Jul 29, 2022·2 replies
thegreatdivineIt didn't do any damage in the US, which is my point. Y'all are calling Bad Bunny the biggest artist in the world now because he's being dominant in the US (the world's biggest music market). If his latest album flopped in the US, y'all wouldn't have any legs to stand on to call him the biggest.
YHLQMDLG streamed well on Spotify and that's it. He pushed 9 singles off the album and none of them did any damage in the US (his debut album had bigger singles). His latest album is his true breakout album. Don't know why y'all are in denial like it's a bad thing lol.
It's the same way Post Malone was doing well in 2015/2016 but really broke out in 2017 when Stoney blew up and then had his first true breakout year/album era with Beerbongs & Bentleys in 2018. Same way Hot Pink did well months after its release but Planet Her is Doja Cat's breakout album era.
Bad Bunny is being dominant in a lot more countries than just US lol
Jul 29, 2022·1 replyKayTrayNah I don’t think she’s being like that. Her definition of a breakthrough just doesn’t make sense imo. It’s like saying J Cole didn’t breakthrough until 2014FHD.
I disagree the entire post is built to center the importance of traditionally American acts
Bad bunny is technically an American act and the hoola hoops ppl going through just shows u what ppl think of Latinos
Jul 29, 2022·3 repliesKayTrayIt has sold well over 2.5 million copies in the US, and it has platinum singles. How is that not a breakthrough?
You give me a headache
Tml sold 447k and is eligible for 3x platinum and people say TC was his breakout album that pushed him to a superstar . Same with the weekend, his breakout album was beauty behind the madness.
- Jul 29, 2022·editedAnt Geezy
Tml sold 447k and is eligible for 3x platinum and people say TC was his breakout album that pushed him to a superstar . Same with the weekend, his breakout album was beauty behind the madness.
i think its pretty obv about the weeknd but yeah i think Drake's break out is TML. Withour TML, Take care wouldnt have been as big it was imo
- Jul 29, 2022Ant Geezy
Tml sold 447k and is eligible for 3x platinum and people say TC was his breakout album that pushed him to a superstar . Same with the weekend, his breakout album was beauty behind the madness.
It’s hard to compare different eras where music is consumed differently, but Drake was definitely a superstar before Take Care. That album is just when people realized he was gonna be here for a long time.
I don’t think The Weeknd applies because Beauty Behind The Madness was his first commercially successful project period.
Jul 29, 2022·2 repliesAfter HoursBad Bunny is being dominant in a lot more countries than just US lol
Drake is still leading the race. He's bigger in more countries.
- Jul 29, 2022Stay Healthy
I disagree the entire post is built to center the importance of traditionally American acts
Bad bunny is technically an American act and the hoola hoops ppl going through just shows u what ppl think of Latinos
Yeah sometimes there’s hints of xenophobia when Bad Bunny’s accomplishments get brought up.
The cool thing is you don’t have to be his target demographic to enjoy his music.
- Jul 29, 2022Zack From The Six
Drake is still leading the race. He's bigger in more countries.
Zak tallying up the streams in Uzbekistan and Luxembourg to prove that Drake is still on top
- Jul 29, 2022·2 repliesZack From The Six
Drake is still leading the race. He's bigger in more countries.
he might be overall. but this year, this month, this day, rn, bad bunny is the bigger artist in the world. we didnt see CLB or HNVM having the longevity UVST is having rn ww. its smashing on spotify, AM, and even Youtube. its still doing like 40M streams WW on spotify alone, imagine how much its doing WW with all of its platforms. (and no idc about paid or free cuz in the end a stream is a stream)and like some people were saying otherwise, no HVNM isnt a flop (ignoring drake's standards) it has a few top 10s and the number 1 single still doing great in US/Canada etc. and look how i said all of this without putting an artists down or calling them a flop/they are over
- Jul 29, 2022·1 replyAfter Hours
he might be overall. but this year, this month, this day, rn, bad bunny is the bigger artist in the world. we didnt see CLB or HNVM having the longevity UVST is having rn ww. its smashing on spotify, AM, and even Youtube. its still doing like 40M streams WW on spotify alone, imagine how much its doing WW with all of its platforms. (and no idc about paid or free cuz in the end a stream is a stream)and like some people were saying otherwise, no HVNM isnt a flop (ignoring drake's standards) it has a few top 10s and the number 1 single still doing great in US/Canada etc. and look how i said all of this without putting an artists down or calling them a flop/they are over
Check the charts for UVST vs Honestly Nevermind. Honestly Nevermind outperformed it badly in Europe.
Counting all countries in the world, Drake is bigger even TODAY. - Jul 29, 2022·1 replyZack From The Six
Check the charts for UVST vs Honestly Nevermind. Honestly Nevermind outperformed it badly in Europe.
Counting all countries in the world, Drake is bigger even TODAY.Now compare the 2 albums in North America, Central America, South America, and The Caribbean.
- Jul 29, 2022·1 replyKayTray
Now compare the 2 albums in North America, Central America, South America, and The Caribbean.
Why should I compare them in USA when Drake is bigger than him over there? When Drake doesn't drop surprise experimental house albums he's doing 613K first week. Something Bad Bunny only can dream of doing.
Drake is bigger than Bad Bunny in USA, Africa, Australia, NZ and Europe. Now do the math.
- Jul 29, 2022·2 repliesRENAISSANCEthegreatdivine
US Apple Music (after 8 hours):
6. I'M THAT GIRL (+13)
7. BREAK MY SOUL (+3)
12. COZY (+37)
13. ALIEN SUPERSTAR (+44)
20. CUFF IT (+68)
22. CHURCH GIRL (+87)
24. ENERGY (+89)
29. PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA (+156)
38. VIRGO'S GROOVE (NEW)
40. THIQUE (NEW)
46. MOVE (NEW)
47. HEATED (NEW)
49. PURE/HONEY (NEW)
62. AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM (NEW)
66. ALL UP IN YOUR MIND (NEW)
67. SUMMER RENAISSANCE (NEW)RENAISSANCE
US Apple Music (after 16 hours):
1. I'M THAT GIRL (+5)
2. ALIEN SUPERSTAR (+11)
3. COZY (+9)
4. BREAK MY SOUL (+3)
5. CUFF IT (+15)
6. CHURCH GIRL (+16)
7. ENERGY (+17)
11. PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA (+18)
12. VIRGO'S GROOVE (+26)
15. THIQUE (+25)
16. MOVE (+30)
17. HEATED (+37)
18. PURE/HONEY (+31)
21. AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM (+41)
20. ALL UP IN YOUR MIND (+46)
23. SUMMER RENAISSANCE (+44) - Jul 29, 2022·1 replyZack From The Six
Why should I compare them in USA when Drake is bigger than him over there? When Drake doesn't drop surprise experimental house albums he's doing 613K first week. Something Bad Bunny only can dream of doing.
Drake is bigger than Bad Bunny in USA, Africa, Australia, NZ and Europe. Now do the math.
You’re the one comparing the albums b. Countries aren’t points that you can just give to one artist. The global streams are in Un Verano Sin Ti’s favor. Stop doing mental gymnastics.
- Jul 29, 2022·1 replyKayTray
It has sold well over 2.5 million copies in the US, and it has platinum singles. How is that not a breakthrough?
You give me a headache
I've already given you enough examples of what I'm saying for you to use your common sense to understand it. TML did almost half a million first week. It scored multiple hits and moved millions of units. Yet, people still identify Take Care as Drake's breakthrough album. Go figure.
- Jul 29, 2022·1 replyKayTray
You’re the one comparing the albums b. Countries aren’t points that you can just give to one artist. The global streams are in Un Verano Sin Ti’s favor. Stop doing mental gymnastics.
''YOU CANT USE THE CHARTS ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR ANYTHING, THEY DONT MEAN S***!!!!!''
That's what you wrote. Check all the charts worldwide. Bunny album didn't do much in a lot of countries.
- Jul 29, 2022After Hours
Bad Bunny is being dominant in a lot more countries than just US lol
Mention these countries and the numbers he's doing there.
- Jul 29, 2022After Hours
he might be overall. but this year, this month, this day, rn, bad bunny is the bigger artist in the world. we didnt see CLB or HNVM having the longevity UVST is having rn ww. its smashing on spotify, AM, and even Youtube. its still doing like 40M streams WW on spotify alone, imagine how much its doing WW with all of its platforms. (and no idc about paid or free cuz in the end a stream is a stream)and like some people were saying otherwise, no HVNM isnt a flop (ignoring drake's standards) it has a few top 10s and the number 1 single still doing great in US/Canada etc. and look how i said all of this without putting an artists down or calling them a flop/they are over
Drake basically jayz in 2007 now, we gonna see artist come through and do huge numbers and then fell off and drake will remain. So many huge artist have came through the drake era fell off sales wise. Lady Gaga, Katy perry, Bruno mars, Ed, fetty wop, post Malone, Kendrick, (Adele next album might sell under 500k first week), Justin Bieber, bad bunny and Doja (TBD) and many more artist.
Jul 29, 2022·1 reply
- Jul 29, 2022thegreatdivine
I've already given you enough examples of what I'm saying for you to use your common sense to understand it. TML did almost half a million first week. It scored multiple hits and moved millions of units. Yet, people still identify Take Care as Drake's breakthrough album. Go figure.
Just cause TML sucks doesn’t mean it wasn’t his breakthrough
Y’all really got me comparing a classic like YHLQMDLG to TML man. I’m gonna throw up.
- Jul 29, 2022·4 replies
Bad bunny can’t be the biggest rapper in the world when he doesn’t have the culture in a choke hold. Drake has the rap game and urban culture in a choke hold. Drake brand is way bigger. No one hip hop is tryna sound or look like bad bunny. Nobody will bring up bad bunny in rap debate in the barbershop either.
Jul 29, 2022RENAISSANCEthegreatdivineUS Apple Music (after 16 hours):
1. I'M THAT GIRL (+5)
2. ALIEN SUPERSTAR (+11)
3. COZY (+9)
4. BREAK MY SOUL (+3)
5. CUFF IT (+15)
6. CHURCH GIRL (+16)
7. ENERGY (+17)
11. PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA (+18)
12. VIRGO'S GROOVE (+26)
15. THIQUE (+25)
16. MOVE (+30)
17. HEATED (+37)
18. PURE/HONEY (+31)
21. AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM (+41)
20. ALL UP IN YOUR MIND (+46)
23. SUMMER RENAISSANCE (+44)She witnessed the height of the physical era with Destiny’s Child, her longevity is insane.
- Jul 29, 2022·1 replyZack From The Six
''YOU CANT USE THE CHARTS ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR ANYTHING, THEY DONT MEAN S***!!!!!''
That's what you wrote. Check all the charts worldwide. Bunny album didn't do much in a lot of countries.
Drake album didn’t do anything in a lot of countries either man. Why would a Bad Bunny album do well in Iran or Egypt? He clearly doesn’t need it. Isolating countries doesn’t mean anything when you can just look at the global numbers.
- Jul 29, 2022·1 reply
Eminem was bigger than jayz in 99-02 but everyone knew jayz was the king of hip hop and he had the culture on lock. Everyone wearing rocawear and jerseys etc. Then he told everyone to stop wearing jerseys and they did.
- Jul 29, 2022·1 replyKayTray
Drake album didn’t do anything in a lot of countries either man. Why would a Bad Bunny album do well in Iran or Egypt? He clearly doesn’t need it. Isolating countries doesn’t mean anything when you can just look at the global numbers.
You say it didn't do much yet it still destroyed Bad Bunny album all over Europe.
Also, you are comparing Bad Bunny's mainstream sounding album to an experimental house album. Compare it to CLB and you'll see the massive difference.