General Charts Discussion - Taylor's 1989 is swiftly coming for 5M+

[Mills 446]

Quality of music has no direct correlation at all with the state of record sales. Highly critically acclaimed albums are not surefire sellers, same goes to the critically panned. Contrary to popular belief, there's no absolute formula to success. 'Basic' albums, a term loosely used as an excuse for one's dislike towards something else, do not always sell millions. Majority of them, like in all genres, fails to capture the interest of the greater majority (See: pop albums of the last 10 years). And as mentioned by others, it's streaming that's further causing the decline of album sales. And it'll only worsen as streaming becomes more and more mainstream. 

 

 

 

Will the Lord be the only artist to get a platinum album this year?

I believe yes, Taylor's 100% guaranteed. Another consistent album seller I've in mind is Eminem with his Shady XV collection, also due later this year. The others will struggle to hit 500k. 

[hausofmike 127]

dont worry Taylor is here to slay

[RAMROD 106,011]

Wrll, Pop is not very popular right now. Rock and other althernative genres beginning to take back the whole attention.

[Redstreak 6,653]

Quality of music has no direct correlation at all with the state of record sales. Highly critically acclaimed albums are not surefire sellers, same goes to the critically panned. Contrary to popular belief, there's no absolute formula to success. 'Basic' albums, a term loosely used as an excuse for one's dislike towards something else, do not always sell millions. Majority of them, like in all genres, fails to capture the interest of the greater majority (See: pop albums of the last 10 years). And as mentioned by others, it's streaming that's further causing the decline of album sales. And it'll only worsen as streaming becomes more and more mainstream. 

 

 

 

I believe yes, Taylor's 100% guaranteed. Another consistent album seller I've in mind is Eminem with his Shady XV collection, also due later this year. The others will struggle to hit 500k. 

Beyonce is also coming with her Platinum edition

[StrawberryBlond 14,296]

Quality of music has no direct correlation at all with the state of record sales. Highly critically acclaimed albums are not surefire sellers, same goes to the critically panned. Contrary to popular belief, there's no absolute formula to success. 'Basic' albums, a term loosely used as an excuse for one's dislike towards something else, do not always sell millions. Majority of them, like in all genres, fails to capture the interest of the greater majority (See: pop albums of the last 10 years). And as mentioned by others, it's streaming that's further causing the decline of album sales. And it'll only worsen as streaming becomes more and more mainstream. 

 

What I meant was more a case of "quality + promotion = great sales." It's the two things, when combined together, strike gold. Obviously, indie acts, no matter how good their album is, are unlikely to sell, but I'm referring to mainstream artists when I bring up the notion of quality selling. And obviously, quality is subjective, but I mean when an album comes along that the majority seem to deem as quality, it always sells well. So, I think there must be a connection. Factor in the number of complaints about the state of music right now in correlation to the poor sales all year, and this theory seems all the more justifiable. Yes, streaming is causing a decrease in sales. Personally, I listen to every album on YouTube to see if it's good before I buy it - I'm shocked to find that lots of people don't do that and buy an album on the strength of the lead single. All too often, the lead single's the only decent song on the album, so I'd never take that risk. But like I said, plenty do take the risk. An artist promotes the album and suddenly, the sales rise and I doubt all those people listened to the whole thing before buying. Just promote and you'll sell. It's not a difficult concept. Labels need to try harder to push their artists if they want success for them. I'm looking at you, Epic and RCA.

[ryhanna 3,507]

I don't think I've even bought an album this year aside from Cheek to Cheek. It's a quality thing for me, nothing appealing.

[Mills 446]

Beyonce is also coming with her Platinum edition

Didn't count re-releases, but yeah. An additional 224K is very feasible for Bey. The 2nd place among solo acts is pretty safe with her. 

[Bebe 16,989]

Lorde, the "one-hit wonder", saving the industry though

[Nein 508]

Taylor Swift is coming fyi :thetea:

[Mills 446]

What I meant was more a case of "quality + promotion = great sales." It's the two things, when combined together, strike gold. Obviously, indie acts, no matter how good their album is, are unlikely to sell, but I'm referring to mainstream artists when I bring up the notion of quality selling. And obviously, quality is subjective, but I mean when an album comes along that the majority seem to deem as quality, it always sells well. So, I think there must be a connection. Factor in the number of complaints about the state of music right now in correlation to the poor sales all year, and this theory seems all the more justifiable. Yes, streaming is causing a decrease in sales. Personally, I listen to every album on YouTube to see if it's good before I buy it - I'm shocked to find that lots of people don't do that and buy an album on the strength of the lead single. All too often, the lead single's the only decent song on the album, so I'd never take that risk. But like I said, plenty do take the risk. An artist promotes the album and suddenly, the sales rise and I doubt all those people listened to the whole thing before buying. Just promote and you'll sell. It's not a difficult concept. Labels need to try harder to push their artists if they want success for them. I'm looking at you, Epic and RCA.

 

Agreed. Anything aided with great promotion could translate to astounding sales. As someone into advertising, I'm, too, a firm believer of that. The more one reaches its target market, the more probability to gain sales. That applies to all. But for me, that's regardless of the quality of the product. Promotion could shape perception anyway to a point that the actual quality wouldn't be a hindrance for people to go for a purchase. Hence, I mentioned that quality, on itself, couldn't be attributed to the current state of sales. 'Bad' music sells. 'Good' music sells. Everything with promotion sells. So we cannot solely blame a perceived quality as the reason why less and less people are buying music.

[Nein 508]

PRISM out of 200

[Ashton 0]

US digital sales: Talk Dirty by @jasonderulo Feat. @2chainz tops the 4 million mark this week.

 

 

Hot Digital Songs: #10 Don't Tell 'Em, @Jeremih 74,000.

Hot Digital Songs: #9 Jealous, @NickJonas 75,000.

Hot Digital Songs: #8 Black Widow, @IggyAzalea Feat. @RitaOra 77,000 (1,561,000 total).

Hot Digital Songs: #5 Bang Bang, @JessieJ, @ArianaGrande & @NickiMinaj 94,000 (1,691,000 total).

Hot Digital Songs: #4 Habits (Stay High), @iamtovelo 99,000.

Hot Digital Songs: #3 Animals, @maroon5 114,000.

Hot Digital Songs: #2 All About That Bass, @Meghan_Trainor 169,000 (2,904,000 total).

Hot Digital Songs: #1 Shake It Off, @taylorswift13 171,000 (2,366,000 total).

where can i access that info about sales

[Jed 7,716]

You can't make a market care about an artist they don't want to. God the industry is trying to jam all these female artists down our throat. Just because women are doing better than they used to, doesn't mean every woman will be good if you market her correctly.

[GagaMyBlood95 9,899]

Not Taylor still being #1 and #2 with a big lead :dead:

[SomethingMore 1,701]

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