MMLP2 Debuts At #1 With 793K

[Francesco]

Awesome numbers. He doesn't even do much promotion compared to other artists. I think by the end of the week the numbers will be around 800k. Open with more than Recovery.

Pretty possible to be honest... I think it'll stay close to 750k though. Still fucking amazing.

[Trimss]

Awesome numbers. He doesn't even do much promotion compared to other artists. I think by the end of the week the numbers will be around 800k. Open with more than Recovery.

To be honest, I wanted him to at least sell 800 000 so his second week drop wouldn't be that big because I wanted him to block Lady Gaga but it won't happen.

[Grady]

I still think 800k is a possibility. The thing with Em is that he has fuckloads of casual fans that aren't watching his every move. Word of mouth means more people buy his album as the week progresses. It's possible Billboard/etc haven't taken this into account since most artists have a predictable sales pattern and it's hard to predict artists like Eminem. Either way, 750k is fucking amazing considering he doesn't have a full week to sell. He's also been away from the spotlight for 3 years, isn't doing aggressive promo and the market has continued to shrink every year.

[TheGentlePlayer]

They said Recovery will do 500k. It did 741k I think

[dR3]

I still think 800k is a possibility. The thing with Em is that he has fuckloads of casual fans that aren't watching his every move. Word of mouth means more people buy his album as the week progresses. It's possible Billboard/etc haven't taken this into account since most artists have a predictable sales pattern and it's hard to predict artists like Eminem. Either way, 750k is fucking amazing considering he doesn't have a full week to sell. He's also been away from the spotlight for 3 years, isn't doing aggressive promo and the market has continued to shrink every year.

Why doesn't he have a full week? Nov 5 was Tuesday, wasn't it?

[Mikey1990]

he's only the 3rd artist to sell over 400k 1st week in 2013
record sales are terrible in the US

[Grady]

I still think 800k is a possibility. The thing with Em is that he has fuckloads of casual fans that aren't watching his every move. Word of mouth means more people buy his album as the week progresses. It's possible Billboard/etc haven't taken this into account since most artists have a predictable sales pattern and it's hard to predict artists like Eminem. Either way, 750k is fucking amazing considering he doesn't have a full week to sell. He's also been away from the spotlight for 3 years, isn't doing aggressive promo and the market has continued to shrink every year.

Why doesn't he have a full week? Nov 5 was Tuesday, wasn't it?

Pretty sure they count monday-sunday so he loses a day of sales.

[Kill You]

he's only the 3rd artist to sell over 400k 1st week in 2013
record sales are terrible in the US

We're a poverty country.

[dR3]

I still think 800k is a possibility. The thing with Em is that he has fuckloads of casual fans that aren't watching his every move. Word of mouth means more people buy his album as the week progresses. It's possible Billboard/etc haven't taken this into account since most artists have a predictable sales pattern and it's hard to predict artists like Eminem. Either way, 750k is fucking amazing considering he doesn't have a full week to sell. He's also been away from the spotlight for 3 years, isn't doing aggressive promo and the market has continued to shrink every year.

Why doesn't he have a full week? Nov 5 was Tuesday, wasn't it?

Pretty sure they count monday-sunday so he loses a day of sales.

Then why do they release albums on Tuesdays?

[RSoares]

So, if Em released on Friday, it'd never reach 700k

They should count 7 days since release day. That's what makes sense.

[Grady]

Why doesn't he have a full week? Nov 5 was Tuesday, wasn't it?

Pretty sure they count monday-sunday so he loses a day of sales.

Then why do they release albums on Tuesdays?

I never figured that out either but they must have a good reason for it

[therapist]

Even if it only does 700-800k first week it will sustain. I believe it will spread like a wildfire. Over the course of 7 weeks recovery sold over 3.5M worldwide after its release. Even though it isn't that well respected on here the album did sustain sales.

[Kaliya]

record sales are terrible in the US

I see you don't live in France..........

[Tash8]

I went to best buy to get paper and some printin stuff for my tape. i was gonna pick up MMLP 2 but the deluxe version was sold out. They had the regular version, but I said fuck it. It was 1 dollar more for the deluxe, what bullshit is that lol. I'll get it soon enough i guess.

[Brannian]

I think it's cuz billboard posts their charts on Wednesdays... so releasing an album on a tuesday maximizes sales for billboard