Celine vs. Alicia: Who Will Come Out On Top?

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The numbers are in!

Both Celine Dion and Alicia Keys released new albums this week. And while they didn't come into it with any of the Kanye/50 hype, both are expected to sell very well.

Only one will take the #1 spot, though.

No One is expected to sell about 550,000 copies, music biz peeps tell PerezHilton.com.

Meanwhile, Dion's Taking Chances, her first English-language album in four years, should sell about 250,000.

Congrats to both women.

See, people still buy CDs!

[Photo via Getty Images.]

Posted: Nov 14, 2007 at 5:00 pm / Email this »

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your mom says – reply to this

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first
amanda says – reply to this

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first
e says – reply to this

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my heart will go on.. top 5
hypocrisy says – reply to this

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funny… that's about how much britney sold and you said it wasn't good enough!!! you're so biased it's insane.
sillyt says – reply to this

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ALICIA RULES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CELINE DROOLS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
e says – reply to this

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yessss
DeeDee says – reply to this

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Celine definately!
Celine says – reply to this

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third?
ilovebrit says – reply to this

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how can you say celines 250k is good when you bashed britneys 280k?
* says – reply to this

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first
Jason says – reply to this

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You are so biased it is disgusting! Celine sells 250,000 and you are all up her ass congratulating her for a job well done. Britney sells more than that and you rip her a new asshole, same goes for Kelly Clarkson. Celine gets special treatment because she is older or been in the business longer? That is pure crap!
SILLYT says – reply to this

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HEY ALICIA,
EASY ON THAT EYE SHADOW !!!!
RAGANWALKER.COM says – reply to this

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Alicia Keys ALL the Way
jessie says – reply to this

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of course i thought that said DINO instead of Dion. I was all that Perez up to no good nicknamining.. anyway it was hella funny to me. peace
seppun.hai@gmail.com says – reply to this

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Alicia
seppun.hai@gmail.com says – reply to this

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Alicia
DetWingsGirl says – reply to this

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Lay off the weed, Alicia… you always look stoned out of your mind.
ty says – reply to this

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I LOVE THEM BOTH, BUT ALICIA'S GOT IT…I MEAN CELINE'S HOTT, BUT ONCE YOU GO VEGAS ITS A WRAP SORRY!!
album says – reply to this

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Alicia's album is called 'As I Am', not 'No One'.
Me says – reply to this

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The name of Alicia Keys' new album is "As I Am", not "No One" as you stated. "No One" is her first single off the album…….silly boy!
gasgag says – reply to this

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Re: Jason –

Yes. Because she's older. And has been around for 25 years and is still able to release an album that sells a quarter of a million copies first week. Hell… Kelly's been out a couple of years and already her numbers are dropping.

Celine has earned respect.
Lilysimone says – reply to this

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I guess if your into sappy, adult contemporary, glorified elevator musak. Wheee! Celine. Good luck Alicia, you rock.
silly says – reply to this

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silly. alicia keys' cd is not called No One. It's correct name is "As I Am." Get your facts straight perezzer.
Kristin says – reply to this

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Go Celine!
double standard says – reply to this

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wow, you call kelly clarkson a total failure and you congratulate celine dion. you're an asshole.
milo says – reply to this

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Celine is such a true artist
BumpinUglies says – reply to this

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If Alicia has her way, Celine will be on top…….ewwwww….slurp
Becca says – reply to this

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Alicia Key's album is titled As I Am.

And I agree with Jason! Kelly Clarkson sold that many records and you called her a failure, but Celine gets all the praise in the world from you.
Paul says – reply to this

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Wow, Celine cannot sell even enough as Britney Spears during her meltdown. Does that mean Celine's career is over?
Cammy says – reply to this

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Hate both.
dion says – reply to this

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woah, i think you're totally underestimating celine. where u get ur info anyways?
meme says – reply to this

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Yes, I think crazy brit did good being that she is out of control…anyhow, Alicia is classy ….I love how she doesnt have to be naked to sell records, and she is talented as well…one of the few people I can label as an ARTIST….everyone else sucks!!!!!!!! I hope you people dont say anthing racist….this site has a lot of white supremacy comments
crap-tas-tic says – reply to this

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Celine. She has been promoting the heck out of her album.
aliciafan (still love mimi tho) says – reply to this

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team alicia. you go girl. we've has missed you. thanks for all the great music.
USELESS says – reply to this

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Sorry….I need to ask this question. Soulja Boy is on TRL right now….why does he sing and talk like he just got 5 shots of novacaine???? ANYONE???
vagi-babi says – reply to this

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CELINE is QUEEN! ALICIA is PRINCESS
L.C. says – reply to this

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HEY FATSO THE NAME OF THE ALICIAS ALBUM IS ACTUALLY "AS I AM" …"NO ONE" IS THE NAME OF THE FIRST SINGLE. DUUUHHHHHH!!!!!
L.C. says – reply to this

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HEY FATSO THE NAME OF THE ALICIA ALBUM IS ACTUALLY "AS I AM" …"NO ONE" IS THE NAME OF THE FIRST SINGLE. DUUUHHHHHH!!!!!
Josep says – reply to this

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Of course Alicia! She has a lot of support in USA, and she had a biiiig promotion!

But I would love to see Celine on #1
Johnny says – reply to this

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Kelly sold more than Celine in her first week, yet you don't talk shit about her? How much did Celine buy you out for, Perez?!
Purduegal09 says – reply to this

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Yup Yup says – reply to this

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ALICIA'S ALBUM IS CALLED "AS I AM" AND IT IS AMAZING. ONE OF THE BEST ALL AROUND ALBUMS TO COME OUT IN A LONG ASS TIME. RAW EMOTION & TALENT JUST ISN'T FOUND IN TOO MUCH MUSIC THESE DAYS BUT SHE HAS GOT THEM BOTH CORNERED. YUP!
Trisha says – reply to this

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zzzz both blow.
why doens't Alicia come out? what a coward.
i'm buying another Blackout, the special edition at TArgGet.
luis says – reply to this

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youre a fucking idiot…. alicias album is called AS I AM… PENDEJO… go to hell you fat fuck. get it right… and Britney sold more than celine… u should mention that you fat fuck
sask-man says – reply to this

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I'D FUCK EM BOTH….TWICE
ck says – reply to this

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Forget those two - Buy Red Carpet Massacre by Duran Duran!!!
lulu says – reply to this

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I THINK ITS FUNNY AND FUCKED UP THAT THIS SITE WEN IT COMES TO BRITNEY THE SMASHH HER PERSONA AND CAREER BY SAYING THATSHES NOT GOING TO SELL AS MANY ALBUMS AS HEY EXPECTED AND SAY SHIT ON HOW SHE SHOULD WILL FAIL, BUT WEN IT COMES TO CELINE AND ALICIA THERE LIKE ”INDUSTRY PEOPLE ARE NOT EXPECTING GREAT SALES OVER THE 250,000, GET IT TOGUETHER YOU GUYS ITS TGHE SAME FOR EVERYBODY AND BRITNEY WAS #1 SO LETS SEE HOW THESE LADYS DO…
Snora says – reply to this

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ALICIA!!! Celine's head is way too big, she needs to be brought down a notch. Oh, and cut that poor kid's hair, will ya?
PaSCaL_icious says – reply to this

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i think alicia will sell more albums ….celine was the last generation …
Yawn says – reply to this

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Snoozefest! Those two couldn't sell records if you paid them
jp says – reply to this

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hopefully alicia, though i hate both of their music, celine is just butt ugly.
250k??! says – reply to this

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That's way too low an estimate. Srsly. I'm buying 250000 copies by myself already.
Later Alligator says – reply to this

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Who will come out on top?
Depends on who wants to be on the bottom.
Being Dumb says – reply to this

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Re: Big fat ass – sorry that everyone can't be made up like 6'O'clock (thats flat chested and no ass for the slow people). Most men dont want a women that looks like an adolescent boy, so her ass is just fine!
ml94665 says – reply to this

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Alicia Keys Album is called AS I AM not NO ONE that was just her single Perez.
o says – reply to this

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People dont buy albums they buy it from iTunes and those other sites
Manny says – reply to this

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Alicia Keyes is very fine. An accomplished musician of the first order; second to none. But I think Celine will blow her away; Celine has a supernatural voice.
bored says – reply to this

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alicia keyes music is tooooo sad
celine dions is tooooo gay
Kasra says – reply to this

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no , it won't be both them ,Led zeppelin have a greatest hit album out now called mothership that will be number one.Seriously,you forget that the number one buyer of cd are people over the age of 40.the other thing is that zep rocks.Sorry queer boy look like crap music is not going to take the number one spot.

1.Led zeppelin
2briney spears(still do not agree that people bought her album)
3.Alicia keys
4.Celine dion (I wish that whore was not form canada.please retire you are starting to look stupid)
Gwen says – reply to this

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Psh, like anyone cares about Celine anymore.
bindy says – reply to this

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though i love alicia, CELINE is the queen
bobo says – reply to this

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Horse face vs Horses ass who cares??????????? One is a blabber mouth canuck who married a pedophile and the other is a buck tooth big ass octeroon
mtg says – reply to this

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Celine's album is great. Alicia Keyes sucks. I purchased both, and Keyes' album is not worth the $$$
Mike says – reply to this

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PEREZ you SUCK so bad.

I love how since you *LOVE* Celine & Alicia - 250k is "VERY well" meanwhile when Kelly Clarkson sells 300k that "sucked"

FUCK OFF
rachel says – reply to this

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alicia keys cd title is "as i am"
Being Dumb says – reply to this

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Re: Kasra – Actually I think that Jay-Z's album is going to be #1 projected to sell about 450,000
BRitz0 says – reply to this

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Celine Dion is so beautiful, and Alicia is totally breathtakingly gorgeous.
WHY AREN''T BRITNEYS NUMBERS GOOD ENOUGH? says – reply to this

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Seems to me Brit's album did well the first week and will probably drop to these numbers in consecutive weeks. Why are these entertainers being congratulated on these numbers and brit can't catch a media break to save her life?
bite my cunt says – reply to this

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I couldn't care less about Snatchface Dion or this other twat…so long as they bump Zitney down the chart.
Jasmine says – reply to this

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Alicia will win because she is promoting her album more and has had success in getting MTV and BET to help her with promotion. Celine reaches a different audience (adult contemporary and gays) even though Alicia gets some of this same audience. Alicia also has more younger fans buying her music.
Mandy says – reply to this

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I am SOOOO tired of Celine Dion and her PEDOPHILE husband! He was her manager when she was 12 YEARS OLD and divorced his wife because he was in love with Celine. I can't believe the media doesn't recognize him as a filthy, old pedophile. And instead, he's celebrated as a talented manager..WTF?!?!
Erika says – reply to this

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Hopefully Celine. Alicia Keys tries WAY too hard and it's obvious, I can't stand her music!
On the Radio says – reply to this

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Alicia Keys Album is very dull. Complete waste. I was shocked. For being so hyped, it failed in the "WOW" department.
piazzasbuttplug says – reply to this

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Celine cums on top with her strap on nice and tight and a gun to her victim's head.
Hooray for real music says – reply to this

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What does it matter they are both great entertainers and the public enjoys them both. Unlike that no talented fat slut Jwhore that you constantly promote. Even a drunk Britany is better than she is.
Miss A says – reply to this

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NO ONE NO ONE NO ONE
BOYTOY says – reply to this

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WTF??? CELINE'S HUBBY IS A CHILD MOLESTER? WHERE DID YOU HEAR THIS NEWS?
angie says – reply to this

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Well, if Celine does win, one thing is for certain: she will be doing the funky chicken all over Canada.
Danielle says – reply to this

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alicia's new album is amazing.
Jena in Montreal says – reply to this

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TEAM CELINE!
Mandy says – reply to this

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Celine's husband has been her manager since he and his(then wife) mortgaged their house for her to make it big when she was 12 years old! He divorced his wife and married Celine when she was of age! My bet is that he was molesting her from the time she was very young. He was a middle-aged man then! She was in love with him, as he was with her when she was a child! That's why he's a PEDOPHILE!
chelle says – reply to this

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I just went out and bought Alicia Keys new CD. Go Alicia!!!!
Mandy says – reply to this

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He's a pedophile because he was in a relationship with Celine when she was a child!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She was 12 when he met her and fell in love with her a short-while later(though hid from the public and his wife), publicly started dating her when she was of age and is a NASTY PEDOPHILE because of this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
French are Fools says – reply to this

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Her parents allowed their 12 year old daughter to date a grown man? WTF was wrong with them? Gawd French Canadians are so nasty and gross like pigs. Why would the rest of canada want to be affiliated with them? UGH!
rick says – reply to this

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Personally, I don't care if Celine will sell 250 000 copies of her album. It's very good for a career that long. It's also a lot more than her previous release. I'm not sure if Alicia will sell that much after 25 years of career! And As I Am will sell less than her previous album. By the way, Alicia's album is very boring. The only good song is No One. Celine's album is a gem!
mickiet90 says – reply to this

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Dam Celine looks so BITTER.
Melissa Aikens says – reply to this

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they are both great
Sarah says – reply to this

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Hysterical that you'll kick Celine's a** for selling a "measley" 250K, but Kelly sells almost 300K in the first week and you label her a loser…..

you're a hypocrite you douche

Sad that you're still mad at Kelly for not recognizing you….sad little boy…go cry to mommy
lala109 says – reply to this

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ALICIA definitely! I picked up her album yesterday, it's great!
bree says – reply to this

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No One is expected to sell about 550,000 copies, music biz peeps tell PerezHilton.com.

actually As i Am is the album title, No One is the song title!.. fire the incompetents Perez!
dagmara says – reply to this

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But Alicia's Cd is not called "No One" but "AS I AM"!
Suzy Q says – reply to this

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I LOVE ALICIA KEYS!!!! SHE'S THE BEST AND DEFENATLY BETTER THAN CELINE…!
Steve says – reply to this

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RICK:

Actually you're wrong.. Celine's A New Day Has Come sold over 500,000 in its first week and One Heart sold 430,000…
Rick says – reply to this

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Re: Steve –

I was talking about her previous album Miracle. It sold 107 000 copies in the first week.
Michele says – reply to this

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GO Britney! Blackout is #1
Celine Pee-on says – reply to this

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I fucking can't stand Celine Pee-on. i love Alcia Keys and her warm tone. If Alicia sang pop/dance music, she'd sound like Claudia, my FAVORITE pop diva! You can hear Claudia's music at www.claudiasmusic.com
Chuck says – reply to this

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Re: Michele –
Actually my friend if you knew anything about music, you would be suprised to find out that Shitney's horrible album is flopping like a fish right now. Her new album just dropped 70% and has only sold 370,000 copies. And you think she's #1? Yeah. right.
◄ΦΦkrazihottkelliΦΦbitchygrlΦ↓ says – reply to this

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I heard Celine zing live the other day, the bitch made me cry..

that don't happen often with zongz..I love Alicia great voice alzo.

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Violet says – reply to this

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ALICIA!!! Both have great voices but Celine bores me to tears. Except for "A New Day" which is an incredible song. Alicia's album is sooooo good…I had to run out and buy it the day it came out.
Alex says – reply to this

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WAIT A FUCKING MIN PEREZ….Celine's 250,000 is "Sell Very Well" as you put it but Brit's 295,000 was a total flop as you put it? Fucking Lard ASS