For the last fucking time - Gaga had NOTHING to do with that Amazon promotion, they paid full price for the album and chose to sell it cheap to promote their cloud music service in competition with iTunes! Anyway, even if you take those sales away, she STILL sold about three quarters of a million the first week as it was a US only promotion and the album went No 1 here in the UK and all over the world. I am getting REALLY sick and tired of people spouting crap about this - nobody in their right mind CHOOSES to sell their brand new album for 99c, she said herself the promotion was a "nice surprise". Unfortunately the backlash against her, when she had FUCK ALL to do with this promotion (nor did Interscope), has been an ongoing saga because some people can't fucking read and have made their minds up regardless of proof to the contrary including a statement by Billboard confirming this fact. Amazon chose the biggest album release of last year for their promotion.

As for Madonna, its no great surprise her album entered at No 1 as her fans mostly preordered it. The real test will be how long it stays in the charts ;o)