Does Adeles skin color have anything to do with her high record sales?

[feelosofer]

Breh she's outselling most white people period. Would she do those numbers if she was Black? Of course not.

Clowns always bring up Jazmine Sullivan or Jill Scott in these Adele discussions. What was the last Jill or Jazmine album you all purchased? I'll wait. You all have to dead this ___________ sells just because they are white. There are tons of white R&B and rap artists that never make it out of the gate. More so rappers. By y'all logic some cac like T-Bo should have been selling millions.

Jazmine Sullivan is one of the best singers of the past decade. I have all her albums. Her issue is that she bankrolls own music and a result she can't afford to get the best producers.

 

[Another Man]

Okay let me give you truth serums



Bruno mars who is not white is doing major number, he just dropped one of the GOAT Albums with with 24k

He had great song writing
Great beats
He hit homeruns with his lead tracks.
24k was a uptown funk remake
Versace on the floor was classic
That's what I like was a homerun

Even the tracks that never made to the radio was great

This is what people arent getting in here. To be a superstar, you gotta have that IT factor. Race can only put you so far ahead in the biz, then its a matter of your talent, looks, showmanship, and overall marketability. Do you appeal to the avg joe or jane? No? Then you wont reach superstar status, regardless of race.

 

[Gold]

Didn't Adele retire or some shti?

 

[Fandroid]

Eminem is the best selling rapper of all time.

Think about that.

 

[ShadowBroker]

Meh. My problem with Adele is she is not necessarily "raw talent". Adele is literally a product of a "hit factory", the BRIT School of Performing Arts. Hence why she sounds like: Marsha Ambrosois, Leona Lewis, Jessie J, Amy Winehouse...they all sound like they had the same vocal coaches because they did. A school created by the government and funded by the British record industry, lol. They were manufactured at a school teaching them how to sing like "Black Americans". And we eat that shyt up every.damn.time , comparing our naturally gifted Black people against robotic, mediocre whites who were TRAINED to sound like US.

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

Okay let me give you truth serums



Bruno mars who is not white is doing major number, he just dropped one of the GOAT Albums with with 24k

He had great song writing
Great beats
He hit homeruns with his lead tracks.
24k was a uptown funk remake
Versace on the floor was classic
That's what I like was a homerun

Even the tracks that never made to the radio was great

Yeah Bruno Mars is legit.

Songwriting, singing, overall stage performance, etc.

He earned his for sure

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

What's the difference between Chris brown and Bobby brown, neither can sing. Matter of fact Chris brown > Al B sure.

Chris is just an updated version of bobby brown without the classic album.

 

[ultraflexed]

Chris is just an updated version of bobby brown without the classic album.

Chris B definitely has more range
And there is no difference between the 2
Bobby B's drug problem had overtaken his career a lot sooner

 

[Big Boss]

 

[Kenyan West]

It has alot to do with it. Gotta keep it a buck. She makes quality music, but if she was not white, she'd be mid tier with the sales.

 

[FcKuPaYmE]

Yeah. Isnt this obvious.

Not taking away anything from her but yes her being white has alot to do with it. If you think otherwise you are either white or fukking retarded.

 

[The Exchanges]

All I know is that that bih will mutombo your shyt out of the #1 slot for a whole season.


I don't know who she appeals to, where her stans are but, she got a crazy voice.

She white and across the waters so that combination alone with her voice means she can do numbers.

I don't think jazmine Sullivan has that international buzz.

 

[Dushane Hill]

Funny thing about Adele is she actually grew up in black neighbourhoods

 

[Friskies]

Funny thing about Adele is she actually grew up in black neighbourhoods

Didn't know that. Do black British have a unique accent like black Americans?

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

Yes she's a great singer but if she was black would she still sell as much ????


I'm just asking because of these comments got me thinking

nikka really took my post with a full explanation and edited it to fit the bill.

I clearly said it’s not the only reason. And I also was answering why Adele sells physicals vs Beyoncé and the rest of the industry not being able to

has nothing to do with being white why she SELLS. why she wins all the awards and gets her dikk sucked, yes.. but not sales

Adele is in a category that the industry forget.. the category is "fukk what you look like, can you sing this ballad bytch"

while you have 150 artists competing with pop hits, dancing, looking sexy, etc etc etc... adele is in her own lane. she's fat. doesn't look like a model. doesn't dance. doesn't rely on any of that shyt. she steps to a mic and sings her heart out. NOW YOU MAY SAY SHE CAN'T SING.. but it's 2017. with technology and engineering, she can sing. and she's singing the type of songs that older people like. you ain't selling no 51 million albums with no black people supporting

well there's a whole age group, 30s and up, who actually miss that music. when people didn't have to look like an IG thot to get a record deal. think of how many black LEGENDS we would not have today, cause they didn't look the part and didn't flaunt it all around. like breh said before, look at tina turner. then look at someone like aretha franklin. we got 150 turners and no fukking aretha's

putting that all together... the older generations ain't streaming. i keep telling people streaming is ABOUT to pass physical sales for the first time ever.. it hasn't yet and when it does, it ain't gonna be by much. until all the old people die off, that shyt ain't gonna change much.

i get what you're saying.. and what i said is her whiteness is not why she sells actual albums vs streaming

katie perry can't put up adele numbers either... eminem can't... sam smith can't... taylor swift can't.. britney spears did on her very first album... but adele still outsold her by 11 million albums.. and that was when there was no streaming and records was selling out the ass vs 3 years ago for adele

as a matter of fact... and yes i'm looking all these up, i'm not her fan.... but..... adele's 21 album is the highest selling album OF ALL TIME, for a white female artist, worldwide.. just stop and think about that. in an era where illegal downloads and streaming have crushed album sales.. in a world where MJ sold 60 million WW of thriller in the 80s... adele just did 31 million WW in the 2010s


if it was that easy... all these white bytches would be out here selling plat at least. they can't even do that.. these white artists can't even outsell B and Rhi... let alone do 31 million off their whiteness. its a little more going into it than "oh she's white"