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Stats: Madonna's updated US sales (last four studio albums)
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Originally posted by Dark Phoenix
i though COADF was at 1.8M
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I thought it was 5x platinum
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Originally posted by Mr. Fahrenheit
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Agreed. Their faves are selling 2-6 million at their peak now, in their 20s. Their 50s will make Madonna's current career in the US look like True Blue.
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EXACTLY.
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Originally posted by Lovatostan
Wasn't the album released in like 2003? she's Madonna, it should've sold more than 1 million at least.
I mean if it sold 680k now then it would've been impressive but it was 2003 like come on.
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American Life had a HUGE backlash in America so her being "Madonna" has nothing to do with it. And my point about her being 20 years into her career at that time still stand. Nobody sell millions and millions forever, even more with a backlash and no airplay
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Originally posted by Lovatostan
Wasn't the album released in like 2003? she's Madonna, it should've sold more than 1 million at least.
I mean if it sold 680k now then it would've been impressive but it was 2003 like come on.
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Madonna's peak was long ago
She's not an IT girl or a new comer or even a hot cake
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Originally posted by M-D-N-A
Madonna's peak was long ago
She's not an IT girl or a new comer or even a hot cake
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Exactly. Some people on here really seem to think that artists sell as much as their peak forever
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Find me ONE artist who was big in the 80s or even 90s who can still sell albums!
Whitney, Celine, Janet, MiMi, Alanis etc they are ALL flopping!!!
MiMi had a good moment is 2005 because she is way younger than the rest but that was it. Her last album BOMBED worldwide and it did not even sell 500k in the US. And she is 10 years younger than Madonna.
At least Madonna still sells ok worldwide. Even MDNA has doke ok worldwide.
Look at her tours though! Always massive.
You think your favs are going to have the best selling album of the year in 30 years? Don't be delusional gurls! Your favs are FLOPS even now at their peak compared to what Madonna, Janet, Mimi, Celine, Whitney, Alanis, Shania etc have accomplished.
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Originally posted by jason_z89
Find me ONE artist who was big in the 80s or even 90s who can still sell album!
Whitney, Celine, Janet, MiMi, Alanis etc they are ALL flopping!!!
MiMi had a good moment is 2005 because she is way younger than the rest but that was it. her last album BOMBED worldwide and it did not even sell 500k in the US. And she is 10 year younger than Madonna.
At least Madonna still sells ok worldwide. Even MDNA has doke ok worldwide.
Look at her tours though!
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I It actually did sell over 500K
Whitney's last album was platinum and did well worldwide.
Celine's last album did like 4 million worldwide and platinum in the U.S
Janet's last album is close to 500K
All of the big female artists are still doing well for their circumstances, including Madonna. She's not the only one who has stood the test of time commercially.
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Whitney never flopped.
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Originally posted by fortheloveofmusic
I It actually did sell over 500K
Whitney's last album was platinum and did well worldwide.
Celine's last album did like 4 million worldwide and platinum in the U.S
Janet's last album is close to 500K
All of the big female artists are still doing well for their circumstances, including Madonna. She's not the only one who has stood the test of time commercially.
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Worldwide only Madonna is still big though. Tourwise she's always been huge in the US too.
Don't tell me that Janet, MiMi and Celine can play stadiums or sell albums in Europe and Latin America sis. Even in the US, look at what happened the last time MiMi and Janet tried to tour! They played in theaters but they still struggled.
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MDNA is really not that bad all things considered. "Girl Gone Wild" would have received huge airplay if it were a Rihanna or Katy single but radio is ageist....and the lead single was just WRONG this era. It needed to be reworked, had another hook added and had the features and the cheer-leading chants removed.
Now let's post her worldwide sales (WHAT COUNTS, I don't know why some people have such a local mindset, the US is not the centre of the world or where most of M's money is coming from)
American Life: 4 million
Confessions on a Dancefloor: 12 million
Hard Candy: 4 million
MDNA: 1.7-2 million
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Originally posted by jason_z89
Worldwide only Madonna is still big though. Tourwise she's always been huge in the US too.
Don't tell me that Janet, MiMi and Celine can play stadiums or sell albums in Europe and Latin America sis. Even in the US, look at what happened the last time MiMi and Janet tried to tour! They played in theaters but they still struggled.
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Celine could still do stadiums/arenas if she wanted to. Mimi was never a touring act. It takes a strain on her fragile voice. She's not built for that kind of strenuous vocal activity. Janet's theater tour was decently successful and the fact that she still has an audience in the U.K, Australia, South Africa, Asia etc is indicative of her longevity also.
Madonna is doing well touring wise but all of the female 'legends' are doing ok commercially. Oh and COADF did not do 12 million, but ok
Let's applaud all of the female legends
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Originally posted by jason_z89
Find me ONE artist who was big in the 80s or even 90s who can still sell albums!
Whitney, Celine, Janet, MiMi, Alanis etc they are ALL flopping!!!
MiMi had a good moment is 2005 because she is way younger than the rest but that was it. Her last album BOMBED worldwide and it did not even sell 500k in the US. And she is 10 years younger than Madonna.
At least Madonna still sells ok worldwide. Even MDNA has doke ok worldwide.
Look at her tours though! Always massive.
You think your favs are going to have the best selling album of the year in 30 years? Don't be delusional gurls! Your favs are FLOPS even now at their peak compared to what Madonna, Janet, Mimi, Celine, Whitney, Alanis, Shania etc have accomplished.
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Mariah's latest sold 1.5M WW, about the same as MDNA.
Celine and Whitney's latest both did about 2.5M WW.
Janet's latest sold over 1M WW.
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Originally posted by Remixed
Legends on A Dance Floor
The other ones...
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It's not even a good album for Madonna. It's like...near the middle of the pack
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Originally posted by Honey
Mariah's latest sold 1.5M WW, about the same as MDNA.
Celine and Whitney's latest both did about 2.5M WW.
Janet's latest sold over 1M WW.
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Where are you getting these numbers for Memoirs and Janet's last album?
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And worldwide these are not flops...American Life sold 4 million copies ww.
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Originally posted by Billboard
I agree that "MDNA" is likely underrated, with
"Love Spent" a potential hit that, sadly, may
never get its chance as a single
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billboard knows the true tea
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Originally posted by CloseMyEyes
Where are you getting these numbers for Memoirs and Janet's last album?
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I did a rough estimate of Janet's.
For Mariah, Memoirs sold 1M in the US, Japan, and UK alone. It sold about 300K - 500K everywhere else.
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Originally posted by fortheloveofmusic
I thought it was 5x platinum
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Me too. Wtf? MDNA and Hard Candy are nothing special, but Confessions deserves so much more.
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gold for MDNA is very good actually, considering the singles flopped with a hit single she could still sell so much more, she needs to find that magic
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Originally posted by Tainted Blood
American Life had a HUGE backlash in America so her being "Madonna" has nothing to do with it. And my point about her being 20 years into her career at that time still stand. Nobody sell millions and millions forever, even more with a backlash and no airplay
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Originally posted by M-D-N-A
Madonna's peak was long ago
She's not an IT girl or a new comer or even a hot cake
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What are you talking about? I know it had a lot of backlash and plus I even praised MDNA for selling 500k at this time and day.
like, MDNA sold 500k with BARELY airplay, how come American Life only sold 150k more?
COADF sold 1.7 million and Hung Up wasn't even Top 15 on pop radio
1 Million for Madonna in 2003 isn't a stretch, heck even 900k-850k would be a lot better.
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