How much do you think Blackout would have sold if Britney was at a better place at the time?

[Cappycorn87]

It still sold well first week

 

I say 500,000 to 1million first week

[redacted statement]

I think it would sell less, I'm sure the breakdown was some nice publicity.. 

[Daxx]

14 minutes ago, I Always Sing Live said:

I think it would sell less, I'm sure the breakdown was some nice publicity.. 

It actually sold 12,500,000 less copies than ITZ and 4,500,000 less than Circus, so I don't see how that's nice publicity, it technically flopped. 

[umr3000]

I think “Blackout” could have sold well over time if Britney was active in promoting the album and there were at least 4 standout music video realeases and a tour to support the album.  

[IUSM]

More copies than @Dripping For Britney had one-night stands.  

It would definitely have been #1 on the Billboard 200 even with the rule change.

[goincrazy4brit]

6 minutes ago, If U Seek Me said:

More copies than @Dripping For Britney had one-night stands.  

It would definitely have been #1 on the Billboard 200.

it would have been #1 either way but the rules changed the last moment

[IUSM]

5 minutes ago, goincrazy4brit said:

it would have been #1 either way but the rules changed the last moment

But it would have overcome this change!

[Dripping For Britney]

15 minutes ago, If U Seek Me said:

More copies than @Dripping For Britney had one-night stands.  

It would definitely have been #1 on the Billboard 200 even with the rule change.

[sue the expectional earner]

if britney was at good place during that time, there would be no blackout  this is why blackout is fascinating, it's coming from sadness & dark side & passion. and this is why it's her best album. 

look all the best books and albums, all of them are coming from depression & hard times etc. 

[Jup1ter]

 

Basically no promo but they should have made radio deals to expose the songs because they're flawless and perfect for radio for that time. 

[PokemonSpears]

If she was at a better place, she would've never released something like Blackout to begin with 

But what do you mean by "better place" like, no scandals but still married with Kevin? Or still Justin's girlfriend? Her image started to decline even before 2007, when she was indeed at a better place, but ITZ sold less than Britney, and Britney sold less than OIDIA, and OIDIA less than BOMT, so any fifth album would've sold less than ITZ anyway.

But let's develop the hypothetical case. If she out of nowhere released Blackout after ITZ, no scandals, no breakdown, no divorce, and it had exactly the same songs and everything, probably we would've had videoclips and performances at Primeney level, but still the public would've seen her change in image and sound as radical, unexplainable, too forced, and in general bad, a bad example for the youth and the moral.