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Britney Spears memoirThe Woman in Me has sold 1.1 million copies in the U.S. alone through its first week...
I poured my heart and soul into my memoir, and I am grateful to my fans and readers around the world for their unwavering support, Spears said in a statement released Wednesday by Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster...
The sales figures include pre-orders, print sales, e-books and audiobooks..
The Woman in Me, released Oct. 24, has been praised by critics as a compelling account of her rise to global fame and her ongoing struggles, including the conservatorship that for years granted her father control of much of her life and her revelation that shehad an abortionwhile dating Justin Timberlake more than 20 years ago...
According to Circana, which tracks around 85% of the print market, The Woman in Me sold just under 418,000 copies, far below first week Circana numbers for former President Barack Obamas A Promised Land and former first lady Michelle Obamas Becoming among other memoirs...
