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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Nov 18, 2003 19:21:51 GMT -5
My guess is 2.5million copies. Its unrealistic to think she will sell anything less than a million albums the first week.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2003 19:23:39 GMT -5
390,000
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Nov 18, 2003 19:28:28 GMT -5
425,000
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Post by FriendsFan on Nov 18, 2003 19:30:37 GMT -5
515,000 copies.
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Nov 18, 2003 19:46:33 GMT -5
600,000
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Post by BFMR on Nov 18, 2003 19:47:49 GMT -5
Its unrealistic to think she will sell anything less than a million albums the first week. she won't sell a million in the first week, maybe half a million... |
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Post by jimmy74747 on Nov 18, 2003 20:20:54 GMT -5
746,815
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Post by Flavoured on Nov 18, 2003 20:45:08 GMT -5
At first I said 423,000 copies, but I think I need to up it. So I'll say 615,000.
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Post by WhySoSerious? on Nov 18, 2003 21:14:27 GMT -5
I was in four stores today (don't ask), Best Buy, Tower, Virgin and Circuit City. The album was flying off the shelves in all four.
My guess: 750K-1 million.
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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Nov 18, 2003 21:36:54 GMT -5
I stand by my prediction of 2.5 million. If I bought the album then she's obviously done something here. Especially since I was a Britney Hater before this album.
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Post by BlahBlahBlah on Nov 18, 2003 21:57:14 GMT -5
869,241 (just had to stick a 69 in there).
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Post by Joe1240 on Nov 18, 2003 22:18:02 GMT -5
850,000
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Post by Matt4319 on Nov 18, 2003 22:41:31 GMT -5
707,770
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Post by singingsparrow on Nov 18, 2003 22:45:00 GMT -5
I stand by my prediction of 2.5 million. If I bought the album then she's obviously done something here. Especially since I was a Britney Hater before this album. Like I said before, you mean 2.5 million worldwide, right? Actually, I don't even see her selling that many worldwide in a first week, but 2.5 million domestically I think is way overestimating, considering her previous album "Britney" sold 764,000 in its first week, plus the worsening state of the music industry and the RIAA right now. Heck, even Eminem barely sold a million in his first week for "The Eminem Show". Despite the extreme overpromoting of this, I really don't think she's going to get close to the million mark the first week at all. My Prediction: 650,000 copiesSincerely, Noah Eaton |
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Post by jimmy74747 on Nov 18, 2003 23:33:41 GMT -5
I stand by my prediction of 2.5 million. If I bought the album then she's obviously done something here. Especially since I was a Britney Hater before this album. For every new fan she's gained, she has lost at least one. Many pop fans don't like her new sound, so they won't buy it, and I think many 10-15 year olds her like her old stuff are turned off by her now. Only one artist EVER has sold two million albums in one week. N Sync. Lets take these factors into consideration: 1. N Sync had a more rabid fanbase who are more likely two buy multiple CD's 2. The economy was doing better 3. Downloading was just becoming big, so that didn't effect N Sync 4. TRL was actually important in 2000 5. "Bye Bye Bye" was a way bigger hit than MATM. With that logic, I'll stick with my 700K prediction (which maybe a bit too high) |
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Post by Leafstorm on Nov 19, 2003 0:37:48 GMT -5
678,901
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Post by PerPlexied on Nov 19, 2003 2:04:04 GMT -5
489,000
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Post by allow that on Nov 19, 2003 2:04:40 GMT -5
858,734
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Post by Matt4319 on Nov 19, 2003 2:20:22 GMT -5
After 15 replies (of exact or rounded numbers, not ranges), the average prediction is...
773,031
Of course that number is highly skewed by Adonis's ridiculous 2,500,000 prediction. Throwing that out, the average is
649,676
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Post by ryarboro on Nov 19, 2003 2:21:25 GMT -5
700k...it looks like the hype is working...
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Post by jond7699 on Nov 19, 2003 2:30:06 GMT -5
775,000
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Post by Zander on Nov 19, 2003 4:52:51 GMT -5
732,438
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Post by codenut on Nov 19, 2003 5:11:55 GMT -5
635,000
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Post by Ragin on Nov 19, 2003 9:30:19 GMT -5
478,241
I up my prediction from another thread based on brisk sales, but I can't imagine it will do in the 600,000 range.
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Post by Castlevania on Nov 19, 2003 10:45:08 GMT -5
647,986 copies
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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Nov 19, 2003 11:55:06 GMT -5
I want to see what the first-day numbers are.
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Post by WhySoSerious? on Nov 19, 2003 12:26:40 GMT -5
HITS One Days: 550-600K
ONE-DAY SALES:
BRITNEY DOES IT AGAIN
Madonna-Tutored Vixen Slinking Her Way to #1 as Blink, Beatles, MJ Trail
November 19, 2003
Looks like she’s In the Zone, all right.
Yep, Britney Spears’ new Jive album is hitting its marks and then some. The collection is on track to sell a whopping 550k in its first week and may even hit 600k, according to early reports from national accounts. Guess having Madonna for a mentor doesn’t hurt.
Indeed, reports indicate the post-teenpop sexpot is handily beating expectations and selling well across the board. Albino boa constrictors for everyone!
Also besting expectations is Blink-182’s eponymous opus on Geffen. Reports indicate the pop-punk band’s latest is likely to sell over 300k for the week.
Next up is The Beatles’ Phil Spector-less Let It Be... Naked (Apple/Capitol), which could cross the 200k threshold before the week’s over.
And then there’s Michael Jackson’s Number Ones (Epic), whose release coincided in true Jackson-controversy fashion with a raid of his Neverland Ranch Tuesday. So far, it looks like the hits collection could come in shy of 100k, but it’s hard to say how continued news coverage of Jackson might impact that number.
Chart-wise, Britney will reign as next week’s #1 unchallenged. As for #2, Blink presumably has the best shot, but it all depends on how this week’s dueling 400k-plus rap debuts in Jay-Z and 2Pac hold up. Throw in The Beatles and you could be looking at next week’s Top Five.
But with the early release of both Korn’s Take a Look in the Mirror (Epic) and the Dixie Chicks’ Top of the World live CD/DVD sets now coming Friday, the chart picture could change dramatically. Regardless, look for increased shopper traffic driven by the early releases to give a boost to all new titles. Blink in particular should see a bump from the Korn release.
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Post by LordEctar on Nov 19, 2003 12:49:29 GMT -5
625,000
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Post by Matt4319 on Nov 19, 2003 14:01:11 GMT -5
It looks like we overestimated then. |
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Post by WhySoSerious? on Nov 19, 2003 14:05:18 GMT -5
It looks like we overestimated then. Yeah, I was at least expecting 700K. Oh well, if she trends high over the week it could do 650K.. |
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