Billboard Changes What An Album Should Be Charged At For It To Count Towards a Sale

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  • Travis Scott finna bundle his children now

  • I truly miss when single disc vinyl was $16......and double disc about $25

  • Deezed

    these rules are more so aimed at taylor swift tho, they added rules of only 4 editions to an album which is a direct target at her and her 15 versions of an album

    drake selling 15k physicals isnt on there mind

    taylor moved 1.6 MILLION physicals first week last album

    i feel like i never hear her music aside from bad blood and cruel summer who the hell is buying 15 different t swift albums

  • crakc

    Surprised it took this long for the complete gamification of Billboard. They're gonna reach a point where they're constantly tweaking the rules in direct response to the latest meta like how Overwatch was at the end.

    this is like warzone loadouts

    “im running the $5 double album vinyl plus the t shirt pack in and samsung already bought a milly”

  • t swift fans are gonna say billboard is victimizing her snd buy more albums and stanley cups in response

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    These rule changes aren't going to hurt Taylor lol. They actually used her 4 variants of TTPD as reference for the limit.

    People like The Weeknd, Travis and Billie Eilish are still gonna be able to scam with their 10+ different artworks/colored vinyls tho because those won't actually count as variants so long as there are no musical changes.

  • seeger22

    because the title of having a #1 album can bring in more money/opportunities/etc

    It has the same effect that “Academy Award Winner/Nominee” has for an actor/director. A Grammy win or nomination doesn’t have that same weight

  • JPEGMAFIA

    Wait that's crazy I don't remember this at all and I bought that vinyl full price smh

  • Deezed

    I'm still mad that I never took advantage of this

  • TheFader

    This is anti-consumer. If labels want to sell their physical albums at a financial loss, then let them.

    Having a minimum price makes sense but they set it too high.

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    madison beer guy

    These rule changes aren't going to hurt Taylor lol. They actually used her 4 variants of TTPD as reference for the limit.

    People like The Weeknd, Travis and Billie Eilish are still gonna be able to scam with their 10+ different artworks/colored vinyls tho because those won't actually count as variants so long as there are no musical changes.

    The biggest changes are no dtc digital exclusives mid week and only 4 dtc versions. She has done that multiple times to block people. Everything else like increased pricing seems targeted toward rap and kpop.

  • What counts as sales these days is such a crock of s*** anyway it’s just designed to stroke the egos of these “stars” to make them feel like they re actually selling even tho pretty much everyone is just streaming their s*** for free

  • BonelessWings

    How many physicals did he end up selling first week?

    Like 3 lol

  • Silas

    Some more billboard changes

    https://twitter.com/HipHopAllDayy/status/1901720788153110539

    Sums up how fake sales are

  • KIR

    your own tapes are $9 bro

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    People still have cassette players. Is the quality even good?

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    madison beer guy

    These rule changes aren't going to hurt Taylor lol. They actually used her 4 variants of TTPD as reference for the limit.

    People like The Weeknd, Travis and Billie Eilish are still gonna be able to scam with their 10+ different artworks/colored vinyls tho because those won't actually count as variants so long as there are no musical changes.

    according to discogs, the US got more than 4 versions of TTPD. a lot of "limited editions" with like 1 additional song

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    mr get dough

    I’m not saying its too expensive to sell em for

    But a $5 cassette should count for a sale

    I used to get them for €5 back in the day so yeah

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    onyx

    f*** billboard

    Why does it upset you lmao

  • Silas

    crazy times we live in

    https://twitter.com/chartdata/status/1901382972084760881

    Sza got MJ wiped down

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    shin thread jpeg

    according to discogs, the US got more than 4 versions of TTPD. a lot of "limited editions" with like 1 additional song

    lmaoo

    I forgot she did the target versions with all the bs voice memos

  • Deezed

    this would be a great deal if the album was good

  • What if the artist pays YOU 7.99 to listen to their album?

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    Deezed

    vinyl for $5 is nasty work LOL

  • tomorrow volverse

    lmaoo

    I forgot she did the target versions with all the bs voice memos

    TTPD: Hot Shower edition.

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