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madonna likely to break another record The projections for 2nd week shows that mdna will drop by 87-89% it could have been even worse but she was somewhat cushioned by good friday. Typical drops would have the album selling almost 3 times as much in the second week.
No act has ever had such a steep drop off in the second week of 87-89% In the long run the real sales of the album might only reach 350-400k tops. mdna has flop written all over it.
Universal Music scores its third #1 in a row as Nicki Minaj's projection increases a little today. Here's how it looks headed into the Easter weekend: |
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I see Adele still killing them. | |
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After hearing the album I know why it ain't selling... | |
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Haha, you're obsessed with Madonna! You need help! | |
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Delightful. | |
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Hopefully this steep fall will aid in breaking her hip. The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. |
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CNN article: Why Madonna still leads, others followupdated 8:09 AM EDT, Fri April 6, 2012
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
(CNN) -- I thought she was over. Madonna, that is.
I thought she was too old to be referring to herself as a "girl." I thought pop music passed her by. I thought Lady Gaga had killed her.
And then I look at this week's Billboard chart and I see I thought wrong.
Her 12th CD, "MDNA" debuted No. 1 on the album chart and she has two singles on the dance-chart Top 10. She's 53 and the clubs are banging her new stuff, including "Give Me All Your Luvin," which became her 38th top 10 hit on the pop chart. For those of you keeping score, that's more than Elvis, more than The Beatles. I'm not saying she's better, but clearly she's done -- correction -- doing more.
LZ Granderson
This year she won another Golden Globe and her halftime performance at the Super Bowl drew more viewers than the game itself, according to Nielsen. I know the perception is that only gay men care about Madonna, but if that were true, given the 114 million viewers who tuned in to watch her at halftime, maybe "don't ask, don't tell" should have been called "just assume."
The reality is it's hard for pop music to leave behind someone who keeps leading the pack. Madonna had the highest grossing tour ever for a solo artist (2008) and has sold more than 300 million records worldwide. She's an '80s child whose 2005 single "Hung Up" holds the Guinness Book record for topping the charts in 41 countries, while 2012's MDNA was No. 1 on iTunes in 40 countries.
That's not "over," that's now. When you look at where Madonna's career is today in the same week we learned Whitney Houston drowned in a foot of water, you're reminded that God truly does work in mysterious ways. The two pop icons released debut albums within two years of each other, Madonna in 1983 and Houston in 1985. Of course, Houston was the former model with a voice for the ages, while Madonna was the thin-voiced tart rolling around on the floor of the MTV music awards in a wedding dress proclaiming that she felt like a virgin. If anyone might have been expected to meet a desperate, tragic end, back then the safe money would have been on Madonna. And yet Houston's gone, Michael Jackson's gone, Prince is semi-retired and everyone else, with the exception of U2, is making their money off nostalgia. Meanwhile, Madonna has methodically become, arguably, the greatest recording artist of all time. Who would've thunk it? As for the music, her latest CD is not breaking any new ground, but it does remind everyone who owns the ground Gaga, Rihanna, Beyonce and others are walking on. In fact, each time they receive a royalty check, they should be sending Madonna a cut. While MDNA is about three songs too long for my taste, I will tell you the first five songs make it very difficult not to want to dance, and that the track "Gang Bang" is pure genius. As you could probably figure out from the title, it's not radio friendly, but likely not because of what you may think. And that, in a nutshell, is why Madonna is who she is. You can tell you're watching a Woody Allen film with the first five minutes of dialogue. You can identify the beautiful prose of Toni Morrison within a couple of pages. But my 15-year-old came home one day and asked who I was listening to. I told him Madonna and my son, who loves techno and hip hop, thought I was joking. "Seriously... like your Madonna?" he asked. "Yep," I said. "Well, she's still old but that song's not." The song was "Gang Bang" and I'm glad he left the room before she started singing. As I said, it's not radio friendly. But then again, it wouldn't be Madonna if a song like that was. Follow us on Twitter: @CNNOpinion. Join us at Facebook/CNNOpinion.
MDNA Tops the United World Chart
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Why do fans even give a shit if it flops or not?? Most of the artists I listen to are huge flops...can anyone say Bilal?? All the artists I like don't sell shit. "Keep in mind that I'm an artist...and I'm sensitive about my shit."--E. Badu | |
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How many threads is this kook going to start with his continual ranting and raving on this subject. Also, wtf does Good Friday have to do with anything?  | |
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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0 | |
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Who cares? Even if it does drop that much, it's U.S sales. Madonna knows the real money is in Europe. | |
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Yeah, but if we look at worldwide sales, ASG wouldn't have a threat any more.
So we'll concentrate only on the US...and next week. so not this week.
Otherwise we can't say Madonna is a flop. | |
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In other news men have penises Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
All music is shit music and no music is real- gunsnhalen Datdonkeydick- Asherfierce Gary Hunts Album Isn't That Good- Soulalive | |
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Now she knows how Prince feels. All you others say Hell Yea!!  | |
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Prince has his secret island of purple monkeys to fall back on Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
All music is shit music and no music is real- gunsnhalen Datdonkeydick- Asherfierce Gary Hunts Album Isn't That Good- Soulalive | |
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Those WW "sales" contains free giveways so why cares about free give aways this week us "sales" were given to fans for free just like prince i dont consider to include the 1mil giveways. prince also sold 1.1mil in retail. how much can mdna do in retail 300 - 400k. how did it do in malawi? seems like it didnt reach the top 10 [Edited 4/6/12 12:16pm] |
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2012: The Queen Returns | |
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It's so obvious isn't it? | |
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now back to my wendys training videos...
RIP 1958-2016 Prince  RIP 1947-2016 David Bowie
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the madonna hate is strong in this thread...mmmm yes.
Isn't there already another topic similar to this.
And the basic info for this should be placed in the stick on the new album Put your info there | |
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