Madonna's MDNA continues to break records:
After a promising start, topping the Billboard 200 chart in its first week with 359,000 copies sold, Madonna's MDNA suffered an 88% drop in sales to 46,000, which sets the record for biggest second week drop in history. Many are questioning whether the option for fans to purchase the album as part of a tour ticket package skewed the initial numbers reported by Billboard Magazine. With 185,000 copies sold as part of this deal, only 179,000 can constitute individual album sales. Had these been the final numbers reported, the album wouldn't have topped the US charts in its first week after all.
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But it was selling for 50% off at fab.com...and they have "3.2 million members" LOL
Seriously though, who the hell actually BUYS music anymore...it's still ridiculously simple to download for free, or just rip the MP3 from a youtube.
Posted by: TruthBeSold | Apr 10, 2012 2:21:44 PM
You know, if Madonna wore mother of the bride dresses and sang songs a la Celine Dion and acted "Grown up" , Prople would loose their sh!t,
Fact is no matter what Madonna does or when or why, People WILL always complaine, cry , b!tch , whine and die a little....
It's Madonna. She rules, you don't. Period.
Posted by: Rory | Apr 10, 2012 2:44:08 PM
"She's done no promotion."
LOL. Fantards are funny.
Posted by: endo | Apr 10, 2012 2:57:06 PM
I like her music but can't stand her as a person. It's one of those cases when the personality gets on the way and prevents you from enjoying her talents.
Posted by: Andreas | Apr 10, 2012 3:39:06 PM
here's a truth or dare (20 years ago, really?)question madge: does lourdes ever see her dad, or is he just considered a donor?
Posted by: t | Apr 10, 2012 5:37:09 PM
"talents"? please. she's just an egomaniac. she's no adele
Posted by: t | Apr 10, 2012 5:39:06 PM
i still think she's great. i'm not blown away by this album yet (i do love "turn up the radio") but why are some people so nasty about her? because she's OLD? because she promotes herself in the music INDUSTRY? Madonna is a true icon, and i think an artist.
Posted by: Shawnaynay | Apr 10, 2012 6:34:45 PM
The reason records aren't selling these days is because there is no music on them.They all sound the same and have no merit and suck. For a major label artist these are disgraceful numbers. The advertising that she has had cost far more than her sales will now ever amount to. I also don't think her tour sold out I think I've seen at least 5 places giving away tickets. The time has come for her to try some of the other things she thinks she's good at.Why should she be surprised. Home girl has had thirty years to learn to sing and she's gotten worse not better. She has 500 million from being a hack I think she'll get over it.
Posted by: MISSTHINGS | Apr 10, 2012 7:10:42 PM
....am i the only one who thought Cyndi Lauper's "Bring Ya To Tha Brink" album was one of the greatest dance records of the last decade?
Posted by: LittleKiwi | Apr 11, 2012 12:34:01 AM
looks like Billboard has caved on their policies of not counting sales that were bundled in with no option to not buy the album which they SUPPOSEDLY established after Prince's Musicology tour.
not only is the album extremely unlistenable, in my opinion, they had to resort to hijinx to 'break' this 'record'.
i'm not impressed. madonna used to kind of inspire me. now she makes me sick.
Posted by: pork | Apr 11, 2012 2:48:33 AM
I am a diehard Madonna fan and even after 10+ listening sessions I do not really like the album. In my opinion too much time spent on the Wallis Simpson movie and not enough on the music. She just had to honor her contract with Live Nation and produce an album on time
to promote the tour this year.
@littlekiwi: yeah, some tracks on Bring Ya to the Brink are terrific dance music (and her voice is still fantastic). Definitely better than a lot of MDNA (expect for GGW which Is the only song on the album I love).
Posted by: Manuel | Apr 11, 2012 4:02:33 PM
@Johansson: without the $1 discount, Gaga's estimated sales were about 700,000+ which is close to twice what Madonna sold, plus her drop was lesser in % and still twice of Madonna's 45,000+
Posted by: Bryan | Apr 11, 2012 4:44:16 PM
“Never hate anyone who is jealous of you, Respect their jealousy. They’re the ones who think you’re better than them”. -Enough said, folks!
Posted by: Alex | Apr 13, 2012 1:42:16 PM
Prince and Bruce are cool, Bono needs to hang it up though!!!
Posted by: Ohhhmyyyy | Apr 17, 2012 2:53:01 PM