[Cap10Planet]

Originally posted by Nippy'sReceipts

Iggy's album sales are the pits but she's done great on radio so far. To think just a few months ago she was a never-was.

Not a fan of her at all but it's unfair to compare her success to Nicki's debut Pink Friday. Do yall know how many songs Nicki was on before PF finally came on? TONS. From Bedrock to her album release was exactly a year. Bedrock, which introduced her, to the public went #2. Not bad for a rookie. Actually, I think it's still her highest charting single oddly enough. Starships and Superbass haven't outpeaked it.

Well, compare her to other rappers who are far less popular than both and that sold more than Iggy. There's really no excuse for her floppage in album sales. She just has that Pitbull/Flo Rida appeal, which is kinda my point about her not replacing Nicki. Nicki's selling power and media presence were just on a different level.

[Nicole]

rihannafan this looks like your kinda movie

[Elusive Chanteuse]

Originally posted by Giselle

I'm not lying. I went off to like every song. That bitch slayed. Like this is my third time seeing her live and she's still SO good.

does she interact with the crowd at all?

[rihannafan]

Originally posted by Willy.

Rihannafan are you still in the US?

Yup 20 days left

[Damien M]

Originally posted by Willy.

BEYONCÉ.

What a giant SLAP in the face for the dummies who spend their nights in here screaming ''Beyonce was a frontloaded failiure!!''
Mostly Britney stans ofc.

[Shapes]

Gaga must be close to 10,000,000 US sales right?

TF was 4.5Mill, TFM 1.5Mill,BTW 2.3, ARTPOP 0.7...

That puts her at 9Mill. + remix albums and other ****, she's basically at 10Mill right?

[iHype.]

Rihanna was 6x the single artist she was over an album artist in AGM in US

Rihanna being 4x more the single artist she was over an album artist in GGG:B in US.

Rihanna being 3x more the single artist she was over an album artist in Unapologetic.

Billboard always spilling the tea.

[Willy.]

Originally posted by rihannafan

Yup 20 days left

OMG you should stay here!

[rihannafan]

Usher and mariah can't sell albums nor. singles now and you weren't old enough to experience their long gone success. Not sure what you're doing here

[Elusive Chanteuse]

The Imitation Game looks amazing

[rihannafan]

Originally posted by Willy.

OMG you should stay here!

I wish lol. Hopefully back next year for a longer time

[rihannafan]

Originally posted by Nicole

rihannafan this looks like your kinda movie

Yes i love psychological thrillers (hence me stanning for side effects)= have you seen the Stoker? It does the genre so well.

[iHype.]

& so Iggy's ass is fake?

[Giselle]

Originally posted by rihannafan

What did you enjoy most?

1. The lipsynching
2. Jay asking her to eat the cake on stage
3. The devil worshipping

(in no order)
1. How she did ALL my songs. Upgrade U, Part II, Ex-Factor, Ring The Alarm etc
2. Love On Top. That got the biggest reaction.
3. The interludes were AMAZING.
4. How good Jay-Z was. His songs got everyone hype.

Originally posted by Elusive Chanteuse

does she interact with the crowd at all?

There was literally a few minutes where she sat down at the edge of the stage and was tossing stuff to fans.

[Sunshine.]

Originally posted by rihannafan

Yup 20 days left

[Sunshine.]

Originally posted by rihannafan

I wish lol. Hopefully back next year for a longer time

[BlueTimberwolf]

Originally posted by iHype.

& so Iggy's ass is fake?

I'll take fake and round over flat and real anyday.

[BobBertran1992]

I don't get why anyone would have ass implants, I mean, big behinds are a pleasure to the eye (... ) but to get something as big as Iggy's plastic back is kinda insane

[rihannafan]

Originally posted by Sunshine.

And you haven't visited me yet!

[RobynYoBank]

- The biggest album buying demographic consists of adults aged 45+. Despite 45+ being the biggest album buyers, they are extremely difficult to market new music to and tend stick to artists that have established a connection with them over time: The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, George Strait, Toby Keith, Garth Brooks, etc.

- Younger audiences buy fewer albums, but are much more effectively marketed to; hence, major phenomena--Justin Bieber, One Direction, Hannah Montana--are sometimes able to immediately establish powerful (short-lasting) connections with this demographic and eat up huge percentages of the available sales.

I still think it boils down to people only being willing to invest in albums if they (a) connect with the album or (b) have developed a relationship over time with the artist. Most pop artists don't sell albums because they have failed to develop a connection with fans outside of one or two tracks and consequently fail to establish any long-term love in fans.

I don't think audiences of genres simply buy more albums; I think other genres are more conducive to building intimate relationships with particular groups, whereas pop music is often more concerned with creating songs that are as universal as possible, often to a level that precludes the artist from being especially moving or memorable to any particular group.