I guess since Lady G. sells albums right
since this thread is about pure sales I faill to see how LG5 will not outsell Anti both in the US and WW... Didn't Lemonade outsell Anti's sales in less than a week or something? I know Gaga isn't a Beyoncé but still.. If in a month Gaga doesn't at least sell 500K in the US and 1M WW
then it's tragic because she won't even have Samsung paying her and the streams to compensate like Rihanna.
EDIT: I just checked to be sure but yeah now I am sure of it... ANTI is lower than 2013 albums like BEYONCÉ on WW iTunes so it isn't selling much... Gaga won't have a hard time out-doing Anti sales. If she doesn't Monsters will have to rethink about a thing or two...And may understand that longevity isn't easy to achieve, I hope they will now stop shading acts that lasted 10 yrs like Rihanna. Or 90s acts like Britney.
Off Topic: I saw an old thread about Gaga and Rihanna touring power.. I wonder if Gaga also lost it touring wise... We will see if she does better than Anti World Tour when she goes on tour probably in 2017.