With all this laughing in here from you Igloo stans I would've thought TNC was gold but then it occurred to me it isn't. And don't even get me started on the critical acclaim or lack there of that TNC received. lol
With all this laughing in here from you Igloo stans I would've thought TNC was gold but then it occurred to me it isn't. And don't even get me started on the critical acclaim or lack there of that TNC received. lol
For a female rapper on her third release, considering how few females can remain relevant in the male dominated world of hip hop, Nicki did well. There is no reason to tear an artist apart after she sold 30k to 50k above forecasts. Seriously, she has a solid fan base, no there is no reason to put her or her fans down.
A Beyoncé feature That isn't a single and was not hyped at all by either parties involved
2x Lil Wayne features He was on 1 single
2x Drake features he was on 1 single
A Katy Perry and/or Ariana Grande feature I wasn't aware Ariana is album selling goldI love Ari but look at her own album sales
A Chris Brown feature He was on 1 single and since when is Chris Brown going to help albums sell, iirc his presence on UNA hurt its reviews and probably turned away potential buyers
Expensive producers as an A List star nicki does have access to the best
Expensive writers Well seeing as though she writes her own raps I'm sure she saved costs here
Expensive videos Pills n Potions green screen, Anaconda studio sets, and Only studio set. She probably spent more on the starships video alone
A movie A 16 min YouTube video = movie? Okay sis
Multiple high-profile promo platforms across the world true and that's why she exceeded expectations and had the 2nd highest opening week for a female this year
And....200k. 150k was an absolute trainwreck if you did a simple cost/benefit analysis. 200k is only just less of a trainwreck for the amount of investment put in. Didn't she even say herself that if the track number went over a certain amount it all came from whoever's paying?
Clearly a lot of money was pumped into this and it's barely going to reach gold in the US and who ****ing knows WW.
But you'll see it in your own time I guess
Newsflash though the album just got started she's obviously going to to make money off of it because she's not a front loaded seller
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I'm so happy for Nicki, 250K is great especially considering the whole Target mess
Exactly, she lost quite a few potential buyers but still did well
Also you shuldn't judge the swifties because one or two of us are beinge xtra, its nice to see Nicki slaying and selling over 200k in this album market is phenomenal so congatulations.
Hopefully GOYK and FM will carry the album sales and she should definitely hit gold. hope it pulls RR numbers
This is a testament to what hustle and promo can do. Made all the difference. If not for it the numbers would've stay at 160k or so. Good for her and it it gives the rest of us hope for our fav's return. Thanks Nicki.