Exactly, most album sales come from the GP and not from one's fanbase, the more the GP is aware of your latest work (this is what singles are for), the more they will buy it.
It's all about being connected with the outside world really, the fans are there to provide more awareness and for a good start, but from there on, it's up to the GP.
I didn't know people with brains existed on ATRL. Lemme pay respect
Yeah Rih never struck me as someone whose in the biz for the passion of it. If the entire music industry became a crumbling flop, Rih would be the 1st to jump ship
I like rihanna and all but I kinda feel the same about her not being too passionate about her music
And even so, his comeback hype was due to having successful singles in the past.
You mentioned 4, that album managed to sell 3 million because it followed a successful era with successful singles. But due to 4 having no hit singles to drive the sales, the total still dipped more than 50% compared to the previous era.
If a pop artist doesn't score any hit singles, they slowly fade away. It's true for every one of them.
Do you think Rihanna could sell 3 million without any chart hits such as WFL during the TTT era? I mean that album only reached 3 million WITH hits AND the following of Loud.
But not all of them can make such an impression on someone that they feel compelled to buy their complete body of work. Rather than picking and choosing through all their singles.
Lana is a particularly well known artist with significant album success and relatively poor single success.
Artists WITH successful singles i.e. Britney, have failed to go platinum on occasion.
Lana is a particularly well known artist with significant album success and relatively poor single success.
Artists WITH successful singles i.e. Britney, have failed to go platinum on occasion.
She is still not that popular amongst the GP. Only nowis she gaining traction and that is with a remix.
