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Originally posted by Bey Admired
So LM have had a higher charting album that FH in their home territory  And FH are supposed to be more successful in the U.S.?
Any individual with real knowledge of the music industry knows that it's the album success that matters, not measly singles that go for 99 cents on iTunes.
Keep trying though. It's cute.
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5H are FAR more successful in the US, don't play dumb.
People barely know who Little Mix are here. Not trying to shade, maybe that will change, but at the moment that's how it is.
And individuals with real knowledge of the music industry know that singles that sell nowadays, especially for new artists. Album sales have taken a steep decline over recent years. I'd say you had a point if DNA sold extraordinarily well in the US, but it didn't at all. They didn't even release their 2nd album in the US because there was no demand and the first one didn't make waves....they even canceled their US tour because they weren't selling well.
DNA's US debut week, June 2013:
1. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories - 93,000
2. Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here - 61,000 (debut)
3. John Fogerty - Wrote A Song For Everyone - 51,000 (debut)
4. Little Mix - DNA - 50,000 (debut)
5. Blake Shelton - Based On A True Story - 42,000
5H's US debut week, February 2015:
1. Taylor Swift - 1989 - 108,000
2. Now That's What I Call Music - Now 53 - 99,000 (debut)
3. Ed Sheeran - X - 97,000
4. Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour -
5. Fifth Harmony - Reflection - 80,000 (debut)
And that's aside from the fact that albums have a hard time selling nowadays, especially new Pop albums. Fifth Harmony has 3 Platinum singles from this album alone, one of them being 2x Platinum and growing.
