SLAY at Barbara slaughtering in her second week. Most albums drop off badly after their first week.
Whether Cheek to Cheek gets #1 or gets #3, it is still amazing that someone who supposedly had a "catastrophic" and "abysmal" fall can slay the BB200 with an album of a genre that isn't even popular at all.
And kii at the comments of Gaga having "embarrassing" promo as if your faves had the vocal ability to put out a jazz album in the first place.
brothers and sisters, lettuce gather and pray for C2C's debut
"Sol tuus elementorum,
Et luna tua elementorum,
Veni, viam tuam,
Potestatibus per noctem et diem,
In ius voco te,
usque ad adventum Christi exire,
bestiam fabulosa ducere potentiam tuam
I numerus et exsurgent, maxillam maxillam!"
SLAY at Barbara slaughtering in her second week. Most albums drop off badly after their first week.
Whether Cheek to Cheek gets #1 or gets #3, it is still amazing that someone who supposedly had a "catastrophic" and "abysmal" fall can slay the BB200 with an album of a genre that isn't even popular at all.
Tony Bennett's last album of this type opened with 180k though. I don't think anyone considereed him a catastrophe or fail.
People calling C2C's promo "embarrassing" and "desperate" when the promo has literally been the exact same promo other popstars use; endorsements, TV and online ads, and social media.
I kinda want Gaga to have this. I feel like she needs a bit of a win and this album seems to mean a lot to her. That being said, it'd be very cool if Barb could snatch a second week at the top the chart. I'm a little biased towards Gaga though since I keep up with her more.
People calling C2C's promo "embarrassing" and "desperate" when the promo has literally been the exact same promo other popstars use; endorsements, TV and online ads, and social media.
Yeah it's so creepy tbh. Not sure why tweets count as promo now?
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Predictions for Cheek to Cheek: #1 debut (barely) with 124k sold.
Hoping Gaga can get the #1, promo aside, the album is fantastic and deserves the recognition. Jazz is far from a non-popular genre though, but I guess most people on ATRL wouldn't realise that. I wouldn't be totally surprised if it got #2 or #3 either though. But hoping it can pull through.