Looks like Britney Spears will debut atop the Billboard 200 next week if all goes as estimated. The new album Femme Fatale is expected to sell in the range of 300,000 to take the top spot. Now, that's not too bad if you ask me, but one must point out that her last effort, Circus, took the top spot with 506,000 copies in it's first week back in '08. Granted, sells of albums have dropped of in the recent years, but this debut isn't even the biggest of the year so far. Adele debuted her latest, 21, with 352,000 a few weeks ago. Spears television performances have been put on blast recently for being half-hearted and below par for the once-peppy pop tart. I don't know if they hurt her album sales per se, but they didn't help. Her first single off Femme, Hold It Against Me, reached #1, but the FAR SUPERIOR second single, Till The World Ends, debuted at #9 and fell to #23 the next week, rebounding one spot to #22 this week. The upcoming video release may help it reach the top 10 again. Only time will tell if Brit can pull it together and deliver on the energy of the #1 debut. The album has plenty of hit-potential and is one of Spears' best (review HERE), so let's hope she can come out of her performance coma and get busy.
Friday, April 1, 2011
BRITNEY SPEARS POISED FOR A #1 ALBUM DEBUT
Looks like Britney Spears will debut atop the Billboard 200 next week if all goes as estimated. The new album Femme Fatale is expected to sell in the range of 300,000 to take the top spot. Now, that's not too bad if you ask me, but one must point out that her last effort, Circus, took the top spot with 506,000 copies in it's first week back in '08. Granted, sells of albums have dropped of in the recent years, but this debut isn't even the biggest of the year so far. Adele debuted her latest, 21, with 352,000 a few weeks ago. Spears television performances have been put on blast recently for being half-hearted and below par for the once-peppy pop tart. I don't know if they hurt her album sales per se, but they didn't help. Her first single off Femme, Hold It Against Me, reached #1, but the FAR SUPERIOR second single, Till The World Ends, debuted at #9 and fell to #23 the next week, rebounding one spot to #22 this week. The upcoming video release may help it reach the top 10 again. Only time will tell if Brit can pull it together and deliver on the energy of the #1 debut. The album has plenty of hit-potential and is one of Spears' best (review HERE), so let's hope she can come out of her performance coma and get busy.
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