Not "not releasing singles is promo!"

Y'all are too much.

Kanye did not do any conventional promo for this album except one SNL performance. Everything else was completely new territory for an album campaign. No one is saying he launched the album without telling anyone, we're saying he is selling a very impressive amount with ONE conventional piece of promotion for the album. Stop with the try hard posts already.

Originally posted by Gavroche If this isn't a promo: then what promo is?

Its not a small under performance, its not an under performance at all

MBDTF did 500k Black Friday weekend with literally months of GOOD Friday promotions and big singles, and being one of the most acclaimed albums of all time. 375K in 2013 with no traditional promo outside of one SNL performance is not an under performance. No one but you thinks its an under performance

YOUR TOP 15: For only the second time this year, a rap album scores the crown as Kanye West debuts at #1. The only other hip-hop release to hit #1 in 2013 was A$AP Rocky, which debuted on top the week ending 1/20 with 139k. In fact, after the chart's brief flirtation with hard rock in the form of Queens of the Stone Age and the reunited Black Sabbath, next week will see rap albums occupy the Top 3 spots on the album chart. Here are this week's key debuts:

* Kanye West (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJ) 360-385k
* J. Cole (Roc Nation/Columbia) 280-305k
* Mac Miller (Rostrum) 95-105k
*Kelly Rowland (Republic) 60-65k
Black Sabbath (Republic) 55-60k
Daft Punk (Columbia) 40-45k
Justin Timberlake (RCA) 35-40k
Florida Georgia Line (Republic Nashville) 30-35k
Hunter Hayes (Atlantic) 30-35k
Darius Rucker (Capitol Nashville) 25-28k
Imagine Dragons (Kidinakorner/Interscope) 24-27k
*Sigur Ros (XL) 24-27k
Bruno Mars (Atlantic) 21-24k
Blake Shelton (Warner Bros. Nashville) 21-24k
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Macklemore) 19-22k
*Falling In Reverse (Epitaph) 19-22k

*Debuts

Kanye is not giving a **** about commercial sucesso with this album tho. The fact that he's doing 350k+ with the release strategy he chose is actually pretty amazing.

Originally posted by muddysquirrel Wow. Kanye looks to underperform a little. Not very Yeezus-like.

Originally posted by Andre Glad it's going to flop.