In my opinion, the first thing we should be comparing is tour gross, followed by album sales and lastly single sales.
You have absolutely zero impact if you have a popular single that's smashing around the world but people don't want to pay for a ticket to see you live. It only means you have one good song people are willing to listen to. This is why I'll never understand why people get so bothered over single's chart position or how much it sold.
In my opinion, the first thing we should be comparing is tour gross, followed by album sales and lastly single sales.
You have absolutely zero impact if you have a popular single that's smashing around the world but people don't want to pay for a ticket to see you live. It only means you have one good song people are willing to listen to. This is why I'll never understand why people get so bothered over single's chart position or how much it sold.
Tour > album > singles.
I agree. Order things in the level of investment a fan has to make to partake.
Facebook likes, twitter followers and Vevo Views won't cut those cheques!
In my opinion, the first thing we should be comparing is tour gross, followed by album sales and lastly single sales.
You have absolutely zero impact if you have a popular single that's smashing around the world but people don't want to pay for a ticket to see you live. It only means you have one good song people are willing to listen to. This is why I'll never understand why people get so bothered over single's chart position or how much it sold.
Tour > album > singles.
because albums don't sell anymore?
The gross matters, not where it comes from, each artist is different catering to different audiences.
I agree. Order things in the level of investment a fan has to make to partake.
Facebook likes, twitter followers and Vevo Views won't cut those cheques!
Exactly. I mean anyone can go like a Facebook page or follow someone on Twitter and what does that mean? Global slayage? Worldwide recognition? For what, pressing a damn button?
On other hand, if you get someone to buy a concert ticket, which can be very expensive, you're doing something right. You made such an impression on a person that they're willing to spend a bigger amount of money just to see you perform live. That's impact.
To me singles are most important, it's what the GP identifies an artist by, it's how artists are remembered, it's the impact they make. Then albums, cause that's really what the music industry is still about, releasing albums and how well they do in how many territories. And lastly touring, cause tours are mostly invisible to the GP, it's more of a fan thing. While it's true artists make most of their money from touring, I stan for music, not money, so it's not very important to me.
BTW for the first time live during her MB tour. Love it. I remember watching this and thinking she couldn't become any bigger than this. And I was right. Everything after the BTW single release was just a mess I mean, can she even come back?
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To me singles are most important, it's what the GP identifies an artist by, it's how artists are remembered, it's the impact they make. Then albums, cause that's really what the music industry is still about, releasing albums and how well they do in how many territories. And lastly touring, cause tours are mostly invisible to the GP, it's more of a fan thing. While it's true artists make most of their money from touring, I stan for music, not money, so it's not very important to me.
You're forgetting that hit singles are also fads for the most part, not just the artist. No one will write home about Roar being a timeless classic for example, along side more than half of Katy's discography. Granted, she's well established and Irreplaceable ATM, so she's safe for another 5 years at the least.
See, selling 10 million singles will earn an artist like $2-3M in profits, while 2m in album sales will earn them at least $4-5+m in profits.
I can understand the desire and achievement it is to smash a single, but it will be a COMPLETE fail if it doesn't help the album go platinum, or give the artist enough recognition to at least go on a moderately successful WW tour.
But that's the thing, BGKC -- perspective is needed. The music industry has changed. Do you really believe that record labels actually care about critical success or a single being timeless? The record label will take commercial success over critical success any day, even moreso in today's music market than in the past. So, yes, "Roar" may be vapid and may never be timeless, but do you really think Capitol (or Katy Perry, for that matter) cares when their making millions off of one single. Just one single. Not five, or six singles -- millions off of one single. "Singles artists" like Katy Perry and Ke$ha aren't going anywhere, anytime soon. And labels don't care if their singles are timeless or whether their artists will be legends. Only Beyoncé wants to be a legend, which she oddly stated out loud: "I want to be a legend." The bigger, more complicated question is: Why?
To me singles are most important, it's what the GP identifies an artist by, it's how artists are remembered, it's the impact they make. Then albums, cause that's really what the music industry is still about, releasing albums and how well they do in how many territories. And lastly touring, cause tours are mostly invisible to the GP, it's more of a fan thing. While it's true artists make most of their money from touring, I stan for music, not money, so it's not very important to me.
What about Lana Del Rey.
Bar the remix that went top 10, she really didn't have much smashing but she still managed to sell 4m WW with ha album. She as an artist had more impact selling albums than, let's say Britney for example, who had more than one top 10s on FF. I mean what's more embarrassing than that?
To me singles are most important, it's what the GP identifies an artist by, it's how artists are remembered, it's the impact they make. Then albums, cause that's really what the music industry is still about, releasing albums and how well they do in how many territories. And lastly touring, cause tours are mostly invisible to the GP, it's more of a fan thing. While it's true artists make most of their money from touring, I stan for music, not money, so it's not very important to me.
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Touring is an achievement. It does say a lot if people are willing to pay to see you live but it's not anything most people remember about an artist.
What about Lana Del Rey.
Bar the remix that went top 10, she really didn't have much smashing but she still managed to sell 4m WW with ha album. She as an artist had more impact selling albums than, let's say Britney for example, who had more than one top 10s on FF. I mean what's more embarrassing than that?
Actually Lana's lack of hits is why she's still not really viewed as a big star despite selling 4 million albums. I'm sure there are still tons and tons of people in western markets who have never even heard of her.
I had to take on this identity. However, that shouldn’t matter. I work in the industry and know the truth. I write the truth.
I have dedicated a lot of my time exposing the truth, ...
... I speculated that he was dismissed because of his paying lip-service to certain stars
...But, I could be wrong and will gladly admit I am wrong if I have enough proof.
... I can only speculate this, especially since last September, you can go to Billboard.com any day of the week and find several articles on the front page praising Lady Gaga
I mean, can she even come back?
