeah. LG5 is looking to be an Apple Music exclusive as well, which is what's likely to hold Florida Georgia Line back from being #1 over Barbra. So that might not necessarily be a good thing, imo.

[umich]

Barbra the decades-old legend blocking the it boys of country

[Erreur2 La Nature]

Wow ! Everybody on ATRL thought Britney would do like 40-50k pure sales and she's doing almost 100k, 18 years into her career, that's just amazing

[UnusualBoy]

Originally posted by Soapp

You (her stans) constantly overhype everything she does. I've seen people say that her BBMAS perfomance was iconic, the word was thirsty for new music, the GP was on their toes for the VMA performance, and that she's still relevant and iconic. Nobody expects Britney to do better numbers but when her stans literally say things like that, people are going to drag y'all because the way that her stans think the 'GP' views her, she'd be looking at 300k+ first week sales.

Yeah, sure. I never saw any sane Britney stan say that but you can use that excuse if you want to try to drag us, I guess