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Chart News: Final: PRISM sells 287k; almost matches the predictions
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10:04 Perry, Katy - Wide Awake
10:01 Lady Gaga - Applause
9:57 Perry, Katy - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
9:53 Perry, Katy - Unconditionally
9:40 Perry, Katy - Roar
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Member Since: 9/17/2012
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Originally posted by Ramcoro
This is around the same as P!nk and Rihanna. Both of them have longer careers and more tours as well, so where is the logic behind that? If first week sales are truly an objective measure for selling, than does that mean Madonna has more selling more than Katy Perry, P!nk, Rihanna, etc in terms of albums and singles?  |
No, honey. Madonna has 30 years+ career of strong album sales, so it's understandable when she doesn't sell as much anymore, because, simply, the times have changed and most of the album buying GP have moved to somebody newer.
And concerning Pink and Rihanna, they're not really enormous album sellers in the US either. Pink is an album selling force when you include her WW sales, but her US sales are just okay. And let's not talk about Rihanna....Anyway, both of them, Pink and Rih I mean, debuted with around the same sales and sold ~1.6 million and 1.1 million respectively, so they're not really huge album sellers in the US either.
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Originally posted by Cola.drinker
Who the fk is he to say which artists matter and which not. Just because Katy´s fanbase is not 1000x bigger to have frontloaded sales, it doesnt mean she s not superstar. I dont know why people get cocky these days. Can we just care about the music itself once again ?
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lol you don't want us to get into Katy's "music". She's pathetic and the worst "artist" the industry has seen in a long, long time. She and her "music" are half a step above the ARK music factory.
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Member Since: 5/12/2011
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You know some possible album buyers like to listen to the album before they buy it. Katy's "growth album" is sooooooo bad that the longetivity is out of the question... She better go back to th studio and deliver a better album or else I foresee a "teenage nightmare" for the future of her career!
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Member Since: 10/1/2011
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 my reaction when I saw 270k
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Miley remains Queen of the Year.
Lets see how ARTPOP does.
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Member Since: 8/4/2012
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Great #'s for Katy. 
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Complete death @ the amount of reports in this thread. Some of y'all are the pits.
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Member Since: 8/29/2011
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Originally posted by boodytay
No, honey. Madonna has 30 years+ career of strong album sales, so it's understandable when she doesn't sell as much anymore, because, simply, the times have changed and most of the album buying GP have moved to somebody newer.
And concerning Pink and Rihanna, they're not really enormous album sellers in the US either. Pink is an album selling force when you include her WW sales, but her US sales are just okay. And let's not talk about Rihanna....Anyway, both of them, Pink and Rih I mean, debuted with around the same sales and sold ~1.6 million and 1.1 million respectively, so they're not really huge album sellers in the US either.
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Regardless about how long Madonna has been in the industry. You stated that " first week sales are the factor that truly measures an established artist's selling power and the demand for them" Simple logic says Madonna is more popular according to what you said. 
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Originally posted by Cola.drinker
And ? Payola is normal thing these days. Wait for Gaga´s one. I really wonder what you are doing here. You are not the member of her fanbase, you dont like her music and still you are the most intersted in her sales ? Why ? Just to drag her ? Just to spoil katycats´ mood ? Get a life, really  |
I'm actually a big fan of Katy since "I Kissed A Girl", so I have the right to be here. The real question is: what are you (yes Y.O.U.) doing in our treads? No answer? Well... 
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Originally posted by Ramcoro
This is around the same as P!nk and Rihanna. Both of them have longer careers and more tours as well, so where is the logic behind that? If first week sales are truly an objective measure for selling, than does that mean Madonna has more selling more than Katy Perry, P!nk, Rihanna, etc in terms of albums and singles?
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Originally posted by MusicTalker
And lemme post this:
This album debuted around the same #s & had incredible longevity due to her broad appeal & diverse airplay/exposure (AC, pop, rock, etc). Katy will probably not have quite the longevity (because P!nk is more established & TTAL has some appeals PRISM doesn't), but she appeals to multiple formats & types of listeners.
So not saying TTAL chart-run = PRISM chartrun, but use this to LEARN. |
Death at you guys comparing P!nk to Katy Perry. P!nk didn't have half of Katy's promotion and her first single was a "flop" compared to Try and Just Give Me a Reason, the songs that kept the album on the charts. In the other hand, "Roar" is bigger than all of those songs but it looks like is not enough to make Katy sell her album.
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Originally posted by viperial
 is this real? |
Wait a god damn second!
This has to be fake. 
What kind of Miss Perry radio take over.
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Member Since: 7/23/2012
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Originally posted by RainDreamer
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Not you trying it when Rihanna hasn't done a quarter of the promotion for her last two albums combined.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by Jennifer
MusicTalker - Rihanna and Katy don't have big first weeks because they aren't artists people truly care for. They are just radio fillers / singles artists. Not to the extent that Pitbull and Flo Rida are but they simply aren't on the top tier A-list level that other pop girls have been on (Madonna, Janet, Whitney, Britney, Bey, Gaga, Taylor S).
& it has NOTHING to do with rising in the digital era, lol. People have this huge misconception that first week sales used to be bigger and that they've declined along with the industry, which is all a huge lie. First week sales are bigger than ever these days and they only started becoming a "thing" in the late 90s. The first week sales record till like 1998 for females was 300k by Janet, lmao. Look at the highest first week sales lists and they're almost ALL after 2000. In our society right now, everything is instant, we need to have it all immediately. Drake, Taylor, One Direction, Bieber, Gaga, etc all rose in the digital era and they can all sell because they're all superstars. These pop girls are not, and that's why it's funny to see the payola put behind them. The labels need to spend all this money on artists who actually matter.
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LMAO "People truly don't care for Rihanna" joke of the day
I don't even know why Rihanna's numbers are being brought up in here when we all know she doesn't even do the same amount of heavy promotion Katy does.
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Originally posted by ozlovezashlee
Wait a god damn second!
This has to be fake.
What kind of Miss Perry radio take over. |
its not that funny in context. i was listening to the radio and they were doing a "katy perry radio" to celebrate the album release, where she talked about the new songs and then did her live performance at the end.
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Member Since: 10/14/2011
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Originally posted by Pluto
You guys do too much. It's going to debut at #1 with approx ~100k more than her last album debuted with. By what measure is that not amazing?
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Katy has been gifted 7 #1s on the Hot 100 between then and now.
She's in a slightly different place.
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Member Since: 11/23/2011
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The fact that this will be EVERYWHERE come Friday.  I'm sure her sales will rise seeing as how the weekend is coming up with all her stans getting out of school and rushing to one of the local retailers to purchase a copy of a discounted album. I can now see her pushing 300k again.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by Rockyalen
I'm actually a big fan of Katy since "I Kissed A Girl", so I have the right to be here. The real question is: what are you (yes Y.O.U.) doing in our treads? No answer? Well... |
Omg, I cant... I will rather post anything because I dont wanna be permabanned. But oh well, you answered by yourself before giving me any opportunity
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Member Since: 9/1/2012
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Originally posted by Great Username
Well, 'Roar' is performing similarly to 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' and 'Dark Horse' has had similar iTunes longevity to 'Red', so I'm expecting Katy to sell ~1.2M.
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Not the first page 
Yeah, I don't know how you spin this as a positive. She has so much momentum (she's had more hits in between the TD and PRISM release weeks than most artists get in their entire career) and for her not to crack even 300k first week is pitiful.
Yeah, the album might sell decently in the long run if she can continue to release hit singles from the album, but that's not the best business strategy there is. It's better to have guaranteed sales now than have to count on having hit singles and re-releases to get sales later.
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Member Since: 1/1/2013
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Originally posted by jinzo
Katy has been gifted 7 #1s on the Hot 100 between then and now.
She's in a slightly different place.
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That was my point? She's had a lot of success since TD was released and now she's set to have (by far) her best first week sales ever. That's a great achievement for any artist.
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Member Since: 6/24/2012
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Originally posted by BajanBeauty
LMAO "People truly don't care for Rihanna" joke of the day |
Just two questions:
Did any of her albums reached 2xPlatinum without a re-release yet (US)?
Isn't she the most often illegally downloaded singer? 
It's FAR from caring if you ask me. But at least her tours can gross decent $$$ that's why he should've never be compared to Katy, imo.
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