DiscoHeaven23 35,007 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 It's official. The Sophomore Curse has taken another victim. This time the victim is Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. When Macklemore and Ryan Lewis released their lead single, "Downtown", for their sophomore album at the end of August, it seemed like it could be a potential hit (though could we really call it their song with 4 feature artists?). But alas, while the song didn't completely flop it only reached #12 on the Hot 100, a clear deviation from their two #1's on their first album The Heist (which has sold 1.5 million copies to date). Six months after the release of their lead single, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have released their sophomore album This Unruly Mess I've Made. As we reach the final day of the album's first week, predictions are coming in and they don't look good. Billboard predicts the album to sell 40k copies and with 76% of the sales reported HDD says it has sold 26K so far. That puts it at #3 for the week in top album sales according to Billboard, behind The 1975 and Adele. The album is expected to move 50k total when you add in streaming, which would make it debut in 5th place on the Billboard 200 (the "REAL" albums chart) after The 1975, Adele, Rihanna and Justin Bieber. Welp, there's always the memories guys. Thanks for "Same Love" though! Source: http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6897311/the-1975-first-no-1-album-i-like-it-when-you-sleep Source: http://hitsdailydouble.com/building_album_chart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LePetitGAGABLover 21,234 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Yikes. Ha ARTPOP era is coming EDIT: NVM, ARTPOP was way more successful than this flop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo 7,853 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Not surprised. They never really stuck out to me and Thriftstore was quirky so it got tons of attention. Don't visit my profile Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Gaga 22,946 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Kinda off topic, but i wonder if Meghan and Lorde will end up the same way. Both debut albums were really successful, just like The Heist. Lorde has enough talent to make an amazing album, while Meghan...well, we will see this friday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pie-kun 1,765 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Great for The 1975! Fantastic album. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uo111 5,265 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 It doesn't help that Downtown was kind of annoying. Those numbers are shockingly low though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoHeaven23 35,007 Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 1 minute ago, Mister Gaga said: Kinda off topic, but i wonder if Meghan and Lorde will end up the same way. Both debut albums were really successful, just like The Heist. Lorde has enough talent to make an amazing album, while Meghan...well, we will see this friday. It's relevant cuz i was thinking of asking questions like that at the end of my post. I wonder that for many of these new artists in the last 3 years who have had their first era be very successful. Will they make it? Lorde Meghan The first openly gay man to win an Oscar The Weeknd (it was his first mainstream successful album) Iggy Ariana (i count her last album as her first) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LePetitGAGABLover 21,234 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Just now, DiscoHeaven23 said: It's relevant cuz i was thinking of asking questions like that at the end of my post. I wonder that for many of these new artists in the last 3 years who have had their first era be very successful. Will they make it? Lorde Meghan The first openly gay man to win an Oscar The Weeknd (it was his first mainstream successful album) Iggy Ariana (i count her last album as her first) I screamed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagaXCupcakke 3,818 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 It's actually a pretty good album. With the right single choices this album could of sold pretty well. But they focused on the serious songs instead of the fun songs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auro 1,829 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 They also alienated a bunch of their fan base with White Privilege He/They Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoHeaven23 35,007 Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 1 minute ago, Dora said: It's actually a pretty good album. With the right single choices this album could of sold pretty well. But they focused on the serious songs instead of the fun songs. Oooh, i wanna listen. Whats the best song? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GloZell Green 11,723 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Debuting at number five with 50k total? Oh my god Lady Gaga | Shakira Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJHolland 12,725 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 17 minutes ago, DiscoHeaven23 said: It's relevant cuz i was thinking of asking questions like that at the end of my post. I wonder that for many of these new artists in the last 3 years who have had their first era be very successful. Will they make it? Lorde Meghan The first openly gay man to win an Oscar The Weeknd (it was his first mainstream successful album) Iggy Ariana (i count her last album as her first) You have me arguing in one thread and cackling in another Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kabexuela 1,184 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Ha Anti era Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoHeaven23 35,007 Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 1 minute ago, MJHolland said: You have me arguing in one thread and cackling in another lolol, well good, everyone has there own views politically so thats fine. As long as we can come together to laugh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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