The top selling album in the whole goddamned country last week only managed to sell 44,000 copies. I’m happy for Cake, I guess, but dang. I will survive? Barely. How low can this shit go? 44,000 people? My grandma has that many friends on Facebook.
1. Cake – “Showroom of Compassion” – 44,000 (debut)
2. Cage the Elephant – “Thank You Happy Birthday” – 39,000 (debut)
3. Taylor Swift – “Speak Now,” – 35,000 (down 32%)
4. Bruno Mars’ “Doo-Wops & Hooligans”- 32,000 (down 15%)
5. Nicki Minaj – “Pink Friday” – 32,000 (down 17%)
6. “Country Strong” soundtrack – 29,000 (up less than 1%)
7. Steel Magnolia – “Steel Magnolia” – 28,000 (debut)
8. Rihanna – “Loud” – 28,000 (down 16%)
9. Mumford & Sons – “Sigh No More” – 26,000 (down 24%)
10. Kanye West – “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” – 25,000 (down 24%)
• Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Jan. 16) totaled 4.9 million units
• Digital track sales this past week totaled 27.5 million downloads
Hell in a handbasket. Why don’t you fucking people put down your phones and give Twitter a break for 10 minutes to go listen to some goddamn music.
Who fucking people?
They’ll make it up in ringtones sales!
I would imagine that even with these numbers, the fellas in Cake are pretty stoked.
Twitter: The cause and cure to all the world’s problems.
So far will it go? It’s like watching the stock market tank.