[dirrtydiana]

Originally posted by GiftFromGod

I feel like if Brit came to prominence today instead of 15 years ago, she would be overshadowed by a lot of much more talented pop stars who share the same audience as her. 15 years ago, she has very few competition in the teen market, and even then, her competition with the boy bands benefited all of them.

What competition does Tay have right now? Katy? 1D? None of them are releasing right now but TS.

Britney had no competition in 99 but by 00, the world was full of Britney clones and her completion was mainly xtina, DC, and Em as far as big sellers go.

[mikeyace16]

Any chance of getting another update before tomorrow?

[Eternium]

Originally posted by Rolland

Gaga's opening doesn't count, we all know how she got that and about Adele, we will see. And yes, '10s has had more milli female openings solely thanks to Taylor, which is EXACTLY my point. Her achievement(s) >>>>>> Britney's. So, you're basically agreeing with me but I guess your delusion as a Britney stan keeps you away from accepting it. And what does being a fighter has to do with anything? The desperation and excuses.

It completely does. Billboard didn't change the rules, yet. That would be like me saying Taylor's opening "doesn't count" because her albums are being sold considerably cheaper than albums from 2000 or because she had an extra day of sales. You can't just decide someone's achievement "doesn't count"

You literally have nothing to say other than "The ARMY IS FUMING!" yet no Army member is in here having a meltdown. The only people in their feelings are the usual trolls and it's highlighted by the fact that you can't even respond to what I said with my post but instead revert to "THE ARMY IS MELTING DOWN." Lay off the tacky gifs, generalizations and bandwagoning for your own sake, Rolland.

Originally posted by GiftFromGod

I feel like if Brit came to prominence today instead of 15 years ago, she would be overshadowed by a lot of much more talented pop stars who share the same audience as her. 15 years ago, she has very few competition in the teen market, and even then, her competition with the boy bands benefited all of them.

Britney debuted when Celine Dion, Shania Twain and Destiny's Child were peaking. On top of that, TLC, Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Deborah Cox, etc. were slaying.

Do you really think talented artists like Katy Perry, Rihanna and Taylor Swift would've blocked Britney when pop royalty themselves couldn't?

Originally posted by iHype.

Yet, still -- debuting with higher numbers was easier in 2000 than 2010, 2011, 2012, and now 2014.



Year-End Sales.
2000: 785 million
2001: 762 million
2002: 680 million
2003: 656 million
2004: 681 million


1994: 622 million (including Single Sales)
1995: 556 million
1996: 556 million
1997: 586 million
1998: 623 million
1999: 660 million

1991-1993 sales are lower than 94-99.

So again, as I said sales peaked in the early 2000's.

Anymore wrong information everyone is disagreeing with?

It was for males, at least.

I'd like to know how your numbers include single sales when album sales from 1996-1999 looked like this:
1999: 754.8 million
1998: 711 million
1997: 651.8 million
1996: 616.6 million

That's from Soundscan's report from 2013 and doesn't include 6 years of the 90s. Source: http://gloriousnoise.com/2014/music-...soundscan-data

Originally posted by Rolland

Plus their fumes all over this thread, and specially the fact that they are quoting every single post in the last few pages addressing Spears.

Clocking you for trolling isn't the same thing as fuming I believe I also dragged you when you pretended to be a Madonna stan and use her receipts to "drag" Britney. This is no different.

[iforgiveyou]

Originally posted by mikeyace16

Any chance of getting another update before tomorrow?

HDD is random anymore. In the early 2000s they'd literally update every hour on the hour during Monday & Tuesday. It was fun. These days, they do a few random updates and call it good. Granted, back then there were hundreds of music stores reporting. Now, not so much.

[Ryan]

Amazing feat.

[Buffy]

This is a headache. Where are the other numbers???

[Eternium]

Originally posted by Buffy

This is a headache. Where are the other numbers???

They won't be out till Tuesday and even then they won't be official until Billboard announces the Nielsen Soundscan numbers (often different than HDD's numbers). I highly recommend just waiting for title changes on this thread or for Wednesday's update.

[Neptune]

50% - 963k

[Nicole]

50.65%

LW TW artist / album label sales index
-- 1 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 963,573
1989
-- 2 SAM HUNT MCA NASHVILLE 49,697
MONTEVALLO
-- 3 NOW 52 NOW 41,571
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 4 CHRIS TOMLIN SIXSTEPSRECORDS 22,313
LOVE RAN RED
-- 5 BLACK VEIL BRIDES LAVA/REPUBLIC 16,719
BLACK VEIL BRIDES
1 6 SLIPKNOT ROADRUNNER 15,938
.5: THE GRAY CHAPTER
-- 7 TRIP LEE REACH 14,820
RISE
11 8 SAM SMITH CAPITOL 12,258
IN THE LONELY HOUR
5 9 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 11,912
ANYTHING GOES
15 10 HOZIER COLUMBIA 11,883
HOZIER
3 11 T.I. GRAND HUSTLE/COLUMBIA 11,801
PAPERWORK
6 12 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 11,151
OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT
4 13 LOGIC DEF JAM 9,854
UNDER PRESSURE
-- 14 YUSUF/CAT STEVENS LEGACY 9,360
TELL 'EM I'M GONE
-- 15 BARRY MANILOW VERVE 9,152
MY DREAM DUETS
-- 16 LED ZEPPELIN RHINO 8,894
IV
-- 17 RANCID EPITAPH 8,624
HONOR IS ALL WE KNOW
-- 18 JAGGED EDGE BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT 8,437
JE HEARTBREAK TOO
10 19 ANNIE LENNOX BLUE NOTE 8,232
NOSTALGIA
-- 20 DILLON FRANCIS COLUMBIA 8,136
MONEY SUCKS, FRIENDS RULE
21 21 ED SHEERAN ATLANTIC 7,853
X
7 22 BARBRA STREISAND COLUMBIA 7,640
PARTNERS
17 23 MAROON 5 222/INTERSCOPE 7,269
V
-- 24 STALLEY ATLANTIC 7,257
OHIO
2 25 NEIL DIAMOND CAPITOL 6,879
MELODY ROAD
9 26 PENTATONIX RCA 6,851
THAT'S CHRISTMAS TO ME
-- 27 LED ZEPPELIN RHINO 6,431
HOUSES OF THE HOLY
18 28 FROZEN WALT DISNEY 6,102
SOUNDTRACK
12 29 TONY BENNETT & LADY GAGA COLUMBIA/INTERSCOPE 6,000
CHEEK TO CHEEK
-- 30 CHRIS WEBBY EONE 5,465
CHEMICAL IMBALANCE
25 31 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLLYWOOD 5,183
SOUNDTRACK
8 32 LITTLE BIG TOWN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 4,713
PAIN KILLER
37 33 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 4,673
CRASH MY PARTY
31 34 KENNY CHESNEY BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASH 4,576
THE BIG REVIVAL
20 35 YOU+ME RCA 4,509
ROSE AVE
-- 36 ERIC CHURCH EMI NASHVILLE 4,230
THE OUTSIDERS
28 37 ARIANA GRANDE REPUBLIC 3,939
MY EVERYTHING
13 38 ARETHA FRANKLIN RCA 3,869
SINGS THE GREAT DIVA CLASSICS
14 39 BOB SEGER CAPITOL 3,258
RIDE OUT
16 40 SUSAN BOYLE SYCO/COLUMBIA 3,178
HOPE
29 41 CHRIS BROWN RCA 3,115
X
48 42 PRINCE NPG/WARNER BROS. 2,953
ART OFFICIAL AGE
44 43 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER CAPITOL 2,888
5 SECONDS OF SUMMER
-- 44 MILKY CHANCE REPUBLIC 2,726
SADNECESSARY
-- 45 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 2,717
RED
-- 46 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 2,608
BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE
46 47 ALT-J ATLANTIC 2,491
THIS IS ALL YOURS
24 48 U2 INTERSCOPE 2,447
SONGS OF INNOCENCE
27 49 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 2,433
747
38 50 JEEZY DEF JAM 2,358
SEEN IT ALL

[Team.B]

She has the record on lock

[Romantica]

963,573 OMG 50%

HELP

[hellocory]

Death

[Poe Dameron]

Originally posted by Neptune

50% - 963k

JESUS

[Eternium]

Incredible numbers

[Retro]

Damn

[iHype.]

Originally posted by Eternium

I
I'd like to know how your numbers include single sales when album sales from 1996-1999 looked like this:
1999: 754.8 million
1998: 711 million
1997: 651.8 million
1996: 616.6 million

That's from Soundscan's report from 2013 and doesn't include 6 years of the 90s. Source: http://gloriousnoise.com/2014/music-...soundscan-data

Only 1994's included Single Sales, because they did an overall unit sales at the end of 1994 without seperating.

All of those weeks came straight from Billboard's reports during the last weeks. Granted they didn't publish Magazines nor Charts on Christmas weeks that's where any difference would probably come from. But even looking at your link, my point is still proven that sales peaked early 2000's.

[mikeyace16]

Only The Female Jesus

[phreshprince]

WOW

[YR.]

[Princedele21]

She broked it.