[Delilah.]

Originally posted by Artemisia

ariana's album is going to suck

so will meghan's

and fifth harmony's

but 2016 is lit every1 is releasing

like everyone is thrilled that all the pop gurlz are releasing1!1!

but so far literally all of their albums have sucked except lemonade and half of anti

[Sazare]

Originally posted by Artemisia

The Golden Shower was so bad

hddjjaaj stop

A couple of its tracks are cute.

[Lord Blackout]

Originally posted by Ramos

They count sales done by the record labels, not retailers.

I don't get it

[Ramos]

Originally posted by Lord Blackout

I don't get it

Imagine Interscope sold 100 copies to Bestbuy & Bestbuy only sold 90 copies.

IFPI is reporting what Interscope (record label) sold (100 copies), not what Bestbuy (retailer) sold. Soundscan for example (the company that reports sales in the US), reports what retailers sell (which in this case would be 90 copies instead of 100 copies).

This aligns with what IFPI actually shows, which is overall income in the music industry. IFPI doesn't care if an album has actually been sold to a person or not, they care of how many albums a label has sold in general. They also have their rules though, cause I don't think IFPI is counting Anti's 1m "sales" for example.

[Lord Blackout]

You know Til It Happens To You isn't a bad song

[Artemisia]

Originally posted by Delilah.

like everyone is thrilled that all the pop gurlz are releasing1!1!

but so far literally all of their albums have sucked except lemonade and half of anti

! That's exactly my position. 2015 had much better releases by this time

[BabyCantYouSee]

Originally posted by Ramos

Most of us don't care about the sales though, that's why Gaga still has plenty of fans here. Britney fans on the other hand all hide behind other artists & claim Britney as "one of their many faves" when in fact she's their main fave.

An "I'm a hardcore Beyonce fan now!" you tea.

Nice try. The last time Britney was my main fave was almost three years ago.

[Skywalker]

2016 has been a terrible music window. At least Beyoncé slayed. Everyone is disappointing left and right.

[Lord Blackout]

Originally posted by Ramos

Imagine Interscope sold 100 copies to Bestbuy & Bestbuy only sold 90 copies.

IFPI is reporting what Interscope (record label) sold (100 copies), not what Bestbuy (retailer) sold. Soundscan for example, reports what retailers sell (which in this case would be 90 copies instead of 100 copies).

This aligns with what IFPI actually shows, which is overall income in the music industry. IFPI doesn't care if an album has actually being sold to a person or not, they care of how many albums a label has sold in general.

I know how shipments work. I just don't understand how a digital copy could be shipped or count as a shipment

[Ramos]

Originally posted by Lord Blackout

I know how shipments work. I just don't understand how a digital copy could be shipped or count as a shipment

Well, it's not a shipment per se but it's a direct sale.

[Remixed]

Originally posted by Notorious K.E.N

Thats not what I asked. I presume its a while from the anger. But letting you know Gaga's over everywhere. Global as in she is irrelevant to everyone WW

I'm baffled as to how a Barb can say things like this

[Lord Blackout]

Originally posted by Ramos

Well, it's not a shipment per se but it's a direct sale.

Do IFPI count them?

[Remixed]

The Pinkprint didn't even go top 10 in more than 5 countries.

[Rocket]

Not the Dixie Chicks doing Beyonce better than Beyonce.

[Ramos]

Originally posted by Lord Blackout

Do IFPI count them?

Yes, IFPI counts both sales & shipments (they count every album sold by a label to direct customers or distributors).

[Lord Blackout]

Lemonade really is kinda a flop all things considered

[jose168]

Originally posted by Sazare

ff aside from Mark all of these "hitmakers" have been tapped out for over a decade



It truly is something to behold. So glad she was given creative freedom when making the record. I remember being worried we would get an album with a bunch of everyone else's old demos or twelve Josh Ramsay cowrites

The way she rejected max martin tracks and managed to make decent tracks with sia. It's unbelievable how much control and talent she has

[Ramos]

Calvin & Rih truly released the best pop song of the year.

[Delilah.]

im an OCH (obsessed carly hater) but whew gimme love goes

[Lord Blackout]

When life gives you lemons, don't make LemonAIDS