[VyktorJonas]

Originally posted by kolbykooz

Y'all just wait for Hands of Me to smash

yes please

[EarStyle]

Sales are in the pits smh.

[4seldemari]

What did I tell you all?

All of you on here always overestimate everything she does. There was no way she was gonna do over 200k in the first place!

[ALA]

idk why some people were expecting 300k. If it sells through the year it'll be fine.

[Walk_Away21]

Sales these days

[Superpower]

Tragic.
Then again 2014 has been horrible for album sales.

[Haunted.]

Originally posted by Bentley13

This is what happens when you pay your fans dust with M&G's and be a bitch.

What is this T my good sis Bentley is serving us

[Haus]

How is 150-170k a bad number? she's still a brand new artist. Yours Truly was hardly her breakthrough, that was Problem. Those numbers are great.

[Alvajay]

Originally posted by Haus

How is 150-170k a bad number? she's still a brand new artist. Yours Truly was hardly her breakthrough, that was Problem. Those numbers are great.

Well her last album opened with about the same, so....not a good sign

[psychodj]

I don't get the disappointment with her sales. Albums don't sell like they used too, and even then, its been proven multiple times before that having a big hit does not equate to having big opening numbers. Longevity is what's important. Just because Ariana was slaying Itunes doesn't mean anything. Any increase is fine by me, at least she sold within the same range and didn't have a massive drop from her debut sales.

And honestly, I don't even consider Ariana a major pop girl and I'm a big fan. She's not there yet; give her time. Contrary to what you all believe or think, Ariana is not a household name.

[Fanik]

her career and 1st week sales remind me of Rih

that means she'll be fine in the long run.

[Diarrhoea]

I kinda want Rihanna, Katy, Gaga, anyone really to release her damn album so I can drag their 100K sales. Yall your faves couldn't sell well right now either, stop trying it

[Marq]

Welp. That's a lot less than I expected.

[Ash12345]

Originally posted by hello_world

I kinda want Rihanna, Katy, Gaga, anyone really to release her damn album so I can drag their 100K sales. Yall your faves couldn't sell well right now either, stop trying it

Watch taylor sell double that 150k.


Jk, it's fantastic numbers, hope she stays consistent with her hits and eventually gets platinum.

[Ghost]

I was expecting a Bangerz/ARTPOP/Prism kind of opening.

[thatsmydemi]

Originally posted by Starstruck.

People comparing this to Teenage Dream..............

OOTB: 49K
TD: 192K

YT: 138K
ME: 150K-170K

see the difference? Ariana has a dedicated fanbase but Katy doesn't and Katy wasn't a TV actress building her fanbase from a TV show + posting videos on Youtube of her singing

Stop with the comparison.

Clock them!

[BadBoy]

"The industry is the pits"

"Sales this days"

The excuses

How is the industry even a fact here when artist like Lana, Ed sheran and Sam Smith have opened with better numbers than Ariana without huge hits like Problem or even Break Free and Bang Bang, radio on her side, bigger fanbase and all the promo she got

[J-esper]

Originally posted by Mezter

People acting like this is flopping. Haters literally do anything to discredit people they hate

my thoughts exactly

[MM3]

[aphextwink]

Originally posted by ForeverNow90

all the other pop girls are struggling 4 or 5 eras into their career, not in their second era with 3 hit songs and huge promo

150-175k in today's sales climate is not 'struggling'. I wouldn't even call Demi & Selena's barely-100k 1st week #s (with big top ten hits and WAYYY more established fanbases) 'struggling'. y'all need to know when to use which terms instead of your usual SLAY!!/FLOP dichotomy, it's getting hella tedious