Drake sold 850k first week

[Gobzilla]

momma hit my phone and said raps no good

better than her tellin me the checks no good

 

[Ayo]

Bro they get paid $0.006 and $0.0084 per stream and the label takes of that $0.001128.

Exactly. Nikkas love believing the rented Rolls Royce hype.

 

[Ayo]

Maybe y'all don't realize but we live in a digital age & artists get paid off of streams

Maybe you don't realize that artists make shyt off of digital sales. They always made shyt off their physical sales. And most of their money is made on the road doing shows.

A album is a way to keep the touring/road show going. The more successful an artist is the more money they will make off album sales etc. Someone will gift them a writing credit even though they didnt do shyt. A little more publishing. Maybe the label will throw them a token label where they can make a little more off of artists. But by in large the distributors are the one making the real $$$$$$$$$. Gigantic artists like Jay-Z will negotiate killer distribution deals.

But the reality is that 98% of the industry is getting fukked.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

.......................

 

[It is a mystery]

with no hush or qm
We did it

850k is impressive for a 2016 rap album tho

 

[Mike Otherz]

You sounding real feminine right now

Beyonce is more masculine than drake though. I feel I can use her to check him.

 

[OfTheCross]

HITS Daily Double : Rumor Mill - CHART STORY: VIEWS FROM THE TOP


6ix

Rumor mill tho...

 

[WickedGames]

But you can't just diss and come tell man sorry

 

[big_controversy]

Maybe you don't realize that artists make shyt off of digital sales. They always made shyt off their physical sales. And most of their money is made on the road doing shows.

A album is a way to keep the touring/road show going. The more successful an artist is the more money they will make off album sales etc. Someone will gift them a writing credit even though they didnt do shyt. A little more publishing. Maybe the label will throw them a token label where they can make a little more off of artists. But by in large the distributors are the one making the real $$$$$$$$$. Gigantic artists like Jay-Z will negotiate killer distribution deals.

But the reality is that 98% of the industry is getting fukked.

That's essentially the premise of Joe Budden's rant

But the formula is the formula at this point

 

[Jekyll]

Those just spotify numbers right? Drake got paid up front for this Apple exclusivity and likely had a much better rate for this album.

 

[Still FloW]

grown ass men really hurt and in their feelings cause Drake selling

you nikkas lost souls lol, the boy not stopping