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Originally posted by beherebynow
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Biggest opening week for a female artist in the UK since Emile Sande in Dec 2012.
So bigger than the latest releases from Gaga, Beyonce, Pink, Katy Perry and Lana Del Rey who are all big overseas female artists in the UK. Beyonce was released on a Friday so did not have a full week of sales, so it makes directly comparing them a bit difficult. When looking at female artists only Rihanna's Unapologetic in recent years opened with more than 1989.
Red opened with 61k in the UK, so 1989 opening with 90k is basically a 50% increase. Pretty big improvement!