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Originally posted by RickyH.
Could you imagine if Taylor really does break Britney's record? Imagine what she would have sold back in 2000.
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She would've sold considerably less in 2000.
She would've had a day less of sales (albums only came out on Tuesdays), no digital album sales, record stores would be open 10 hours less a day (Walmart/Target, their power), less retailers were counted for Soundscan, etc.
Shania Twain, whose
Up! was the predecessor to
1989, debuted with less than 800k after following-up the biggest female studio album of all-time,
Come On Over.
Surprisingly, first week sales for females are considerably higher in the 2010s than they were in 90s/early 2000s. That being said, the albums are also considerably more frontloaded.