VinnyM27 said:

I wouldn't necessarily blame the lack of support from MTV for Janet's current album sales. MTV may have helped Ludacris, Justin and Christina, but they also kissed Jessica Simpson's ass so much that they got a dirty Sanchez; yet their ass-kissing didn't do anything for her album.

I think you have to remember that these album debuts were very much in line to what was going on 10 to 15 years ago. If a superstar sold 300,000 copies their first week, they had a phenomenally successful album debut. The super-inflated first week album sales of 800,000+ copies didn't begin happening until 1999. and that even ended for the most part by 2002. What should be more disturbing to the record companies and so-called superstars is the precipitous drop in album sales after the first week. Granted, if an album sold 750,000 copies the first week, it wasn't uncommon for the next week's sales to drop off by 40%, but the declines would soon level off into the 5 to 10 percent range in subsequent weeks. These days, however, the sales are dropping 50%, 35%, and 25%, which means that todays albums are being discarded at an alarmingly rapid rate.

asg said:

well, i mean does loyal mean you buy the cd even if you don't like it or does loyal mean if you like it you don't download it illegally or what? the cd is far from her best work and it isn't disloyal for a fan who doesn't care for it to refrain from buying it.

shit, if we wanna talk about loyalty...how about janet showing some loyalty to her career long fanbase?

Axchi696 said:

I believe that "janet" might be the first album in Soundscan/album chart history to debut at number one...Might be wrong.

These figures dont include "iTunes" I have feeling she would have outsold Luda by a mile on iTunes.

sallysassalot said:

Buying six copies doesn't make you loyal - it means you've really got nothing better to do. I love the album, and I'm happy to support it but once is enough. One copy TOTAL. Not one Canadian copy and one USA copy and one Japan with extra tracks copy and one copy from the street vendor in NYC with a free bootleg t-shirt to go along with it. If you're buying multiple copies to pump your favorite artist's ego, you should seek help. But hey if it makes you feel better, could you buy another copy? I got a friend that wants it, too but didn't wanna spend the dough on the ugly "20 pucker lips" cover.

twink69 said:

It doesn't? WHy not? I bought mine on Itunes, if it makes a difference, I would have went into the store. When do Itunes numbers kick in? week 2?
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menace said:

hits daily doesn't include itunes but Billboard does i think

jayaredee said:

Blasphemy...there's only one queen of pop:

She's not doing any better worldwide either:

UK: 3000, #63
IRELAND: failed to chart (less than 750 copies)
AUSTRALIA: failed to chart (less than 1000 copies)
JAPAN: 12,000

Honestly, I was expecting something bigger than that. With like 6 different versions of the cd released & loads of fans buying all versions & the big Oprah appearance. I'm scared to think what she would've done without that. This is even less sold than "Damita Jo".
[Edited 10/3/06 17:24pm]

ehuffnsd said:

i don't think itunes is gonna help much anyway. neither of her two singles are in the itunes top sellers list, neither video is in the itunes top sellers list, and the new record isn't in the top sellers list.

keep in mind that janet has sold 300k BUT that is with the help of her multiple cover marketing ploy. you know there are a lot of hardcore fans that purchased all four covers and that has only helped her get to number 2. imagine if she only released one cover.

the bottom line is people just aren't buying it.

MikeMatronik said:

How could this be happening to the queen of pop?

I could have sworn Damita Jo went to #1 on Billboard.

Beyonce's out of the Top Ten? Albums fall fast these days.

Scorpion said:

There have been only 2 versions released outside the US.

AUSTRALIA: failed to chart (less than 1000 copies)

These figures dont include "iTunes" I have feeling she would have outsold Luda by a mile on iTunes.

TommyRoss said:

And they make fun of the Claymates who are holding up their multiply cds from an earlier thread!!

i thought she was huge in japan?

Rhondab said:

Yeah, THAT makes it a failure

menace said:

hits daily doesn't include itunes but Billboard does i think

I still think debuting at #2 is not bad. I don't know why anyone would consider that a failure and there are chances it would go to #1. If she would have debut lower than that then maybe. Sorry guys, except for one or two songs, Janets CD is just full of forgettable tracks.