[JonnyϟLightning]

Marina and Lana! <3

[mandym]

I'm so happy for her She deserves it! (Nonetheless I wish TFJ would have made it, too)

[zombaland]

Congrats!

[D_Man3379]

Well deserved.

[berberocka]

Norah, Lana, and Marina in the TOP 5 ..Ughh so Good

Norah from #29 to #4 based on her last album

[PopBoi]

Originally posted by Rosalita

I think you mean stans.

No, I mean fans. Its always the same with every artist. Positive reviews = "they know the tea", Negative reviews = "no one cares about reviews".

[Ger-55]

Wow

Marina is doing amazing this era

[hausofvina]

Electra slaying to number one

[merlls]

Amazing top5

[Calypso]

[Rainer]

Totally deserved.

[JungleDisturbia]

Marina deserves all the success in the world. I'm so happy for her!

[Eric.]

Very awesome.
How much did it sell?

[Kaluda]

The album totally deserves a #1. It's a masterpiece.

[merlls]

SINGLES

121694 Tulisa
80328 Carly Rae Jepsen
65603 fun./Janelle Monae
51109 Cover Drive
49248 Alex Clare
41119 Calvin Harris/Ne-Yo (6)
37825 Train (7)
34784 Jessie J/David Guetta (8)
31823 Nicki Minaj (9)
30517 Gotye/Kimbra (10)
29896 Marina & The Diamonds (11)

14824 Rihanna (21)
14096 Sub Focus/Alice Gold (23)
12592 Avicii (26)
12510 Drake feat Rihanna (27)
9637 Lana Del Rey [BJ] (32)
8060 Flux Pavilion/Example (39)

3089 Tenacious D (84)

ALBUMS

21358 Marina & The Diamonds
17865 Lana Del Rey
17203 Jack White
15988 Norah Jones
15365 Adele

6933 Marilyn Manson (14)
6036 Alex Clare (17)
4686 Train (25)
4296 Rufus Wainwright (31)
4242 Steps (32)
3304 Mystery Jets (40)
2485 Kassidy (51)
2328 Europe (56)
1681 Feeder (72)

================================

Totals

Singles
Gotye/Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know 948,742
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe 514,759
Drake/Rihanna - Take Care 356,963
fun./Janelle Monae - We Are Young 248,462
Jessie/David Guetta - LaserLight 122,583 exc non top 75 sales
Tenacious D - Tribute 161,343
Calvin Harris/Ne-Yo - Let's Go 118,371
Alex Clare - Too Close 117,375

Albums
Adele - [21] 4,282,629
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 423,645
Steps - The Ultimate Collection 188,514
Jack White - Blunderbuss 57,376
Alex Clare - The Lateness Of The Hour 20,703
Rufus Wainwright - Out Of The Game 15,337
Feeder - Generation Freakshow 9,019

[merlls]

Marina & The Diamonds' second album Electra Hearts beats faster than its rivals to debut atop the album chart on sales of 21,358 copies. Undoubtedly helped by the success of second single, Primadonna, which bounces 13-11 this week (29,896 sales), the album eclipses the top position of Marina's first album, The Family Jewels, which debuted and peaked at number five although it fails to equal its first week sales of 27,618 copies.

The Family Jewels fell out of the Top 10 after just one week, never to return, and has thus far sold 177,268 copies. Electra Heart's chart-topping debut comes just days after Marina had to postpone her UK tour due to throat problems, and has been given overwhelmingly favourable reviews.

Poor sales

[merlls]

YEC

Singles

Pos - YTD - Artist - Song
1 - 942200 - Gotye ft Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know
2 - 707600 - David Guetta ft Sia - Titanium
3 - 603200 - Jessie J - Domino
4 - 547200 - Flo Rida ft Sia - Wild Ones
5 - 514800 - Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
6 - 508600 - Nicki Minaj - Starships
7 - 471400 - Emeli Sande - Next To Me
8 - 437800 - Rizzle Kicks - Mama Do The Hump
9 - 383400 - DJ Fresh ft Rita Ora - Hot Right Now
10 - 328200 - Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
11 - 315400 - David Guetta ft Nicki Minaj - Turn Me On
12 - 303000 - Flo Rida - Good Feeling
13 - 294400 - Sean Paul - She Doesn't Mind
14 - 281000 - Alyssa Reid ft Jump Smokers - Alone Again
15 - 274400 - LMFAO - Sexy & I Know It
16 - 261800 - Cover Drive - Twilight
17 - 255600 - Coldplay - Paradise
18 - 246400 - Fun ft Janelle Monae - We Are Young
19 - 245800 - Lloyd ft Andre 3000 & Lil Wayne - Dedication To My Ex
20 - 245800 - Olly Murs - Dance With Me Tonight

Albums

Pos - YTD - Artist - Title
1 - 510200 - Adele - 21
2 - 424800 - Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
3 - 415400 - Emeli Sande - Our Version Of Events
4 - 347600 - Ed Sheeran - +
5 - 232200 - Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
6 - 215600 - Jessie J - Who You Are
7 - 212400 - David Guetta - Nothing But The Beat
8 - 189200 - Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans
9 - 175200 - Military Wives - In My Dreams
10 - 172400 - Olly Murs - In Case You Didn't Know
11 - 150400 - Gotye - Making Mirrors
12 - 149200 - Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
13 - 149200 - Adele - 19
14 - 140000 - Rizzle Kicks - Stereo Typical
15 - 140000 - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
16 - 134200 - One Direction - Up All Night
17 - 133400 - Maverick Sabre - Lonely Are The Brave
18 - 129800 - Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials
19 - 126400 - Rihanna - Talk That Talk
20 - 115000 - Rebecca Ferguson - Heaven

[Lucas32]

Marina #1. Lana #2. My faith in music charts has just been renewed 2012 is the best year in terms of music I have experienced in my life Marina & Lana = most talented artist of this millenium(so far at least

[Lucas32]

Originally posted by Rosalita

I think you mean stans. I'm a fan and I have studied journalism. I can appreciate a constructive review when I see one. The majority of 'Electra Heart' reviews were so off-point it was unreal. The majority only referenced 2 songs and talked about her appearance.

Yes the Electra Heart reviews were a mess.
I consider myself as pretty capable of seeing flaws of my favourite album but it feels like the only thing the critics have listened to is "Primadonna" which is perfect in the context of the whole album

[Rosalita]

Originally posted by PopBoi

No, I mean fans. Its always the same with every artist. Positive reviews = "they know the tea", Negative reviews = "no one cares about reviews".

You quoted one section of my post. Why? Probably because your response had no relevance to my post and was not at all what I was saying.