OFFICIAL NUMBERS FROM BILLBOARD ARE IN!
CIRCUS SOLD 505,073 COPIES IN ITS FIRST WEEK!
CIRCUS SOLD 505,073 COPIES IN ITS FIRST WEEK!
In this economic, selling out 500K+ is amazing,despite the 3 week early album leaks!
This makes her the 2nd Highest Female Debut of 2008!!!
Taylor Swift- Fearless- 592,304
Britney Spears- Circus- 500K+
Taylor is talented and a big fan of Britney but her album didn't leak and country audiences usually go out to buy physical CDs instead of illegal downloading hence her album could sold out that much.
#1 Album Top BB 200
- Gold in its debut week
- highest for a pop solo act, 2nd highest for a female this year
#1 Single Top BB Hot 100
- Highest first week sales for a female (Womanizer)
- 2nd Billboard Hot 100 #1 after 10 years
#1 Digital Singles
- Two consecutive singles debuting over 200K
#1 Videos
- 2 consecutive #1 hot videos, Womanizer & Circus which climbed to top spot within 24 hours.
Possibly a #1 Tour next year
-More than 500K tickets sold out within few days & most of her tour dates have ALREADY been sold out.
FACT No.1:
With her half-million entry, Spears becomes the only artist in Nielsen SoundScan history to have four albums debut with 500,000 or more.
FACT No.2:
Since SoundScan began tracking data in 1991, only four acts -- aside from Spears -- have notched three 500,000-starts: 2Pac, 50 Cent, Garth Brooks and Jay-Z.
FACT No.3:
"Circus" also notches the seventh-biggest sales week of 2008.
1. Lil Wayne - "Tha Carter III" - 1,006,000
2. AC/DC's - "Black Ice" 784,000
3. Coldplay's - "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" 721,000
4. Taylor Swift - "Fearless" 592,000
5. T.I. - "Paper Trail" (568,000) and
6. Jonas Brothers - "A Little Bit Longer" - 525,000
7. Britney Spears - "Circus" - 505,073
FACT No.4:
Among female artists, only four have earned more No. 1 albums:
Barbra Streisand - 8 albums
Madonna - 7 albums
Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson - 6 albums
Britney - 5 albums (...and counting *grins*)
All five of Spears' chart-toppers debuted at No.1.
FACT No.5:
Elsewhere in the diva showdown department, Spears can now claim the title of the woman with the most albums to DEBUT at No.1. She breaks away from a five-way tie she was previously in with Madonna, Carey, Jackson and Alicia Keys (all with four No. 1 debuts).
Source: Billboard
With her half-million entry, Spears becomes the only artist in Nielsen SoundScan history to have four albums debut with 500,000 or more.
FACT No.2:
Since SoundScan began tracking data in 1991, only four acts -- aside from Spears -- have notched three 500,000-starts: 2Pac, 50 Cent, Garth Brooks and Jay-Z.
FACT No.3:
"Circus" also notches the seventh-biggest sales week of 2008.
1. Lil Wayne - "Tha Carter III" - 1,006,000
2. AC/DC's - "Black Ice" 784,000
3. Coldplay's - "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" 721,000
4. Taylor Swift - "Fearless" 592,000
5. T.I. - "Paper Trail" (568,000) and
6. Jonas Brothers - "A Little Bit Longer" - 525,000
7. Britney Spears - "Circus" - 505,073
FACT No.4:
Among female artists, only four have earned more No. 1 albums:
Barbra Streisand - 8 albums
Madonna - 7 albums
Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson - 6 albums
Britney - 5 albums (...and counting *grins*)
All five of Spears' chart-toppers debuted at No.1.
FACT No.5:
Elsewhere in the diva showdown department, Spears can now claim the title of the woman with the most albums to DEBUT at No.1. She breaks away from a five-way tie she was previously in with Madonna, Carey, Jackson and Alicia Keys (all with four No. 1 debuts).
Source: Billboard
WHO IS LAUGHING NOW, HATERS????
No comments:
Post a Comment