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Stats: Britney Spears: The Receipts
Member Since: 1/2/2014
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Originally posted by Anticipating
I updated my post with more receipts.
Her digital sales as of June 2012:
3,298,000, "Womanizer"
2,966,000, "Circus"
2,638,000, "Till the World Ends"
2,225,000, "3"
1,815,000, "Toxic"
1,713,000, "Gimme More"
1,592,000, "I Wanna Go"
1,520,000, "Hold It Against Me"
1,255,000, "If U Seek Amy"
511,000, "...Baby One More Time
465,000, "Oops!...I Did It Again"
470,000, "I'm A Slave 4 U"
Her digital sales as of June 2013:
3,391,484, "Womanizer" (93,484)
3,054,994, "Circus" (88,994)
2,815,099, "Till the World Ends" (177,099)
2,267,215, "3" (42,215)
1,976,797, "Toxic" (161,797)
1,811,278, "Piece Of Me" (41,278)
1,734,706, "Gimme More" (21,706)
1,673,026, "I Wanna Go" (81,026)
1,571,002, "Hold It Against Me" (51,002)
1,288,393, "If U Seek Amy" (33,393)
584,969, "...Baby One More Time (73,969)
526,953, "Oops!...I Did It Again" (56,953)
545,816, "I'm A Slave 4 U" (75,816)
Her catalog sold almost 1 million in a year during her break and not even counting all singles.
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omg toxic should have hit 2x Platinum now and TTWE 3x Platinum!!
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by slw84
That's not hard. Her singles are undercertified so...
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yeah but her songs don't really chart much on US iTunes from what i see that's why it's so surprising
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Member Since: 10/1/2011
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Originally posted by Lucyyyyyyyyy
yeah but her songs don't really chart much on US iTunes from what i see that's why it's so surprising
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Is this legit tho? Where he got the info?
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by coddiecollins
Is this legit tho? Where he got the info?
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No idea
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Member Since: 10/30/2010
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Britney's catalog sales ARE bad compared to her peers. You can manipulate numbers and say whatever, but when you stack her recurrent sales to Pink and Bey, they are not good.
GHMP is her only decent catalog seller in terms of albums. Toxic is a great catalog seller in terms of singles....Aside from that....
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Member Since: 2/7/2014
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Originally posted by Jennifer
Britney's catalog sales ARE bad compared to her peers. You can manipulate numbers and say whatever, but when you stack her recurrent sales to Pink and Bey, they are not good.
GHMP is her only decent catalog seller in terms of albums. Toxic is a great catalog seller in terms of singles....Aside from that....
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it's only natural
she rarely promotes anything anymore so it's hurting her catalogue sales
TTWE should be over 3M by now,right?
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Member Since: 10/1/2011
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Originally posted by Jennifer
Britney's catalog sales ARE bad compared to her peers. You can manipulate numbers and say whatever, but when you stack her recurrent sales to Pink and Bey, they are not good.
GHMP is her only decent catalog seller in terms of albums. Toxic is a great catalog seller in terms of singles....Aside from that....
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Well of course her catalogue sales r bad...she s away from media for 6 years...what did u expect everyone going crazy over her stuff?!
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Member Since: 10/1/2011
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Originally posted by popboi__
it's only natural
she rarely promotes anything anymore so it's hurting her catalogue sales
TTWE should be over 3M by now,right?
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Over 3m i dont think so...but its around there..
They should discount her songs often...
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Member Since: 10/1/2011
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Originally posted by Concrete
you forgot Work Bitch
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I think wb is around 950k
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by Jennifer
Britney's catalog sales ARE bad compared to her peers. You can manipulate numbers and say whatever, but when you stack her recurrent sales to Pink and Bey, they are not good.
GHMP is her only decent catalog seller in terms of albums. Toxic is a great catalog seller in terms of singles....Aside from that....
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And them girls get a ton of airplay and perform on TV. Britney's are actually amazing when you consider the facts.
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Originally posted by Lucyyyyyyyyy
And them girls get a ton of airplay and perform on TV. Britney's are actually amazing when you consider the facts.
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Lately ur very reasonable lucy..im proud
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Member Since: 6/5/2011
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Originally posted by Anticipating
You forgot FTBOMBH and WB!
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FTBOMBH aka my most favorite ballad will never reach 1m. It's forgettable as ****. The video has less views than other videos as well.
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Originally posted by Jennifer
Britney's catalog sales ARE bad compared to her peers. You can manipulate numbers and say whatever, but when you stack her recurrent sales to Pink and Bey, they are not good.
GHMP is her only decent catalog seller in terms of albums. Toxic is a great catalog seller in terms of singles....Aside from that....
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But why do you have to compare her to P!nk and Beyonce? That's such a stupid comparison. They're both a lot more commercially relevant than Britney has been in years. They actually promote and perform their old material outside their tours. If Britney had another big era like TTAL and actually promoted, there wouldn't be that much of a difference.
Her catalog sales are just fine compared to Xtina, Gaga, Miley, and most female artists actually. BOMT is a great catalog seller, it was selling 400-500 copies a week in 2013 and even sold over 1,000 in a single week back in 2012. That's amazing for a 16 year old album. TSC also does well. Her first self-titled has had decent catalog sales this decade as well.
Toxic is a great catalog seller, Circus, Womanizer, TTWE, BOMT, Slave, OIDIA, etc. also do well.
All of this is amazing considering she doesn't get crazy radio support and she hasn't had a TV performance in years.
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Originally posted by Bie
FTBOMBH aka my most favorite ballad will never reach 1m. It's forgettable as ****. The video has less views than other videos as well.
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Who cares? It's certified Platinum.
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I compare her to Beyonce and Pink bc those are her peers who are still successful.
The whole essence of your post is basically that "Britney hasn't been that successful recently so her catalog sales aren't bad considering that + she never performs", which is all fine and well but those are still just excuses at the end of the day.
Brit has a strong singles collection but I don't think any of her albums are classics, which is why the catalog sales blow. BOMT and Oopps obviously have the sales but they're regarded as kids albums with no artistic merit.
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Originally posted by coddiecollins
Well of course her catalogue sales r bad...she s away from media for 6 years...what did u expect everyone going crazy over her stuff?!
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Member Since: 4/6/2014
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Funny to see people sayin she's not a good catalog seller while she is the female artist who sold more albums of her generation
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Originally posted by bsdoacao3
Funny to see people sayin she's not a good catalog seller while she is the female artist who sold more albums of her generation
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well cause shes the best selling female artist of her generation doesnt mean her catalogue sales r good
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Member Since: 4/6/2014
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Originally posted by coddiecollins
well cause shes the best selling female artist of her generation doesnt mean her catalogue sales r good
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by Jennifer
I compare her to Beyonce and Pink bc those are her peers who are still successful.
The whole essence of your post is basically that "Britney hasn't been that successful recently so her catalog sales aren't bad considering that + she never performs", which is all fine and well but those are still just excuses at the end of the day.
Brit has a strong singles collection but I don't think any of her albums are classics, which is why the catalog sales blow. BOMT and Oopps obviously have the sales but they're regarded as kids albums with no artistic merit.
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Right but P!nk and Beyonce are newer (2000 and 2003) and more recently successful. Notably:
BOMT - 8,358,619 after 1 year (10,555,000 in Billboard's 2011 update)
The notion that BOMT is a weak seller is crazy. It sells almost 30k a year still even when Britney's inactive and it is 16 years old
Bey's best catalog seller, DIL, has done ~300k since 2011 and she has been promoting it like crazy (notably, "Crazy In Love" was re-recorded and put in a TV ad for 50 Shades of Grey).
P!nk has the best catalog sales of any pop girl atm but that can be attributed to her slow but steady build. The only girls with better catalog sales besides this bunch are Rihanna and Katy Perry. I believe Britney has better catalog sales than even Gaga.
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