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Chart Listings: HITS & SoundScan Top Albums (April 4-11, 2011)
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This thread. Pure entertainment.
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
Britney's numbers make me question GaGa's chances at huge numbers. I'm thinking 550-600k at the most.
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Why? Were you really expecting much more from Britney? The sales match the hype, as far as I'm concerned.
Wiz. Some of you kids tried it with him too, when the prediction was at 31%.
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Member Since: 9/23/2010
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Originally posted by DG1
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 376k (Peak #1)
Britney Spears - Femme Fatale 278k (Peak #1)
Nicki is bigger than Britney Spears in the US
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What the **** they gon say??
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Member Since: 6/1/2010
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Originally posted by benzene_dream
This thread. Pure entertainment.
Why? Were you really expecting much more from Britney? The sales match the hype, as far as I'm concerned.
Wiz. Some of you kids tried it with him too, when the prediction was at 31%.
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I was one of the few people expecting her to not perform "well," but I guess now it makes me wonder how much "name" sells albums. I can't explain it. lol
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Member Since: 11/7/2009
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Originally posted by Dephira
(Taylor Swift/Susan Boyle)
As I Am did 750, but its' not reallllllllly pop.
Actually, no straight up pop female artist has done it since In The Zone
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No pop singer has done better than 600k since Britney with In The Zone?
I think Gaga will open big and I've always expected her to outdo Britney's first week, but now with Britney underperforming, I think Gaga will get up to 500k-ish (just remembering how well her song sold on the first week and all the hype she still has around her), I would expect her to reach 600-700k if Britney had opened 300-400k though.
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Member Since: 12/28/2010
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Originally posted by Reed
NO!
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Member Since: 7/26/2009
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6th #1 Album!!
ok i was expecting 300k but i think its also fine!
At least she was #1 & she sell better Than Gaga, Rihanna, Katy, Ke$ha, Avril, P!nk & more!
of course Taylor or Susan ***** all oveR FF but i think that the akbum would do good
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Member Since: 5/27/2010
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Lol, Britney's performance has no bearing on what Gaga will do. There was really no hype around this at all.
Not that I don't think people have been overpredicting BTW's opening, mind you.
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Member Since: 2/6/2010
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Originally posted by Judas
Just over 100K or less than for the second week. It's never going Platinum.
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Someone's a tad pessimistic.
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Originally posted by MrPeanut
Lol, Britney's performance has no bearing on what Gaga will do. There was really no hype around this at all.
Not that I don't think people have been overpredicting BTW's opening, mind you.
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And if there is ONE DAMN THING THAT WE KNOW about the world today, it is that GaGa's album has been hyped like none other.
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So many meltdown in this thread.
Some people have to realize that 278k is not a bad opening at all, even for Brit. No offense but it is ridiculous if you were expecting Circus number.
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Member Since: 3/27/2011
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Originally posted by eli's_rhythm
Female artists generally don't do HUGE opening weeks anyway. The exceptions are of course Britney, Beyoncé, Alicia, T-Swizzle and, in their primes, Mary J., Madonna, Janet, Mariah. I'm sure I'm missing a couple, but to me flukes like Norah Jones and Susan Boyle don't count. STABLE female artists don't have huge first week sales. GaGa seems to defy the average, though. I still don't expect miracles from her; if the song "Born This Way" sold about a million copies in its first week, I'd say we can expect the album to sell 60% of that, tops, without tons of pre-promo.
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+Is there a reason why female artists tend to open worse than their male counterparts?
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Originally posted by kitten_moon
+Is there a reason why female artists tend to open worse than their male counterparts?
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It's pretty ridiculous, but it'll always be more socially acceptable for a girl to buy an album from a male artist than it is for a guy to buy a female artist's album. This is more true for some genres (like pop) than others, but it seems to generally be the case.
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Britney did 276k on Billboard.
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Originally posted by MrPeanut
It's pretty ridiculous, but it'll always be more socially acceptable for a girl to by an album from a male artist than it is for a guy to buy a female artist's album. This is more true for some genres (like pop) than others, but it seems to generally be the case.
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Which I will never be able to understand.
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Member Since: 7/30/2010
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Britney Spears, Femme Fatale (276,000, debut)
Wiz Khalifa, Rolling Papers (197,000, debut)
Adele, 21 (94,000 weekly, -2%, 942,000 total)
Chris Brown, F.A.M.E. (91,000, -66%, 362,000)
Various, Songs for Japan (71,000, +5%, 139,000)
Radiohead, King of Limbs (69,000, debut)
Jennifer Hudson, I Remember Me (56,000, -66%, 221,000)
Snoop Dogg, Doggumentary (50,000, debut)
Kirk Franklin, Hello Fear (46,000, -47%, 121,000)
Mary Mary, Something Big (42,000, debut)
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14. Rihanna, Loud 24,000 (1,139,000)
16. Lupe Fiasco, Lasers 23,000 (303,000)
20. NickiMinaj, Pink Friday 20,400 (1,281,800)
26. Eminem, Recovery 17,500 (3,773,000)
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16. Lupe Fiasco, Lasers 23,000 (303,000)
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I'm glad I bought it for 5 dollars on Amazon MP3 this week.
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Originally posted by zzmyth
14. Rihanna, Loud 24,000 (1,139,000)
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Adele #1 next week
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ADELE’S A DOUBLE MILLIONAIRE
21 Returns to #1, Will Top Million Next Week, as 19 Passes Platinum This Week
April 6, 2011
Adele’s a double winner this week.
The U.K. songstress, with the year’s top-selling album at the Q1 pole with XL/Columbia’s 21, will see the album go over a million this week as she’ll return to the #1 spot on the HITS sales chart. Her debut album, 19, which has returned to the charts, also hit platinum territory this week. She’s a shoe-in for multiple Grammy nominations, even with fewer categories next year.
The only other candidate, the benefit album Songs For Japan, is hitting in physical format on Sony Music, but as the previously digital-only compilation is just now hitting retail, it’s still a little too early to gauge how well it will do.
The biggest debut of the week will be A&M/Octone’s shock-rockers Hollywood Undead, whose sophomore album, American Tragedy, was made after the departure of lead singer/bassist Deuce. The album should do between 60-65k after its 2008 debut, Swan Songs, sold a cumulative total of more than 500k.
Sumerian’s Asking Alexandria, a U.K. metalcore band with roots in Dubai, but currently based in Yorkshire, will see their sophomore album, Reckless and Relentless, the follow-up to 2009’s Stand Up and Scream, debut with between 25-30k.
429/Macro-Biotic Records artist Robbie Robertson, legendary member of The Band, returns with a critically well-received solo album, How to Become Clairvoyant, which should to 20-25k, thanks to an Amazon daily special. There’s also an exclusive Best Buy deluxe edition with demos of five of the album tracks.
Walt Disney’s Daft Punk soundtrack, Tron: Legacy Reconstructed, is on target for between 17-20k.
E1 rapper Jim Jones makes his label debut with Capo, which should do 15-18k, while veteran ‘80s Minneapolis R&B group (and Prince contemporaries) Mint Condition, also on the former Koch label, will debut with between 12-15k on their album, 7…
The market was up 2% vs. last week, and, for the first time in six weeks, down 3% vs. same week last year and still down 5% year to date. Keep in mind that last year at this time was Easter, usually a robust sales weekend, so down only 3% isn’t bad.
You may now go back to bench-pressing Kirstie Alley on Dancing with the Stars.
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Member Since: 9/25/2001
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Originally posted by Bibliotheque
Britney did 276k on Billboard.
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Is that 2k less?
at ADELE slaying and getting #1 yet again!!!
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