Deezed

3y

the thing is though, your asking for this to be done solely because of what drake is doing

its not like were hearing how every x,y,z new rapper is getting diamond plaques (unelss its a legit real smash hit that deserves it like XO Tour Life for uzi i think is diamond and deserves it)

we aint in here like f*** man lil durk just got his 3rd diamond single

for reference, how many streaming era artists do you see in the top 15 best selling SINGLES artists according to RIAA (updated as of October 20, 2023, before drake updated his stats to 200+mil):

Deezed

3y

i mean post legit had back-to-back-back-to-back-back-to-back smash hits on smash hits

should he not deserve it? he was a singles artists for years dropping absolute smashes as a lead artist and as a feature

his songs were everywhere you went to the point you began to hate his s*** cus u were always hearing it

Valentine

3y

Why you ain’t including the word digital?

cyclops

3y

Streaming is calculated by listens/views. If that was the case towards physicals before streaming era, artists like MJ and Beatles would have 1000x more listens than Drake

internet buddy

3y

That photo is so funny lol

TOOREAL

3y

Little math if you can keep up, 1500 steams equals = 1 sell
For All the dogs being played for 24hrs straight = 16 streams

If cars still came with CD and cassette tape players in them headass

shaleirose

3y

Idk, it’s not so much a “he doesn’t deserve it” thing, it’s just a clear representation for me that the streaming system is flawed. The guy hasn’t even been making music for 10 years lmao

shutupdummy

3y

Oh look the fat f*** Indian who cosplays as a black man on a Kanye west fan forum is saying something stupid yet again

shaleirose

3y

You do realize major artists have millions upon millions of fans right?

Deezed

3y

this issue that I havent seen you mention is that there used to be a rule back in the day i dont know when they changed it (maybe 2010's or late 2000's not sure), but prior to the change, if a song was not pushed as an official "single" and sent to radio and sold as a single (CD/Cassette or digital download), then it could not chart on the hot 100 and would not accumulate "single" sales

this is why if you look at absolutely massive rap albums back then like MMLP and Eminem Show, only a few songs off each album actually "charted" on the hot 100 cus those were official singles

so if back then every song could chart off an album like we have now, then for sure those massive album artists would have a lot more "singles" sales which is true

but at the end of the day, these billboard rules been changing constantly since day 1

you think cassette tape artists from the 80's/90's didnt cry when cd's came a thing and then cd artists didnt cry when itunes downloads became a thing, its just the next technological advancements and billboard is simply trying to keep up with as much unbiased rules as possible but it will never suffice unfortunately

Deezed

3y

also we gotta realize that with streaming, back-catalogues become extremely important for consistent streams

back then if you discovered an artist, s*** you think you gonna splurge $200 in 2002 money (which is prob worth like $500+ today) on 10 different cd's and s***? nah you gonna cop the newest s***, prob even just cop the "best hits" cd for $20 and keep it moving

now with $10 i can stream every mf back-catalogue all i want

TIIIMMMY BURNER

3y

If anything the nigga was selling more before streaming

TOOREAL

3y

Do YOU realize it? You are the one in here bringing up artist from the 80s as if Drake doesn’t have millions of fans also comparing him to artist that aren’t hip hop

Deezed

3y

this issue that I havent seen you mention is that there used to be a rule back in the day i dont know when they changed it (maybe 2010's or late 2000's not sure), but prior to the change, if a song was not pushed as an official "single" and sent to radio and sold as a single (CD/Cassette or digital download), then it could not chart on the hot 100 and would not accumulate "single" sales

this is why if you look at absolutely massive rap albums back then like MMLP and Eminem Show, only a few songs off each album actually "charted" on the hot 100 cus those were official singles

so if back then every song could chart off an album like we have now, then for sure those massive album artists would have a lot more "singles" sales which is true

but at the end of the day, these billboard rules been changing constantly since day 1

you think cassette tape artists from the 80's/90's didnt cry when cd's came a thing and then cd artists didnt cry when itunes downloads became a thing, its just the next technological advancements and billboard is simply trying to keep up with as much unbiased rules as possible but it will never suffice unfortunately

TOOREAL

3y

Also wanted to add that billboard at one point had to change the rule of mass buying physicals because of record companies purchasing mass quantities and giving them out at in stores etc to boost popularity. The rule change included one receipt pure purchase to count at places like Best Buy. I remember Cole fans being mad at Drake for not having them ring up all those CDs separately so they would count. And a tale as old as time is paying radio to play Artist singles etc

shaleirose

3y

Literally what are you even saying

Nothing you just said has anything to do with anything I’ve said ITT

TOOREAL

3y

My original comment was to someone else, you replied to me so I thought it was you. I don’t know why you’re here telling me other artist have millions of fans as if Drake doesn’t

shaleirose

3y

Because sure when you break down the sales to streams figure it seems like an astronomical amount of streams to count for one sale.

But when you realize these artists have millions of fans listening to their music almost every single day, the 1500 streams to 1 sale unit starts to make a lot more sense

shaleirose

3y

Because sure when you break down the sales to streams figure it seems like an astronomical amount of streams to count for one sale.

But when you realize these artists have millions of fans listening to their music almost every single day, the 1500 streams to 1 sale unit starts to make a lot more sense

Vibe

3y

Why you trying to discredit Drake when he sold 600k+ with NWTS pre streaming