I had the entire Rebel Heart album five weeks before it was released. I was hardly the only one, it was on the torrent sites including the demos and so the opening week sales were easily half of what they would have been. I still bought a physical copy but I'm sure a bunch of people did not. Imagine having the music already for a month and then feeling incentified to go buy it. Of course, the leak affected sales. At the Rebel Heart show, I noticed everyone knew the words to the songs, so clearly more people had the music than what the sales in the US showed. Meanwhile, I don't see anyone remarking about the dismal sales that Britney and Christina have had on there last two outings. They have been around half as long, so give us all a break GAGA losers with you phony crap about how wonderful she is. GAGA is her own worst enemy and she will NEVER be anything close to what Madonna has become. Biggest reason why....because she doesn't own her shit!