[JustActinUP]

Yes, but album sales will always be superior. What good are those hit singles, if your album isn't selling?

[Raava]

Yes, it's true. And if you sell a huge amount of singles and only an okay amount of albums (like Katy Perry), that means you're still a singles artist. You're only an albums artist when the proportion between album sales and single sales is healthy (like Beyoncé with self-titled or Adele with 21).

[uhoh-ohno]

Originally posted by idkher

But my fave is one of the top album sellers of the past ten years She has sold more albums this decade than every other female artist except Adele so this doesn't quite make sense. Thanks for the cute little response though

This. Coming for Rih and Katy because their single sales dramatically exceed their album sales isn't going to work anymore, not when their albums are among the top sellers in a declining market.

[prollyallmyfault]

Unless the singles are artistic choices like G.U.Y. or Unconditionally

[youmustbeupgraded]

yeah they are otherwise they wouldn't wait till the album is done to put out single/plan the single release around the time of the album

[Sazare]

That was definitely their original purpose and it still is to some extent, but in our current singles-driven music market the album has sort of fallen by the wayside.

[Riha'love]

Originally posted by Havoc

Yes because artists like Pitbull , Flo rida, Kesha etc sells millions of singles on a regular basis yet they are still D-listers.

Yes but there are singles that are album sellers and other that aren't. Even if the goal is the same (to sell albums).

[Elusive Chanteuse]

Originally posted by idkher

This was true 50 years ago but it's a singles market now. You can't be the biggest popstar on the planet if you're not getting hits.

!!!

[Honeyßéy]

This is True.

"This is a singles market now".

Don't get bothered, cuz ya'll faves haven't seen a 2M selling album
in years.

[idkher]

Originally posted by Raava

Yes, it's true. And if you sell a huge amount of singles and only an okay amount of albums (like Katy Perry), that means you're still a singles artist. You're only an albums artist when the proportion between album sales and single sales is healthy (like Beyoncé with self-titled or Adele with 21).

But why is it better to have low single sales with an average selling album rather than high single sales with an average selling album?

Prism has sold 3.3 million copies and over 20 million singles, that's equivalent to 5.3 million albums sold. Why is that worse than Beyonce's last album which has sold 3.4 million copies but only 4 million singles?

[BabyCantYouSee]

No, not anymore. Times have changed.

[uhoh-ohno]

Personally, I think the reason why artists like Pitbull and Flo Rida don't sell many albums is because people don't know when they have an album out. They just always seem to be on the radio with a consistent sound. So, it's sort of like, "OK, which era are we on?" This is partly to explain why TTT's sales were much lower than LOUD's, despite the success of WFL. People didn't know which album to buy because WFL sounded like it could've been on LOUD. Diamonds sounded like something that actually signified a new era, and people responded.

[Raava]

Originally posted by idkher

But why is it better to have low single sales with an average selling album rather than high single sales with an average selling album?

Prism has sold 3.3 million copies and over 20 million singles, that's equivalent to 5.3 million albums sold. Why is that worse than Beyonce's last album which has sold 3.4 million copies but only 4 million singles?

Because that means Katy Perry reached out to more people, yet they weren't interested enought/didn't like the material enough to buy her album. With Bey it was the contrary. She reach out less people, but the people that listened to her singles were impressed enough to buy the whole package.

Something similar happened with Gaga. Double of the people who bought Applause bought Roar, yet Prism and ARTPOP opened with similar numbers. That indicates more people liked Applause than people liked Roar.

Being an album seller means you have more star power and you also release music of quality.

[Aden]

If singles weren't meant to promote an album, artists would only be releasing single songs instead of whole albums and artists wouldn't be plugging their albums every time they perform one of their current singles.

[Skywalker]

Definitely. Album sales are more important and respected than single sales.

[Honeyßéy]

Originally posted by uhoh-ohno

Personally, I think the reason why artists like Pitbull and Flo Rida don't sell many albums is because people don't know when they have an album out. They just always seem to be on the radio with a consistent sound. So, it's sort of like, "OK, which era are we on?" This is partly to explain why TTT's sales were much lower than LOUD's, despite the success of WFL. People didn't know which album to buy because WFL sounded like it could've been on LOUD. Diamonds sounded like something that actually signified a new era, and people responded.

So, is that your excuse? people don't know when the album is coming out.
When the internet exists. Most people are buying singles/albums digitally, and itunes stays
promoting new upcoming albums.

[Jackson]

Thats the purpose of singles, but the industry has gotten so weird lately. I just wonder how much Katy/Taylor/Gaga would be selling if they debuted at the same time as Xtina/Britney/Beyonce

[uhoh-ohno]

Originally posted by Raava

Because that means Katy Perry reached out to more people, yet they weren't interested enought/didn't like the material enough to buy her album. With Bey it was the contrary. She reach out less people, but the people that listened to her singles were impressed enough to buy the whole package.

Something similar happened with Gaga. Double of the people who bought Applause bought Roar, yet Prism and ARTPOP opened with similar numbers. That indicates more people liked Applause than people liked Roar.

Being an album seller means you have more star power and you also release music of quality.

You can't compare ARTPOP's sales to Prism, because Katy already won that battle. There's more to life than first week's sales, as Prism has proven. Your argument about Bey only holds water if you can prove that Prism's promo strategy has been more costly than Self Titled's. Because as it stands . . .

Originally posted by idkher

Prism has sold 3.3 million copies and over 20 million singles, that's equivalent to 5.3 million albums sold. Why is that worse than Beyonce's last album which has sold 3.4 million copies but only 4 million singles?

[Riha'love]

Originally posted by Meowster

Definitely. Album sales are more important and respected than single sales.

Is that the point of the thread?

If it is, yes singles are meant to sell albums but that doesn't prevent and oppose to sell singles too and generally singles need to be album seller type of song AND a being hit to sell albums.

[Roman Holiday]

Singles have mainly become more about keeping the artist relevant rather than promote album sales.