[Dark Matter]

Originally posted by l4ith

But Shakira isn't a US based artist, she is more 'international' than Britney Spears. She is HUGE elsewhere whilst still maintaining a fan base in the US. It's the fact that Britney (who once could sell out almost EVERY venue) can no longer sell out places in the country where she has the most fans.

They're all fringe market venues though, where the number of fans are limited, and the price is too high for most the casual market. Rihanna has the same problem.

[Duca]

Originally posted by l4ith

But Shakira isn't a US based artist, she is more 'international' than Britney Spears. She is HUGE elsewhere whilst still maintaining a fan base in the US. It's the fact that Britney (who once could sell out almost EVERY venue) can no longer sell out places in the country where she has the most fans.

"Hold It Against Me" hit top 2 in 14 countries. "Till The World Ends" hit top 6 in 15 countries. "Femme Fatale" hit top 2 in 11 countries.

"I Wanna Go" hit #1 in Korea before being announced as a single and sold over 400,000 copies there before official release.

[l4ith]

Yeah I guess so; in some ways I hope I'm wrong because Britney is fantastic and I want her to do really well.

[Jennifer]

Originally posted by Duca

Yet the met and greets are all sold out.

And the concerts are not sold out, but are far from not doing well:

Where did you get this from??

[Dark Matter]

I still don't see the fuss though. Who cares? Selling "only" 99.5% of all available tickets does not herald the end of her career.

Some of you haters are embarrassing.

[Duca]

Originally posted by Jennifer

Where did you get this from??

Ticket Network.

[LightandDarkness]

As some of you guys said earlier, she's no longer in her prime years and the fact that she's still able to do a world tour, speaks volumes.... Even with Femme Fatale only selling 558K. Will some of these current pop stars make it over 10 years strong?

[Mole]

Still a great tour!

[Duca]

Originally posted by LightandDarkness

As some of you guys said earlier, she's no longer in her prime years and the fact that she's still able to do a world tour, speaks volumes.... Even with Femme Fatale only selling 558K. Will some of these current pop stars make it over 10 years strong?

It's actually 565K, 17K sold last week. It has sold more than double worldwide.

[LightandDarkness]

Originally posted by Duca

It's actually 565K, 17K sold last week. It has sold more than double worldwide.

Thanks, but you get the direction I'm trying to go with this!

[Adz]

Tickets for Circus were going for 99 cents so this is quite an upgrade.
She is known for her frill free tours.

[BeerJunkie]

Originally posted by l4ith

As much as I love Britney and Femme Fatale, I think her career is over.

You shouldn't worry about britney and britney's career. You should worry about your idol's career.

Britney's more than fine.

Stop hating.

[Reza]

Originally posted by LightandDarkness

As some of you guys said earlier, she's no longer in her prime years and the fact that she's still able to do a world tour, speaks volumes.... Even with Femme Fatale only selling 558K. Will some of these current pop stars make it over 10 years strong?

yes. always with the tea gurl!!

[Duca]

Originally posted by Adz

Tickets for Circus were going for 99 cents so this is quite an upgrade.
She is known for her frill free tours.

They were bought full price, auctioned starting from 99 cents.

"The truth is these are the grubs that buy tickets on every show and try and make a fortune on eBay," Dainty fumed yesterday. "They're not interested in the artist. They're just profiteers. They buy tickets for $200 and think they that when the concerts sell-out they will offload them for $500."

You tried.

[LightandDarkness]

Originally posted by uclaboi2003

yes. always with the tea gurl!!

[Mister Martian]

Everyone knows Yahoo's blog is run by someone who hates Britney and Beyonce. Their shade is usually unwarranted.

If you checked any of the first round of dates all the way up to the Atlanta, it was impossible to get seats on the floor or first level. 0 tickets for the lower levels were sold on the discount prices. The discount was to sell enough of the upper level seats for the show to be called "Sold Out" among the first cities. Since there is a lot less time to sell them, they throw incentives to make people more aware. This isn't anything new. Beyonce's tickets for her last tour in ATL were as low as $20 right before the show date.

It's funny how Yahoo seems to be against discounted tour tickets but praised a heavily discount album. SMH.

[muddysquirrel]

They should all (Britney, Rihanna, Bey) head over to Taylors for some tips how to sell tickets. 52 000 people @Pittsburgh stadium a few days ago.

[the_heat]

Originally posted by l4ith

As much as I love Britney and Femme Fatale, I think her career is over.

Britney sold out her first two nights.

What led you to that conclusion?

[britneyspears98]

this thread is so funny. even FF is selling more than Onyx which everyone considers her "Peak" and yet haters are saying her career is over.


iPayOne Center San Diego 11,578 / 14,391 (80%)

Save Mart Center Fresno 12,710 / 13,000 (98%)
MGM Grand Arena Las Vegas 13,297 / 13,297 (100%)
Rose Garden Arena Portland 7,781 / 11,562 (62%) $509,675 just 7k tickets sold yet they got 509,675 dollars!!

[KeirGrey]

A beyonce stan talking about international popularity