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Originally posted by thegmangrant
Their initital fanbase never pushed that many album sales during the While The City Sleeps, We Rule The Streets and Viva La Cobra. Viva La Cobra peaked #80 something and WTCSWRTS peaked at #125 on the Billboard 200. They gained sales in 2009 with Hot Mess with 42,000 first week sales, but even though YMMF is peforming like Good Girls Go Bad, GGGB had already been in the top ten 2 or 3 weeks when the album came out. Plus Hot Mess was promoted better. While Night Shades did have the VMA's, that wasn't enough. They should have done two more shows, or promoted more BEFORE the album like they usually do.
In conclusion though they didn't lose much of their fanbase from Viva La Cobra or WTCSWRTS because Night Shades opened better than both of them and will no doubt probably outsell them.
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I meant, since their second album until Hot Mess their fanbase was getting bigger, but this album sales show even the people who bought HM are not feeling the new stuff.
That album wasn't a commercial success, but at least it sold like 90k.
I will buy this album, i stan for them, but YMMF, #1nite... are just songs made to be hits.... predictible, generic and nothing special...
I'm dissapointed with this album
but i'm still happy because they're selling singles at least...