Im confused, can someone explain to me what that chart means ?
Basically billboad is comparing their first week sales but since they are from different eras and album sales are much smaller now, you have to compare their shares of total annual sales.
1.208.000 (Taylor's first week sales) / 318.000.000 (Total albums sold in 2012) = 0.0038%
1.319.000 (Britney's first week sales) / 785.100.00 (Total albums sold in 2000) = 0.0016%
So Taylor's first week sales represents 0.0038% of the total albums sold in 2012, while Britney's represents only 0.0016%.
SCREAMING. I think we know for sure now what the most impressive opening week of all time is. At this thread only being 4 pages long, can only IMAGINE if this was Beyoncé or Gaga.