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Poll: Disappointing digital seller in US
View Poll Results: Disappointing digital seller in the US
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Lady Gaga
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9 |
5.23% |
Rihanna
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24 |
13.95% |
Beyonce
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75 |
43.60% |
Britney Spears
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64 |
37.21% |
Member Since: 3/31/2012
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Originally posted by liberalmusiclover
Rihanna already beat her to that though, unless you mean first African American woman...
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I know for a fact Beyonce was the first black female artist to cross the 4 million mark with Single Ladies
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Originally posted by Deemy
This logic is stupid because their songs are still available on iTunes. And its not like they dont have a strong fanbase already and its not like their music isnt NEW. Britney still does reasonably well digitally.
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yes, but lets not pretend like its still gonna sell hotcakes because majority of their releases have been before the digital era and are already old.
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Originally posted by Retro Dance Freak
It's about being disappointing. I for one never expected them to be extremely impressive digitally, whereas I expect one of the biggest stars of the current pop scene to be huge digitally.
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But she is. Isnt she the biggest Digital Seller of all time? Its not about having the most 6x platinum single Its about consistency. At least you can always count on a Rihanna single to go platinum once its promoted. Beyonce is the most inconsistent out of everybody in the poll.
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Rihanna. Especially for being the best selling digital artist, you'd expect her single sales to be much higher.
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Originally posted by Kool_Aid_King
Goddamn, I'm so blind
Anyway, Halo sold over 3 million & Single Ladies is almost at 5 million.
I don't know if you wanna count Telephone but, I'm pretty sure that sold over 5 million (not 100% sure though)
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Telephone was only at 3.2 million back in July of 2012 though
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Originally posted by Deemy
But she is. Isnt she the biggest Digital Seller of all time? Its not about having the most 6x platinum single Its about consistency. At least you can always count on a Rihanna single to go platinum once its promoted. Beyonce is the most inconsistent out of everybody in the poll.
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But she's sold more than Britney in Digital sales.
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Originally posted by cheers09
yes, but lets not pretend like its still gonna sell hotcakes because majority of their releases have been before the digital era and are already old.
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three out of four of Beyonce's albums have been released in the digital era. Are you claiming she peaked with Dangerously in Love?
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Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2
Anyways, the answer is Beyonce. She only has "Single Ladies," after that the sales are mediocre, including several Gold certifications for major singles.
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Excluding the FF era Brit's digital sales really aren't any better.
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Originally posted by DG1
The fact that Britney & Beyonce are in the 30 million+ range of digital sales and not too far behind their younger "contemporaries", that in itself is impressive. Can you imagine if BOMT, CIL and other songs were released during the peak of the digital age.
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Originally posted by Deemy
But she is. Isnt she the biggest Digital Seller of all time? Its not about having the most 6x platinum single Its about consistency. At least you can always count on a Rihanna single to go platinum once its promoted. Beyonce is the most inconsistent out of everybody in the poll.
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The issue I have is that without a few truly massive digital sellers under her belt, it may appear as though her massive overall sales are a product of her large number of single releases, which have all been in the digital age. I just really want her to get a 6 million seller some time. She deserves one anyway, some of her singles should have made it there.
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Originally posted by Lucky#17
Um... Why is Gaga here?
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The digital sales of Born This Way in the US were sub-par to her previous era(s) which make her sales "disappointing" I guess. But I agree, Gaga should not be here. Just Dance, Poker Face, and Bad Romance were massive in America.
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Bey and Brit, sadly.
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Originally posted by DG1
The fact that Britney & Beyonce are in the 30 million+ range of digital sales and not too far behind their younger "contemporaries", that in itself is impressive. Can you imagine if BOMT, CIL and other songs were released during the peak of the digital age.
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not so sure about BOMT but definitely insane #s for CIL
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Originally posted by PULSE.
I know for a fact Beyonce was the first black female artist to cross the 4 million mark with Single Ladies
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But you said first 3, 4, and 5 million. Rihanna has multiple singles certified 3X and 4X, and Love the Way You Lie is certified 5X platinum.
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For Rihanna to be best selling digital artist, you would think she would have some songs in the Best Seller list.
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Originally posted by Deemy
three out of four of Beyonce's albums have been released in the digital era. Are you claiming she peaked with Dangerously in Love?
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Actually it's just 2. Digital sales weren't what it was today when B'Day was released.
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Originally posted by Retro Dance Freak
The issue I have is that without a few truly massive digital sellers under her belt, it may appear as though her massive overall sales are a product of her large number of single releases, which have all been in the digital age. I just really want her to get a 6 million seller some time. She deserves one anyway, some of her singles should have made it there.
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She is the most pirated artist though, so it's not like she doesn't have the numbers, a lot are just not legit since they are illegal.
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Originally posted by liberalmusiclover
But you said first 3, 4, and 5 million. Rihanna has multiple singles certified 3X and 4X, and Love the Way You Lie is certified 5X platinum.
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Irreplaceable went 3x plat. before any Rihanna single. And we're talking about solo female songs.
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Originally posted by PULSE.
For Rihanna to be best selling digital artist, you would think she would have some songs in the Best Seller list.
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she has 4
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Originally posted by castrobabytiger
not so sure about BOMT but definitely insane #s for CIL
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Ironically it was the 1st song to top the Digital songs chart, with 1k copies sold though
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Originally posted by liberalmusiclover
But you said first 3, 4, and 5 million. Rihanna has multiple singles certified 3X and 4X, and Love the Way You Lie is certified 5X platinum.
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I have to look up on 3xp, but she was with 4xp and she's knocking at 5x with SL, which will make her the first black female artist (lead) to do so.
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