Really decent numbers, don't really get whats to hate there right now. I don't think anyone say that coming. I wouldn't downplay her promo though!
Anyway those numbers are from flopping
You would think after the SB, AHS, GG, Oscars, etc, you would think she'd do better tbh especially since she's now pandering to the straights
All of those things are completely unrelated to Joanne. Beyoncé's music career didn't particularly benefit from Dreamgirls, for one. Not anomalous whatsoever.
Nicki always has high first week sales. PF sold 375k in it's first week and PF:RR sold 253k in it's first week. The Pinkprint sold 198k in it's first week with no hit and all physical copies of the deluxe edition was recalled WORLDWIDE in it's first week. There's no possible way that Nicki is going to do less than 160k in her first week with a proper release.
Nicki always has high first week sales. PF sold 375k in it's first week and PF:RR sold 253k in it's first week. The Pinkprint sold 198k in it's first week with no hit and all physical copies of the deluxe edition was recalled WORLDWIDE in it's first week. There's no possible way that Nicki is going to do less than 160k in her first week with a proper release.