Britney Spears’ memoir The woman in me is big. But that’s not the biggest thing.
First week sales reports show that the memoir sold 1.1 million copies in the US in its first week alone. Sales figures include pre-orders, print sales, e-books and audio books. According to Circana, which monitors the publishing market, print copies totaled 418,000 copies.
“I poured my heart and soul into my memoir and am grateful to my fans and readers around the world for their continued support,” Spears said in a statement released Wednesday by Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster.
The woman in me was released on October 24. Spears posted on Instagram on the day of release that her book had become “the best-selling celebrity memoir.”
So far, it’s not even the best-selling memoir of 2023. Spears’ refusal to give interviews in support of the book doesn’t help matters.
The woman in me behind prince harry’s memoirs, reservations, which came out in January and sold 1.6 million copies in the US in its first week. Those of former President Barack Obama are also selling well A promised land and that of former First Lady Michelle Obama Word.
One thing Spears’ memoir can do that Harry and the Obamas can’t: According to Luminate, a music and entertainment analytics company, Spears is driving a sharp increase in streams and sales through her music catalog.
In a single day last week, Monday through Tuesday, Spears’ catalog rose 18.2% in on-demand streams and 36.8% in album sales. In the following days the numbers continued to rise. According to Luminate, their US streams increased by 24% last week – from 16 million to 19.8 million; Their album sales increased by 61.4% and digital sales increased by 49%.
The audio book version of The woman in me read by Oscar-nominated actress Michelle Williams, is the fastest-selling audio publication in the company’s history, according to Gallery Books. The publisher did not back up this hype with specific audio sales figures.
Source: Deadline
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