Okay.... by all estimates the very least acceptable sales were 520K.... UNLESS they didnt count some numbers towards this week.
198K - US (#3)
163K - UK (#1)
30K - Canada (#3)
26K - France (#2)
25K - Germany (#3) 20K - Brazil (NK)
14K - Japan (#12)
9K - Austria (#1)
= 485K
+
#1 in New Zealand (~10K)
#1 in Switzerland (~10K)
#2 in Ireland (~10K)
#5 in Australia (~10K)
#6 in Spain (~5K)
#6 in Netherlans (~5K)
#10 in Italy (~3K)
without adding the numbers from Norway, Belgium, Sweden, Mexico, Portugal, Korea, Finland, Russia.....
No, he wasn't really close, he was 60k copies away.
The album is currently sitting at #1 worldwide, so whatever the reasons you consider those sales "low" for a 4th quarter release, it's not because of Rihanna.
He was 50k away, and that's the same amount he underperformed by in the US. If he'd have sold his HDD estimate he'd have tied Rihanna with 500k.
anyway.... This is 98.000 copies MORE THAN LOUD even after selling 9.000 copies less in the US. And it is her SECOND BEST SALES WEEK EVER only after Christmas week last year with Loud (521K)
You're kidding me. And this is during Black Friday?
no sweetie, Isnt it beautiful that Loud which opened with 406k is still on the charts, while other albums, which shall remain unnamed isnt? Can you say , 6 million sold?