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Originally posted by Eternium
No, I compared his career opening first weeks. I didn't just stop at 2004/2005 to make him look bad, like you're trying to imply. His former consistency and latest releases can be clearly seen. Miss me with the excuses.
And he had six weeks of preorders, albums bundled with tickets, a lead featuring Rihanna, an SNL promo slot, over a year of earlier material being used to promote the album only to be scrapped in the end, etc. and only pulled 94k album equivalents. That is not a solid first week no matter how you try to spin it
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- There was no preorder.
- The bundle was for one event. 99% of those who opted to take that probably didn't / haven't bothered to redeem. You're only mentioning this to compare to other bundles. But those were for multi-city tours and redeemable at point of purchase.
- The album still wasn't on sale when SNL happened (weeks ago). Even then, 99% of anyone who wanted to buy it from that promo probably don't know it's on his site for sale.
- I don't really know what Only One/All Day/45S (all releases 13-15 months ago) have to do with Pablo.
So like, all your points to drag this debut are 100% invalid. Like not factual/nonsensical. Literally. Not trying to be rude, but yeah.
Also comparing this to his previous wide releases doesn't make sense. Likewise comparing to ANTI, available on a major platform for its debut don't make sense.
Nothing you're posting makes sense.
Including mentioning him being married to Kim. Like what? C'mon Eternium.