Madonna's Hard Candy debuted at #1 in the US with un-remarkable sales of 280,000. Mariah, whose recent album E=MC2 debuted with sales of over 463,000, must be celebrating with champagne. This is also a significant drop compared to first week sales of Madge's last studio effort Confessions On A Dancefloor which opened with 350,606 copies sold. Considering "4 Minutes" has been a bigger hit compared to "Hung Up" in the United States, this result is quite surprising.
Hard Candy sold 14,585 copies to debut at #1 on the Australian ARIA charts (having shipped 35,000 copies). Not a bad result, but not AMAZING either, especially for a superstar like Madonna. In comparison, Kylie's X sold over 16,000 copies in its opening week and Delta's self-titled third album last year sold 22,000 copies in its opening week.
The album has so far debuted at #1 in 18 countries. Will it have a lasting impact?
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Yes, Mariah did sell more than Madonna in US after the massive success of her previous album; and Kylie did outsell her in Australia as well. Mariah so far only hit #1 in US and Canada; while Madonna was #1 for what? about TWENTY countries. Madonna outsold Kylie's total in a week. Hard Candy may not be as big as coadf, but still she's much bigger than the names you mentioned worldwide. If you'd like to compare, compare with their worldwide sales, and be objective.
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