MillionReasons 402 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 So The Weeknd released Starboy on November 25th and promoted the FVCK out of the album, like he was EVERYWHERE The album did really good in the US debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 with 348,000 album-equivalent units, of which 209,000 were pure album sales. It was the third-largest debut sales week of 2016, the second-biggest week for album streams ever in the US. But Internationally the album did pretty bad, even with a smash lead single. Here are the peak positions on International charts. Australian albums - 1 Austrian Albums - 23 Belgian Albums - 8 Belgian Albums - 24 Canadian Albums - 1 Czech Albums - 4 Danish Albums - 1 Dutch Albums - 3 Finnish Albums - 4 French Albums - 20 German Albums - 10 Irish Albums - 3 Italian Albums - 38 New Zealand Albums - 5 Norwegian Albums - 1 Polish Albums - 26 Portuguese Albums - 39 Scottish Albums - 18 Spanish Albums - 52 Swedish Albums - 1 Swiss Albums - 5 UK Albums - 5 US Billboard 200 - 1 Now let's compare these numbers to Joanne Argentine Albums - 1 Australian Albums - 2 Austrian Albums - 9 Belgian Albums - 5 Belgian Albums - 6 Brazilian Albums - 1 Canadian Albums - 2 Croatian Foreign - 3 Czech Albums - 3 Danish Albums - 12 Dutch Albums - 5 Finnish Albums - 5 French Albums - 9 German Albums - 6 Greek Albums - 4 Hungarian Albums - 12 Irish Albums - 3 Italian Albums - 2 Japanese Albums - 10 Japanese International Albums - 1 Korean Albums - 32 Korean International Albums -1 Mexican Albums - 1 New Zealand Albums -2 Norwegian Albums - 5 Polish Albums - 10 Portuguese Albums - 4 Scottish Albums - 3 Spanish Albums - 2 Swedish Albums - 3 Swiss Albums -3 Taiwanese Albums - 1 UK Albums - 3 US Billboard 200 - 1 US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) - 1 Joanne charted in more counties and outpeaked Starboy by a mile in almost every country it charted without a hit single. We honestly have to appreciate Gaga and her achievements more and cut her some slack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc 4,775 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Maybe because The Weeknd doesn't have a big international fanbase like Gaga does. He will without a doubt end up outselling Joanne both WW and in the US unless a miracle happens and both MR and single #3 become WW smashes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillionReasons 402 Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 2 minutes ago, Luc said: Maybe because The Weeknd doesn't have a big international fanbase like Gaga does. He will without a doubt end up outselling Joanne both WW and in the US unless a miracle happens and both MR and single #3 become WW smashes. yes but 70% sales will be from the US and Canada Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
venusfly 17,885 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 I don't think its comparable. Gaga has stans everywhere who will buy the album 20 times over just to make sure it charts high... The Weeknd's genre doesnt tend to have fanbases who do that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyalty 3,904 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Gaga kween of being international Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlaeUrAnus 15,511 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Weeknd is only more successful in America. He does not have an international fanbase like Gaga's. In my messy era. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanWinchester 41,390 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Mntb Flyin' like a 1000 Doves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
August Blue 8,566 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Starboy has 382.187.753 views tho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillionReasons 402 Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 1 minute ago, A Gaga Lad said: Mntb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillionReasons 402 Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 Just now, August Blue said: Starboy has 382.187.753 views tho gurl I'm talking about the album Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanWinchester 41,390 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 5 minutes ago, MillionReasons said: Music not the bling Flyin' like a 1000 Doves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
August Blue 8,566 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 10 minutes ago, MillionReasons said: gurl I'm talking about the album Its not a shocking underperformance tho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jxckk 959 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 He only really began to get major exposure with his last album overseas, we can't really compare it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl 3,110 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Majority of people who are gonna listen to that will be young streamers who probably don't even know you can still buy music Just look at his album streams. I think Joanne has a lot more physical sales from both stans who want a real copy of it and older people who like Gaga now so that's why she's not really doing well streaming wise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFameKills 1,600 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Joanne is the final nail in the coffin wish ya good fortune in tha wars 2 come Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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