According to Forbes, sales for the singer's twelfth studio effort will drop by a staggering 88 percent, from 359,000 copies sold during release week to an estimated 46,000 in its second week. Apparently, the first-week sales numbers were dramatically skewed thanks to CDs sold in packages along with concert tickets for Madonna's upcoming tour.
Forbes contributor Roger Friedman reported "most" of the 359K albums sold were apart of one of these packages, and without them, MDNA would have debuted at No. 2 on the charts.
It seems like it was just a couple of weeks ago we were reporting that Madonna's MDNA debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart, becoming the fastest-selling debut of 2012 and earning Madge her eighth chart-topping LP. Oh wait, it was -- and that only makes Madonna's fall from grace all the more dramatic.
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- Best Slink Down the Red Carpet
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- Best 'Someone Please Save Me' Face
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- Best 'Why Am I Posing With These People?' Face
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