TheFader

1y

It’s marginal when you consider where they both started in streaming units. 219K vs. 130K. With the hits removed, it’s an 80% drop vs. an 88% drop.

Which is why some of us have been calling BOTH albums flops yet y’all don’t wanna concede that $$$4U is one

iHype

1y

45k would still be top 10. 15k would be struggling to stay top 50. That is a notable difference in performance.

And you’re bringing up how $$$ had a much higher first week streaming despite not having pre-release hits prior. Doesn’t help HUT/Weeknd case of relying on hits moreso.

TheFader

1y

56K after two months is abysmal no matter how you try and slice it. There are year plus old records in the Top 10 doing 45K weekly

iHype

1y

If it’s abysmal why are the only examples you can find that did better all colossal smash albums? Point out other flops or average performing albums that was doing these numbers

iHype

1y

If it’s abysmal why are the only examples you can find that did better all colossal smash albums? Point out other flops or average performing albums that was doing these numbers

iHype

1y

For example, I can point out the C-list Tate McRae with an album that has no big hits is outdoing Weeknd weekly.

Where the C-list artists with average performing albums that are pulling $$ numbers weekly??

mov

1y

iHype still itt talking about Nav and The Weeknd

Unemployed

TheFader

1y

Why are C-list artists getting the same sales expectations as Drake?

Gosh

1y

My auntie is a man now

iHype

1y

That’s pretty standard for an album with a high charting hit.

Timeless is responsible for over 33% of Hurry Up Tomorrow’s units last week for comparison. Weeknd’s 21 other songs did barely 15k units combined.

iHype

1y

Cause when someone is doing “abysmal” that would imply the numbers they are doing are numbers that even lower-tier artists can pull

iHype

1y

Cause when someone is doing “abysmal” that would imply the numbers they are doing are numbers that even lower-tier artists can pull

TheFader

1y

56K after two months is abysmal no matter how you try and slice it. There are year plus old records in the Top 10 doing 45K weekly

TheFader

1y

Or maybe like a lot of things in life it’s not a black and white topic and there’s context based on the artists being discussed.

If Taylor Swift drops an album tomorrow and sells 100K, that would be objectively terrible for HER, even if that’s still a higher total than 90% of artists

iHype

1y

Week 8:
$$ - 57k projected
Her Loss - 50k

Nigga he’s outdoing numbers HE DID prior at this point, and they’re “abysmal for his standards”

TheFader

1y

But when niggas said MUSIC outdid WLR by a lot, your argument was “the total number of streaming users has grown since 2020 so it’s still a flop”

iHype

1y

Week 8:
$$ - 57k projected
Her Loss - 50k

Nigga he’s outdoing numbers HE DID prior at this point, and they’re “abysmal for his standards”

iHype

1y

Except he is outdoing his own past albums at the 8 week mark

You just were talking out your ass and didn’t expect it to catch back up with you. The receipts are out now

iHype

1y

Ahh, deflection stage.

Find the post where I said that. If you can’t I will repeatedly circle back to this until you do

Gosh

1y

Nobody ever says "Wow Her Loss had a monster 8th week"

Drakes success has never been dictated by the 8th week of a random album, its from his total numbers from all his projects and back catalog

So simply saying "Look at the 8th week of both these albums it must be a success" is no the full story

TheFader

1y

Nigga you definitely said that I’m just not scrolling through hundreds of pages to find it

iHype

1y

Haven’t spoke on Carti’s numbers at all.

But nah, we not letting this go now. Find the post now since you ain’t making this up