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Originally posted by iHype.
That's not the point.
#1 hit after #1 hit, two multi-platinum albums, two SuperBowls, biggest Song of the Decade just last year, a current hit, and being an A-list name yet he still doesn't have a fanbase that rushes to buy his album when it's out more than 5 Seconds of Summer, Future, and Zayn.
You'd think after all these years he wouldn't have to rely on releasing 5 singles and having them all rotated non-stop to do well overall... and you know, had an actual fanbase ready to buy his stuff.
It's very messy. Even Meghan Trainor did 200k+ first week, off two hits, so what does that say about the mark he's left after all these years doing barely 150k?
While first weeks numbers aren't everything, they're representative of how big your fanbase is and how much momentum your return has. Looking at his first week, well...
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Bruno doesn't even a big fanbase. It's a fact. Everybody knows it. And?
That didn't stop him selling +13M albums, snatching #1s, grammys, Super Bowls etc.
I couldn't care less if he has the stanbase to open with big numbers.
Rihanna is the perfect example. Never had a big US fanbase, yet how many artists with much bigger opening weeks has she outlasted?