[Giselle]

What is this?
The monsters HIDING behind Rihanna?!?!?!

[HumanitySector]

Originally posted by Kool_Aid_King

I don't understand what you're doing with this.

GGGB
25/2007: 278K (Week 1)

RR
49/2009: 293K (Week 1)

LOUD
48/2010: 406K (Week 1)

TTT
49/2011: 504K (Week 1)

Unapologetic
49/2012: 492K (Week 1)

===

B'Day
38/2006: 736K (Week 1)

IASF
49/2008: 591K (Week 1)

4
28/2011: 511K (Week 1)

BEYONCÉ
52/2013: 746K (Week 1)

Are you confirming your fave is frontloaded flop?

[MusicTalker]

First-week sales don't accurately measure the impact of an album at all. Overall sales are a much better indicator.

[Kool_Aid_King]

Originally posted by johnsuxx

First week sales are meaningless if you can't keep the momentum going throughout the era. WHy hasn't ATRL learned that yet?

First week sales show your popularity. They show how wanted your album is; how much the demand is. The people willing to buy an artists album first week are people who are genuinely interested in the artist to the point they buy their album the week it comes out.

Yes Longevity is important, but an artist's first week is a good inclination on how popular the artist is.

Beyoncé wins both anyway.

DIL outsold GGGB
B'Day outsold Rated R
IASF outsold LOUD
4 sold as much as TTT
BEYONCÉ outsold Unapologetic.

[Kworb]

Originally posted by Kool_Aid_King

I don't understand what you're doing with this.

First week sales reflect hype, marketing, size of dedicated fan base, etc.

Sales after a few months reflect the actual power and impact of the era and whether people like the music.

The difference between a flash in the pan and a lasting blaze.

[Kool_Aid_King]

Originally posted by HumanitySector

Are you confirming your fave is frontloaded flop?

Frontloaded when all those albums sold over 6x of what they debuted with.

Huge first week sales and even bigger total sales. A legend

[bringhimdowndown]

Originally posted by Knix

I was just waiting for your self hating ass to come running up in here spewing the nonsense them white men you fawn over put into your fucking head

Look at this shit


But we holding ourselves back?!
Look at where we started, babe doll!


Oh but "NEW BLACK!"
Gur PLEA'!

[Johnny Cash]

Originally posted by Giselle

What is this?
The monsters HIDING behind Rihanna?!?!?!

Wasn't the hive HIDING behind Gaga during Telephone's slayage?

[Cap10Planet]

The importance of first week sales only started to be a thing circa 1993 or 94.

[Kool_Aid_King]

Originally posted by Kworb

First week sales reflect hype, marketing, size of dedicated fan base, etc.

Sales after a few months reflect the actual power and impact of the era and whether people like the music.

The difference between a flash in the pan and a lasting blaze.

Promotion*

Bey ain't promoting her album. When she gets back on that, the numbers will get higher. Even though it really doesn't matter since the album is selling exceptionally well without a hit single.

[Cap10Planet]

Ms. Rap Supreme

[HumanitySector]

Originally posted by Kool_Aid_King

Promotion*

Bey ain't promoting her album. When she gets back on that, the numbers will get higher. Even though it really doesn't matter since the album is selling exceptionally well without a hit single.

Aaaand here it comes, acting like having flop singles is a good thing very interesting and pretty cool excuse.

And lets not act like Rihanna promotes an album after first 2 months

[MusicTalker]

Originally posted by Cap10Planet

The importance of first week sales only started to be a thing circa 1993 or 94.

Sometimes, first week sales can actually harm an era's rep in the long-run due to frontloaded claims (ie Born This Way).

[cheers09]

Originally posted by Kool_Aid_King

Promotion*

Bey ain't promoting her album. When she gets back on that, the numbers will get higher. Even though it really doesn't matter since the album is selling exceptionally well without a hit single.

so sales after a few months are solely based on promotion? interesting.

[Cap10Planet]

Originally posted by MusicTalker

Sometimes, first week sales can actually harm an era's rep in the long-run due to frontloaded claims (ie Born This Way).

You mean Doublemint gum discounts?

[bringhimdowndown]

Originally posted by Knix

See your way into a fucking casket.
Deadbeat idiot.

****.

[One Nation]

Originally posted by Kworb

Good Girl Gone Bad
17/2008: 49,000 (week 45)

Rated R
17/2010: 34,000 (week 21)

Loud
17/2011: 64,000 (week 22)

Talk That Talk
17/2012: 28,000 (week 21)

Unapologetic
17/2013: 44,000 (week 21)

BEYONCÉ
17/2014: 27,000 (week 18)

Wow and according to the Hive this is Pepcé her peak

Nnn;;

I swear you're ruthless

[Johnny Cash]

Originally posted by Kool_Aid_King

Promotion*

Bey ain't promoting her album. When she gets back on that, the numbers will get higher. Even though it really doesn't matter since the album is selling exceptionally well without a hit single.

17 videos aren't promo?

[Cannabis]

Originally posted by Johnny Cash

17 videos aren't promo?

+ hype from super bowl, pepsi

[HumanitySector]

Originally posted by Johnny Cash

17 videos aren't promo?

let's wait for next excuse: "They were low budget"