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Originally posted by ShineOverShadow
Hm, still pretty bad numbers for currently having the biggest radio hit ever, and the biggest song of the year. He should have pulled in at least 250k.
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Hm. No.
Robin is not some kind of major player in the music scene. He got lucky with Blurred Lines. Teenage Dream sold 190K with two gigantic hits and she came from a huge era with 3 top 10 singles, two of them reaching the top 3 and a Global #1 hit. Bruno Mars sold 190K as well with a huge song and he also came from a huge era with 2 #1 songs and 3 top 10 hits. He also released the album on the 4th quarter and on December when shoppers' buying power are at an all time high. If you wanna compare The 20/20 Experience, Justin Timberlake was on hiatus and took a break after the highly successful Future Sex Love Sounds which spawned two multiple week #1s. This is Robin's first Top 10 hit and first #1 hit, people do not have the urge to buy his album yet since all of them already bought Blurred Lines. If the next singles will be successful and reach the top 10 I can guarantee you that his next album's first week numbers will reach 200K and his next lead single will debut inside the top 20 at the least.
Considering all the factors, the album did spawn impressive numbers for someone who never had a top ten hit and was completely local before this year.