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Originally posted by Sexy Boy
So you want to tell me all post album singles are selling less than pre-album singles? And SFTTR is an exception just because Adele was a new phenomenon?  I don't think so. |
That's not what I was trying to say. Two different points here:
1. Adele's post album singles sold progressively worse, largely because of how many albums she has sold. I have no doubt that Set Fire to the Rain could have outsold Someone Like You in some alternate universe where they were released in a different order/at the same time. Rumour Has It seemed to really struggle from the sales, though.
2. Adele's post-album singles held up better than most because she was such a new phenomenon and attracted the interest of people over time. Compare to a Lady Gaga - Fame vs. The Fame Monster situation. Or a Taylor Swift - Fearless vs. Speak Now situation. Fearless was able to sustain huge hits over time and sell 6 million copies because she was an exploding crossover artist still. Fast forward to Speak Now, and she sold 3 million copies in ~2 months, and didn't even bother pushing singles aggressively afterwards.
My argument is that incredibly high album sales affect singles sales. In Taylor's case, she sells her albums very quickly, so singles are quickly affected.
it went to sell 4 million and #1 on radio and top 40 
, what a struggle!
