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Nov 24th, 2003, 11:10 PM
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2...86,00.html
Britney Spears in No. 1 Spot After All
Just when you thought she was "over," finished, down for the count, Britney Spears is bigger than ever. The teen pop star, she of the sexually overcharged lip-synching, is going to have the No. 1 album in the country this week with her new offering called "In the Zone."
Early indications are that Spears will sell between 500,000 and 750,000 copies of the CD, putting her in a comfortable selling zone compared to her last release in 2001. As P.T. Barnum said, there's a sucker born every minute.
But CD sales are bringing good news and bad news for Michael Jackson. His "Greatest Hits" album will probably wind up in the 100,000-150,000 range, a substantial fall off from "Invincible," which sold 370,000 copies its first week in 2001. This means that Jackson still has his loyal following, but the combination of his scandal and the fact that the songs are all available previously means he'll be lucky to get a gold record (500,000 copies) out of this, his possibly final new release for a long time to come.
On the upside for Jackson, the Beatles "Let it Be ... Naked" should sell about 250,000 copies. Technically, Jackson co-owns the publishing to the Beatles song catalog with Sony Music Publishing. I say technically because of course he's leveraged his half in loans he can't repay from Sony. The Beatles should be pleased, though. Their marketing skills are still spot-on, since they've managed to make a hit out of a record that's 33 years old. In this atmosphere, that's quite an accomplishment.
Britney Spears in No. 1 Spot After All
Just when you thought she was "over," finished, down for the count, Britney Spears is bigger than ever. The teen pop star, she of the sexually overcharged lip-synching, is going to have the No. 1 album in the country this week with her new offering called "In the Zone."
Early indications are that Spears will sell between 500,000 and 750,000 copies of the CD, putting her in a comfortable selling zone compared to her last release in 2001. As P.T. Barnum said, there's a sucker born every minute.
But CD sales are bringing good news and bad news for Michael Jackson. His "Greatest Hits" album will probably wind up in the 100,000-150,000 range, a substantial fall off from "Invincible," which sold 370,000 copies its first week in 2001. This means that Jackson still has his loyal following, but the combination of his scandal and the fact that the songs are all available previously means he'll be lucky to get a gold record (500,000 copies) out of this, his possibly final new release for a long time to come.
On the upside for Jackson, the Beatles "Let it Be ... Naked" should sell about 250,000 copies. Technically, Jackson co-owns the publishing to the Beatles song catalog with Sony Music Publishing. I say technically because of course he's leveraged his half in loans he can't repay from Sony. The Beatles should be pleased, though. Their marketing skills are still spot-on, since they've managed to make a hit out of a record that's 33 years old. In this atmosphere, that's quite an accomplishment.