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Stats: Britney Spears US Soundscan Album Sales
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Album 8 will end up in-between Circus and In the Zone when it's all said and done.
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Originally posted by Lyzz the Monster
I thought ITZ sales were much higher
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She was the third bestselling female artist of the year behind Norah Jones and Alicia Keys. Hardly anyone was there for pop music back then and 'In the Zone' was the only pop album in the top 10 of the year-end chart that year. The album had only three singles and they didn’t perform well in the States, sans ‘Toxic:’
#35 Me Against The Music
#9 Toxic
#15 Everytime
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QUEEN BRITNEY
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Originally posted by Cz!
Her wig ain't safe.
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From who?
Noone's ever touching her sales. Not even Adele.
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Queen.
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i thought femme fatale was certified platinum
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Originally posted by mike_10
i thought femme fatale was certified platinum
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It was.
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10.5 million, "…Baby One More Time," 1999 + 1,600,000 sold at BMG Music Clubs = 12.1 million
9.2 million, "Oops!...I Did It Again," 2000 + 1,210,000 copies sold at BMG Music Clubs = +10.4 million
4.4 million, "Britney," 2001 + 588,000 sold at BMG Music Clubs = almost 5million
3 million, "In the Zone," 2003
1.7 million, "Circus," 2008
1.4 million, "Greatest Hits: "My Prerogative," 2004
1 million, "Blackout," 2007
755,000, "Femme Fatale," 2011
209,000, "The Singles Collection," 2009
131,000, "B in the Mix: The Remixes," 2005
24,000, "B in the Mix: The Remixes: Vol. 2," 2011
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Originally posted by Green
As the retooled "X Factor," with Spears and Lovato joining fellow judges Simon Cowell and Antonio "L.A." Reid, is set to return to Fox for the new fall season, let's look at the sales track records, per your requests, of the series' newcomers.
First, here are Spears' U.S. album sales to-date:
10.5 million, "…Baby One More Time," 1999
9.2 million, "Oops!...I Did It Again," 2000
4.4 million, "Britney," 2001 So with the 588k in sales they need to certify this damn album 5x platinum already
3 million, "In the Zone," 2003 they need to certify this damn album 3x platinum
1.7 million, "Circus," 2008
1.4 million, "Greatest Hits: "My Prerogative," 2004
1 million, "Blackout," 2007 they need to certify this damn album platinum already
755,000, "Femme Fatale," 2011
209,000, "The Singles Collection," 2009
131,000, "B in the Mix: The Remixes," 2005
24,000, "B in the Mix: The Remixes: Vol. 2," 2011
Spears' career album sales in the U.S. total 32.5 million. That makes her the 16th-best-selling album artist since the advent of SoundScan data in 1991.
http://www.billboard.com/#/column/ch...ce=most_recent
ITZ finally tops the 3 million mark and Blackout is officially at 1 million in the US
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Time to recertify.
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Originally posted by stronger23
Its like, every year her album sold 2- 4 million less then the last, & i wonder why the big diffrence from "oops" & "britney" you would think they would both be around the the same numbers seeing how they were released a year or so apart.
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Keeping in mind she transition from good girl with a wink to sex symbol...middle america stopped supporting Brit Brit.
It was marketing genius to start out oops and lucky as the good girl to get those sales...I think she was around 7/8 with those two singles and then transition in her career which would lose/gain some fans and she end up hitting 9M in sales 10X platinum as a result.
So she didn't really sell that much after the 2000 VMA (maybe 20% of her sales).
When Britney came out she started out with Slave for you which was a game changer but the sexuality in the look AND the music pushed middle america even further away.
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Originally posted by Cz!
Her wig ain't safe.
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Girl, ain't nobody (female at least) coming for the 21st century best selling female artist.
Her wig is glued to her scalp per usual...dem girls can keep trying though. It's fun see how close they can come without winning. Kii
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Awesome. Hopefully we get official digital singles next.
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Originally posted by ifyouseekLEM
Album 8 will end up in-between Circus and In the Zone when it's all said and done.
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As long as they continue releasing her albums during 4th quarter and she promotes the album, I think that it is very possible.
You have one of the best perspectives on ATRL.
Do you think she should release an album November/December this year?
I always wanted her to release her 8th album November 2013 but the momentum might be there.
I think she can record more music during this summer and fall. Late 2012 wedding.
Tour in the late winter/spring...so on and so forth.
Maybe a 2nd season...wouldn't mind her getting pregnant late 2013 since i know she wants a total of 5 kids.
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Blackout hitting the 1 million mark and ITZ 3 million We really gotta work on Femme Fatale gerls.
I can't believe that arguably one of her best album is also her lowest selling.
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Originally posted by mike_10
i thought femme fatale was certified platinum
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It was, for shipments i believe.
The Singles Collection shouldn't have been released. Not before Femme Fatale. With TXF coming, this would have been the perfect time to release a compilation. I don't know how she's gonna take advantage of her exposure in that show 'cause i know she ain't releasing a new album.
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Queen.
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What do the totals look like when you factor in BMG club sales?
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Femme Fatale sales are terrible. Huge flop.
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