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Chart Listings: HITS & SoundScan Top Albums (May 23-30, 2011)
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Originally posted by YM8
Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent are truly amazing for accomplishing this  |
And so is Brit 
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Originally posted by MrPeanut
And back when album sales were 3x higher.  |
And back when albums cost $19.99, not $.99.
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Member Since: 5/13/2011
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Originally posted by supaspaz
And back when albums cost $19.99, not $.99.
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And back when no-one know how to download it for free. 
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Member Since: 8/3/2010
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Originally posted by supaspaz
And back when albums cost $19.99, not $.99.
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Albums are free now 
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Member Since: 8/14/2007
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Albums have always been free.
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Member Since: 7/12/2009
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Not in the 2000s. The internet wasn't as big, lots of people didn't have an internet connection and the ripping software wasn't as good as it is today. Experts have estimated that Lady Gaga already had a billion (!) illegal downloads.
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Originally posted by supaspaz
And back when albums cost $19.99, not $.99.
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If you consider the inflation and purchasing power, it's still the same at the same costs in cases where albums are $9. Amazon isn't the only store that sold loads of BTW copies. Don't forget iTunes where the deluxe is #1 and $16,-
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Member Since: 9/25/2001
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Originally posted by Alexz
Albums have always been free.
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Maybe so, but there were nowhere NEAR the capacity they are now.
Nobody downloaded illegally in the states until the Napster wave came through which changed the entire music industry.
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Member Since: 8/10/2010
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Originally posted by supaspaz
And back when albums cost $19.99, not $.99.
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And back when the U.S. wasn't in a recession.
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Member Since: 9/4/2006
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Originally posted by Peep
Experts have estimated that Lady Gaga already had a billion (!) illegal downloads.
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Member Since: 8/14/2007
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A billion is 1 sixth of the World's population. Let's not reach.
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Member Since: 8/8/2006
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what is the difference between buying an album for 1 dollar than illegally downloading it tho 
In fact when you download an album illegally it is not guaranteed to be HQ and it is annoying to pass through pages of links taken down and stuff 
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Member Since: 11/24/2009
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Britney fans, let's keep up with the times, shall we? It's 2011, not 1998. The R-rated comedy wowing audiences in theatres right now is The Hangover 2, not There's Something About Mary. The teeny bop sensation making tween girls scream is Justin Bieber, not The BackStreet Boys. And albums simply cannot sell like they used to. Not when last year, in the UK alone (a country that is generally good at buying music), over 1.2 BILLION songs were illegally downloaded. That's just the UK. Why else did Britney go from scoring diamond albums to huffing and puffing her way to 500K?
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Member Since: 5/2/2011
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i'm sick and tired of seeing brit stans trying to compare the music industry in 2000 to 2011- its completely useless!
they are sooooooo ****ing pressed
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Member Since: 2/17/2010
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole
Britney fans, let's keep up with the times, shall we? It's 2011, not 1998. The R-rated comedy wowing audiences in theatres right now is The Hangover 2, not There's Something About Mary. The teeny bop sensation making tween girls scream is Justin Bieber, not The BackStreet Boys. And albums simply cannot sell like they used to. Not when last year, in the UK alone (a country that is generally good at buying music), over 1.2 BILLION songs were illegally downloaded. That's just the UK. Why else did Britney go from scoring diamond albums to huffing and puffing her way to 500K?
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Well that's mainly because the public has lost interest in her. Britney Spears now is not Britney Spears.
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Originally posted by BNF91
i'm sick and tired of seeing brit stans trying to compare the music industry in 2000 to 2011- its completely useless!
they are sooooooo ****ing pressed
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The thing is that certain Stefani stans seem to ignore the music industry change too, just to maximize Britney's decline in sales.
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Member Since: 7/23/2010
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole
Britney fans, let's keep up with the times, shall we? It's 2011, not 1998. The R-rated comedy wowing audiences in theatres right now is The Hangover 2, not There's Something About Mary. The teeny bop sensation making tween girls scream is Justin Bieber, not The BackStreet Boys. And albums simply cannot sell like they used to. Not when last year, in the UK alone (a country that is generally good at buying music), over 1.2 BILLION songs were illegally downloaded. That's just the UK. Why else did Britney go from scoring diamond albums to huffing and puffing her way to 500K?
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promo
she did promo but not as much as beyonce, rihanna or gaga
it look like she just want to do music and she don't cae bout promo are sell 
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Member Since: 9/25/2001
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole
Britney fans, let's keep up with the times, shall we? It's 2011, not 1998. The R-rated comedy wowing audiences in theatres right now is The Hangover 2, not There's Something About Mary. The teeny bop sensation making tween girls scream is Justin Bieber, not The BackStreet Boys. And albums simply cannot sell like they used to. Not when last year, in the UK alone (a country that is generally good at buying music), over 1.2 BILLION songs were illegally downloaded. That's just the UK. Why else did Britney go from scoring diamond albums to huffing and puffing her way to 500K?
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This.
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Member Since: 7/13/2010
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Originally posted by !!!
The thing is that certain Stefani stans seem to ignore the music industry change too, just to maximize Britney's decline in sales.
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No, if anything Stefani fans point it out continuously to show that how many albums Gaga is selling is just as impressive as Britneys 1.3 mill debut even if she doesnt get there.
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Member Since: 7/23/2010
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Originally posted by !!!
The thing is that certain Stefani stans seem to ignore the music industry change too, just to maximize Britney's decline in sales.
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can't wat for gaga next album will she sell an other 1m+ copies for 0.99 ? will she become the Britney spears or the Christina aguilera?
but one thing is for sure she will never other 10m+ cd
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Member Since: 9/4/2006
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Originally posted by L/\DY G/\G/\
No, if anything Stefani fans point it out continuously to show that how many albums Gaga is selling is just as impressive as Britneys 1.3 mill debut even if she doesnt get there.
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Yes. I was generally speaking because that's not a recent thing. It has nothing to do with the "Born This Way" release.
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