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Discussion: YAHOO: "Adele Doesn't Have to 'Pull a Beyoncé"
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Originally posted by r4791827
The fact of the matter is, the music world knows you can motivate people to buy albums....in Adele's case she motivated over 20 million people to do that. There will always be up to 5 million who on average buy a singular album, and that's nothing to diminish, but when you can push people to spend money, sometimes more than once,on an album, you've done something special. They got an album that changed their lives, she gave them something they can relate to and feel to. When Adele releases again, people are gonna want that chance again. It has nothing to do with who is better or worse, imo, it has to do with what people want...an experience...and Adele has that going for her right now.
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Originally posted by Mike91
What's hilarious to me is that people actually think Adele cares if she sells another 30 million albums.
It's hilarious how everyone on here loved her until she proved to be the biggest threat to all of your favs.
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I was a fan of hers before she was famous. Back when Myspace was a thing coz that's where she came from and I bought both her albums before they got big.
I will always love her.
I agree though she doesn't care or need to sell 30 million more albums but she could do that if she released something as good as 21.
I think she will sell allot but not as much as 21.
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Member Since: 12/9/2007
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Originally posted by the floacist
Lol so because 21 sold a lot that means the next Adele album is going to do the same numbers?? Fail Yahoo.
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I don't think that's what they're saying at all. NPR floated a concept around last year called the "AC/DC effect" where the sales of an album can be predicated by the artist's previous album. For example, The 20/20 Experience sold incredibly well after FutureSex/LoveSounds was a huge success. Same thing with Born This Way, which sold as much as it did because Gaga was coming off one of the biggest era's in recent pop history.
They're just saying because 21 sold so phenomenally well, people by nature are going to buy her next album solely to hear what she came up with to follow her enormous success.
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Originally posted by Graduation
I don't think that's what they're saying at all. NPR floated a concept around last year called the "AC/DC effect" where the sales of an album can be predicated by the artist's previous album. For example, The 20/20 Experience sold incredibly well after FutureSex/LoveSounds was a huge success. Same thing with Born This Way, which sold as much as it did because Gaga was coming off one of the biggest era's in recent pop history.
They're just saying because 21 sold so phenomenally well, people by nature are going to buy her next album solely to hear what she came up with to follow her enormous success.
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And if her album is good then people will stick around
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Originally posted by RainDreamer
Ofc she doesn't she's Adele her name alone is greater than any in the industry atm,those who think otherwise provide receipts please !
Why is everyone ignoring all this hot tea spilled all over Beyonce ?
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what exactly is the hot tea? if you actually took as much time to read the reviews as you do fuming they do talk about the music the way that the album was released was unusual and different so of course a lot of reviewers are going to focus on it and her album wouldn't have done nearly as well if it wasn't good. you stay pressed and bothered by bey, get over yourself.
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Originally posted by pink.hearts
what exactly is the hot tea? if you actually took the time to read the reviews they do talk about the music, you stay pressed and bothered by bey. get over yourself.
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You DO realize that most Adele fans likes Beyonce right
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Originally posted by Graduation
If everyone could be so lucky
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IKR?!
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Originally posted by Ichinaru19
You DO realize that most Adele fans likes Beyonce right
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what do most of adele fans have to do with this one pressed adele fan that I'm addressing?
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Originally posted by Ichinaru19
You DO realize that most Adele fans likes Beyonce right
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This. The amount of hate Adele has been getting, mostly on twitter, from Bey stans lately.
None of Adele's fans (she has more on the internet than you might think) are even saying anything bad about Beyonce at all.
Besides, this article is likely written in response to some articles (I believe it was the Guardian) saying that Adele "is next" and must pull off a move like Beyonce to keep interest or whatever.
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Originally posted by pink.hearts
what do most of adele fans have to do with this one pressed adele fan that I'm addressing?
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The funniest part is the pitchfork review addressed that and the review came out this week when all the release hype has lessened considerably.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by RainDreamer
Ofc she doesn't she's Adele her name alone is greater than any in the industry atm,those who think otherwise provide receipts please !
Why is everyone ignoring all this hot tea spilled all over Beyonce ?
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Just because she sold a lot of albums doesn't mean she's greater than any other artist out. Can she sell out arenas and stadiums ww, has she grossed 188 million on tour like Bey has? Lets not get ahead of ourselves. Shania Twain and Lauren Hill sold a lot of albums too, but where are they now?
Being a legend and an Iconic artist like Beyoncé, MJ and Madonna isn't just about albums sells, you also need huge tour gross, endorsements and impact play into your overall success. I have yet to see Adele selling out arenas or stadiums all over the world. Right now she's just a huge record seller, but that's not enough to be compared to a legend like Beyoncé who sells albums and has mega tour success. If you don't have huge tour success you are not that big of an artist. Even Adele would admit this, she's a huge Bey stan herself.
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Originally posted by pink.hearts
what exactly is the hot tea? if you actually took as much time to read the reviews as you do fuming they do talk about the music the way that the album was released was unusual and different so of course a lot of reviewers are going to focus on it and her album wouldn't have done nearly as well if it wasn't good. you stay pressed and bothered by bey, get over yourself.
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you're just cofirming what they said though . What was the point of posting this
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Originally posted by pink.hearts
what do most of adele fans have to do with this one pressed adele fan that I'm addressing?
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So I'm saying he's not pressed. He likes Beyonce At least I know he likes XO
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Originally posted by KangBey
Just because she sold a lot of albums doesn't mean she's greater than any other artist out. Can she sell out arenas and stadiums ww, has she grossed 188 million on tour like Bey has? Lets not get ahead of ourselves. Shania Twain and Lauren Hill sold a lot of albums too, but where are they now?
Being a legend and an Iconic artist like Beyoncé, MJ and Madonna isn't just about albums sells, you also need huge tour gross, endorsements and impact play into your overall success. I have yet to see Adele selling out arenas or stadiums all over the world. Right now she's just a huge record seller, but that's not enough to be compared to a legend like Beyoncé who sells albums and has mega tour success. If you don't have huge tour success you are not that big of an artist. Even Adele would admit this, she's a huge Bey stan herself.
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Lol my comment wasn't about what will happen later but rather atm (meaning currently ). Also I don't care where whoever is, they're not Adele and don't influence her career path one bit.
Also I don't think Adele is someone you'd expect to see at a stadium, don't you?. The thing is if we were to go by selling power she still is the biggest artist in the industry and what's more impressive is that she doesn't need a huge tour , endorsements (which by the way have zero to do with music) or "be a legend" to be that . Its really shocking that the "legend" "icon" has just about managed to outsell Adele's one album after over 10 years in her career ,I mean really what kind of artist is that ?
but you're attempt was cute none the less
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Originally posted by Ichinaru19
So I'm saying he's not pressed. He likes Beyonce At least I know he likes XO
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yes he likes her so much that he's in every thread concerning her saying something negative
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Originally posted by RainDreamer
you're just cofirming what they said though . What was the point of posting this
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to point out how dumb you sound, as usual, and that what you typed doesn't make sense or hold any truth my point was that the reviwers focus on it but they also went on to critique the music, as obsessed as you are with bey I would think that you would actually take the time to read all of the reviews in their entirety
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Originally posted by satellites.™
People are in for a rude awakening.
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I think she needs the ginormous hits again in order to reach her previous succes. It will probably benefit her to do a Beyonce if her album has no obvious hits tbh.
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Originally posted by KangBey
Just because she sold a lot of albums doesn't mean she's greater than any other artist out. Can she sell out arenas and stadiums ww, has she grossed 188 million on tour like Bey has? Lets not get ahead of ourselves. Shania Twain and Lauren Hill sold a lot of albums too, but where are they now?
Being a legend and an Iconic artist like Beyoncé, MJ and Madonna isn't just about albums sells, you also need huge tour gross, endorsements and impact play into your overall success. I have yet to see Adele selling out arenas or stadiums all over the world. Right now she's just a huge record seller, but that's not enough to be compared to a legend like Beyoncé who sells albums and has mega tour success. If you don't have huge tour success you are not that big of an artist. Even Adele would admit this, she's a huge Bey stan herself.
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Why I'm not surprised that you intentionally missed third important factor for being legend - constantly having hits throughout career
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Originally posted by Ichinaru19
So I'm saying he's not pressed. He likes Beyonce At least I know he likes XO
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And LOT, Schoolin Life, Disappear,Satellites and the nice SMY. But however I remain indifferent to her as an artist. For me no amount of respect/acclaim can change that I don't think that highly of what she does
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Originally posted by pink.hearts
to point out how dumb you sound, as usual, and that what you typed doesn't make sense or hold any truth my point was that the reviwers focus on it but they also went on to critique the music, as obsessed as you are with bey I would think that you would actually take the time to read all of the reviews in their entirety
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Lol "no truth" but then you cofirm later on that they actually don't focus on the album (at times)
And I've yet to read a single review of her album, I don't care that much
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Originally posted by Timber
I think she needs the ginormous hits again in order to reach her previous succes. It will probably benefit her to do a Beyonce if her album has no obvious hits tbh.
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21 already sold millions before her singles began to take off.
She just has to make sure the album material is good. The album will sell on it's own if it's good.
She doesn't need to worry about if her singles smash. I'm fully expecting no hit singles from this album anyways, though I'm sure if the album is big enough radio will play her single no matter what. Technically 21 had not "hits" either, and by that I mean nothing on that album was intended to be a hit until radio realized the album was very popular and they began spinning her more, which caused the songs to catch on eventually.
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