Dang, I was kidding a while ago about Eminem and Susan Boyle, but dude’s looking unstoppable. I just read Spin‘s cover story on him, and now I’m going to have to listen to the album, I guess. Interesting character.
Speaking of interesting characters, does it surprise anybody (besides Glenn Peoples) that despite the non-stop internet chatter, a controversial New York Times Sunday magazine profile, and a very cool appearance on Letterman, M.I.A. has still failed to move more than 40,000 units over two weeks? Billboard 200:
1. Eminem – “Recovery” – 187,000 (down 4%; cume: 1,700,000)
2. Rick Ross – “Teflon Don” – 176,000 (debut)
3. Sheryl Crow – “100 Miles From Memphis” – 55,000 (debut)
4. Drake – “Thank Me Later” – 47,000 (down 6%)
5. “Kidz Bop 18” – 43,000 (debut)
6. Justin Bieber – “My World 2.0” – 39,000 (down 5%)
7. The Jonas Brothers – “Jonas L.A.” soundtrack – 32,000 (debut)
8. “Now 34” – 27,000 (down 1%)
9. Lady Antebellum – “Need You Now” – 25,000 (down 8%)
10. Lady Gaga – “The Fame” – 24,000 (down 9%)
Further down:
13. Korn – “Korn III: Remember Who You Are” – 20,000 (down 68%)
23. Sting – “Symphonicities” – 14,000 (down 61%)
34. M.I.A. – “///Y/” – 11,000 (down 61%)
55. “Jersey Shore” soundtrack – 8,000 (debut)
Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending July 25) totaled 5.3 million units.
Digital track sales this past week totaled 21 million downloads.
I thought the same thing too. Good thing she married wealthy cuz she won’t be able to afford truffle fries on those sales.
Her sales suck cuz her alleged music sucks
WTF is “Kidz Bop 18”?