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Originally posted by Nicole
Britney didn't sell a tremendous number of records either.
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I'm pretty sure Britney has sold at least 10 million records this era. The same cannot be said with Avril.
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TTT did well but not that well (2X platinum thanks to a remix).
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Only 300k of the sales from the remix for Till The World Ends counted for it's 2.4-2.7 million total in the US and the track sold even more globally. I don't know where your information has come from but it's faulty. The remix counts as a very low percentage of TTWE's total sales. It has easily sold 2 million+ without the remix.
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IWG did poorly compared to its AI. Criminal bombed. None of her songs did very well outside the US.
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All of Britney's singles went top 10 on the world chart bar Criminal.
Where were Avril's hits this era outside of the first single? Again Britney has multiple songs selling upwards of 3 million worldwide this era, while Avril underperformed in every single market. Britney's first three singles went top 10 in at least 10 countries each with her first two going top 10 in around 20 countries and number one in quite a few other markets.
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Britney toured but the tour was plagued with stories of Groupon deals, empty seats and poor performances which only added insult to the injury her image sustained after the 2008 lipsynching controversy. The little promo that she did was also met with media ridicule. True, Avril was sort of a non-entity but she didn't have the press scrutinizing her lack of dancing and singing. You have to look beyond the mere "Britney had a tour, Avril didn't" surface.
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Britney's tickets were more expensive then the average tour ticket which explains why she didn't have a lot of sell outs. But again it doesn't matter. Britney's tour grossed $70 million USD while Avril couldn't sell out venues that seated 3k people.
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Originally posted by Robertlavigne
Britney had more singles success although globally WTH was bigger than any of Brits singles.
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I'm pretty sure that's not true. At least not on a global level.