Katy Perry's 143 debuts with 48k units on Billboard 200

[Zaskar 3,735]

I hope Gaga crosses 300k with LG7. That would be sick

[BlondeQueenOfGGD 25,454]

I’m salivating thinking about the 2nd week drop.

[chathonnete 419]

56 minutes ago, Mister Gaga said:

I mean, is not THAT bad. 

There's obviously some sort of fandom she still has; between rock in rio, her tour in australia and this numbers. She's defintely a C list pop figure now, though.

I believe it's her fanbase but also general curiosity. Next week's numbers will show her fan bas numbers

[Shyane 1,527]

This is pretty good, a lot better than I thought tbh, considering how widely a flop this album is considered.

Please let Harlequin outsell 143. Otherwise, we'll be mocked by katy cats for years to come...

[Nite 4,790]

Honestly if Katycats want to compare 143 numbers to Harlequin that's embarrassing for them 

[Auralegends 4,706]

1 hour ago, Teletubby said:

Smile was released before Billboard changed its rules

What has changed?

[Auralegends 4,706]

54 minutes ago, Zaskar said:

Gaga’s first week sales-

The Fame- 24K

The Fame Monster*- 174K

Born this Way- 1.108M

ARTPOP- 258K

Cheek 2 Cheek- 131K

Joanne- 201K

A Star is Born- 231K

Chromatica- 274K

Love 4 Sale- 41K

Harlequin- ???

LG7- ???

Chromatica having the highest numbers since BTW and coming out higher than ARTPOP is actually amazing. 

[Dr Fudge 8,583]

20 minutes ago, Shyane said:

This is pretty good, a lot better than I thought tbh, considering how widely a flop this album is considered.

Please let Harlequin outsell 143. Otherwise, we'll be mocked by katy cats for years to come...

Tbh, I think the sales were largely driven by the controversy surrounding the release. Had KP not paired with Puke again and caused some buzz I bet sales would have been even less 

[RoadToLouis 102]

It could’ve been worse given the streaming numbers, tbh  I guess publicity is still publicity. Really wonder what her next move will be. Her and her team should really take some time to go over everything that went wrong this era and see if there’s still a future for her in the industry. Try to re-launch her with a different image and sound, perhaps. 

[OliviaRodrigoStan 4,383]

Honestly that's a top10 debut, and NOBODY liked any of her singles. Considering all the narrative surrounding the album has been exclusively negative, that's a great number, IMO. She did well, within her current context. 

[SimonBaetens 6,742]

Just now, OliviaRodrigoStan said:

Honestly that's a top10 debut, and NOBODY liked any of her singles. Considering all the narrative surrounding the album has been exclusively negative, that's a great number, IMO. She did well, within her current context. 

I honestly believe the negative reviews made people listen to judge the album for themselves. Let’s see if it’ll have any kind of longevity.

[DavidJP 726]

1 hour ago, LG2008 said:

So... Based on this and L4S debut... How much might Harlequin do?

Im gonna say 80,000-120,000 top 3. This is just my guess 

Edited September 29 by DavidJP

[Shyane 1,527]

8 minutes ago, SimonBaetens said:

Let’s see if it’ll have any kind of longevity.

there won't be lol. It'll be a blessing if it can last 5 weeks like Smile which is kinda difficult at this point. However, it'll be EPIC if it fell to #143 on the second week. would be a self-prophecy kinda thing.

[weed 70,897]

1 hour ago, Zaskar said:

Gaga’s first week sales-

The Fame- 24K

The Fame Monster*- 174K

Born this Way- 1.108M

ARTPOP- 258K

Cheek 2 Cheek- 131K

Joanne- 201K

A Star is Born- 231K

Chromatica- 274K

Love 4 Sale- 41K

Harlequin- ???

LG7- ???

It's weird that it would be more than Love 4 Sale but I wanna say it'll be right about 44k for Harlequin.

LG7, harder to predict... they feel very planned, very on point this era, I can see them pushing for 300k+  LG6 being her 2nd highest debut ever, LG7 will take that spot 

[Teletubby 134,172]

35 minutes ago, Auralegends said:

What has changed?

merch bundles got banned, physical copies have to be shipped to be counted, digital albums are limited to 1 per customer