CaliLilMonster 476 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 The copies Samsung paid for shouldn't count for anything. If a fan buys 10+ copies of an album in the same transaction it only counts for 1 doesn't it? I don't know... this whole ANTI album/era is a mess and I've only lost respect for Rihanna. I also have a hard time believing they sold 400,000 copies in addition to the 1 million free ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJHolland 12,725 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 7 hours ago, Gianni Versace said: i'm sorry sweetie but qhy exactly should Rihanna be embarrassed? she found a way to not only get her COINT (because Samsung paid for 1 million albums) AND get her music heard (because literally everyone downloaded it) AND be one step ahead of the music piraters. if anything, LEGEND RIHANNA should be praised! Haha.... we're going to pretend that having a tech corporation by your artistic vision is a smart thing now? Oh boy hahahaha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic 11,922 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Just now, MJHolland said: Haha.... we're going to pretend that having a tech corporation by your artistic vision is a smart thing now? Oh boy hahahaha Gaga had Amazon buy her album in bulk, don't be so critical. I don't get why so many people are so pressed about Anti. It was originally a free album, you didn't have to download it. It's now been available for purchase since Friday. Why spend so much time dragging a 'flop' is beyond me. The hardest thing in this world is to live in it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJHolland 12,725 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 1 minute ago, Dominic Marc said: Gaga had Amazon buy her album in bulk, don't be so critical. I don't get why so many people are so pressed about Anti. It was originally a free album, you didn't have to download it. It's now been available for purchase since Friday. Why spend so much time dragging a 'flop' is beyond me. Amazon then sold the album, because you know, art has value and all. I'm not dragging anyone. I'm sharing my opinion. Get over it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic 11,922 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Just now, MJHolland said: Amazon then sold the album, because you know, art has value and all. I'm not dragging anyone. I'm sharing my opinion. Get over it. For 0.99? That's the value of BTW? LMAO You must not use streaming sites then if you don't believe in music for free. Wait are you Taylor? The hardest thing in this world is to live in it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levine 23,689 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 This is a different form of prostitution. She's selling herself like that. Thank god this era should have been all about the "artH" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SISTERV 3,887 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I don't think that's a good way to sell albums at all and it's unfair. We'he really going to start having corporations buy albums to give away for free? Great. Let's get more people in suits involved so now ****ing McDonald's and Burger King can have an influence on the artist. Totally great. Sounds like a really well thought out plan. Side Note: If ARTPOP would have been available for free, I wonder how many people would have downloaded it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SISTERV 3,887 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 8 minutes ago, Dominic Marc said: Gaga had Amazon buy her album in bulk, don't be so critical. To resell it. Not to explicitly give it away so even non fans would download it. And the rules were different then. She wasn't trying to find a loophole. It still sold nearly 900,000 copies in the U.S. without Amazon's help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Witch 1,643 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Everyone (esp monsters) will have a field day dragging the Navy once ATRL comes back. ARTPOP Karma is REAL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley 59,204 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Actually it was certified platinum but yes the 1 million copies sold didn't count as sold copies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zilla 13,424 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 6 hours ago, CaliLilMonster said: The copies Samsung paid for shouldn't count for anything. If a fan buys 10+ copies of an album in the same transaction it only counts for 1 doesn't it? I agree with this. I know it's a sell because Samsung bought those copies, but still an award shouldn't be given based on that. I also know that other artists have done it too, but I never liked the idea at all Gaga or not (sorry to go off topic with that but I've been accused of being hypocritical on social media because I'm a gaga fan). It makes a joke of the system. So if an artist has infinite number of sponsorships, ANYONE can sell a million albums overnight and that shouldn't be recognized as an achievement. Why stop at one sponsorship? Why not call up alllllll your sponsorships and ask them to buy a million each and you can sell 4 million overnight? Don't you see the issue with that? 𝙸'𝚖 𝚊 𝚓𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haroon 49,685 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Copies of an album are copies of an album to me, and if certifications are based on that then it seems totally fine to me that this counts towards a certification I agree with this not counting towards chart numbers though, but I don't see why it shouldn't count for sales overall Regardless of bulk buys from companies they're still copies of an album Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HANZ 4,380 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Good they are being Fair, good billboard My Favs = Lady Gaga, Janet Jackson, Ricky Martin, AKB48 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARMA 1,022 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 9 hours ago, manyatyau said: frankly, It's not wise..platinum means nothing, it's just a tiltle..She should rather let the GP hate on her album than hate on her. This is so true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiltedbliss 915 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 All I'm saying is if Adele did this(I love her btw), everyone would be praising her for "brainstorming" and "saving the industry". Hell, billboard would change their rules. Just saying Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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