Not really. Bruno's last album snatched The Weeknd's.
His last album was in 2012 He's not bigger than Abel now. In fact, HDD predicted only 225-250K from his new album while Starboy is predicted to do 400K
I'm pretty sure 24K Magic is doing better than Just The Way You Are, Locked Out Of Heaven, and Uptown Funk in there first 3 weeks. Could be wrong though
Bruno hasn't been one to smash out the gate. His last album didn't even debut #1 but climbed there in later weeks iirc
I'm pretty sure 24K Magic is doing better than Just The Way You Are, Locked Out Of Heaven, and Uptown Funk in there first 3 weeks. Could be wrong though
Bruno hasn't been one to smash out the gate. His last album didn't even debut #1 but climbed there in later weeks iirc
Are you implying that his profile had little to no increase after both of his Super Bowl performances, writing for Adele, and his own huge sales in 2012? Should he not be bigger than Abel, who hasn't had a quarter of the exposure and promo that Bruno has had?
Are you implying that his profile had little to no increase after both of his Super Bowl performances, writing for Adele, and his own huge sales in 2012? Should he not be bigger than Abel right now,. who hasn't had a quarter of the exposure and promo that Bruno has had?
Never implied that his profile had little to no increase. Just stating the facts that Bruno doesn't have a record of huge opening numbers. Yes his profile may have grow since his last era but that doesn't translate to huge opening sales necessarily. Bruno usually has steady sales with great longevity and I don't think this era will be much different from his first 2 tbh. Are you implying that Bruno's consistency is changing? Cause to my knowledge it hasn't.
Never implied that his profile had little to no increase. Just stating the facts that Bruno doesn't have a record of huge opening numbers. Yes his profile may have grow since his last era but that doesn't translate to huge opening sales necessarily. Bruno usually has steady sales with great longevity and I don't think this era will be much different from his first 2 tbh. Are you implying that Bruno's consistency is changing? Cause to my knowledge it hasn't.
This will be the first era a lead single doesn't hit #1, for starters. But I'm not saying he's flopping just because of that (he's not), but it is clear that this so called consistency is surprisingly decreasing not increasing the way one would expect.
Never implied that his profile had little to no increase. Just stating the facts that Bruno doesn't have a record of huge opening numbers. Yes his profile may have grow since his last era but that doesn't translate to huge opening sales necessarily. Bruno usually has steady sales with great longevity and I don't think this era will be much different from his first 2 tbh. Are you implying that Bruno's consistency is changing? Cause to my knowledge it hasn't.
I got what you're saying but this time is different.
LOOH for example started slowly but then it exploded with MV, promo and airplay. And oh streaming was a non-factor in 2012.
24K has already an high-budget MV, it had a big promo slot (SNL) and it's already top 10 in radio. Also it's doing decent-bad streaming side. Obviously it's still a hit that will probably peak in the top 3, it's just not a big smash like LOOH or UF!
The weeknd is doing much better than lets say Rihanna did this year, who even after 8 albums into her career can't open with big numbers, I mean work was a hit, but Anti was only able to sell 166,000 equivalent-album units in its first full-tracking week so does that make Able bigger than Rihanna?
Bruno might not be doing better than Able right now but I know this album will win him the race in the long term and will transfer his career into the next level especially with his WW tour..
Bruno has sold more records WW & In The US, The Weeknd has higher first week sales than Bruno & Starboy so far is doing better than 24K Magic (a 3 week old song btw) but that's about it, Joanne is predicted to debut with higher sales than ANTI, does this make Gaga bigger than Rihanna as well?