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Originally posted by umich
I think 21 was around 9 million when RHI was released, and it was still withheld from streaming at the time. It was truly dependent on sales and airplay (I think it went top ten on overall!).
The last massive album that was over 7 million with a string of radio-promoted singles was Usher's Confessions in 2004. It had sold around 8 million by year's end, but the Hot 100 formula heavily favored airplay back then. He had massive radio support, so his fourth and fifth singles still did relatively well on the charts.
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ok thanks, wow. i mean looking back i'm still floored by the 21 era. and all that literally w/o promotion. just happened organically!
yeah i figured Confessions would be last album to sold thatmuch while still churning out singles from, but even then; it wasn't at almost 9 million when a 3rd single came out and in 2004 album sales still were considerably higher than today. also as you say, airplay weighed higher and he had radio (well single sales were in an inbetween period yeah) by his balls and at the time R&B was much bigger than today.
Adele's 21 and 25 eras are truly unprecedented in so many ways!