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Chart Listings: 'Teenage Dream' blasts at #2 on the Billboard 200
Member Since: 3/12/2012
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Originally posted by KΔΥ.ΒΣΣ
Yeah, but it just so happened to happen the week her movie was released state-side.
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she's got a great team
I think it's great that she's able to sell even though it was discounted. Like I said before the album is almost 2 years old, she's released half of the songs on the album as singles which has sold extremely well and pretty much everyone could've illegaly downloaded by now yet the general public is still interested in her.
I'm proud.
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Originally posted by WFL
With 8 Top 5 singles, good promotion, a concert tour, a re-release after 2 years and a movie, no. Still not bad but she is still not a good album seller.
And I don't think it will reach 3M sales, soon.
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Why can't you stop with the singles? It just means that she can sell both, for example (no flamebait that's just to explain my point) Flo Rida can't sell albums but just singles.
She's a Popstar and it's not everyday that you can see a Popstar selling 2,5M/3M (final score I guess) in the US with a 2nd album.
WW, the sales are really good, the singles aren't as huge as the yare in the US, for exemple, in France she has a lot of difficulties with the sales of her singles but she has sold +200,000 copies of TD. So yes, she can sell albums and it's really boring to read the contrary.
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Originally posted by iputrecordson
Both.
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No, that's not allowed... Billboard is being weird about this re-release. The singles from the re-release do not count towards Teenage Dream, but the sales of the album do. I think.
Also some of you guys are doing too much. She's been on radio non-stop for the past two years and she just released a movie. It would be embarrassing if it didn't have a sales boost.
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The movie has just released so no you can't use this excuse now.
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Originally posted by Squall
Why can't you stop with the singles? It just means that she can sell both, for example (no flamebait that's just to explain my point) Flo Rida can't sell albums but just singles.
She's a Popstar and it's not everyday that you can see a Popstar selling 2,5M/3M (final score I guess) in the US with a 2nd album.
WW, the sales are really good, the singles aren't as huge as the yare in the US, for exemple, in France she has a lot of difficulties with the sales of her singles but she has sold +200,000 copies of TD. So yes, she can sell albums and it's really boring to read the contrary.
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Yes, she can sell decently, but not ''really good'' like you say.
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Originally posted by LDYGG
No, that's not allowed... Billboard is being weird about this re-release. The singles from the re-release do not count towards Teenage Dream, but the sales of the album do. I think.
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He was asking about the sales, not the singles. But you're right.
Also, 74 guests.
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Queeeeeeeen Gonna buy this soon
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Originally posted by WFL
Yes, she can sell decently, but not ''really good'' like you say.
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2,5M-3M with huge singles sales, yes it's really good for me.
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Originally posted by LDYGG
No, that's not allowed... Billboard is being weird about this re-release. The singles from the re-release do not count towards Teenage Dream, but the sales of the album do. I think.
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It was just for the MJ/KP record.
If it wasn't for that, they'd count.
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I think Katy is growing as an album seller. I mean the only female's that have sold over 2.2 million albums since Teenage Dream came out have been Adele, Taylor Swift and Gaga and there's been tons of females who have released albums since then. Not only that but Katy has sold over 25 million digital songs off this era alone which shows she can be both a single and album artist. You could sell albums and not have huge singles or you can sell singles, remain relevant and still move albums.
Katy is only going to get bigger from now on.
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Originally posted by ToxicKat
I think Katy is growing as an album seller. I mean the only female's that have sold over 2.2 million albums since Teenage Dream came out have been Adele, Taylor Swift and Gaga and there's been tons of females who have released albums since then. Not only that but Katy has sold over 25 million digital songs off this era alone which shows she can be both a single and album artist. You could sell albums and not have huge singles or you can sell singles, remain relevant and still move albums.
Katy is only going to get bigger from now on.
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31 million *
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That Amazon discount helped a lot. Good for her.
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Originally posted by WFL
What about Rihanna-LOUD?
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In the US, Loud hasn't crossed the 2M mark yet.
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Originally posted by umichgrad07
In the US, Loud hasn't crossed the 2M mark yet.
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I thought she was talking about WW sales.
BTW, will she release Dressin' Up as a single?
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Originally posted by WFL
I thought she was talking about WW sales.
BTW, will she release Dressin' Up as a single?
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nope, WA is the final single from this era
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Originally posted by Katy V.!
31 million *
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31 million is over 25
but yeah, amazing nonetheless. Only female to do so as well in the digital era off one album alone.
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Originally posted by ToxicKat
I think Katy is growing as an album seller. I mean the only female's that have sold over 2.2 million albums since Teenage Dream came out have been Adele, Taylor Swift and Gaga and there's been tons of females who have released albums since then. Not only that but Katy has sold over 25 million digital songs off this era alone which shows she can be both a single and album artist. You could sell albums and not have huge singles or you can sell singles, remain relevant and still move albums.
Katy is only going to get bigger from now on.
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What you're not taking into account is how her album should by literally flying off the shelves because of how well the singles do, but it's not. If the album could only push 2m with 8 #1 singles, her next album won't stand a chance unless she become the next Adele. Someone pushing so many singles should be able to push albums just as easily. Adele, Gaga, and Taylor have pushed and can push albums easier with a fraction of the #1 hits and that is troubling to me.
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Originally posted by Katy V.!
It was just for the MJ/KP record.
If it wasn't for that, they'd count.
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Yeah, ridiculous and hilarious.
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Originally posted by WFL
BTW, will she release Dressin' Up as a single?
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WA is the last one.
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Originally posted by umichgrad07
nope, WA is the final single from this era
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Why? DU is my favorite from TCC.
But WA is a better era closer, i think.
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Great, not surprising though considering the amount of promotion she's be doing for the movie, movie release boost, Wide Awake's success, recent 0.99c Amazon discount, etc... You'd expect her total album sales to be better though considering the success of the eight singles.
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