I never said that the UK and other countries weren't affected by the illegal downloading etc etc, but the UK's sales aren't lackluster. If anyone thinks Starships selling 864,000+ in the UK is lackluster, then they'd be wrong to think that. There's only been 2 million sellers this year (3 if you include Bad Romance) and those are Blurred Lines and Get Lucky. The UK doesn't have lackluster sales, their sales just look lackluster in comparison to the US sales.
US sales are lackluster, UK sales are lack luster. Japan is the only country whose sales are not lackluster.