Madonna makes History! MDNA has the Largest Drop in Sales of All Time

Once the initial hype of MDNA wore off, reality set in. Madonna's 8th release hit rock bottom.

After a promising start, topping the Billboard 200 chart in its first week with 359,000 copies sold, Madonna's MDNA is expected to suffer an 88 percent drop in sales to 46,000 according to Forbes. The album's steep decline would set the record for biggest second week drop in history.

Many are questioning whether the option for fans to purchase the album as part of a tour ticket package skewed the initial numbers reported by Billboard Magazine. With 185,000 copies sold as part of this deal, only 179,000 can constitute individual album sales. Had these been the final numbers reported, the album wouldn't have topped the US charts in its first week after all. Rather, Lionel Richie would have taken the crown for selling 199,000 copies of his latest album, Tuskegee.

So it was a gimmick; which paid off, but gives some truth about the sales of this sorry CD. I guess this is not the news she wanted out in public... Oh well, maybe this will prompt her to do better.

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