I mentioned in my chart commentary that the entire lesbian population must have bought K.d Lang's "Watershed" album last week, when it jumped an amazing 37 spots to #1 on the ARIA Charts. Well if that were the case, only a mere 4,914 lesbians live in Australia! Yes, last week's number one album sold less than 5,000 copies. An extremely worrying statistic isn't it. According to Herald Sun music editor Cameron Adams, it is the second-lowest-selling No.1 in Australia EVER! The top honour goes to the Black Eyed Peas who managed a #1 with a pitiful 4,800 copies a couple of years ago.
Interestingly, the latest "So Fresh" compilation sold last week a very healthy 23,465 copies, but as it is a compilation, it is ineligible for the ARIA Album Charts, and only the Compilation Chart. I have to say that in the age of digital downloading where people can choose any song they like, I'm surprised compilations remain so popular.
It will be interesting to see how many copies M-dolla sells of "Hard Candy" next week to debut at #1.
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