streaming is factored into first week sales though

who likes latto like this?

Drake/Nicki/Kendrick/Future/Cole are the last rap mega stars we're ever gonna get. They either can't or don't want to develop new ones.

The music industry is cooked. A lot of the entertainment industry in general is cooked. Try to find music you enjoy and not worry about the numbers.

lil baby

You're not getting it

It is, but that does not take into account the behavior of listeners

It would take 150 MILLION STREAMS to 'sell' 100k. So imagine, how many streams it would take to constitute one whole sale.

Most people, aside from her fans, are only streaming an album once or twice, if at all.

So if her fanbase is full of young people who are streaming her album, why would the 1st week sale figure tell you much?

what hype bro

nobody is playing latto be serious. They not even playing her song with drake

This thread would fit sexxy redd a whole lot more cuz they don't Even hype latto up all that much in the mainstream whereas they treat sexxy like a superstar and her sales minuscule af compared to how they promote her

I didn't ask that question to suggest that there isn't anyone, so yeah of course lil baby.

But the list is incredibly short.

Labels are starting to prioritize post release more with artists budgets, and that's a direct correlation to them realizing that 1st week sales numbers are pretty archaic.

if you only playing an album one time in a week you clearly didnt like it ☠️

They literally blaming latto for the drake song flopping does that sound like someone they hyping?

maybe they dont because even the album replies are pretty low considering. its probably the promotion making her seem bigger than she is.

No one playing Latto is just wrong

You think this is just some made up number?

Accusing op of testing the waters on ktt2 prior to making a decision on latto is high key hilarious

i was trying to avoid bringing bro up but it’s pretty hilarious ngl lmao

no talk about the drake stimmy for awhile now

even the replies on that post were disappointed with the number

not being literal lol. but latto is not some huge rapper. She is doing decent numbers for her.

That does little to dissuade my point

That just means people are slow to grasp what's happening in the business

How many albums did they expect for her to 'sell'?

Hundreds of Millions of streams for her with singles like Put it On The Floor, etc. is a win for her

this applies to ltiterally every rap girlie atm

I do not think Latto is some huge artist 😂

That was not the point

The point simply is that her streaming numbers tell you way more than some archaic 1st week sales number

That’s just not true at all.

The biggest artists still are the ones that have the highest first weeks.

And nowadays, most albums don’t sell steadily over time. They usually peak out and then have a fast decline over the following weeks and months.

It’s literally common sense that labels want their artists to have high first week sales, it’s why we see so many artists doing the physical variants and whatever other gimmick is hot at the moment

That’s cause she’s an escort disguised as a rapper

here y’all go

I have not heard anyone like this album and i have hardly heard anything about the album just some corny clips she been releasing on twitter or whatever. The sales being low make sense. Now ice spice? Thats what this thread shld be about