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Post by Janhova's Witness on Feb 7, 2018 3:35:54 GMT -5
Justin Timberlake's new album is on track to debut with just 210k in sales (and trending downwards) despite exposure on the world's biggest stage. With his lead single free-falling on radio and its follow-up sitting in the lower reaches of the radio chart, I ask this question: Will this album outsell Janet Jackson's Unbreakable, which was released with minimal promotion and no single airplay on mainstream radio? Released in 2015, it is currently at 300k in sales. Keep in mind that the possibility exists for a sub-200k debut and the album will be down to 2k-per-week sales in a month without a ticket bundle.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2018 4:26:14 GMT -5
Considering she beem out since the 80s, didnt promote, or have a boring ass SB performance her album sales for Unbreakable are far more remarkable than his . He will outsell but barely and considering he is coming off his biggest single just two years ago loving seeing him show his ass and fall flat like his nasally ass voice.
Janet can always rest on her laurels as the QWEEN while he can sit at her feet and beg for mercy cause the ghost of Janets exposed boob is fuvking him up and exposing his flaws all at once. Problematic jackass!
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Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Feb 7, 2018 5:25:20 GMT -5
Probably. But without a hit to help extend its shelf life, it's going to take a while. I am surprised that they didn't do a concert ticket bundle the way other artists did because that would have definitely helped. A number of the dates that they released so far have sold reasonably well.
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Feb 7, 2018 9:34:29 GMT -5
I think he will but only barely and that no one in the world would have predicted that this album launched off the back of a huge rollout would sell 300-350K TOTAL.
That is unless Say Something becomes such a massive hit that it turns the album campaign around.
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Post by Choco on Feb 7, 2018 10:43:07 GMT -5
The Unbreakable numbers are impressive, all things considered, but he'll outsell that. It's starting at about 220k so that extra 80k shouldn't be impossible. Whether this thing crosses 500k will depend on any hits, and it's still a massive bomb for him
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 7, 2018 13:20:33 GMT -5
As much as I'd love for it not to, it should pass Janet's album pretty easily if it's already going to sell 2/3 of her total sales in one week. Still not a good look for his sales though all things considered.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2018 13:27:33 GMT -5
This will outsell Unbreakable But quality wise Unbreakable murders it
And so does any Janet album imo Sooo end of the quality is all I care for
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Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Feb 11, 2018 4:25:09 GMT -5
The Unbreakable numbers are impressive, all things considered, but he'll outsell that. It's starting at about 220k so that extra 80k shouldn't be impossible. Whether this thing crosses 500k will depend on any hits, and it's still a massive bomb for him Without a moderate or even big hit, it's going to struggle to get to 300k in pure sales.
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Post by Dreams on Feb 11, 2018 7:10:29 GMT -5
Most likely. I can see them selling relatively the same in the US (maybe Janet outselling him when all is said and done), but it's a given Justin will outsell Janet worldwide (Janet is pretty much a non-factor outside the states).
ETA: Oh, I just noticed you're asking for US sales only. I voted for Maybe.
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Post by jenglisbe on Feb 12, 2018 8:35:22 GMT -5
What am I missing? Is there any way it doesn't outsell Unbreakable?
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