HDD: Ariana Grande's album predicted to hit #1 with 150k-170k sales

[LordDisick 1]

The Lambs are going to have a field day with this

not when mariah barely even has active stans left....more like pop forum stans in general are having a field day with this

[hoodrat 299]

I get why fans love to boast about the sales of their "fave," but I hope everyone realizes that album sales are VERY quickly becoming obsolete. Like in a year or two I can see albums by the the biggest artists (maybe even Gaga included) debuting at #1 with less than 100k. Actually, now that I think about it, a few big-name artists this year already have...

 

Gaga was so right in the SXSW interview where she said that record companies don't have nearly as much money as they used to...they're lucky if people even legally stream music, but the money pulled in from streaming is so negligible. We're gonna either laugh or cry when we look back on the days we made fun of artists for selling just under 300k. (We'll probably cry cause there'll be no money left for high-budget videos or performances.)

[Vernier 3,786]

*cackles internally* Not because I have anything against her, but she was supposed to be the new it- thing right? :emma:

[Koala 3]

Album sales are so bad this year I expected more

[Spock 20,290]

*cackles internally* Not because I have anything against her, but she was supposed to be the new it- thing right?

Same for me

Yeah, she has had this amazing promo and was shoved down our throats all year long as the second coming of Jesus. The almost 5 month gap between Problem and the album did not help at all. Guess this further confirms that good single sales don't equate to good album sales!

[HANZ 4,380]

POP music is generally a Boring FLOP these days

[NewYorkCity 10,536]

this is the girl who is the IT girl in pop at the moment. She's had 2 big hits already and that's the best she can do. And people still wanna say ARTPOP "flopped'...I can't...

[xKorix 156]

I don't think people on here realize how little appeal Ariana has outside of internet teen girls.

[homomo 23,883]

Problem and Break Free are the only listenable songs from the whole album.

#SorryNotSorry.

Love me Harder and Hands on Me say hello :crossed:

[Mr Josh 3]

Average-good sales for 2014. And illegal downloading isn't to blame (piracy is actually declining), but streaming.

[Chic 20,830]

Love me Harder and Hands on Me say hello

And Be My Baby and Best Mistake

[Retep 0]

Extremely surprising considering her singles chart positions and promo tour with the VMA's the night before, sad because it's actually a strong album IMO.

[hsweezy 0]

ah come on 150 k is great for today's standards considering the state of album sales.

[ALX 170]

It might be because she's just generally boring and never does anything to catch anyone's attention

[Whispering 18,865]

Problem, Break Free and Bang Bang blow The Way out of the water, as far as promo and hype. Those three songs, and all the attention around Ariana,  have turned her into one of today's biggest pop girls. Due to all the promo, hype and the fact that three songs are getting major airplay on multiple formats at the current time, the minimal growth over "Yours Truly" is disappointing.

I really thought it was going to be way more!

I don't think people on here realize how little appeal Ariana has outside of internet teen girls.

 

and gay boys? ;)

 

Teen girls buy tons of Taylor Swift and 1D albums, though.