Damn... Check These First Week Sales Numbers...

[DaveyDave]

i don't really care about sales these days. as long as the artists can get paid from touring etc then they will be happy to keep putting music out and i buy what i can when i can i still like collecting cd's but i am gonna have to start buying on itunes, when the prices get better or when they really start phasing cd's out

 

[Rekorb]

Signed to Empire.

Empire Distribution - Wikipedia

Its a distribution deal.

Mozzy is still waiting to be signed, and so far he only dropped 2 albums through Empire.

 

[Doomsday]

Empire Distribution - Wikipedia

Its a distribution deal.

Mozzy is still waiting to be signed, and so far he only dropped 2 albums through Empire.

They are a subsidiary of Universal. They are "hidden" record label. They don't just distribute, they do all the things that a typical label does they just roll with the "indy" trend for the sheep to eat up.

 

[1thouwow]

they make the same off streams that they do off of selling records the old way

 

[666 ReVeNGe 666]

Never thought mumbling incoherently while holding a sippy cup would get you rich

Weezy did it first

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

Weezy did it first

Nope.
Weezy dont mumble breh

 

[Deltron]

damn, Budden sold more than Snoop...never thought I'd see the day (even if it's just first week and about 200 or so more)

 

[CrimsonTider]

Look at streaming equivelants

 

[Rekorb]

They are a subsidiary of Universal. They are "hidden" record label. They don't just distribute, they do all the things that a typical label does they just roll with the "indy" trend for the sheep to eat up.

I was messing with Mozzy before he signed a distribution deal with this Koch like label.

And Mozzy only put out 2 albums through Empire, even Young Dolph and Rich Homie Quan put music out through Empire.

Budden puts his music out through E1, what would you consider him?

 

[666 ReVeNGe 666]

Nope.
Weezy dont mumble breh

He's had songs where he mumbled during the syrup, autotune weezy phase and these new rappers took it and ran.

 

[1thouwow]

Look at streaming equivelants

 

[L&HH]

This.

They had to come up with another way to count "sales" because people aren't buying albums anymore. But the streams shyt is corny. I want to know that someone went out and actually bought my album. These dudes make literally pennies off of streams. They're giving out gold and platinum plaques now for streams because albums barely get to 500K now. It's a joke.

You realize they came up with the streaming album equivalent number based on how many streams equal a traditional sale? They make $0.006-$0.008 per stream and 1500 streams is equivalent to one album sale. If you multiply $0.007 by 1500 you'll get $10 which is the same as a digital itunes sale.

You guys are stuck in the past, there's still a lot of money in music maybe not what it once was but there's still a lot of money. Budden just bought a pretty nice crib from the money he's still making from music (or he still got a lot of that pump it up money?)

 

[Awesome Wells]

they make the same off streams that they do off of selling records the old way

Publishing doesn't allow for them to make the same as before, because the revenue from streams is nowhere near where it was before with physical copies being sold. They're not seeing anywhere close to the same money from streams. In the late 90's, the standard net value of a "certified" platinum project for labels, was around $10M. They've seen a 85% decline in revenue in comparison to what streams of that quantity bring in today. And they're not going to distribute funds to the artist before they get back what they need first. So artists are barely getting anything from it.

 

[Awesome Wells]

You realize they came up with the streaming album equivalent number based on how many streams equal a traditional sale? They make $0.006-$0.008 per stream and 1500 streams is equivalent to one album sale. If you multiply $0.007 by 1500 you'll get $10 which is the same as a digital itunes sale.

You guys are stuck in the past, there's still a lot of money in music maybe not what it once was but there's still a lot of money. Budden just bought a pretty nice crib from the money he's still making from music (or he still got a lot of that pump it up money?)

It's not about being stuck in the past. For those of us who've been around long enough to compare, and who've made money, you know there's a huge difference in the money that was being made back then and now. There's way less money being made today because sales are down crazy. People don't buy albums anymore the way they used to. So streams are never going to make you or the label, what they did before when physical or even digital copies were the standard for "sales". It's just common knowledge.

 

[Crab Judah]

Did Fat Joe & Remy really sell 5k first week?