Kylie Minogue's US Record Sales Flop
Despite an agreesive selling and promotional campaign, Kylie Minogue's newly album 'X' has generated shockingly poor gross sales in its first week after debuting at a disappointing 139 on the US Billboard charts.Following a massive week of promotion - which included interviews on the US Today testify, a live performance on 'Dancing With The Stars', and a headline-grabbing old World chat with Ellen DeGeneres - Minogue's album has failed to pace a honorable mention.'X' debuted in the cover spot in her native Australia and number 2 in U.K., only sold scarcely 6,000 copies in the US in its first workweek on sale, according to the official results from Nielsen Soundscan.A spokeperson for Minogue has brushed off the poor people gross revenue termination, explaining to Reuters that many of her "core fans" had antecedently bought the album via moment when it was released in other countries last year. They added that the marketing campaign was still in it's babyhood.Photo courtesy of Capitol Records.
