Around 185,000 copies of first week sales reportedly came from that album-ticket bundling. The album sold 48,000 copies in its second week, the largest second-week percentage sales drop for a number-one debuting album in Soundscan history.
Madonna didn't exactly "sell" 359k copies. Lady Gaga will easily surpass her.
Yes she did. It was an option when you purchased tickets to buy the album. They were legitimate sales of the album, and nothing was given away for free. You tried.
Yes she did. It was an option when you purchased tickets to buy the album. They were legitimate sales of the album, and nothing was given away for free. You tried.
Yes she did. It was an option when you purchased tickets to buy the album. They were legitimate sales of the album, and nothing was given away for free. You tried.
But many of Madonna's sales came through a bundle option, in which fans who purchased tickets for her upcoming tour received a code that could be redeemed for either a physical CD or a digital download of the album.
The individual patrons didn't pay extra for the bundles, she jacked up everyone's prices to include those albums, supposedly. You'll notice their rules got even more explicit right after Madonna "sold" so many copies of her album.
The individual patrons didn't pay extra for the bundles, she jacked up everyone's prices to include those albums, supposedly. You'll notice their rules got even more explicit right after Madonna "sold" so many copies of her album.
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All 185,000 fans who used the Madonna redemption code were the first in line to buy tickets to her tour. These are her top fans, each of whom were eager to shell out anywhere from $50 to more than $350 for a seat. If no bundle existed, do you really think a large portion of these fans wouldn't have purchased the album?
You realize that doesn't refute the point that those are just the fans who accepted the free download. All of those ticket prices were regular ticket prices
You realize that doesn't refute the point that those are just the fans who accepted the free download. All of those ticket prices were regular ticket prices
Wow, again?
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Madonna fans who redeemed that code are not receiving the album for free. The price of Madonna's album was bundled into the ticket purchase.
According to Billboard she sold 359K first week. /end.
