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Chart News: Final: Garth 142k 1D 110k TR 109k Kelly 109k Britney 108k
Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by PopNStuff
I don't stan for any of them, except Rihanna, and Britney has little to no influence on her. BYE!
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Originally posted by PopNStuff
The Hope for Haiti performance was like 3/4 months before Bionic even came out. NEXT.
Ya'll are trying to bring up the promo X was doing, but let's not forget the all out campaign that Perez, Gaga fans and Britney fans had to bring down Xtina.
Perez, ONTD and the rest of the stanbases even coined the term Floptina and used it everywhere to try to intentionally sabotage her. So let's not pretend like that didn't happen.
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A performance before a release date is what helps strengthen the release.
Xtina fans have been doing the same anti-promo against Britney since Britney's second album. Perez wished death on Britney. Gaga was shady and used marketing tactics to leech off Christina, but Christina, Mandy Moore, Jessica Simpson, etc. did the same to Britney.
Britney Spears became the most photographed woman of all-time and bashed just about everywhere for a highly publicized meltdown. Adding "flop" to Christina's name is not nearly as damaging.
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Member Since: 2/15/2012
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Originally posted by MusicTalker
Further proof that, at this point, Applause is just radio filler. A select few care for it, but in general people don't love it.
An X Factor isn't the be all indicator, but it's still noticeable.
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Simon even shaded Gaga that night when she performed it.
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Member Since: 8/4/2012
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I'm more shocked about ARTPOP, if anything, tbh.
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Member Since: 12/28/2011
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Wait is Kelly going to snatch Britney's debut week?
Let me go pull up some bookmarks just in case.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by MJ Boston
Wait is Kelly going to snatch Britney's debut week?
Let me go pull up some bookmarks just in case.
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I really hope not
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Member Since: 9/17/2006
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I somehow don't think Britney was allowed ANY performance promo this era because that Planet Hollywood contract is probably iron clad strict. Any performance would risk the show's sales without the reviews coming in, and after her last 2 era's of not her "top notch" perofrmance level, and negative tour reviews for "FF", PH was NOT going to risk this 2 year deal if she decided to perform "Work Work"...... She is a MAJOR risk factor now that people are coming to terms, that Brit just doesn't perform like she used too, which is understandable..
Her team needs to STOP with the I'm presuming, lies, about this show being "the most she has danced" and singing "100% live"........... I love Britney, don't get me wrong, but the overhype has NEVER been in Brit's teams favor.... Saying that Britney Jean was "her most personal album" clearly was not forgotten by the GP or the reviews that she/her team said that and we got this result of an album (which I love after listening a few times over).....
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Member Since: 8/31/2013
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Originally posted by OhRly?
Watch the Little Monsters throwing shade now
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Well criticism for the reactions in here should be made not because of Gaga but because of hypocrisy. You can't pelt people for making excuses and then turn around and do the same regardless of what you've deluded yourself into believing.
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Member Since: 8/17/2013
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15 years in, extremely minimal promo and nowadays with terrible album sales It's not all that bad. I'm okay with anything over 100k
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Member Since: 11/3/2011
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Luke Bryan having more longevity than Gaga
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Member Since: 10/30/2010
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Luke Bryan is the biggest thing in country right now AND he's a male, lol. Of course he's gonna do better than Gaga.
Gaga hasn't been truly relevant to the public since 2010. BTW, the song, was so awful and killed everything she built.
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Member Since: 8/3/2012
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Wait a gosh darn second....
BILLBOARD posted this article:
http://www.billboard.com/articles/co...-for-top-20-on
...it has Garth Brooks at #2 & Britney at #1. Mind you, Garth Brooks is Wal-Mart exclusive. So if Britney is ahead of him for the first 4 days, are they really saying that in the next 3 days Garth Brooks will sell more JUST AT WAL-MART than Britney Spears will EVERYWHERE ELSE?!?!?
I really hate Billboard anymore...
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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not Britney Jean falling to #4 on iTunes
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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The excuses and rationalizing.
If any one of Britney's rivals had clocked these abysmal first week sales, her fans would be laughing their asses off. But because it's her, they have more excuses than a desert has sand. "8th album," "she doesn't care," "no promo"...please. Save it, seriously.
Embarrassing numbers and there's no justification for it.
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Member Since: 1/1/2013
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Originally posted by DivaDown
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No it doesn't
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Next week's No. 1 album will most likely be Garth Brooks' Walmart-exclusive box set "Blame It All On the Music," with perhaps 150,000. Spears could end up in the runner-up slot, or perhaps at No. 3. It depends on how the Robertsons' "Duck the Halls" album performs through the weekend. It might sell around 110,000 to 120,000.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by DivaDown
Generally speaking:
The demo that buys Pop Divas are younger, broke, jobless.
The demo that buys Drake, Eminem, Garth are adults, with money & with jobs...
...Generally speaking.
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The reach.
How much do CDs cost again? By that logic, artists over the age of 35 should be outselling artists in their teens and 20s and we all know that's not happening. Eminem and especially Drake both play heavily to a teenage demographic, so that excuse doesn't wash. Teenagers are the biggest consumers of music, not adults.
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Taylor is the only exception to the general rule. Her albums sell like crack.
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Ask yourself why and what age group she targets.
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Highlight of this year was standing in line behind like an 11 year old girl & her mother, both of us buying BANGERZ lol I'm 28
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Being a damn near 30 year old man buying the same music that appeals to an 11 year old girl is not something you tell people...
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Member Since: 3/30/2009
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Britney Spears' 'Britney Jean' Headed for Top Debut on Billboard 200
Britney Spears' new album, "Britney Jean," is the biggest new release of the week and it's heading for a high debut on Billboard 200 chart.
Industry sources forecast the album to sell between 115,000 and 120,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Dec. 8. The new Billboard 200's top 10 will be revealed on Dec. 11.
Spears' last studio release, "Femme Fatale," in 2011, debuted at No. 1 with 276,000 in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Next week's No. 1 album will most likely be Garth Brooks' Walmart-exclusive box set "Blame It All On the Music" with perhaps 150,000. Spears could end up in the runner-up slot or perhaps at No. 3. It depends on how the Robertsons' "Duck the Halls" album performs through the weekend. It might sell between 110,000 and 120,000.
Country singer Jake Owen will probably be the next highest debut, as his new set "Days of Gold" could bow with 40,000. His last full-length album, "Barefoot Blue Jean Night," in 2011, debuted and peaked at No. 6 with 55,000 sold in its first week. "Days of Gold" might start somewhere in the Nos. 10-15 range on next week's tally.
After Owen, look for the TV soundtrack to NBC's live staging of "The Sound of Music" to debut in the top 20. The album, led by Carrie Underwood, might sell between 35,000 and 40,000. Its sales are powered by the high-rated broadcast that aired on Dec. 5. The three-hour show garnered 18.5 million viewers, according to Nielsen, and was the most-watched Thursday night for NBC (excluding sports programming) since 2004.
On SoundScan's Building chart (below), Spears is No. 1 and Brooks is No. 2. The Building tally is a precursor to the final Billboard 200 ranking, reflecting the first four days (Monday through Thursday) of SoundScan's tracking week as reported by six major merchants.
While Spears is in the lead at the present on the Building chart, Brooks will probably finish at No. 1 on the official Billboard 200 chart next week.
As for the rest of the top 10: Kelly Clarkson's "Wrapped In Red" is No. 3, followed by One Direction's "Midnight Memories" at No. 4. The Robertsons are at No. 5, Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" is No. 6 and Owen is No. 7. Mary J. Blige's "A Mary Christmas" is No. 8, with the soundtrack to "Frozen" at No. 9 and the "Now 48" album closing out the top 10.
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Member Since: 9/9/2012
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They said ARTPOP would debut #2, they said BJ would debut #2 then changed both mid-week.
I feel like they do this just to see us react on purpose.
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Member Since: 3/30/2009
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Originally posted by iHypeMusic
They said ARTPOP would debut #2, they said BJ would debut #2 then changed both mid-week.
I feel like they do this just to see us react on purpose.
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No, they didn't. That was HDD.
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Member Since: 9/9/2012
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Ugh bye, I don't trust HDD no more.
Been fishy ever since they said J.T. wouldn't even do 500k then kept adjusting his #'s everyday when his album debuted.
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