I'm so happy for ARTPOP, 8.000 copies here is amazing for an international artist (if not, look katy, rih, taylor, bey, sales) Applause, Dope and Venus were #1 on promusicae, DWUW #2.. so is great for a 'flop era' and a 'flop artist' according to some people.
On a global scale its nothing though Still underperforming.
Spain is really different from markets as UK or USA. The BIG acts are local or latin artists. The global artists like Katy or Gaga are very famous here but they aren't great sellers. It's true that crisis has hit hard these sales but, for example artists like Pablo Alborán still can sell over 340.000 copies. Also teen stars like One Direction or Violetta (latin teen singer) sell copies very well.
You should know that those sales are from a "normal week", with Christmas sales the sales will be bigger.
You all should know that nobody in Spain wastes their money on music because illegally downloading it is the easiest and cheapest way. You can basically buy a DIY cd in the streets for like 3€ and that's way sales are so tragic.
You all should know that nobody in Spain wastes their money on music because illegally downloading it is the easiest and cheapest way. You can basically buy a DIY cd in the streets for like 3€ and that's way sales are so tragic.
Eso era hace 7 años, ahora la gente no se gasta ni 3 euros en un CD
Such a flop country. That's sad, but what can I say? I have downloaded more than 3000 songs...
Edit: I mean illegally... we're so used to download songs that when we say download we're talking about doing it illegally. Nobody pays for digital music