Cheryls album came out 1 day ago officially so that's pretty good for pre-orders and it will rise this week due to it officially being out and the tv promotion just started
Yeah I expected that for Cheryl. I said PF, Queen, FF and Ed would out-sell her, and potentially Sam because of X Factor. Kinda lower sales than I originally thought (25-35k), at this point it's not gonna do any more than (20-25k). Total sales are normally first day *2, so it'll end up about 23k.
Good for her but kinda deserves to be at least top 5 with those sales. Hope she has longevity. It just shows how hard it is for UK females after their debut album to be treated right in their own market. The top 5 debuts for UK females this year are:
1. Sam Bailey (73k),
2. Ella Henderson (44k)
3. Paloma Faith (37k)
4. Lily Allen (35k)
5. Jessie J (17k)
The top 2 are both debut albums by UK females, so she'd have the 3rd highest non-debut for a UK female in 2014, if she debuts with more than Jessie. That's not too bad, is it? It just shows how tragic sales are for UK females nowadays. Someone correct me if I forgot an album. (I'm talking about British females not Americans btw; hence no Taylor/Lana).
I expected Cheryl to be top 5 and I get that she's got some rivals but still I thought she'd sell more than this.
Even her fans must agree that this IS under-performing after 2 #1 singles that announced the album. She might be giving the "UK Queen of 2014" crown to Ella after all. She had a #1 and #7 single and still debuted at #1.
Here's some advice for Cheryl: if you want to save the album sales, release Only Human next.