[Diarrhoea]

Considering the deal, which was a 'lil unfair, does it still count as a valid sales figure?

[Cannabis]

yes

[Haunter]

Is it 2011?

[- JED -]

Why wouldn't it count if she actually sold those copies?
(not to mention Amazon had to pay them full price to Interscope anyway, the deal was THEIRS)

[Outlaws]

Of course. You jealous guys will deal.

[Dämon]

Those copies were bought by people. Therefore, +1M people bought her album, it indeed counts.

[Fenty The Great]

No*

[ahauntingnearu]

absolutely not, it's the cheapest excuse of a 1 million debut i've ever seen. completely unfair that she is up there in that list considering the other actual artists actually sold 1M+ copies in that top 10 list.

[Mariano]

If it didn't it wouldn't have called it a 1 million debut, don't u think ?

[Patrick]

No, which is why that sales figure is usually denoted with that pesky asterisk when it is reported.

[Alchemist]

Originally posted by ahauntingnearu

absolutely not, it's the cheapest excuse of a 1 million debut i've ever seen. completely unfair that she is up there in that list considering the other actual artists actually sold 1M+ copies in that top 10 list.

Born This Way actually sold 1 million as well.

sold = sold. Stay mad doe

[Shamser]

I wouldn't count it because with extra 480k Artpop failure looks even worse.

[TMRA]

yes, haters are just jelly

[Dämon]

Originally posted by ahauntingnearu

absolutely not, it's the cheapest excuse of a 1 million debut i've ever seen. completely unfair that she is up there in that list considering the other actual artists actually sold 1M+ copies in that top 10 list.

And Born This Way actually sold +1M in its first week. People bought it.

[D-Town B*tches]

The fact is she wouldn't have passed 1M without that cheap Amazon deal. So nah.

Tbf any album that has Highway Unicorn on it shouldn't even have a charge, and be used to feed tsunami refugees or something. But that's for another thread.

[Auraeolux]

Yes because didn't Amazon buy it from the label directly for full price before selling it to the public?

[PhreshDiamond]

NO she basically gave them away

dis gon be good though erches:

[Mick]

No.

[LoKoPaNdA]

99 cent discount* will always be referenced when Billboard writes about BTW's debut (they even changed the BB200 rules so that no one cheats again) but unfortunately, the future generations won't know that number wouldn't have been possible without the discount so slay Gaga!!! 1 million!!!

[alfonso12]

Of course.

Does your brain counts tho?