HDD: Sam's ‘Gloria’ - 37k, Ava's 'Diamonds And Dancefloors' - 15k

[Madame Goo Goo 3,373]

Y’all honestly could not have actually thought Ava was selling higher than this like come on…

[Dr Fudge 8,339]

Ok I’m just gonna say it: do straight people even know who Ava Max is or is the gay community the only ones backing her?

[dzox 552]

Y'all better check TXT out, they're one of the leading new generation kpop acts rn 

[edengowon 9,643]

50 minutes ago, Dr Fudge said:

Ok I’m just gonna say it: do straight people even know who Ava Max is or is the gay community the only ones backing her?

in europe it's pretty much everyone. but judging by numbers it seems to be just the gays in america.

[Chromatography 9,530]

57 minutes ago, Madame Goo Goo said:

Y’all honestly could not have actually thought Ava was selling higher than this like come on…

i hear her actually quite often on the radio in the US. i’m a little surprised she didn’t crack top 20

[TheFame Monster 8,718]

9 minutes ago, Chromatography said:

i hear her actually quite often on the radio in the US. i’m a little surprised she didn’t crack top 20

I was hearing Million Dollar Baby pretty often a few weeks ago, but it’s out of the Top 30 on Pop and has been losing spins since the week before the album dropped. It didn’t help that Atlantic released the song to radio one month after its digital release. 

During Heaven & Hell, Kings & Queens was growing and peaked months after the albums release. 

I feel like this era is already dead with two singles that did nothing. The album was delayed because it had no hit and in those few extra months Atlantic did nothing to try to secure one

[thatfoxyfeeling 11,994]

#28??? That isn’t just a flop, it’s career ending. Her label aren’t gonna want to invest in another album. 

[JusticeforVenus 950]

Totally deserved  

[Teletubby 117,357]

17 minutes ago, thatfoxyfeeling said:

#28??? That isn’t just a flop, it’s career ending. Her label aren’t gonna want to invest in another album. 

this isn't bad for Ava. Heaven & Hell debuted at #27. Ava's pure sales are more than half of Sam's and Sam had #1 song on The Hot 100. her label doesn't invest in her enough to expect a better position. They didn't even get her good positions on playlists during release week.

[Luv u Sum 2,162]

gloria is amazing 

d&d is a snooze fest 

[Wolf Boy 2,930]

7 hours ago, Sepsami said:

Why is AVA still not pulling in numbers

Because her music is bad?

[MelbHawker 6,206]

Ava deserves better numbers for D&D.. it’s genuinely a really good, fun pop album. I think her label hasn’t really pushed the record.. the singles have been messy too. There wasn’t any momentum prior to its release. I can’t stop listening to it 

[blzr 1,267]

What are the gays actually streaming then??? 

[HookerOnAChurch 6,637]

The point is this in my opinion: D&D is undoubtedly a good record, among the best in the synth pop field but it lacks charisma, as well as Ava herself. This album is great, you can dance to it, have fun but it has no soul. 

The fact that it is dance music does not justify that it should lack artistic depth. Let's take Future Nostalgia for example, it was dance music, but at the same time it was an album with attributes and it conquered the world.

Ava Max is very talented but often, and it's very sad, talent is not enough. Having an album full of bop doesn't necessarily mean you hit the mark.

 

[nightadieu 4,060]

LOLing at everyone saying Gloria was a flop and praising the hell out of the blandness that’s D&D