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Britney Spears Snares Sixth No. 1 on Billboard 200 with 'Femme Fatale'
Britney Spears flies in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with her sixth chart-topping album, "Femme Fatale," selling 276,000 copies in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan. The feat ties her for the third-most No. 1s among women with Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson. Only Barbra Streisand (nine No. 1s) and Madonna (seven) have earned more No. 1s.
Though, one could conclude that "Circus" was a more highly-anticipated album, in that it was seen as a "comeback" after a number of years where Spears' personal and professional life was in chaotic high-gear. "Circus" was ushered in by the No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 single "Womanizer" -- complete with a return-to-sexy-form music video.
While "Femme Fatale's" first single, "Hold It Against Me," debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100, it quickly peaked at No. 3 on the Mainstream Top 40 radio airplay chart -- Spears' home turf format on the airwaves. This week, it falls 19-26 in its 12th week on the list. The album's second single, "Till the World Ends," earns a bullet at No. 14 on the list, but stands still in its fourth week. To compare, "Womanizer" had climbed to No. 5 with a bullet when "Circus" debuted on the Billboard 200 -- and it reached No. 1 two weeks later.
And, not like anyone needs to be reminded -- but album sales just aren't what they used to be. Even if it's been less than two-and-a-half years since "Circus."
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pretty good sales, considering the singles weren't huge...she really has a strong fanbase | |
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Janet needs to hurry up with her new album and "comeback" single | |
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Let's put this in perspective.....
Avatar sold 6.7 million DVD and Blu-rays in its first four days of release.
iPad2 - An estimated 500,000 units were sold the first day across the country, eclipsing first-day sales of the original iPad.
"Heaven Is For Real" sold over 500,000 copies (books) and has become a 'NY Times' bestseller
"Guitar Hero III" was the peak for the music genre, earning life-to-date sales of $830.9 million (not counting additional income from digital add-on sales).
That's just a few things I could find at the moment.
Selling 276,000 copies the first week is really nothing. And you know its going to drop at least 50/60% next week and futher down after copies and files begin to circulate.
It's hard to say that music has no value but it certainly looks that way.
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but first week sales of albums at #1 are usually between 100,000 and 500,000 at least and occasionally nowadays, more....this is nothing new | |
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Bulldog, the early 2000s spoiled us. | |
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In the early 80's, video games were more popular than records and music videos, which were dying out, then MJ saved the industry. I wonder if something like that is happening now. Most people download so sales have gone down, or they buy singles off itunes, so singles can be popular again like they were in the 50's and 60's instead of albums. | |
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all the things u mentioned pretty much cant be stolen with the click of a mouse. And like u said MUSIC now has to compete with this stuff and its not the "important" thing it was say in the 80's and 90's "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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Who on earth is buying this stuff? Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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If Billboard didn't change their policy at the last minute it would have been 7 #1's in a row.
I'm still bitter over that. | |
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Our "community". | |
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i always wonder myself | |
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