The album is doing no where near as bad as people are making it out to be
54.3k in France is good considering the lack of a proper hit there.
I wouldn't be surprised if it reached 100k there with promo.
As for the U.K, it was at 164.1k there as of last week and this week it came in at 24. Album sales are down in general so it's around 170k.
If the next single isn't a hit, ARTPOP will end at 200k in the U.K. With a hit, 300k and Platinum