25 is the first album to sell more than 4 million copies in a calendar year since Adele's own 21 moved 4.41 million in 2012. (In fact, the only albums to sell at least 4 million in a calendar year since 2006 have been titles by Adele. Aside from 25 in 2015 and 21 in 2012, she also did it with 21 in 2011: 5.82 million.)
This opened about 40% over N'Sync's No strings attached and yet its second week is looking at being only 5% higher than theirs at most. And they were a boyband so normally more-fronloaded. And she had Black Friday.
No matter how you look at it, this is a poor drop. It's a bad sign for longevity.
BB said: 650K+ in 3 days ( 1M+ in 7 days) and..
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Originally posted by Idontcareaboutyou
To have a similar drop compared to N'Sync she needs to do 1.16 million.
But she's not a boy-band and there was Black Friday + Cyber Monday so she needs to do better than that.
At least 1.25M and I won't shade her. Though ideally she'd beat Oops for the second time.
Soon: at least 2M when BB will say 25 second week 1.2M
To have a similar drop compared to N'Sync she needs to do 1.16 million.
But she's not a boy-band and there was Black Friday + Cyber Monday so she needs to do better than that.
At least 1.25M and I won't shade her. Though ideally she'd beat Oops for the second time.
How exactly do you shade someone who has sold 4 million copies in 10 days, when 98 percent of artists these days are blessed to scan 4 million, period?
Yeah. What fridayteenage just said is on a 'Taylor could beat Britney's ex-record' or 'Taylor could sell 2 million copies in a week of her next album' or 'Taylor could sell more albums than Adele worldwide' level of delusion.
Soon: at least 2M when BB will say 25 second week 1.2M
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Originally posted by blewis1103
How exactly do you shade someone who has sold 4 million copies in 10 days, when 98 percent of artists these days are blessed to scan 4 million, period?
He does not realize how ridiculous his attempts to shade are.