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Originally posted by swaggerific
Her first week sales are fine but they can be way better if she doesn't release Hella ****ing singles and take her sweet time before the album. All I want is a single - release date - then boom an album 2 weeks after.
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But that's what I'm saying. TPP sold 700K with a messy singles campaign. And it's gotten over 500M streams because well, she's Top 3 female streaming artists in the US.
And 2828282 rappers have surprise released this year. Future, Gucci Mane, etc.
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Honestly Nicki will never have a big debut week again, maybe with a surprise release but that's the only way with the sales climate.
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Originally posted by Robbyyy
Honestly Nicki will never have a big debut week again, maybe with a surprise release but that's the only way with the sales climate.
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All of her first weeks are great if you consider the sales climate and they will continue to be.
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Can she just post that mannequin challenge video already? 
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Originally posted by SebaMonster
All of her first weeks are great if you consider the sales climate and they will continue to be.
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Exactly.
TPP was the second highest female opening of 2014. Context.
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Originally posted by SebaMonster
All of her first weeks are great if you consider the sales climate and they will continue to be.
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Since RR, Nicki has been selling like Rihanna & that is not a compliment for an A list mainstream urban RAPPER like Nicki.
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Originally posted by Robbyyy
Since RR, Nicki has been selling like Rihanna & that is not a compliment for an A list mainstream urban RAPPER like Nicki.
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Anti only debuted with like 120K. 
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Originally posted by Willy.
Exactly.
TPP was the second highest female opening of 2014. Context.
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Which females released that year again? Iggy, J. Lo, Mariah? 
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Originally posted by SebaMonster
Anti only debuted with like 120K. |
Ok.. well I guess that's who she should be compared to then since she can't outsell the guys anymore.
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Originally posted by Robbyyy
Ok.. well I guess that's who she should be compared to then since she can't outsell the guys anymore.
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Edgy.
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Woo.
There's shade to be thrown, but I won't do it. Not on Pink Friday.
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Originally posted by Robbyyy
Which females released that year again? Iggy, J. Lo, Mariah? |
Ariana? (169K sales)
Meghan Trainor? (238K SPS)
Taylor? (+1M sales)
And even if she released in 2015, that 198K/250K SPS opening STILL would've been Top 3 among women.
You realize that Pink Friday is the second highest opening for a female Rap album (after Lauryn), and yet that's still nothing compared to the highest opening weeks for the guys?
Don't be dense.
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Originally posted by Click Clack
Woo.
There's shade to be thrown, but I won't do it. Not on Pink Friday.
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Just post what you have to post. Nothing worse than a "I have something to say but let me not" ass bitch.
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Originally posted by Willy.
Ariana? (169K sales)
Meghan Trainor? (238K SPS)
Taylor? (+1M sales)
And even if she released in 2015, that 198K/250K SPS opening STILL would've been Top 3 among women.
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Those 50K SEA/TEA units are actually so impressive for a 2014 release, especially when she didn't have a hit anymore by that time.. Even today most artists aren't reaching that.
Imagine how much she'd do today...
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Originally posted by Willy.
Ariana? (169K sales)
Meghan Trainor? (238K SPS)
Taylor? (+1M sales)
And even if she released in 2015, that 198K/250K SPS opening STILL would've been Top 3 among women.
You realize that Pink Friday is the second highest opening for a female Rap album (after Lauryn), and yet that's still nothing compared to the highest opening weeks for the guys?
Don't be dense.
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You're comparing her with pop stars who have never opened with over 300k no matter what the climate was.
& didn't PF outsell most male rappers & arttists in general that year?
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Originally posted by SebaMonster
Those 50K SEA/TEA units are actually so impressive for a 2014 release, especially when she didn't have a hit anymore by that time.. Even today most artists aren't reaching that.
Imagine how much she'd do today...
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Her first week #s will definitely be interesting! I honestly think a surprise release is her best bet because the features/soundcloud era isn't generating nearly as much hype as 2014.
And yes, I know we're only two songs in, but let's see how it plays out.
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Originally posted by SebaMonster
Those 50K SEA/TEA units are actually so impressive for a 2014 release, especially when she didn't have a hit anymore by that time.. Even today most artists aren't reaching that.
Imagine how much she'd do today...
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The Pinkprint had 17M streams first week. That's absolutely INSANE for a 2014 release. And the fact that the album is still doing +5M streams WEEKLY is 
For context, these are the streams this week for other Hip-Hop albums. The number in the brackets are streams.
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#1 A Tribe Called Quest We got it from Here
Thank You 4 Your service 134,628 (111,884) [28,459,185]
#4 Rae Sremmurd SremmLife 2 42,751 (3,217) [34,722,894]
#5 Drake VIEWS 31,910 (4,321) [36,887,112]
#10 Various Artists Suicide Squad: The Album 23,877 (8,138) [13,458,324]
#19 Travis Scott Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight 17,966 (1,949) [21,810,423]
#20 Alicia Keys HERE 17,941 (14,008) [3,996,975]
#22 Rihanna ANTI 17,417 (2,726) [17,186,659]
#27 Meek Mill Dreamchasers 4 15,756 (2,332) [18,435,939]
#29 21 Savage and Metro Boomin Savage Mode 15,284 (590) [20,310,72]
#37 Kanye West The Life of Pablo 13,017 (0) [17,696,825]
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Funny how the discussion was strictly about sales & the only receipts worth discussing are the streams.
Slay at the topic change. 
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Originally posted by Robbyyy
You're comparing her with pop stars who have never opened with over 300k no matter what the climate was.
& didn't PF outsell most male rappers & arttists in general that year?
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Hun, I cannot pretend to care about first week sales in 2016. I'm being super serious.
These are the highest first week openers of 2016.
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Biggest Debuts of 2016
1. Drake - Views (1,04m)
2. Beyonce - Lemonade (653k)
3. Metallica - Hardwired... to self-Destruct (305k)
4. Frank Ocean - Blonde (276k)
5. Bruno Mars - 24k Magic (226k)
Pure Sales
Biggest Debuts of 2016
1. Drake - Views (852k)
2. Beyonce - Lemonade (485k)
3. Metallica - Hardwired... to self-Destruct (295k)
4. Frank Ocean - Blonde (232k)
5. Bruno Mars - 24k Magic (189k)
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Come on, Rob
This archaic mindset makes no sense. I respect you, so I'm not going to be disrespectful, but come on, lol.
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If y'all don't care about sales, why discuss them in the first place?
I get she's a streaming monster but damn.
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