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Jessica Simpson’s Country Debut Not Doing So Hot

Very, very bad news for Jessica Simpson.

Her country debut album, Do You Know, was #4 in sales this week, selling only 65,000 copies in an entire week.

That is a VERY BAD number for a name as big as Jessica.

In contrast, the uber-crappy and under-hyped A Public Affair, her last pop album, sold 101,000 copies its first week in 2006.

Meanwhile, Metallica was at the top of the charts this week, selling 490,000 copies.

Really? You guys are still buying Metallica albums? Why???

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  • I don’t know why people are still buying metalica albums. They’re one of the many things that should have died with 80s.

  • there was some crazy chick on here a few weeks ago bragging about cheap trick and heart. i’m sure she’s still jonesing to metallica. well, gotta run and blow dry my mullet.

  • Oh I’m sorry I’ll go return my Metallica album and exchange it for your Milly-Vanilla Ice rendition of “Let It Rock, Let It Rock”.

    First let me me find a brown paper bag and cut holes in it real quick.

  • Metallica was and is one of the best bands of all times. Hey Evil, are your tastes only for young, dumb “artists”…how trendy of you.

  • Her album debuted at #1 on the Country Album charts. Yeah, I guess #1 is not doing so hot.

    Overall CD sales are down in all formats, plus, for the most part, country doesn’t sell as much as rock albums, sad but true. unless they are the crossover aimed efforts like taylor and carrie….Jessica is trying to establish a presence in country, so she’s not aiming for crossover right now.

    I say congrats to jessica, she’s succedding in country which was her goal. I like her new album. People just like to put her down and will find any way to do it. To me it’s laughable to put down a #1 debut! (and a country album debuting at #4 in the all-genre chart isn’t to shabby either!)

  • metallica sold more copies because of this reason

    many people would rather hear the sound of screaming from middle age men that tbh were and still are very good .

    than the sound of a cat being strangled oh no i mean jessica simpsons beautiful voice * shifty eyes *

    x

  • Metallica minus Lars = meh.. I wouldn’t change the station because I’m too lazy.

    Jessica Simpson = who cares

    Albums = If you can sell 65,000 copies that means you targeted the 65,000 people who don’t have computers.. in other words, country

  • Non-Evil Beet, we’re still buying Metallica albums because they still fucking rule! Not that your tweenybopper ass would know. You’re probably too busy masturbating to Chris Brown’s music.