RED Beats Born This Way & OIDIA in Annual Share Sales
Most dominant first week in terms of annual share of all time
When Red debuted some stans were arguing that Taylor technically broke Britney's record since her numbers are far more impressive because album sales are down 40,6% compared to 2000. But Billboard found a more accurate way of measuring their impact by calculating their share of the total annual album sales.
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Originally posted by Billboard
One way to compare relative strength of albums' first-week sales in different eras is to compare their shares of annual album sales. When measured this way, the first-week sales of "Red" could have the most dominant market share of all time.
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Artist
Album
1st Week Sales
Year - Total Annual Sales
Share of Annual Sales
Taylor Swift
Red
1.208.000
2012 - 318.000.000*
0.0038%*
Lady Gaga
Born This Way
1.110.000
2011 - 330.570.000
0.0034%
Taylor Swift
Speak Now
1.047.000
2010 - 326.150.000
0.0032%
'N Sync
No Strings Attached
2.416.000
2000 - 785.100.000
0.0031%
'N Sync
Celebrity
1.880.000
2001 - 763.000.000
0.0025%
Eminem
The Marshall Mathers
1.760.000
2000 - 785.100.000
0.0022%
Backstreet Boys
Black & Blue
1.591.000
2000 - 785.100.000
0.0020%
Eminem
The Eminem Show
1.322.000
2002 - 681.000.000
0.0019%
Britney Spears
Oops!... I Did It Again
1.319.000
2000 - 785.100.000
0.0016%
Norah Jones
Feels Like Home
1.027.000
2004 - 667.000.000
0.0015%
Bolded = females.
* Estimated - 2012 numbers are incomplete.
Just say 12.5 million more albums were sold by the end of the year (I'm not saying that'll happen). Wouldn't that mean that Red would move down behind Gaga?
Just say 12.5 million more albums were sold by the end of the year (I'm not saying that'll happen). Wouldn't that mean that Red would move down behind Gaga?
