Why are the monsters so defensive over every post that isn't instant praise tho? Maybe most people were expecting more from her because her Stan base likes to go on and on about how she's the benchmark for pop artist and this and that. We only expect so much because of the high horse you guys put her at
yeah, solo, i doubt every fanbase from the artists featured were gonna buy a jazz album for ONE song that features their fave...
True, but an album filled with stars is more appealing to the jazz audience than one with 2(with one of the 2 being unknown in the genre)
You are right, no one's gonna buy a duets album only for one song but if you are a recurrent jazz music buyer, an albun with such variety will look very appealing.
Why are the monsters so defensive over every post that isn't instant praise tho? Maybe most people were expecting more from her because her Stan base likes to go on and on about how she's the benchmark for pop artist and this and that. We only expect so much because of the high horse you guys put her at
Actually, many people posted links to some "predict cheek to cheek first week sales" threads and literally 90% of the people who voted expected the album to sell less than 130k. So no, those people you're referring to are simply and purely trolling this thread.
Why are the monsters so defensive over every post that isn't instant praise tho? Maybe most people were expecting more from her because her Stan base likes to go on and on about how she's the benchmark for pop artist and this and that. We only expect so much because of the high horse you guys put her at
.......Maybe it has to do with the fact that 90% of the people in here trolling under-predicted the album are now coming in here acting like the album is not meeting expectations. This has nothing to do with Monsters perching Gaga on her rightful throne and more to do with these girls being messy trolls.That is the only reason why people are being scalped this blustery Wednesday night if you leave in NYC.
First week sales mean nothing to the label for this album. Pretty sure they're fully aware, unlike most uneducated people on this forum, that jazz buyers don't go out and buy new albums the day of release. C2C has the huge jazz promo concert in October, and chances are it'll have a higher sales week sometime during the holidays.
Sales are ok, I guess. But 115k is nothing to be "clocking" people over. It's not like this album is easily going to go platinum or anything. It will be lucky if it goes gold. Is gold the goal?