Lady Gaga Week #1: The Impressive Numbers

• Universal Music Group intiital projections were just 400,000.
• 1,108,000 copies of the album sold in week #1
• The biggest opening week performance since 2005 when 50 Cent's The Massacre sold 1,141,000
• Gaga is the fifth female artist in history to have a 1M+ sales week.
• Digital sales were 662,000

MORE LADY GAGA FIRST STATS:

• The biggest sales week ever for a digital album
• Sales were boosted by AmazonMP3's 2 day 99 cents sale
• Sn estimated 66% of digital sales (440,000 units) came via AmazonMP3's 2 day 99 cents sale