Few Pop stars can rival the success or longevity of Britney Spears.
That reality sees any release from the performer serve as a “stop, look, and listen” moment for the masses.
The roll-out of her latest offering ‘Glory’ was no different.
Preceded by single ‘Make Me,’ the LP was teased in earnest with a slew of promotional tracks – including ‘Clumsy’ and ‘Private Show.’
With a heavy press presence thanks to looks such as ‘Carpool Karaoke’ and tomorrow night’s VMAs, all eyes are on what numbers the diva will deliver.
Find out what the forecasts are saying below…
According to Hits Daily Double, the 34-year-old is on-course to open with 90,000-95,000 in pure sales and 105k-115k (sales-plus-streaming).
The figure will not be enough to garner the star a #1 on the Billboard 200, due to strong competition from Florida Georgia Line and Barbra Streisand.
Statistically, the number is consistent with the 107k debut of Spears last effort – 2013’s ‘Britney Jean.’
Although with that project representing the lowest first week premiere of any of her projects, the lack of growth could be interpreted negatively by some. While the lack of decline will no doubt be praised by others.
What side of the line do you fall?
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In all honesty. The last Britney album that was good was femme fatale. What she is lacking is knowing her brand. She doesn’t know it. Britney brand is radio friendly single with catchy chorus that DJs can play in the club. None of these songs are that.
Britney’s “Brand” is tarnished. She is beyond damaged goods at this point. No shade but she needs to stay in Vegas & this is why she released this album so she could have some fresh new material to keep the seats filled & hopefully make folks return.
AND I THANK YOU!!!!
“FEMME FATALE” SHITTS ALL OVER HER LAST ALBUMS RELEASED AFTER THAT!
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I dont understand why everyone is on this hyped up bandwagon for Glory-Hole
This is good sales sheLl def get certified
She hasn’t even promoted
Idk who watches that carpool karaoke show
Music is like sport. When you are tired you should sit doWn and let people remind you in a good way.
Glory=hole is the nail in her careers coffin
Don’t call it a comeback lol! Britney stans bring up her album sales from 1998-2004 to defend this flop in 5.4.3.2.1
Wow that’s kind of low for an artist like Britney. But i think these are the same #’s as Anti?
Why is Rihanna always in your low T cell count having mouth?
I think ” Just Luv Me” is a smash in waiting! (With the right video)… These numbers will be revised upward after the VMA’S.
Her team said that she is going to EAT tomorrow night on the VMAs………
Now tell me why should I believe that? I expect alot of hand swinging, lip syncing and poses.
Your fave can barely hit 20k and she is too shook to release her next album because she knows the decline would be real. Also when will Tinashxt ever garner the VMA stage? Never!!! Insecure stans of flop artists (you) should just stop!
The album is amazing I was expecting way more
anti was 175000 and Rihanna is the Queen Of Pop Britney needs to sit home and twittle her thumbs and play with sedimentary rocks as they dissolve like her career
Rihanna does handle pop music better than all these other girls minus Madonna and Janet. The rest of the pop girls that came after could barley pass the 5 year mark clean.
Pink fergie>>>thotana
Ooooh, y’all better leave lil tink tink alone. She’s doing ha best. You h**’s know damn well Britney is mentally scared. I’m surprised she’s still alive tbh… Go Britney!
Lmaoooo ??? God forgive me
I was guessing 200K with a great portion being streaming. WOW! They say streaming is cheap, but it’s not helping these other artist other than Riahnna and Drake. Britney, Katy, Fergie, Zayn, Doughnut Licker Grande, Iggy, 5th Hookery, Salena, Megan and so many others singles and albums came and went. Some had a hit here and there, others not even that. So tthis really ends the streaming is cheap BS. Streaming 100% shows the interest of the listeners. No marketing BS, no radio deal, no overshipping, that’s all end this era.
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? @ Doughnut Licker Grande
So what? I may have an “interest” in a free sample at the Supermarket, but if I don’t buy the whole box of wheat thins, then what did the one I agreed to try matter? If people were INTERESTED in these artists music, they would BUY their whole albums. Not just stream random selections once or twice and then never listen again.
And it’s sad because ZAYN’s album was so good. Doughnut Licker’s album was decent. All the rest were trashy trashy especially fergie ferg!
Welp….
As for Brit, her team seen this coming years ago, that’s why she’s in Vegas. I have to give props for them bringing her back from that hell storm in 2005-2008. But here’s the truth people, not everyone going to have everlasting careers. The greats from the pass are no longer current, or even alive. Fans grow up, real life sets in, Britney core audience are GROWN and have a life to keep up with. Her and MOST aging pop stars stans are gays, why? This may sound wrong, but they don’t have children, most don’t have jobs or their own place. So they’re suck in this t*** bobbing girl with posters on her walls phase while in their 20s and 30s.
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Brit had a great run, the POWER is no longer in the name. The biz is not like it was in the 90s or 00s. These sales are the current sales of most pop stars. And this pop lane, this dance pop selling s** lane is a 15 years max, maybe 20 if you’re lucky. That’s just the culture of this genre, even Madonna had to accept that the young radio wasn’t going to play her trash anymore and clanged to ageism. With all that said, the very least, the VMAs is help her sales by 50K (with streaming counted). But this show is make or break, and even with that, VMAS caters to 13 to 25 year olds, they may not even care to what was IT when they were barley born.
U make no sense.. Barbara Streisand is outselling her and her fans are grandparents or greatgrandparents
this site always says y’all are about the MUSIC but y’all love articles about SALES … lol and y’all think sales = quality
I have noticed that lately. They seem to care more about sales, hots, and numbers over music
I’m ready to see what she does tomorrow gosh I hope she doesn’t look stiff
It I’ll be the Billboard Awards 2.0
Lolol
That’s low for her but every artist experience this kind of decline in sales at some point in their careers. We can attribute the poor sales of Mariah and Madonna to them being way past their prime, ageism, zero support from radio stations, the lack of interest from the gp and sometimes the poor quality of the material but in Britney’s case is all her fault, at 34 she has no passion, determination or enthusiasm for her career, she just follow orders from her money hungry team, she does what they say but that’s not enough. People are tired of waiting for a resurrection from her as a performer, artist and of course the person, all we get is a brainless doll which is even annoying at times, we get it, she’s been through a lot but it’s been awhile since that. Some people just don’t have what it takes to carry the heavy commitment of being a Pop Star till the end, like Madonna, Janet, Cher, Mariah, Celine….And this generation still wonder what’s so special about those hasbeens.
Beyonka will survive. I see her having a career like Tina Turner. But, the rest… chile….
Beyonce is doing the same NO PROMO mess that Britney did with Blackout to now. That’s NOT going to last long, look at Kanye. Her stans have to see the downfall from the past 3 eras.
I can see that, she’s already surviving without the hits so more power to her.
It’s not going to last long YET Lemonade and Self Titled’s sales say otherwise
Happens to everyone, no one stays on top forever. The business have changed, the times have changed. I accept that Britney is just a pop star, but even with that, there’s no artistic growth. Her team won’t even let her change her look or even her damn hair color. Also her stans and fans wouldn’t let her grow, all they wanted was the “old” Britney instead of a NEW Britney. And last, people aren’t excusing her not singing, not dancing and not putting on a show. We hear era after era THIS IT THE TIME< SHE"S BACK< SHE"S GOING TO DANCE AGAIN. All lies era after era. In closing, I like that she dropped the EDM and auto tune mess.
Exactly, people are just tired of her, and when the gp lost interest in an artist, it’s over for them, look at Gaga, her decline was due to the fact that people weren’t interested in her anymore, that’s worse than a media backlash, it’s not easy to make peace with the gp.
The album leaked early dumbasses
Boo boo I liked ur comment until u called JANET, MARIAH hasbeens???? They are pop royalty. ICONS
Those will never be “has beens” mate 🙂 True survivors.
Anyway, you have changed the music A LOT regarding britney, haven´t you? I remember how quick you always were to say Britney will outlast even Mariah Carey (and others) cause her impact was bigger and is more iconic than all those others (except Madonna) and that kind of stuff you used to say. I remember telling you NO NO NO every time. And looks like you have come around now 🙂 Talentless very rarely stand the test of time no matter of you had so many hits or big sales. When a couple of decades are gone after that, the light becomes so dim, and others, even people who debuted decades before the talentess but successful artist, end being ahead again. Madonna, Mariah and Celine (and Whitney is and will) will definitely outlast, surpass and be more remembered and played in the distant future than Britney Spears.
“And this generation still wonder what’s so special about these hasbeens”
… Preach! I’m here for this comment! I understand that our favs will not always be IT girls forever, but their legacies deserves respect! What they’ve managed to accomplish will forever remain timeless! You can’t undo it! It doesn’t really matter what they do now(that we may or may not care for). There’s no pressure for any of them to win now, they reached a special status! They’re music royalty!
This is why I’ve never disrespected the pioneers from the past (Stevie, Diana, Aretha, Fleetwood Mac, Donna Summer, Billy Joel, Phil Collins, etc) even if I didn’t particularly like them, simply because the industry rest upon on their shoulders! They’re apart of the foundation! What MJ, Whitney, Janet, Prince and all their peers manage to do was carry a torch and take thing to greater heights (career wise) because of those doors being opened by those that came before them.
@John
I also agree with you, these artists are “true survivors”. The reason why is because you can’t ever make a legend a “never was”! That’s not even something that logically makes sense to do! So many artists WILL NOT become legendary or iconic! That’s why there’s no way you can disrespect their careers (even if you don’t appreciate their artistry)! Period!
My a$s will FLOP on and oooooooonnnnnnnn *Celine Dion’s voice*
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Tragic…. Guess Auntie finally outsold someone. (Sips Lemonade)
Kii *sips cuervo with no chaser*
Because the album sucks and people know it. Femme Fatale was her last good solid album that’s why Britney Jean and Glory aren’t doing big numbers because you can’t come off a solid album and then next deliver garbage (ex. Lady Gaga). People want quality music, they’re sick of this nonsense! That’s why Adele, Beyoncé and taylor swift (even though I can’t stand her I have to admit her albums are solid) do big numbers. Hell even Drake is doing good, it’s quality (or best of the worst depending on your stand point). Wake Up Music Industry!!! First R&B went to shít now Pop is truly dead…I can’t!!! Music Just Sucks!!!
Was FF good or are you using it because it was the last time she had a #1 hot or hit period? Because that album didn’t go platinum.
i thought it was plat certified
Shipments, but sales are still a lil over or less than 800K.
This was years before the rule change and as you can see, Britney is not a streaming force.
Oh you talking about soundscan. Please, say that. She’s still credited on the RIAA by shipping 1 million. Which is still added towards her overall sales.
@Mark111 /.\
I meant as in Femme Fatale was solid from start to finish. I particularly don’t care about sales because it’s a complex situation of quality vs quantity but generally criticis are the deal breaker. And according to the RIAA Femme Fatale did go Platinum with 794,000 sold in the US.
Reality
Oh please more like you seem to stan for numbers not music or talent. How is Femme Fatale a good solid album. It was just generic pop. I agree this new album is bad and I don´t know what some people were smoking here the pother day when they were saying it was amazing and deserved grammys LOL Last but not least: Gaga has only grown and improved, The Fame is her most basic album. I understand for you the more basic the better though 🙂
Yet you think Artpop was the best pop album of 2013 lol. The jokes writing themselves.
Quality wise Femme Fatale was critically well received and as a result it sold quite nicely. Britney Jean was not critically well received and it didn’t sell to good. Born This Way and ArtPop neither was critically well received and they both didn’t sell to good.
Lemonade, 25 and 1989 all critically well received and they all sold quite nicely.
People think critics are jokes and shouldn’t be taken seriously but they control the market when you think about it. Now can anyone name an album that was poorly received and sold millions? And will anyone get my point….doubtful.
Reality
I´m not THAT sure (or as sure as you) that critics matter that much always when it comes to the success of an album (or a movie). Sometimes it seems it plays a part, but some other times doesn´t seem like it. Singles charts have been full of terrible stuff for years, although you are talking about albums, I know. Born This Way made it to the grammys as AOTY nomination and all. Critics may not have hailed it as Lemonade and teh recent Beyonce releases (just to give an example), but when it comes to critics not everything ends with Rolling Stone or Metacritc, especially not with music. They seem to be way more biased (and unfair to female stars) than movie critics. Rolling Stone themselves have written some really pucked up things over the years praising some really questionable talents.
In Britney´s case I think she first had her biggest first week numbers decline (Briteny jean) cause she didn´t have a real hit leading. That just opened the door for any upcoming album she´ll ever release. Once you lose some popularity it is very very hard to go bigger again. As you say, I don´t pucking care about sales, here for music. I can definitely shade the most successful artist of the moment if needed while defending the biggest flop of all if the music is great. Maybe, a super talented artist has a chance (Mariah, Tina, who knows maybe Gaga, although Gaga will be fine regardless doing other things where talent is required if mainstream pop doesn´t allow her anymore). But an artist with not much talent or input in their music… that´s why I firmly believe once Rihanna (long) run at the top of singles charts is done… she´ll be done. Her sales are not even great with all the hits in teh world to begin with.
@slay
I don´t know if I ever said that and I don´t remember which albums were released in 2013. But why not? You seems to be one of thsoe who bandwagon, and seeing how Gaga is not in fashion you like to attack Artpop cause someone told you so. Yes, Artpop is a better album than many, definitely than most of the generic pop releases. A Britney Spears album? Please! I cannot even begin to appreciate her albums quality wise since I know she had nothing to do with them, zero artistry. Gaga makes her albums with her team, real musician. Who was better, Katy Perry´s release for taht year? 🙂 Oh wait I suppose you are one of those who think The Fame is Gaga´s best thing she´s ever done. You know, that period when she had to totally mask her voice so that the basic public and radio could allow her to enter the industry 🙂 Let´s leave it here…
@John
From day one, I’ve never cared for Gaga! I thought the music on ‘The Fame’ and BTW was tacky! ‘Paparazzi’, ‘Poker Face’, ‘Born This Way’ and ‘Marry the Night’ all felt gimmicky! Gaga was a gimmick imo! I started to like her more around The Fame Monster era (surprisingly I appreciated ‘Bad Romance’, ‘Alejandro’ and ‘So Happy I Could Die’) … as well as ArtPop! I swear if she came out with this album during her “peak”, it would have been huge! That album was very listenable and I say this as someone that’s truly been irked by Gaga!
Well…don’t count Christina out just yet, she may pull through. And she was spotted in New York with her family yesterday(?) so she may still be there and do a little something, something?
But I rather her take her time and deliver a good album rather than just throw something out there and it be garbage.
Xtina can keep having a good career quality wise if she wants to and cares. She has more artistry and is more involved in her music. She needs to keep her voice listenable and soft and she´ll be good (leave the awful belts alone). Sales wise though I don´t think so. It´s been too many years. But music wise yes, more than Britney.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ptCTvLTLok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZID5I5Mpqcs
She needs to keep it like that. Songs like Your Body and all that belting didn´t help her last time and won´t help her anymore. She needs to focus on a good album and forget about finding a good single.
No one wants to hear slow jams from Britney, they want something upbeat that they can workout and dance to. This album doesn’t give me that
Looks Brit will be settling for a #3 debut. That Country Group is expected to pull in 130-135k, Barbara is expected to pull in 125-130k.
The VMAs will boost her sales by a lil bit. It’ll be a close match, but that all depends on the performance.
Oops I messed it up. Those are pure sale predictions. Here’s the SPS predictions.
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US chart preview (w/ TEA & SEA): @FLAGALine 140-150k | @BarbraStreisand 128-133k | @britneyspears 105-115k
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But yeah hopefully the VMA’S do help her.
QISZBZTWOAKANZNZIWDJSJW I THINK THE VMA’S SORTA JUST CONFIRMED BEYONCÉ PERFORMANCE. THEY POSTED A PIC OF BEY’S BILLBOARD ON MADISON SQUARE GARDEN!!!!!
Britney has always been a gimmick. The public is just finally realizing it.
Tbh.. I think her numbers are good for only been out since yesterday tho the week isn’t even done yet her album is actually pretty good it different for Britney when have it been about numbers when it’s sure about the music y’all so big on numbers wait til her performance on the VMAs whether ppl watch it or not she still goig be talk bout n that all going b doing is helping her album bad press n good press she still going platinum
I knew Sam wrote this hating ass b****
LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE LOL
LMAO I KNEW G******** WOULD FLOP HARDER THAN BRITNEY JEAN LMAO
MAKE ME…..FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! POOR BIRT, I ALREADY FEEL BAD FOR HER KNEES AT THE VMA’S. SHE NEEDS A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP WITHOUT MONITORING AND HER LATE NIGHT MEDICATION.
For not having a hit and for this being two or 3 years after her last album (and the inevitable sales decline with each passing year in general in the industry) I´d say she´ll do well if she does these numbers. She´s joke talent wise but hey you can not ask for more sales from her at this point after the pretty long run she has had with huge sales. Except for these last two albums every Britney album has debuted so much higher than any Rihanna album ever. The difference is pretty monumental. Just to give an example.
Mr. Johnbitterness strikes again!
Truth hurts delusional people like you. It´s fine. Saying these are good numbers for Britney at this point of her career and how the industry works now is being pretty positive btw.
That’s only in the US. Rihanna sold over 300k in the UK in a week with Loud which is Platinum. TTT opened over 150k there in a week which is Gold. Btw, worry about Mariah struggling to get a successful tour after all those albums sales you always try to shade Rihanna for because Taylor, Katy, Britney and even ‘a singles artist who can’t sell albums according to you – Rihanna’ have done that.
I don’t know why someone can be so bitter about another person’s life. That guy @johnbitterleaf can not make a comment without mentioning Rihanna’s name even when the post/topic is not about her. He’ll just find a way to make it about that poor girl.
I know we all can not like everyone but damn that guy grandpabitterness is just obsessed with anything RIHANNA.
Looks like he feels threatened by Rihanna in some way. Maybe because of her #1 singles that are close to break Mariah’s record (she is already was ahead outside of the US)? Maybe because she has more successful tours and singles sales than Mariah? Maybe because she makes more money than Mariah and can actually crack Forbes Top 100 Powerful Celebrities? Mariah only has albums sales on her and that’s thanks to the sales makrket when everyone and their mothers was selling shitloads of albums, because her last album didn’t even sell 250k despite having a hit (Beautiful) and multiple performances.
LOL Seriously the few delusional Rihanna fans here are the worst. So you can offer a couple of first week numbers in just one country and after more than 10 years of career… and we are supposed to think her sales have been impressive at any point? Learn basic logic, with all those hits, all the others sold way more or would be selling way more. It is easy to understand.
Loud was 5 years into her career, TTT was 6 years into her career lol. Both albums had +500k weeks worldwide, if that is not impressive then… Loud is in Top 10 best selling albums this decade worldwide and the best selling album by a black artist by far (I hope you are aware of racism in the industry and that black artist have it harder than their white contemporaries). 11 years into her career, your fave Mariah had Glitter which was a commerical and critical flop that led her to a pubic mental breakdown on TRL. 11 years into her career Rihanna released Anti (which is a huge flop according to you) which will end up in Top 10 best selling albums released this year and her most critically acclaimed album, she got a #1 single which is one of the biggest hits and most defining songs this year, she’s getting Vanguard award for her contributions to music and fashion. You do the math.
slay
LMAO Are you even pucking serious? So seeing how you are implying Rihanna is more successful than mariah carey LOL it looks like you´re joining that little group of jokes of the site including that one person who thinks Rihanna is bigger than what Madonna has ever been. Have some self respect for crying out loud. No, Rihanna is not a force when it comes to album sales, and there´s no more to it, Britney talentless ass was way bigger, and Mariah and Madonna and the likes pucking obviously. Right now Taylor, Beyonce and some others are what we can call the biggest sellers albums wise, not Rihanna. Sorry. She has never been.
Britney’s album is great she just needed a bigger radio hit. She is a cultural icon in terms of pop music. With Mariah, it’s simply radio. Mariah’s music is great. Radio hits are what these artists need. It’s not so much about being past ones prime and what not. A lot of these artists are still amazing.
People tend to omit the fact that a huge hit more times than not really bolsters a major pop artist sales. These are decent.
Yes except for Rihanna who has never been able to sell big despite the radio hits 🙂
Loud opened with over 400k worldwide.
It sold over 520k in its 7th week.
Talk That Talk opened with over 500k worldwide.
Unapologetic opened with ~500k worldwide.
Mariah’s last album didn’t even sell 250k despite clinging to Miguel and ‘a hit single’ Beautiful, why is that? And don’t bring me her sales from 100 years ago when everyone and their mamas was selling huge numbers because it was the peak of albums sales without piracy and streaming services.
People were saying she’d do 40k but now 100k is a flop…chile bye. This is amazing considering the album leaked and she didn’t have a hit single. I said I’d be happy with 80k and her promotion so far is amazing, happy Brit Army here! Come through with them final sales queen!
Even if we put the music aside, an artist that’s been around for almost 20 years or more, selling 100K in it’s debut week is amazing! You are absolutely right!
I think the same. These are good numbers. pretty much nobody does 100k first week nowadays.
To be fair she has not been in the game “for 20 years or more”. Her debut single came out in very late 1998. It’s 2016.
“p0p legend!!1” selling less than both Honeymoon and Badlands. Hmm.
At least she’s doing a million times better than Carly Rae Jepsen’s overrated ass.
i read Britney performance will be high-tech and all female dancers. ???
The only thing I admire of Britney is her 2000 bubble gum fans that still supporting her like it was back in the 2000s. They didn’t grow up when it comes to Britney. Its just funny. She really should thank the gays because their are the only one excited about this album. This is just bad music. She doesn’t care about music. Her staff is doing all for her. And thats why she is flopping.
She still has VMA. And Barbra is always doing good! “Partners” effortlessly outsold TPP, Anti, Artpop , FF, Unbreakable , Rebel Heart, MIAMTEC etc.She’s the real QUEEN but always got overlooked.
NO! Those artists flop because of their s***** attitude and their big mouth. Especially Kanye. Beyoncé has a huge fan base, she can sings(this help her a lot in UK). And what’s important is, her attitude. She don’t simply diss anyone, call her album the greatest album ever, and as you can see, no controversy can bring her down (y’all say her white fans will abandon her and she will do less than 300k). Beyoncé will slay for at least 2 more albums!
@Mark111
They are releasing the wrong singles. If they don’t release the right songs now she will miss an opportunity for a hit. She has 4 hot tracks that she needs to release now. First, Change Your Mind, Love Me Down,Slumber Party, and Liar. Listen to those 4 and they stand up to her past work.
IMO the album is bad, plus Britney’s fanbase has been on the steep decline since about 2004, even with the bump it got with Blackout and Circus eras.
Blackout is still the only listenable album in Britney’s whole catalog if you’re not into bubblegum pop. I dont see the MTV awards boosting sells, more than I do just keep her afloat for the next couple of weeks there. Maybe gold/platinum off of streams overall.
RT:Artist at one point in history, used to get dropped for opening with numbers like these, now their being praised. That damn Napster,was the beginning of the end for the music industry.Seems the digital age is the last nail in the coffin.
Britney will be just fine, she hasn’t reigned in a long time.
Would love to see Britney spears work with other artist like Usher or Justin timberlake
Like seriously this album is so bad I dont even like it even 5%. She should go back to singing corny pop songs that her fans love so much. Shes trying to produce something different and unique ala Madonna. Shes not Madonna and she will never had the incredible genius revolutionary vision Madonna has. She needs to play safe and goes back to the genre where people love her so much.