BEYONCE ALBUM SALES ARE NOT WHAT COLUMBIA EXPECTED - BUT BETTER THAN I THOUGHT!!!

FIRST WEEK SALES FOR BEYONCE'S ALBUM "4" ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 270,000 - 300,000 SALES. COLUMBIA ESTIMATED THAT HER FOURTH ALBUM WOULD AT LEAST GO GOLD IN ITS FIRST WEEK. HOWEVER, WITH NO REAL CROSSOVER SINGLE ,  BEYONCE HAS TO ADMIT DEFEAT.

NOW IF I SELL 270,000 COPIES IN MY FIRST WEEK, I WOULD BE ECSTATIC. HOWEVER FOR BEYONCE'S STATURE AND LEVEL, THIS ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH PEOPLE.

HERE ARE THE 1ST DAY SALES IN OTHER COUNTRIES

On its first day of sales, 4 shipped more than 10,000 copies in Poland, more than 120,000 copies in Brazil, and sold around 32,000 in the United Kingdom.

ITS STILL A FAIR RECEPTION FOR BEYONCE, BUT IT IS HER LOWEST SELLING ALBUM.


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UPDATE - 6/6/11




BEYONCE'S OVERALL FIRST WEEK NUMBERS WERE 310,000

LADY GAGA SALES SURPRISINGLY PLUMMET??! - IS HER REIGN COMING TO AN END??

SAY WHAT YOU LIKE, LADY GAGA HAS MADE A HUGE MARK IN POP CULTURE. MANY SAY SHE BIT HER STYLE OFF OF MADONNA AND PERFORMANCES OFF OF ELTON JOHN. THIS I CAN SEE, BUT THAT DOESNT TAKE AWAY FROM HER MUSICAL TALENT.

MANY COMPLAINED THAT HER RECENT ALBUM BORN THIS WAY HAD TOO MANY SIMILAR SOUNDING SONGS. THIS CAN BE BLAMED ON THE PRODUCERS, BUT GAGA DOES HAVE A CRAZY SAY IN WHAT SHE PUTS OUT. SHE MAY NEED TO GET OOUT OF THE ELECTRO SOUND AND 120-130 BPM DANCE RANGES.

ITS TIME FOR HER TO SWITCH UP TOTALLY I FEEL. IF SHE DOESNT, SHE MAY LOSE HER PLACE, CAUSE ADELE IS KILLIN HER RIGHT NOW.

LETS LOOK AT THE STATS.

IN HER FIRST WEEK, GAGA SOLD 1.1 MILLION...WHICH IS AMAZING!!

IN HER SECOND WEEK SHE DROPPED WAAY DOWN TO 174,000 COPIES.
THIS DROP SHOWED THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM! MAYBE AFTER INITIAL LISTEN PEOPLE SPREAD WORD OF HER ALBUM NOT BEING UP TO PAR, THUS THE DEMAND DROPPED.

IN HER THIRD WEEK SHE SOLD AROUND 80,000

IN HER 4TH WEEK A MERE 68,000

NOW I'M NOT SAYING SHE FLOPPED...BUT IN TERMS OF GAGA STANDARDS, SHE SHOULDN'T BE DROPPING SO DRASTICALLY.

SHE NEEDS TO MAKE BREAD FROM TOURING, OR ELSE SHE MAY BE IN TROUBLE.


BUT HEY...EVEN HER 4TH WEEK SALES IN MORE THAN LIL MAMAS WHOLE ALBUM SALES... SO WHATEVER!!