Who's Buying Music? No One, Apparently

    Looks like this past week’s super Tuesday of album releases wasn’t so super after all. Four major artists dropped highly anticipated new records, and all four saw disappointing numbers. We’re sorry, ‘Ye, but your fans just got heartless.

    1. Kanye West: 808s & Heartbreak — 450,000 copies sold
    Less than half of what Graduation moved in its first week.

    2. Taylor Swift: Fearless — 267,000
    This album’s been out since Nov. 11 and can’t be stopped!

    3. Guns N’ Roses: Chinese Democracy — 261,000
    Haters be damned. This record slays. Believe.

    4. Beyoncé: I Am…Sasha Fierce — 257,000
    Check our cover.

    5. Ludacris: Theater of the Mind — 213,000
    Oh, sick burn.

    6. The Killers: Day & Age — 193,000
    With a lead single as bland as “Human,” what do you expect?

    Here’s the Billboard article.

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