How many femme fatale albums sold

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Elizabeth Zacks November 12, Hey Macklemore, can we go thrift shopping? I wanted to make sure it didn't sound like everything else I've done. I brought it into Billboard, and he just killed it. It can be hard in the verse, and the bridge is super, super hard, but the chorus is super-pop. You can play that chorus acoustically on a guitar and it's still going to sound great. Although her album Circus sold fewer than 2 million copies, not a huge number given Spears' history of blockbuster sales, retailers have high hopes for the March release.

This week, some of Spears' biggest competition comes from Adele, whose 21 has been selling consistently well for weeks, Jennifer Hudson's newest release, I Remember Me, which sits at 2 on the Billboard chart, Chris Brown, whose album F. Only Adele would be larger this year," Trakin said. The real big story this week is Wiz Khalifa with Rolling Papers, with between , and , Is there any chance of an upset that forces Spears out of the 1 spot?

Follow Billboard. All rights reserved. B ritney Spears flies in at No. The feat ties her for the third-most No. Only Barbra Streisand nine No. Spears has hit the top with six out of her seven studio albums, only missing with 's "Blackout," which debuted and peaked at No. Her last effort, 's "Circus," started more robustly than "Femme Fatale," as it launched at No.

Though, one could conclude that "Circus" was a more highly-anticipated album, in that it was seen as a "comeback" after a number of years where Spears' personal and professional life was in chaotic high-gear.

There's nothing to come back from, aside from great success. Spears sold 1. This week, it falls in its 12th week on the list.