Crazy to me that we are really about to get another drake album…

How’d the rules change ?

pitchfork.com/news/billboard-announces-new-fan-bundle-rule-for-chart-eligibility/amp

Wait the rules already changed? Travis Scott is comical. Worse than Taylor swift at scheming.

Explain this like I’m seven lol

“Under the new rules, artists may only sell two different “fan bundle” variations, which must come with a physical copy of the album and a merch item”

I dont even see it as a personal decision by him tbh. I think he lets corporate entities control him so much that he just does whatever the label says

• Billboard has updated its eligibility rules, allowing certain formats of merchandise bundles to count towards chart positions.
• The new guidelines allow for "fan bundle" sales, reversing a previous decision to disallow them.
• Artists can sell two different variations of "fan bundles," which must include a physical copy of the album and a merch item.
• The merchandise and album copies must be available for purchase independently from each other.
• In 2020, Billboard removed merchandise bundles from consideration, but they are now back under certain conditions.
• The change in bundle policy in 2019 allowed Tyler, the Creator's Igor to top the Billboard 200, beating DJ Khaled's Father of Asahd.
• DJ Khaled had fewer album-equivalent units due to the merchandise bundles, causing controversy.
• Last year, Kanye West's Donda 2 was ineligible for Billboard charts due to its exclusive distribution on West's proprietary Stem Player.

I’m just stuck on the 2 variations meaning

Basically he can sell a cd with a shirt or a cd with a hoodie. 2 different types. Any bundle other than the first two don’t count towards album sales

Just two sets of bundles, I’m pretty sure. Vinyl + Hoodie or CD + Hats count as two variations.

Gotcha gotcha

Curious how that works with Travis selling 7 different album covers

Depending on how much of the album was pressed Travis could do 1 milli with these level of scheming .

If they’re individual albums and not bundled with a shirt or anything, they’ll all count as individual album sales.

And then if all those album covers has at least 2 variations , that’s f***ery

Wait I'm confused... I thought with the new rules 'fan-packs' were limited to like two different variations per album MAX

Is the QR code actually in the book or was it in those newspapers he put out the week the book rolled out?

I wasn’t dialed in and just saw the rules changed. So TONIGHT?!

Only two count towards sales, he can still sell more. Still trying to cash out at the end of the day.

If drake schemed like this it might do 1.5 milli 😂

It’s in the hard copy of the book #dialedin. #ruff #imadawg 😤

But why would he sell 7 bundle variations if only 2 of them are going to count towards sales? Seems like it would make more sense to funnel all sales into the 2. Unless the different covers are just individual albums and not involved w/ bundles

We might the need the Numbers Queen @thegreatdivine in here

Both, but in order for it to be a bundle, has to come with a physical copy of the album.

Had Drake ever done a single bundle?

The whole pyramids show already sold out damn I was gonna fly to Egypt

No. Also interestingly and notably Scorpion was like 6 minutes away from being counted as a double-album for RIAA certs and they chose not to fluff it up to hit that mark. He's really always doing crazy numbers w/o ever being desperate for them