How is this even possible? Album sales are supposed to suck and not have longevity, its 2012. Red is proving us wrong while every other album proves us right
Clearly people need to change their definition of what a flop/underperformance is. How can it flop if you are selling the same as the majority? It's all relative. It seems that for the US:
Decent/good opening: 100-300K
Great opening: 300K+
Good overall sales: 500K-799K
Hit album: 800K-1.2M
Taylor and Buble-like sales are the exceptions that make the rule.
21-type sales are a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.
Clearly people need to change their definition of what a flop/underperformance is. How can it flop if you are selling the same as the majority? It's all relative. It seems that for the US:
Decent/good opening: 100-300K
Great opening: 300K+
Good overall sales: 500K-799K
Hit album: 800K-1.2M
Taylor and Buble-like sales are the exceptions that make the rule.
21-type sales are a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.