Oct 11, 2023
Big DogDelusional. Like why are you people like this lmao. When has cole ever been close? Never. So why even assume this
He did 282k with a 12 track album and there's insane hype for his new project. He's definitely gonna come close
Oct 11, 2023·1 replyBig DogARE YOU STUPID???????? Future, JAY Z, 21 Savage, Giveon, Young Thug, Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Travis scott, Lil wayne, rick ross, KID CUDI????
SZA and Bad Bunny are way more valuable features.
if you listen to Future, Baby, Thug, 21 and Durk there's a high possibility you were already going to listen to Drake's album. The same can't be said for SZA and Bad Bunny fans.
It's the same reason why Travis' monthly listeners hit a peak after the Bad Bunny song, all his fans who would never click on a Travis song tuned in.
Oct 11, 2023·1 replymangotfluConsidering his dominance in the early 2010s that collab tape flopped + he has put outa decent amount of loosies that have all done meh
Not seen anyone hype for a new Bruno album. He has never been the type of artist that people are super excited for new music from. He's a hit artist, like the weeknd, people just don't wanna face that w/ the weeknd yet
He's about to perform 7 nights at the Tokyo Dome, first time since MJ and the Rolling Stones in the 90s. He just did a concert for 70k people in Georgia, a tiny country near Russia, last week. Also, a bunch of stadium concerts in Chile, Australia, South Korea, etc in the last months, and was the headliner of a festival in Brazil for a crowd with 100k people in SeptemberAll of this without any new album or tour, just random concerts
- Oct 11, 2023
k dog 99The only loosie he dropped was Please Me in 2019 and that peaked at #3
I still think you are just comparing Bruno Mars to the Weeknd cause they look alike lol
Not really similar careers at all
I mostly compare them cos their album sales are pretty similar, they aren't artists that do insane first weeks, they're artists that put out hits that do super well over time
- Oct 11, 2023·2 repliesMidzy
SZA and Bad Bunny are way more valuable features.
if you listen to Future, Baby, Thug, 21 and Durk there's a high possibility you were already going to listen to Drake's album. The same can't be said for SZA and Bad Bunny fans.
It's the same reason why Travis' monthly listeners hit a peak after the Bad Bunny song, all his fans who would never click on a Travis song tuned in.
This is so unimportant its insane. Lol. The CLB features 100% helped more than the FATD features.
- Oct 11, 2023·1 replycontinuum He's about to perform 7 nights at the Tokyo Dome, first time since MJ and the Rolling Stones in the 90s. He just did a concert for 70k people in Georgia, a tiny country near Russia, last week. Also, a bunch of stadium concerts in Chile, Australia, South Korea, etc in the last months, and was the headliner of a festival in Brazil for a crowd with 100k people in September
All of this without any new album or tour, just random concerts
Yeah that's great. Touring is completely separate though and not indicative of an artist's current popularity
otherwise we'd be saying U2 and Coldplay are currently more popular than SZA and Morgan Wallen
Oct 11, 2023
Dreamville109He’s absolutely not…
Worldwide is way different than USA
It’s Drake man. He ain’t done Europe/Oceania in 6 years. He would definitely sellout a stadium. Man did 6 nights in a row at the O2 in 2017 lmfao
Oct 11, 2023shaleiroseThe week prior to More Life’s release, there were a total of zero songs from Views currently charting on the Hot 100.
The week prior to Dawn FM’s release, Save Your Tears was still at #18, and Blinding Lights, although it wasn’t currently still on the chart, had just broke the record for most weeks in the Top 5, Top 10, and most overall weeks on the Hot 100 in the chart’s history.
Save Your Tears placed #2 on the Year-End Chart for 2021, and Blinding Lights was at #3. And then, Save Your Tears ended up coming in at #40 on the Year-End Chart for 2022, two entire years after that album released.
For comparison, One Dance did not chart at all on the Year-End Chart for 2017.
People were still enjoying After Hours enough by January 2022 that there wasn’t a clamor for a new Weeknd album
- CKL TML 🌺Oct 11, 2023
John MauveTbf he's not gonna f*** you either...
You dont know that buddy!!
- Oct 11, 2023Big Dog
This is so unimportant its insane. Lol. The CLB features 100% helped more than the FATD features.
They were promoted more, but the names on For All The Dogs are bigger.
SZA, Bad Bunny, and Cole dropping an album in 2023 are all clearing 250K easily.
The only artist on CLB that would clear 250K+ in 2021 is Travis
- Oct 11, 2023mangotflu
Yeah that's great. Touring is completely separate though and not indicative of an artist's current popularity
otherwise we'd be saying U2 and Coldplay are currently more popular than SZA and Morgan Wallen
You should check his streaming numbers, then
- Oct 11, 2023shaleirose
The week prior to More Life’s release, there were a total of zero songs from Views currently charting on the Hot 100.
The week prior to Dawn FM’s release, Save Your Tears was still at #18, and Blinding Lights, although it wasn’t currently still on the chart, had just broke the record for most weeks in the Top 5, Top 10, and most overall weeks on the Hot 100 in the chart’s history.
Save Your Tears placed #2 on the Year-End Chart for 2021, and Blinding Lights was at #3. And then, Save Your Tears ended up coming in at #40 on the Year-End Chart for 2022, two entire years after that album released.
For comparison, One Dance did not chart at all on the Year-End Chart for 2017.
People were still enjoying After Hours enough by January 2022 that there wasn’t a clamor for a new Weeknd album
Views sold 48k the week before ML came out
After Hours sold 16k the week 4 weeks before Dawn FM came out
bit rough to compare tbh since most people didn't stream Views, they bought it and then listened on itunes, whilst everyone streamed AH and streaming = better for hot 100. But Views was still huge at the time ML came out
- Oct 11, 2023Big Dog
This is so unimportant its insane. Lol. The CLB features 100% helped more than the FATD features.
Go learn what a crossover is you sound dumb.
- Oct 11, 2023·1 reply
Hardcore fans are the people that get you first week sales anyway, and the hardcore fans aren't the people still listening to Save Your Tears on repeat after 2 years, they're the casuals that are listening to playlists on repeat
For whatever reason The Weeknd just doesn't have many hardcore fans. He has as many as Summer Walker and less than SZA which just shows something's wrong
- Oct 11, 2023·3 replies
KTT always trying to downplay The Weeknd's success for some reason 😭
It's probably because he didn't settle with being only a Drake-adjacent act making music for a specific crowd and instead became a massive global popstar
And we know people here have a vendetta against pop music ("mall music", "soccer mom music", etc)
His song being constantly popular for years is because of "casuals that are listening to playlists" not because it's a smash hits and one of the biggest songs of the decade so far
Oct 11, 2023continuumDrake's current public image is embarrassing, especially with his lyrics, and it's turning some people off. He's not "cool". I mean, wtf is this
I agree his current public image is embarrassing but this is a good picture
- Oct 11, 2023·1 replycontinuum
KTT always trying to downplay The Weeknd's success for some reason 😭
It's probably because he didn't settle with being only a Drake-adjacent act making music for a specific crowd and instead became a massive global popstar
And we know people here have a vendetta against pop music ("mall music", "soccer mom music", etc)
His song being constantly popular for years is because of "casuals that are listening to playlists" not because it's a smash hits and one of the biggest songs of the decade so far
Probably cause he fits more into the pop mold of stars than the rapper mold this site loves
Smaller first week debuts with longevity and hits vs. high debuts with plummeting off the charts and short lived hits
Oct 11, 2023·1 replyshaleiroseIt’s all relative. For Drake, 420K off 23 songs and high profile features is not great
You saying Drake needs feature to get high streams
The same people that were gonna listen to the album irregardless of any feature were Always gonna be the same
- Oct 11, 2023continuum
Drake's current public image is embarrassing, especially with his lyrics, and it's turning some people off. He's not "cool". I mean, wtf is this
Stick to your own lane
- Oct 11, 2023·1 replymangotflu
Hardcore fans are the people that get you first week sales anyway, and the hardcore fans aren't the people still listening to Save Your Tears on repeat after 2 years, they're the casuals that are listening to playlists on repeat
For whatever reason The Weeknd just doesn't have many hardcore fans. He has as many as Summer Walker and less than SZA which just shows something's wrong
This is just blatantly untrue man, Weeknd has way more hardcore fans than damn Summer Walker. You can’t base everything on raw first week numbers, especially for artists of different genres
- Oct 11, 2023continuum
KTT always trying to downplay The Weeknd's success for some reason 😭
It's probably because he didn't settle with being only a Drake-adjacent act making music for a specific crowd and instead became a massive global popstar
And we know people here have a vendetta against pop music ("mall music", "soccer mom music", etc)
His song being constantly popular for years is because of "casuals that are listening to playlists" not because it's a smash hits and one of the biggest songs of the decade so far
Exactly. I remember until 2019 this site was so damn positive on The Weeknd.
Then he became a global superstar in 2020 and now everyday on this site someone else is trying to diminish his success. S*** is so weird.
- Oct 11, 2023·1 replyPAPI NIGGA DAVE
You saying Drake needs feature to get high streams
The same people that were gonna listen to the album irregardless of any feature were Always gonna be the same
Bro, WHERE did I say Drake needs features to get high streams?
This is what I mean when I say you Drake stans are always making up imaginary narratives
Oct 11, 2023not surprised FATD sells less than utopia
- Oct 11, 2023·1 replyk dog 99
Probably cause he fits more into the pop mold of stars than the rapper mold this site loves
Smaller first week debuts with longevity and hits vs. high debuts with plummeting off the charts and short lived hits
THANK YOU.
That is the difference between pop music and rap music nowadays.
Pop artists tend to have smaller first week numbers with much better longevity, and rap artists tend to have huge first week numbers but very short lived chart success.
Obviously there are exceptions in both groups, but some people on this site don’t seem to grasp that difference
- Oct 11, 2023·1 replyshaleirose
Bro, WHERE did I say Drake needs features to get high streams?
This is what I mean when I say you Drake stans are always making up imaginary narratives
Lmao that's what bayou clearly insinuated. 23 songs with no features woulda sold the same
