WhoIsIt89;4019781 said:
This is what I mean, how can it go down as the top 10 best selling albums for the year when it's no longer in a US top 10 category of any kind? And estimates say that it will only continue to drop?
Because it will. Next week it will be pretty darn close to the top 10 already:
BEST SELLING ALBUMS OF 2014 (world wide)
1. "Frozen" OST - 4,653,000
2. "Beyoncé" Beyoncé - 1,922,000
3. "Ghost Stories" Coldplay - 1,558,000
4. "Pure Heroine" Lorde - 1,383,000
5. "Midnight Memories" One Direction - 1,380,000
6. "GIRL" Pharrell Williams - 1,357,000
7. "Prism" Katy Perry - 1,203,000
8. "The Marshall Matters LP 2" Eminem - 1,085,000
9. "Night Visions" Imagine Dragons - 1,059,000
10. "Tsugi No Ashiato" AKB 48 - 1,020,000
11. "Unorthodox Jukebox" Bruno Mars - 898,000
12. "Racine Carrée" Stormae - 897,000
13. "True" Avicii - 841,000
14. "Xscape" Michael Jackson - 830,000
15. "AM" Arctic Monkeys - 774,000
16. "High Hopes" Bruce Springsteen - 757,000
17. "Bad Blood" Bastille - 667,000
18. "Random Access Memories" Daft Punk - 627,000
19. "Swing Both Ways" Robbie Williams - 580,000
20. "Shakira" Shakira - 579,000
21. "Bangerz" Miley Cyrus - 551,000
22. "Farbenspiel" Helene Fischer - 512,000
23. "Artpop" Lady Gaga - 501,000
24. "The Outsiders" Eric Church - 495,000
25. "Turn Blue" The Black Keys - 492,000
And just look at some of these albums by hot artists right now like Pharrell or Katy Perry - with massive #1 hits worldwide, they've only managed to sell a little over a million and you know MJ will likely pass them by the end of the year.
And then the last two sentences...Since when has expecting more than one single become unrealistic? Like, what? Too many of us, has become okay with selling ourselves and Michael short. It's unrealistic to have expected the Estate to use the hype of the "hologram" and all the roar that caused, to promote the album itself? I don't get it.
Why is it that all of a sudden, having a MJ-like standard for his albums, has become unrealistic and negative thinking? Like, really?
Excuse me, but did Sony announce there would be only 1 single? Did I miss something? As far as I know they said they have planned 3 singles. However if you expect them to release a new single every month then you're not being realistic, sorry. Nobody does that unless their first single flopped and LNFSG is certainly not a flop and is still doing very well.