Bigger era: Hard Candy or Circus?

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Both albums did ~4 million worldwide.

Both got their biggest digital selling hit, Britney with Womanizer, Madonna with 4 minutes.

Both got their biggest tours, Britney with Circus Tour, Madonna with Sticky and Sweet Tour (which is the highest grossing female tour ever).

So?

[Michael. 41,147]

Artpop

[Chris 58,441]

Circus  no question.

[Angelus 11,476]

Albums:

Hard Candy sold more ww (4m > 3,7m), and it was released in Spring while Circus had Q4 sales and promo. Madonna wins

 

Singles:

4 Minutes was bigger than any Circus single, Circus had 2 more moderate hits, Hard Candy had Europian hit Give it to Me. Britney wins.

 

Tours:

lol. Madonna wins.

 

Hard Candy overall 2 > 1

 

4 minutes ago, The Black Parade said:

Circus  no question.

[WarrenThanksYouAll 15,920]

Album success : equal.

Single success : equal.

Tour success : Madonna.

Hard Candy. - the superior album.

[P.O.P 6,000]

Bigger era? Hard Candy

 

Better album? Circus

[Gilly 12,318]

circus

[Michael. 41,147]

1 hour ago, Li'l Sebastian said:

Albums:

Hard Candy sold more ww (4m > 3,7m), and it was released in Spring while Circus had Q4 sales and promo. Madonna wins

 

Singles:

4 Minutes was bigger than any Circus single, Circus had 2 more moderate hits, Hard Candy had Europian hit Give it to Me. Britney wins.

 

Tours:

lol. Madonna wins.

 

Hard Candy overall 2 > 1

 

Did 4 minutes really do better than Womanizer tho?

[Kylie 114,792]

Perfect Illusion

 

[Angelus 11,476]

1 minute ago, Adele said:

Did 4 minutes really do better than Womanizer tho?

Womanizer                                                                      -   4 Minutes (red - main markets)

 

Both songs sold around the same in US, 4Minutes sold more worldwide.

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13 minutes ago, Adele said:

Did 4 minutes really do better than Womanizer tho?

Yes. 

[Princess Aurora 31,371]

Bigger era? Hard Candy

 

Better album? Circus

 

Hard Candy is pretty bad (no offence)

[Shego 36,848]

I think Hard Candy

Overall

[Angelus 11,476]

42 minutes ago, Peter Cat said:

Bigger era? Hard Candy

 

Better album? Circus

 

Hard Candy is pretty bad (no offence)

Madonna wins on metacritic too

65 > 64

Also Circus had less positive reviews and even negative, while HC had no negative reviews and more positive and mixed

 

 

[Royale 72,094]

Circus, imo.

 

The 'Circus' era sold more & had more hit singles. They are also more remembered.

[Angelus 11,476]

Actually i just checked 2nd singles and Give It 2 Me also did better than Circus ww

 

Much better Circus only did much better in US and Australia

[Diamond 49,268]

Circus

[Angelus 11,476]

Give it to me  

 

Circus

 

 

[Angelus 11,476]

Hard Candy

 

 

 

Circus

 

 

 

MADONNA ALWAYS WINS

[Systemagic 5,459]

Hard Candy, obviously. Sold more (but not much more), 4 Minutes was a bigger GLOBAL hit than ANYTHING by Britney besides BOMT, and I don't need to say anything about the tours because they explain thenselves.

And Madonna was 50 while Britney wasn't even 30 yet and Circus was set to be her return to Glory after those terrible years she had.

The Queen on Pop wins.