Billboard: “Midnights” sold more than 800k copies in its first day in USA

[nATAH 44,180]

i'm finally listening to the album and i'm sorry but i hope this is the last time she works with antonoff, i cannot STAND his productions... these all sound like songs i've heard before

easily a 4/10 for me and that's mainly cus of SOTB 

[Sepsami 17,706]

I don't understand how she has THIS much appeal, no hate on her, I like her. But to have these huge numbers? What is it that makes her so successful? Just general wide appeal?

[Regina George 59,387]

35 minutes ago, Cavadour said:

Good question.

You just came into this thread to hate? Just don’t read what doesn’t interest you

[RichAssPiss 4,753]

3 hours ago, MessyTop said:

You all Forget Gaga did the same thing:

I literally never said she did not. Just an observation. It's a sad situation for the music industry that sales are mostly driven by cleverly finessing a small core audience of fans who primarily buy records and CDs out of loyalty/wanting their fave to "win."

[thisguyN 616]

11 minutes ago, RichAssPiss said:

I literally never said she did not. Just an observation. It's a sad situation for the music industry that sales are mostly driven by cleverly finessing a small core audience of fans who primarily buy records and CDs out of loyalty/wanting their fave to "win."

That’s any entertainment industry for you. 

[MessyTop 14,387]

12 minutes ago, RichAssPiss said:

I literally never said she did not. Just an observation. It's a sad situation for the music industry that sales are mostly driven by cleverly finessing a small core audience of fans who primarily buy records and CDs out of loyalty/wanting their fave to "win."

Personally I collect Vinyl. Is my hobby. And is no small core audience. 

[RichAssPiss 4,753]

13 minutes ago, MessyTop said:

Personally I collect Vinyl. Is my hobby. And is no small core audience. 

,........compared with when albums sold millions? Yes, it is. Most people in the U.S. buy few, if any, physical albums anymore. That's why artists place so much emphasis on trying to squeeze as many sales out of their fan base as possible with a dozen different covers and special editions. They are trying to upsell collectors because they cannot galvanize a wider audience to buy records. 

[Thomas P 18,477]

15 hours ago, LilyLark said:

Sis Gaga did around 275 k at the height of police brutality protests in the US (literally, one of the biggest protest happened the day after her album dropped) and during hardcore COVID 19 restrictions when a bunch of stores were closed in the US. While I wish there was more of a roll out, those are very good numbers....Renaissance did around 330k in comparison. I really don't think there were that many bad choices during Chromatica, despite what fans said, and it was never the kind of album (Euro house) that was going to do 500k numbers in this day and age.

Taylor is just in a whole different bracket, sales wise, compared to everyone else....even Adele at this point.

This is true, but keep in mind, Chromatica benefited immensely from tour bundling. It would’ve probably sold the same amount without the bundle had those aforementioned events not taken place, so I still think it’s a stellar first week nonetheless. 

[Cavadour 2,098]

2 hours ago, Regina George said:

You just came into this thread to hate? Just don’t read what doesn’t interest you

That was just an opinion. No hate. Mostly a joke. Please chill.

Besides, who cares about the damn clock ? is a relevant and interresting question, I think.

 

[Regina George 59,387]

26 minutes ago, Cavadour said:

That was just an opinion. No hate. Mostly a joke. Please chill.

Besides, who cares about the damn clock ? is a relevant and interresting question, I think.

 

It’s not the first reply you made in this thread. There are other replies that sounded hateful and bitter that’s why I quoted u. 

[LaLuna 12,732]

 

6 hours ago, Sepsami said:

I don't understand how she has THIS much appeal, no hate on her, I like her. But to have these huge numbers? What is it that makes her so successful? Just general wide appeal?

I've been asking myself the same question. I truly don't get it. Clearly there's something I'm not seeing because I don't get her appeal either. But hey, good for her I guess. Let people enjoy whatever they want. Personally I would rather listen to something else, but that's just me.

[nATAH 44,180]

1 hour ago, Cavadour said:

That was just an opinion. No hate. Mostly a joke. Please chill.

Besides, who cares about the damn clock ? is a relevant and interresting question, I think.

 

well the album is called Midnights 

[Controversiaga 9,590]

And it’s not even her best album … 

[HausOfAntonio 7,995]

Its so bizarre to me how people devour everything she releases  I genuinely for the life of do not get the appeal and everyone in my life is on the same page, its hard to even believe how much of a devoted fanbase she has.

[ProfessionalClown 10,645]

6 hours ago, RichAssPiss said:

I literally never said she did not. Just an observation. It's a sad situation for the music industry that sales are mostly driven by cleverly finessing a small core audience of fans who primarily buy records and CDs out of loyalty/wanting their fave to "win."

I literally just bought the records bc I honestly loved the colors and I love collecting vinyls (even variants that don’t add to the billboard mind you)