Modern Ecstacy 3,808 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 So I was scrolling through Instagram when I came upon Nicki Minaj's Instagram post. She was celebrating 6 years of "The Pink Friday" and apparently it sold 375k in its first week? I was shook! Did she really sell that much with her debut album?! So I looked it up and it is true. Therefore I decided to look into first week sales of some of the top 2010 albums: Thank Me Later- Drake: 447k Raymond v. Raymond- Usher: 329k Recovery- Eminem: 741k My World 2.0- Justin Bieber: 283k Speak Now- Taylor Swift: 1M (how does this girl sell so much?!) Surprisingly, the pop girls who were having huge hit singles on the hot 100 back then sold really low (how did Nicki outsell these pop girls tho?) Teenage Dream- Katy Perry: 192k Animal- Ke$ha: 152k Loud- Rihanna: 207k Anyway, what the point I'm making is that general sales back in 2010 were a lot higher than they are in 2016. Sure, a lot of artists are selling more now than 2010 because they've become bigger (Prime Example- Drake) but an average album selling 300k to 400k in 2016 is a big deal. So my question is why is this happening? Is it because of streaming services and people wanting to stream an album rather than buy a physical copy as it's more convenient? Is it due to illegal downloading of albums from the internet (this existed back in 2010 too though)? Let me know! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipthistea 21,099 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Yes, Streaming. People don't buy music as they used to. The bad news is that people like The Chainsmokers can get a #1 record thanks to streaming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierryrreiht 19,967 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Streaming /thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 87,465 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 An album: 10 dollars A song: 1 dollar An streaming account: free (with ads) Illegal download: free If you see me posting like crazy, I'm either bored or procrastinating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modern Ecstacy 3,808 Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 8 minutes ago, sipthistea said: Yes, Streaming. People don't buy music as they used to. The bad news is that people like The Chainsmokers can get a #1 record thanks to streaming. 8 minutes ago, thierryrreiht said: Streaming /thread 1 minute ago, Red said: An streaming account: free (with ads) That makes sense but didn't streaming exist back in 2010 too? Why is streaming "the big popular thing" now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 87,465 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Just now, Modern Ecstacy said: That makes sense but didn't streaming exist back in 2010 too? Why is streaming "the big popular thing" now? Because there is more music available now and the price is lower If you see me posting like crazy, I'm either bored or procrastinating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperIz 7,261 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 People will steal anything they can. And streaming Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierryrreiht 19,967 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 4 minutes ago, Modern Ecstacy said: That makes sense but didn't streaming exist back in 2010 too? Why is streaming "the big popular thing" now? Now everyone has a smartphone. Services like Netflix made it clear that people wanted access to anything at anytime. Happened with TV and movies, and music is now the same. People nowadays want to tap at a button and have access to it all. Also they prefer paying $10 per month than $15 per CD.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Envi 765 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Artists and record labels aren't really profiting enough at streaming and it sucks since it's taking over physical CD sales. Touring is still profitable, but very few artists (usually the old ones) are successful at it. ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
donutellha 13,819 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 The rise of streaming and a crippling economy Walk down the runway but don't puke, it's okay. You just had 10 donuts today. Without frosting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierryrreiht 19,967 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I don't give a f*ck; if it's available here I'll go buy the CD. Even if I have Apple Music or Spotify. I give an album sale and I stream it on my phone. Double artist win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURA 2,890 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Gaga cursed the music industry when ARTPOP flopped Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prince 4,688 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Streaming, I swear it's like the worst thing to happen to the music industry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
venusfly 17,879 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 23 minutes ago, Modern Ecstacy said: That makes sense but didn't streaming exist back in 2010 too? Why is streaming "the big popular thing" now? Music wasn't widely available on streaming apps like it is today. In 2014 Spotify pushed around 200 million streams a week, that figure is now around 1 billion. All major labels now send their music to streaming sites and it's now more affordable. There's now no reason to buy music directly, I know I don't. The popularity of music hasn't wavered, just how it's consumed, it's relatively new so how streams are converted into sales is still being figured out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepsami 17,522 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 14 minutes ago, AURA said: Gaga cursed the music industry when ARTPOP flopped Lord patience please stop saying it flopped, yall dont know the meaning of a flop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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