For a comeback album, do you think Circus sold well?

[Itachi]

i think 1.7M is a little underwhelming considering all the hype surrounding her comeback at the time. I was expecting it to sell at least 2M+ or perhaps even 3M. It had 2 major hits, a sold out (NA dates) tour.

By comparison, here are some albums released in 2008 by female pop stars:

*The Fame by Lady Gaga - 3x platinum (4.7M)

*One of the Boys by Katy Perry - platinum (1.7M)

*Funhouse by Pink - 3x platinum (3M)

*Fearless by Taylor Swift - 7x platinum (7.1M)

*I Am... Sasha Fierce by Beyonce - 2x platinum (3.8M)

 

During the promotional period of the album she avoided major award shows such as AMAs, Grammys, and even VMAs; her last promotional performance for the album was in GMA during her birthday. I think it may have taken away some momentum from the commercial performance of the album. Even the last 2 singles did not get any promotions aside from the music videos.

 

What do you guys think?

 

Oh and advanced happy anniversary to Circus too. #Circus9

[The Greatest Show]

It could have odne better but it sold enough. The biggest thing that era was the tour and they earned more than enough money on that. + the first 2 singles did well.

[celebration2009]

2 minutes ago, Itachi said:

*Fearless by Katy Perry

[Itachi]

5 minutes ago, ATWK said:

[PokemonSpears]

wasn't Blackout supposed to be her comeback album? 

 

I think Circus did well, considering it was her 37th comeback, out of the 44328189912 comebacks that were still to come. 

[Mohd93]

18 minutes ago, Itachi said:

*The Fame by Lady Gaga - 3x platinum (4.7M) - she was an new artist and had a lot of hype

*One of the Boys by Katy Perry - platinum (1.7M) - Never heard of that album

*Funhouse by Pink - 3x platinum (3M) - Pink still has a strong fanbase and she's talented so no surprise here

*Fearless by Taylor Swift - 7x platinum (7.1M) - All the teen/tweens got their allowance at that time

*I Am... Sasha Fierce by Beyonce - 2x platinum (3.8M) - No comment. 

 

[BoyToySoldier]

It did well, but it could have sold more had she promoted Circus, If U Seek Amy and Radar.

[Guest]

It would sold even less if it wasn't released during Christmas time. Also,she was biggest star at the time, she could've promoted more and it would sell more 

[Chaoscontrol]

27 minutes ago, ATWK said:

Is that @pedro dantas? 

[celebration2009]

Just now, Chaoscontrol said:

Is that @pedro dantas? 

Yes.

[troubleguy]

it could've easliy hit 1M copies at first week, but seems teamb is stuck in 90s at doing promos 

but at the other hand everyone was expected primeney comeback not a birth of currentney, thats why the numbers weren't huge as it could;ve been 

[Steel Magnolia]

I think she's extremely lucky that she sold a single solitary album. 

She'd just gone to rehab three times, shaved her head, turned in a botched performance at the VMA's a year and a half before, flashed her lady parts to the paps, walked around in public with menstrual  blood showing on her exposed underwear, been 5150'd twice, was accused of abusing *****, had her parental rights stripped and had been put under a conservatorship.

The fact that her career doesn't look like Lindsay Lohan's right now has always seemed like a bit of a miracle to me. Things easily could have gone in an entirely different direction.

[Spearsfan]

It did great all around. Singles did well. Tour did well. Album debut 400k plus. It had a good run. She promoted in other countries. 

[81.]

Circus’ first week’s sales were quite impressive.  (current) Ww sales not that much 

[redacted statement]

We can barely squeeze out 100k these days, let's not discuss this, y'all! 

[Iexpectyouto]

I think it did amazingly for a comeback album, especially given how soon it came after the meltdown and how fragile Britney was at the time

[The_Original_Toy]

but look at which era was more successful, circus is still iconic for britney somehow 

[LilyRoseAllen]

3 hours ago, troubleguy said:

it could've easliy hit 1M copies at first week, but seems teamb is stuck in 90s at doing promos 

but at the other hand everyone was expected primeney comeback not a birth of currentney, thats why the numbers weren't huge as it could;ve been 

[Anti-Hero]

It did pretty well, it was the sixth most selling album of 2009 I think.

[maquisl]

I think it was good if you compare it with "Blackout" sales... Yes, it could have sold more than that but in my opinion it was great anyway.. Oh, and Gaga, Katy and Taylor were at the peak of their career/just starting it and they were hugely popular back then and Britney wasn't. That's the reason they sold more copies than Britney.