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Originally posted by Beatz
Chris Brown's exclusive took almost 3 years to reach 2x platinum.
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Because he is a singles artist. Katy is also a singles artist, but her singles are exponentially more successful than Chris' singles from Exclusive. Of course a more successful singles artist would go 2x platinum faster than a lesser singles artist, because the hype is bigger.
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2x platinum in album sales is a big deal in this day and age only few artists in this moment are moving those units.
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It's a big deal for singles artists.
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Anyway today: singles sales >>>>>>>>>>>>> album sales (the total opposite of the 90's and below).
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Thus the huge increase in singles artists, one of which being Ms. Perry.
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Single artists examples: LMFAO whose album have sold over 110,000 copies despite having a massive worldwide hit and an upcoming smash, Taio Cruz, Jason Derulo, etc.
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Note that none of the artists you've mentioned are of the magnitude of Katy Perry. She has immense fame and all of her singles smash in the US, but it takes a year for the album that spawned the hit singles to go 2x platinum.
I'm just saying, if you get 5 number ones from one album, your singles spend an entire year on the Billboard Hot 100 top 10, yet your album takes more than a year to sell 2,000,000 albums, I'm going to consider you a singles artists. It's all very relative. Personally I think being able to go 2x platinum as a singles artist is a huge compliment, but calling her an albums artist is kind of a stretch. It's not a bad thing at all, though; Katy is great.
lol we're not in 2000 anymore. Chris Brown's exclusive took almost 3 years to reach 2x platinum.
CONGRATS!
