I mean Nicki will have the highest selling rap album and she'll only need like 400K to do so.
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And this is not really surprising because no one major has released this year. Taylor will definitely do it. Ariana's sales are really shocking though.
people need to stop bringing BEYONCE up
we all know it would've sold around the same as 4 if it wasn't for the surprise release and the 'free' promo she got on every site possible
This doesn't make sense, stop with the IF. We could say the same thing about Teenage Dream selling the same as One of The Boys if wasn't for the promo and the hits; BTW without the hype; the list goes on I can't
Well do what Japan does. Raise the digital prices and lower the physical prices and change the music format so if you illegally download a song, it won't play on your device unless it's from that device store(Apple is doing that next year)
It might prop it up a little but it won't save it from streaming eating into its numbers
- Ariana being shoved down everyone's throat turned people off
- Happy made people not want to listen to Pharrell
- Sam is a debut artist.
- Kylie isn't relevant in the US
- We all knew Mariah wasn't gonna do much
- No one knew Ashanti was releasing
- I don't think a dead person can promote an album unless it's by hologram. MJ's "era" didn't last long
- Iggy's singles don't make people curious about the album
- J Lo wasn't gonna due anything
I'm not shocked by this. Bey spilled the tea on this years ago. The industry has done it to themselves. They only focused on "quick lil singles" and as such, some artists themselves become byproducts of that. Not enough quality is being released. Everyone too focused on wanting a hit.
I'm not shocked by this. Bey spilled the tea on this years ago. The industry has done it to themselves. They only focused on "quick lil singles" and as such, some artists themselves become byproducts of that. Not enough quality is being released. Everyone too focused on wanting a hit.
Singles are what people want to hear. They are not going to listen to the whole album. Now they have streaming they need to push people towards streaming. Instead they without albums and songs from the streaming services. They need to raise the price and make music like cable. Popularity is based on what they know people are listening to.
Singles are what people want to hear. They are not going to listen to the whole album. Now they have streaming they need to push people towards streaming. Instead they without albums and songs from the streaming services. They need to raise the price and make music like cable. Popularity is based on what they know people are listening to.
Go back to the 90's and before and having the album was EVERYTHING. Then came digital and they pushed singles instead and here we are...
I say if they get rid of radio charting on the Hot 100, that would stop artists trying so hard to make generic hits. The Flo Rida and Pitbull's of the world would fade away.