Sara better release a proper studio album next year.. im not here for this mess being the actual follow up to The Godly Unrest.
shes going to place around #11-15 on SPS and she did no promo for this whatsoever.
It's doing nice despite no promo and actually I feel none knows about that album coming out. Oh well, not a big thing to promote anyway
I'm an Ellie stan but I'm a little eh with these numbers. They're good numbers for her and all, but I think she could've had 60k+ if the album wasn't like 50 tracks and wasn't so generic. She really alienated a lot of her fanbase with this album. She ditched her dark unique sound and went a little more mainstream, which a lot of her fans aren't really into. Still gonna buy the album though.
People defending artists on here bc they did no U.S promo yet when Ellie didn't do any U.S promo she's still dragged for her "tragic" numbers. A Reverse Warholian Experience indeed
She's doing more than Lights and Halcyon and she hasn't promoted in the USA yet, not even once. And let's not forget she's not an US artist. Yeah, I was expecting at least 50k but predictions can go up so.
Oh wow nowadays you need 40k in pure sales and you'll get that #1 on BB200. Oh man, how the Industry has changed.
Its not gonna be no1 with that amount.
But Sia hit no1 with her last album and that sold 50k. So this is nothing new its been the case for several years that you can sneak a no1 with weak sales if the timings right.
Miley & Nicki didn't even headline Madison Square Garden on their last tours. If they couldn't then why would Ellie Goulding be able to?
I smell a deep deep discount in ticket prices if they want some type of sell-out.
Don't be ignorant. They both did Barclays Center which is about the same capacity and a competing venue in NYC. Most tours do one or the other, some acts will double back and play the other later on in their tour.