With Ke$ha opening with 85k with a Top 3 single, XTina tanking at 73k with "The Voice", Bruno predicted to open with 140k with a #1 single and a strong album buying fanbase - with Wiz pulling in 135k with a similar buying fanbase, it is safe to say album sales are on the decline. Question is, why?

Nothing is catching people's attention.

yup.

Their albums are on people's Xmas lists

Bruno is not underperforming

Not everyone.

the artists who shouldn't be underperforming aren't underperforming
no shade, that's just the way it is

Because the industry is practically broken.

Bruno isn't underperforming

Ke$ha is, though.

You said "why is everyone underperforming?" And only posted 2 people, one in which isn't even underperforming

It's safe to say that album sales this year have been DISMAL, compared to last year.

When has Kesha ever been known as a big seller? The fact that people are buying her music at all is amazing.

Compared to Tik Tok, Ke$ha will most likely always underperform. It affect her albumsales for Animal much more than Die Young could have for Warrior.

Wait

the majority of album sales last year came from one album, so lets be real here.

Well... Rihanna, P!nk, & Taylor are doing just fine... so...

That's basically proving my point.

Well, just because Ke$ha and Rihanna's album sales are meh doesn't mean the industry is ****ed over. Those two have never been necessarily strong US album sellers anyway. (Rihanna isn't doing exceptionally strong, but for her past history, she's even doing OK right now)

Bruno is doing fine. And we're ignoring Taylor Swift's blockbuster success right now.

People just don't buy albums in general anymore, even exceptions still are selling lower than previous years.

But Rihanna, P!nk, and Taylor are only few of the THOUSANDS of artists, and the hundreds that should have had better sales.

Hundreds? I can think of around 15...