1D dropped from 546k for Midnight Memories to 387k for Four in just 1 year. That is a big drop. Four only sold 71% of Midnight Memories in opening week. The album market has not dropped by 30% this year, so this strongly indicates a decline in demand compared to their last album.
I have seen people argue that this is not a decline but merely a consequence of not having a hit lead single compared to Midnight Memories having Best Song Ever and Story of My Life. I think that their lead single not having an impact this year is just another sign of a decline. If both your singles and your albums decline more than the market, then that points to a decline compared to the previous album era.
It is possible that the album being leaked hurt sales a lot. Did Midnight Memories have a similar leak?
How is Four comparing in sales to Midnight Memories in international markets?
1D dropped from 546k for Midnight Memories to 387k for Four in just 1 year. That is a big drop. Four only sold 71% of Midnight Memories in opening week. The album market has not dropped by 30% this year, so this strongly indicates a decline in demand compared to their last album.
I have seen people argue that this is not a decline but merely a consequence of not having a hit lead single compared to Midnight Memories having Best Song Ever and Story of My Life. I think that their lead single not having an impact this year is just another sign of a decline. If both your singles and your albums decline more than the market, then that points to a decline compared to the previous album era.
It is possible that the album being leaked hurt sales a lot. Did Midnight Memories have a similar leak?
How is Four comparing in sales to Midnight Memories in international markets?
They released last year on Black Friday, which inflated their first week sales. Their second week numbers will be more telling of their "decline" than anything else.
1. Blank Space = (37-41% of lead)
2. All About That Bass =
3. Shake It Off =
4. Animals =
5. Take Me To Church +1
6. Habits (Stay High) -1
7. I'm Not The Only One +2
8. Love Me Harder +5
9. I Don't F*ck With You +5
10. Hot N*gga -3
11. Bang Bang -3
12. Tuesday =
13. Jealous -3
14. Don't -3
15. Waves +4
16. No Type +1
17. Trumpets +1
18. Black Widow -2
19. Blame +2
20. Don't Tell 'Em -5
21. Lips Are Movin +17
"7/11" needs 10.2M+ streams to debut in Top 20, 13.5M streams for Top 10 debut
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1. Blank Space = 310k + 87M + 17M = 764
2. All About That Bass = 106k + 81M + 12.1M = 455
3. Shake It Off = 101k + 103M + 9.7M = 431
4. Animals = 96k + 140M + 5.8M = 398
5. Take Me To Church = 176k + 53M + 6.9M = 384
6. Habits (Stay High) = 59k + 133M + 6.3M = 362
7. I'm Not The Only One = 99k + 70M + 5.2M = 296
8. Love Me Harder = 55k + 64M + 7M = 280
9. I Don't F*ck With You = 67k + 42M + 7.4M = 270
10. Hot N*gga = 30k + 30M + 10M = 269
11. Bang Bang = 54k + 60M + 6.8M = 269
12. Tuesday = 68k + 45M + 7M = 267
13. Jealous = 90k + 58M + 4.8M = 263
So the 9-13 spots are very close
ugh! Why did she release her video on a Friday night?
1D dropped from 546k for Midnight Memories to 387k for Four in just 1 year. That is a big drop. Four only sold 71% of Midnight Memories in opening week. The album market has not dropped by 30% this year, so this strongly indicates a decline in demand compared to their last album.
I have seen people argue that this is not a decline but merely a consequence of not having a hit lead single compared to Midnight Memories having Best Song Ever and Story of My Life. I think that their lead single not having an impact this year is just another sign of a decline. If both your singles and your albums decline more than the market, then that points to a decline compared to the previous album era.
It is possible that the album being leaked hurt sales a lot. Did Midnight Memories have a similar leak?
How is Four comparing in sales to Midnight Memories in international markets?
Si el año pasado no hubieran debutado en el Black Friday, Midnight Memories vendería 400k xd
por lo tanto la disminuición no es gigantesca como quisieras xd
They released last year on Black Friday, which inflated their first week sales. Their second week numbers will be more telling of their "decline" than anything else.
Not really since FOUR's second week will be on Black Friday , i say 3rd week ...