Spear's 2001 Effort, 'Britney' US sales have FINALLY been re-certified but at an underwhelming 4.7 million copies (Excluding Club Sales). Why didn't the album perform as well in the US?

[Kiss my]

1 hour ago, Flavor Of Love said:

Kiss my 🍑

I haven’t intentionally played Slave 4 U since 2001. No need to get pressed just bc you like it. 

[Wendy Williams]

19 minutes ago, Kiss my said:

I haven’t intentionally played Slave 4 U since 2001. No need to get pressed just bc you like it. 

Stay pressed that your music taste what is like a rotten tomato. #StayTunedWithChillinWithLou 

[Kiss my]

5 minutes ago, Flavor Of Love said:

Stay pressed that your music taste what is like a rotten tomato. #StayTunedWithChillinWithLou 

Ooo… your words cut so deep… not

 

 

[Wendy Williams]

1 minute ago, Kiss my said:

Ooo… your words cut so deep… not

 

 

Thank you 

[HeavenOnHell]

4 hours ago, Kiss my said:

I haven’t intentionally played Slave 4 U since 2001. No need to get pressed just bc you like it. 

Seriously? Like never since 2001? Wheres your taste man?  Slave is a masterpiece and every britney fan agrees... lol 

[ZoneGirl]

Perhaps it's already been said, but people were gravitating toward folks like Michelle Branch and later Avril Lavigne at the time. That late 90s/early 2000s pop wave was starting to crash. 

Edited April 2, 2023 by ZoneGirl

[devilsadvocate]

How did the album compare to sales for that year. That’s really the question, I believe it was in the top 10 best selling albums that year 

[britvcr]

On 4/1/2023 at 6:00 PM, IsraeliMatt said:

There were clubs that allowed people in the US to order CD's by mail. These were not calculated for the official sales total. 

oh.. why?

[IsraeliMatt]

On 4/9/2023 at 4:03 PM, britvcr said:

oh.. why?

I don't know. Maybe it had something to do with the clubs not reporting sales in the way the RIAA (the American organization that tracks music sales) requires? 

[(You Drive Chris) Crazy]

This isn’t even accurate- the album hasn’t been certified by RIAA since 2001, a month or so after the album was released- at 4x platinum. It has not been actually formally certified since then. The album is probably 6x platinum or higher with just pure sales, it hasn’t been certified in the US in literally over 22 years. 

[Spicechinodiva]

 Lots of play happened  

 

Alienated huge portion of her sales,  at an audience who wasn't into boys or um curious of the thing boys have. 

 

Radio ban (not a blacklisting)

 

Jive should have issued cd singles once the ban happened to allow hot 100 success. 

 

So much played to go from 10 Million to 4 million 

[alienatedNey]

On 4/1/2023 at 10:43 PM, ROL said:

Not Chillin With You randomly having 75K, where did that come from?

MTE  like wtf 

[alienatedNey]

On 4/1/2023 at 9:26 PM, Neydelinska Spearsi said:

Is there any update on Glory and the other albums?

[Emil87]

On 4/1/2023 at 9:44 PM, Kiss my said:

Slave for you sucks!!!!!

No offense, but your taste sucks. Slave slays till this day.

[Spicechinodiva]

3 hours ago, IsraeliMatt said:

I don't know. Maybe it had something to do with the clubs not reporting sales in the way the RIAA (the American organization that tracks music sales) requires? 

Neilsen never allowed them to chart. 

 

They literally had their own catalog number over the upc. 

 

C for cassette

D FOR cd followed by their catalog number. 

 

They were manufactured for the clubs only using their own versions of the masters. 

 

RiAA allowed this towards certifications. 

 

 

[morbidiu5]

On 4/1/2023 at 6:50 AM, Blackout2006 said:

Despite the era having garnered massive international success, selling 1.5 million copies in its first week, and earning 15 platinum certifications globally, why wasn't its success replicated in the US? 

Not that I am suggesting that the album was a flop for her in the US, but I was genuinely expecting the album to have sold over 5 million copies in the country alone but this...Is kind of underwhelming.

Would love to hear all of your stances on this. Lemme know!

This album is in my top 3 from Brit.

[joe sp]

Not Juno buying her own song 

[Kiss my]

2 hours ago, Emil87 said:

No offense, but your taste sucks. Slave slays till this day.

No offence, but your taste also sucks

See how that works?

It doesn’t work because literally no one’s taste is superior - taste is entirely subjective 

 

Edited April 11, 2023 by Kiss my

[Blackout2006]

On 4/2/2023 at 7:05 PM, devilsadvocate said:

How did the album compare to sales for that year. That’s really the question, I believe it was in the top 10 best selling albums that year 

It performed very well. It sold 7 million copies and was the 5th best-selling album of 2001. Additionally, it sold 10 million copies by December 2002.

Edited April 13, 2023 by Blackout2006