He trended downward all week  320k  -> 260k - 235k - 231k 

 

2015 bieber vs. halsey

649,000 equivalent album units, including 522,000 traditional album sales

115,000 copies, 97,000 of that being album sales

 

From 18% of bieber's numbers to beating him, wow

1 hour ago, Rev8 said:

Still pretty good

dont know why its compared to Artpop when this is Justin's 4th album and he started 10 years ago

 

I dislike him, especially now, but c'mon now..

The album was tailor made for streaming. Literally all the tracks are 2 minutes. 

He has stadium tour ticket bundles. He has merch bundles. 

He has 4 deluxe Target editions. 

 

Yet he's doing less than Halsey and the Backstreet Boys.

 

This is a bomb.

 

Wait he did less than Halsey 

 

Poor Halsey had really bad luck with Eminem releasing the same week   

Less than Halsey with a stadium tour bundle is making me spit a swear out

Not him doing even less than all of the predictions, RUTHLESS

 

I'm so glad that the GP has finally turned their back on his lousy ass

How do tour bundles affect album sales?

 

Is it a combined cost of buying the album + tour ticket? Or do you get the album for free when buying a concert ticket AND it counts for the Billboard 200?

 

what about WW??

y'all... he actually got his BIGGEST first week ever WW. Purpose did 800k 

 

 

7 minutes ago, ariananext said:

y'all... he actually got his BIGGEST first week ever WW. Purpose did 800k 

 

I’m sure Purpose did more than 800k WW seeing as it did 740k from the US and UK alone

 

 

1 minute ago, sickoagb said:

 

it did 863k according to UWC

3 hours ago, NumbFentyStan said:

Not Halsey outselling him... This makes me even more mad that she didn't go #1...

IKR  

 

 

1 hour ago, Em1794 said:

And Artpop was a flop as much as Changes was a flop. Yummy was playlisted to 300M people and it got so much Payola on radio that it’s been freefalling since its third week and it’s still top 40. It’s literally breaking negative bullet records. Of course it debuted top 5. It would be defying the laws of physics not to. The amount of money they’re losing trying to shove Bieber down our throats could feed a small country for a month. They might recoup on tour, that is if he doesn’t cancel.

Well tea, it is bad

however the first week numbers aren't

for his situation, ofc! but still pretty good numbers

just like how users dragged Taylor for underperforming with her recent stuff, yet most artists would dream to be that successful (since they were still pretty successful eras)

1 hour ago, Toxicity. said:

The album was tailor made for streaming. Literally all the tracks are 2 minutes. 

He has stadium tour ticket bundles. He has merch bundles. 

He has 4 deluxe Target editions. 

 

Yet he's doing less than Halsey and the Backstreet Boys.

 

This is a bomb.

 

I mean...arent all albums starting to be tailored towards streaming these days

also, 230k first week in 2020 is pretty good whoever u are, it was pretty good if u had that in 2015 lbr

for the GP, the numbers are good

especially when he already has a hit

 

(also, Halsey is pretty big atm so)

3 hours ago, By the Water said:

Less than Backstreet Boys

 

I can’t

People trying to defend these numbers  

1 hour ago, sickoagb said:

 

That 740K is SPS and the 863K is pure sales,

 

Mediatraffic didn’t count SPS when Purpose was released.

1 hour ago, ariananext said:

y'all... he actually got his BIGGEST first week ever WW. Purpose did 800k 

 

 

That includes pre-album SPS. He certainly won't do 1M on Mediatraffic

1 hour ago, Rev8 said:

Well tea, it is bad

however the first week numbers aren't

for his situation, ofc! but still pretty good numbers

just like how users dragged Taylor for underperforming with her recent stuff, yet most artists would dream to be that successful (since they were still pretty successful eras)

I mean...arent all albums starting to be tailored towards streaming these days

also, 230k first week in 2020 is pretty good whoever u are, it was pretty good if u had that in 2015 lbr

for the GP, the numbers are good

especially when he already has a hit

 

(also, Halsey is pretty big atm so)

True but Taylor underperformed, she definitely didn’t flop. It’s the stark contrast between Purpose era and this that’s shocking. Of course 230K is a lot in today’s market, but not for Bieber.  We’re all saying Tame Impala’s numbers were impressive and they did less than half.

 

A lot albums are being tailor made for streaming but thankfully not my fave’s  Only 12 songs, most of them the normal length 3/4 minutes (not the 2/3 used now for streaming) and two of them above 6.

Justin’s numbers keep on decreasing.

Kiii, can’t say I’m shocked considering how bad the album is.

Thank god I’m not a fan of this inbred flop

9 hours ago, By the Water said:

Less than Backstreet Boys

 

lmao

It keeps getting lower and lower 

8 hours ago, naval23 said:

How do tour bundles affect album sales?

 

Is it a combined cost of buying the album + tour ticket? Or do you get the album for free when buying a concert ticket AND it counts for the Billboard 200?

 

The second.