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Originally posted by Superpower
The only ones making money from singles are the record labels. The artist only gets around 10% of the revenue.
Katy is doing well, but she really needs to start transitioning to the next step. Her album sales are still in the pits for someone with that big of a stanbase.
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Only a few albums have crossed the 4 Million Mark WW since 2012...album sales are in the pits so for her or anyone to sell this much in this time and age when streaming is taking over is a huge achievement. Plus even Katy's flops go gold and eventually platinum so if you look at her success as a whole she's doing better than any other female artist out there right now. She's got the Radio, Digital Sales, Streaming Points, Album Sales, Tour Sales ect.) ...I don't see any other artist dominating all areas from one era with more than one single atm...not since Rihanna's Unapologetic and even then Roar alone was bigger than Stay and Diamonds in a WW scale and it's not even done yet in some countries. and Bday might have underperformed but will probably end up selling like 3 million WW combined when it's all said and done. No need to mention the success DH achieved..that song alone it's an era of itself.
Point is she's doing well in all areas and not just one which is why she's #2. Key word - Equivalent.