Posted October 7, 200915 yr Madonna's new greatest hits set, "Celebration," charted at No. 7 this week with 72,000 While many were focused on a battle between Paramore's "Brand New Eyes" and Mariah Carey's "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" for the top slot on the Billboard 200 this week, Barbra Streisand trumps them both. "Love Is the Answer" earns Streisand her ninth No. 1 on the chart, opening with 180,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan Carey's "Memoirs" begins its Billboard 200 life with 168,000 -- off quite a bit from the opening of her last set, 2008's "E=MC2." The latter effort bowed at No. 1 with 463,000 :o :lol: WATCH IT DROP NEXT WEEK BIG STYLE Edited October 7, 200915 yr by stevejb4u
October 8, 200915 yr TBH these sales are very disappointing for Madonna. Has she done promo, or she's that much ignored now in the US? :wacko:
October 8, 200915 yr TBH these sales are very disappointing for Madonna. Has she done promo, or she's that much ignored now in the US? :wacko: I really dont get why you think this disappointing? We live in an age where people can make there on GH collection via digital downloads. Plus this is her 3rd collection and it matches the peak of GHV2, yes sales are done but thats across the board.
October 8, 200915 yr TBH these sales are very disappointing for Madonna. Has she done promo, or she's that much ignored now in the US? :wacko: I think that is the problem, :(
October 8, 200915 yr Author Being a G.h album americans dont seem to go for, so they keep saying ( even tho I.C sold 10 million to date) and this is now her third g.h i am happy its top 10. Bet Mariah aint happy or her record bosses all that Pr she did shows shes fading i recon :dance:
October 8, 200915 yr Being a G.h album americans dont seem to go for, so they keep saying ( even tho I.C sold 10 million to date) and this is now her third g.h i am happy its top 10. Bet Mariah aint happy or her record bosses all that Pr she did shows shes fading i recon :dance: Mariah didnt do as much promo as she usually does plus most of Mariah's albums have higher weekly sales than there debut week. Hopefully CLB is a constant seller for the remainder of the year.
October 8, 200915 yr I really dont get why you think this disappointing? We live in an age where people can make there on GH collection via digital downloads. Plus this is her 3rd collection and it matches the peak of GHV2, yes sales are done but thats across the board. I get what you say, but if you compare the first week sales of the UK and US: 77k in the UK, 72 k in the US, so that's 5k less although the USA is by far a bigger country with bigger population so I do think this is disappointing, but I know too, that sales are decreasing this year overall in the States. The other thing, I thought there are far more Madge fans in the US who support her and buy her greatest hits album and don't create an own greatest hits collection via downloads. I have to say though I personally haven't bought the Celebration compilation either on CD but I bought the DVD.
October 8, 200915 yr Author I thought i read she ( Mariah) did a free gig 4 fans in usa 2 boost sales but looks like didnt help much. I recon both albums will fall next week but Madonna will pick up more neare xmas as its a G.H so people buy them for pressys etc i know i will be :dance:
October 8, 200915 yr I thought i read she ( Mariah) did a free gig 4 fans in usa 2 boost sales but looks like didnt help much. I recon both albums will fall next week but Madonna will pick up more neare xmas as its a G.H so people buy them for pressys etc i know i will be :dance: Yea but I mean by Mariah's usual standards, appearing in every single show including the adverts in between.
October 11, 200915 yr Has she done promo, or she's that much ignored now in the US? :wacko: I always see her CD right in front at the stores, but I haven't seen much promotion on TV or anything...I blame Warner, they aren't good at promoting their artists (Enya is a perfect example of that, she's on Warner)
October 14, 200915 yr 7 25 MADONNA WARNER BROS. 25,016 -64% CELEBRATION Total 97,016 next week 100,000+ ^_^
October 14, 200915 yr 7 25 MADONNA WARNER BROS. 25,016 -64% CELEBRATION Total 97,016 next week 100,000+ ^_^ Phew! Hopefully she will be slightly higher on soundscan/billboard 200
October 15, 200915 yr Author Madonna is down to No 20 so not a bad drop as first thought, at begining of week early reports had it down to No35.
