I reckon as Warrior only sold 80k anyway () if they delayed it from December to January, the second single and the fact it was a new release (the only new entry there is Kid Ink and he's #3 being whoever he is) would've made it sell around the same. Animal sold 150k in January.
no it wouldn't. . probably around 40k at the most. Animal sold 150k because it had tik tok and it was discounted in itunes.. and considering 75% of Animal's debut week sales were digital, the discount really helped so
They don't need to change certifications. Not when Adele just went diamond, JT almost sold a million first week, and Beyoncé is slaying. They just need to get people excited to buy albums.
Besides, singles are still getting multi-platinum certifications which were not happening 10 years ago.
I think that guy is talking about Destiny's Child Number Ones and the Dreamgirls soundtrack which did set the record for the lowest #1 sales at the time. BEYONCE has not done that yet though.