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Originally posted by Meowster
Man, Utada Hikaru and Ayumi Hamasaki are legends.
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Spill that tea
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Originally posted by Duca
It was MUCH easier to sell albums back in 2000.
1989 will become the FIRST platinum 2014 release. In NOVEMBER.
When you adjust the market share, RED's 1.21m opening/4m total is equivalent to a 2.75m opening/9.1m total back in 2000.
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Not first week for females. In 2000, only three females topped the BB200 and each for only one week (Celine Dion, Madonna and Britney Spears).
The other female first week debuts above 100k were:
Madonna - Music - 420,000
Whitney - Whitney: The Greatest Hits - ? (#5 the week of OIDIA's release)
Toni Braxton - The Heat - 194,000
Lil Kim - The Notorious K.I.M. - 229,000
Sade - Lovers Rock - 370,000
Enya - A Day Without Rain - ?
I have no idea if Whitney or Enya made it with a 100k+ debut (I'd guess Whitney did), but there were only 7 100k+ debuts for solo females in 2000. Only four were above 200k. How was it so easy to debut with 1M+ back in the 2000s, exactly?
Edit: Thanks Cap10Planet