craig 680 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 TGhe Telegraph is reporting bullcrap from The Examiner:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/10456587/Lady-Gaga-draws-in-Saturday-Night-Live-viewers-while-ARTPOP-sales-flop.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues 0 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Lady Gaga follows in the footsteps of Avril Lavigne and Susan Boyle to become only the third female solo artist in chart history to top the chart with each of her first three studio albums, completing her triptych with ARTPOP, which debuts at number one on sales of 65,608 copies. Although that tally exceeds the 25,228 copies that her first album The Fame sold when debuting at number three in 2009 - it reached number one 11 weeks later - it is less than a third of the 215,639 copies that follow-up Born This Way sold when reaching number one on its 2011 debut. Racking up only the ninth highest sale for a number one album so far this year, ARTPOP would likely have opened with a lower tally had it not been for the mp3 version of the album being priced at just £4.99 at Amazon and Sainsbury (£8.99 as iTunes), a fact which helped it to sell 30,211 copies on download.ARTPOP's first single, Applause became Gaga's 10th Top 10 single on release in August but - moving 42-51 (8,049 sales) this week - it remains the smallest seller of the ten, with a 14 week tally of 234,979. Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly), Venus and Dope were also released in the run-up to ARTPOP but were all instant gratification singles and were thus barred from the chart until now.Do What U Want now debuts at number nine (29,657 sales), with Venus at number 76 (3,174 sales) and Dope at number 124 (1,666 sales). No other Gaga tracks are in the singles Top 200, although ARTPOP's release sparks a revival in album sales of Born This Way (151-121, 1,234 sales) and The Fame, which re-enters the chart at number 170 (784 sales). Overall sales of The Fame including the expanded Fame Monster edition are 2,881,664, while Born This Way has sold 960,151 copies. Both albums also charted separately in remixed editions. The Remix - which revisited tracks from The Fame - reached number three and has sold 164,293 copies, while Born This Way: The Remix got to number 77 and has sold 16,094 copies. ARTPOP sold 65k, DWUW 29k Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyMoonShine 0 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 ARTPOP sold 65k, DWUW 29k Well I was hoping for at least 70k but 65k isn't far off so Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues 0 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Updated sales: TFM: 2,88 million BTW: 960k TF remix: 164k BTW remix: 16k Applause: 235k Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo 40,746 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Updated sales: TFM: 2,88 million BTW: 960k TF remix: 164k BTW remix: 16k Applause: 235k So DWUW's sales this week are it's total sales or are they counting the first 3 weeks? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues 0 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 So DWUW's sales this week are it's total sales or are they counting the first 3 weeks? It sold 29k this week. The weeks before album release won't count I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan2244 1,858 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 65k Is Good :) As Long As It has steady sales Which I am sure it will when Gaga Gets promoting, I think it going to be like the fame Longing Tivity is more important, example BTW: 215 >>> 940k << Total TF: 25k >>> 2.9mil :) ARTPOP : 65k >> Long run I hope it goes Plat 300k :) <<<< Is Good :) in total Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmonster 1,292 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 "ARTPOP would likely have opened with a lower tally had it not been for the mp3 version of the album being priced at just £4.99 at Amazon and Sainsbury (£8.99 as iTunes), a fact which helped it to sell 30,211 copies on download." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy 2,290 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 65k Is Good :) As Long As It has steady sales Which I am sure it will when Gaga Gets promoting, I think it going to be like the fame Longing Tivity is more important, example BTW: 215 >>> 940k << Total TF: 25k >>> 2.9mil :) ARTPOP : 65k >> Long run I hope it goes Plat 300k :) <<<< Is Good :) in total 300k total would be depressing, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomethingMore 1,701 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Yes! We finally got updated sale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan2244 1,858 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 300k total would be depressing, Not Really, Born this way Did about 5x Its Debut So With all the Decline in Albums sales Etc, 5x or 6x ARTPOP first weeks sales would equal it but if it got to 300k I would be happy :) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy 2,290 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Not Really, Born this way Did about 5x Its Debut So With all the Decline in Albums sales Etc, 5x or 6x ARTPOP first weeks sales would equal it but if it got to 300k I would be happy :) It would, if the era lasted another year, it'd sell on average 4,000 a week to get to 300k Anything below 600k would be depressing, Rihanna does it every year with the **** she drops so GaGa should have no trouble with the right single choices and good promo opportunities Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan2244 1,858 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 It would, if the era lasted another year, it'd sell on average 4,000 a week to get to 300k Anything below 600k would be depressing, Rihanna does it every year with the **** she drops so GaGa should have no trouble with the right single choices and good promo opportunities Hmm Okay, There Is some Truth in this :), I hope you are right.... :) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Americano 31,061 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Yay for being over 60k. I was really worried it'd be like 50k or even worse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry 26,836 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Ugh was hoping for 70k :cry: Still, 65k is not far off and not a disaster either. Worried about the drop this week Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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