People should know by now that unless you have a solid fanbase, having one or two hit singles doesn't necessarily equate to solid album sales. Carly had CMM and her album bombed. This album bombed for the same reason.
I'm guessing most of those sales came from the UK. His album is gonna chart fairly highly here.
Carly's album has sold around 1 million copies worldwide if I'm not mistaken, she didn't outright bomb like will.i.am (and we all know he won't have longevity).
You people really think that's bad? I mean, besides the fact he doesn't have a proper fanbase, who expected him to do any more than 40k worldwide before 'Scream & Shout' blew up?