The controversy might not have sent her over the moon, but it definitely did not hurt her. Following a critically-repudiated live set on “Saturday Night Live,” Lana Del Rey is in the midst of a decent album sales week.
According to Hits Daily Double, opening day sales figures suggest her major label debut “Born to Die” is on track for between 55-60,000. The album won’t top Adele’s still-absurdly-strong “21” on the charts, but it should definitely land respectably on the Billboard 200.
While the singer-songwriter had decent buzz prior to the SNL incident, there was no way the album was going to top this sales total (or, likely, even match it) had the two performances not occurred.