So, if he sold 185K prior to Glee, then he may be by now working down his last 10K prior to selling 200K in the US. And 100 - 120K outside of US does sound about right as well, which means those dimwits at RCA are actually making money off of him, and that is without support. Just think, what this album could have done, with proper support. grrrrr...
Based on what you wrote yesterday, I have changed my mind a bit. I think it is probably right that the core Glambert group who buys 3-10 albums, is probably about 2000 people in US and 1000 additionally world wide. So, that makes 10,000-15,000 albums here. In that first week, he sold 77 K in US sales. So, the other 65K were bought by casual fans, one at a time. That is a solid fan base to count on, when it comes to roll-out time. I probably understated things yesterday, then. I am quite impressed to hear that TSP is approaching 200K in US alone. That is a good number for a lousily supported album.
Re yesterday's discussion pop vs rock, which originated from a sentence I probably phrased too quickly and not carefully enough:
I don't think, that with Adam it is really about genre, but rather about vocals. Of course, there are lots of different opinions out there, on what fans want, but if there are two main ideas that I have consistently heard, they are the following:
Fans want him to sing those beautiful lines, that only he can sing.
They also want to hear less production overall.
The overall classifications of genre have become so blurred, and the definition of pop so wide, that it is difficult to even use them, and not get misunderstandings. There is a huge difference, between pop a la Ke$ha or KP, and pop a la Adele. There is a reason, Adele became so popular, even though she sings about one subject only, and her vocals are alright, but nowhere near the Adam league. That reason is, a) there is nothing else like this out there, and b) the vocals are in the foreground, and c)it skirts this line between pop and ballad beautifully and the beat sounds natural and strong, but not oppressive.
Now Adam would sing about other topics (thankfully) and lean a bit more into the rock vocal arsenal on some songs, and go more soft on others, I think. But from a production standpoint, this is the kind of music that would sell great for him, imo. And he could tap into a much larger market than his core fan base.
But, a) I don't know, if this is what he wants, and b) if he can find songwriting support that can execute on such a vision.
I guess, we all agree, that he needs to get away from the pop factory that works for KP and others, but does not really work for him (bye-bye Dr Luke). The fact that he is listening to a lot of alternative music, gives me hope that he tries to find both ideas as well as songwriting support in those areas, whatever this genre 'alternative' is anyways.
200 K in US + 
300 K WW + 
