How Did Jay Sell More 1st Week On MCHG Than BP3???

[Tuc2DaBoot]

Eminem yes, Wayne no. Only knock against Wayne is that every Jay Z album since '99 averages around 400K in week 1. The same can't be said about Wayne.

This is true.

Eminem has went platinum plus every time out with big first weeks. Wayne definitely was under the radar from '01-'04 compared to the artists around that time (Luda, 50, Jay, Cam, Em, etc.)

So just Em.

 

[Real]

Say what u want about Jay music. Jay is 2x more popular than he was in 09'.

The White House having a press conference about a Jay track
Blue Ivy
Jay has a story on Espn like every week now
Dude a producer on Broadway
Samsung deal
Beyonce
Every rapper, entertainer, activist & hater/fans has made him bigger than life. Ontop of the music being dope. Jay aint slowing down

Not to mention he's an executive producer on projects such as Great Gatsby.

Dude's songs are on just about every trailer it seems like

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Wider cac audience consisting of the hipsters he now caters to

 

[Canada Goose]

I can't really think of a solo artist that debuted in the 90's (any genre) that's doing these kinds of numbers with their latest release.

Technically Timberlake debuted in the Nine dees and sold more than Jay first week

And you Know Em will do similar first week numbers to this most recent Jay Z album.

And Weezy with the Carter Five


But yea, Jay, Weezy, Timberlake and Em are the only artists from last decade doing big numbers these days.

 

[etrofllenrod504]

I'm not sayin my facebook is a standard of wat people are doing but, everyone that had the album early was sayin the album was a beast I haven't heard one negative thing about the album outside the coli and "critics". I jus think people listining to they owm people/friends and buying it.

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[Da King]

He had big hits with BP3 but the overall buzz for the album wasn't anything like for this album


Watch the second week sales for thus be real :fif:

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

Such unnecessary hate.

Y'all make this shyt look effortless.

Spoiler

 

[Cladyclad]

Tbh Hov might hold it down for like 5 weeks

 

[CELL]

he's a pop artist

To an extent I can agree with this. It's just mainstream rap, you guys are acting all surprised like Jay-Z is the lyrical rapper he was in the 90s/early 2000s who spits some extra terrestrial shyt which would blow the general public away.

In actual fact this dude just piggy backs his name, spits OK verses on production. It's just like what every other mainstream, 'Hip Hop' act does nowadays. That's just the nature of the market

The album is his best since TBA.

 

[Destined-2-Shine_HNIC]

Ultimately the quality was the there and the masses picked it up. The 1 million sold/free was basically promotion in its self. If a million people downloaded it and liked it how many of them went out and picked up the physical? 100k? 50k? Pad those stats.

Add in the TV promo on major networks which never occurs for hip hop albums anymore it's easy to see how he moved 500k. It doesn't happen without a quality piece of work first.

Salute to Jay.

 

[the cac mamba]

i respect how he 'sold a million'

but i dont respect how he 'sold a milliion'

 

[Shadow King]

Are people ready to admit the "No singles" approach can be effective. Ye did 330k, Jay did 530k with no real single. Sure we heard "New Slaves and Black Skinheads" and we heard the beats from MCHG but there wasn't really that BIG Single to push it. It seems that had the reverse effect on the public and had them anticipating Ye and Jay's album more. The problem was "Yeezus" didn't hold up critical amongst the public so the numbers dipped. We'll see how Jay holds but he's already got 1.5 Million in the bank. BP3 sold 1.98 Million it's whole run.

No singles work when you're that popular.

 

[yesiambowling]

BP3 release was pushed up. He advertised the date as 9/11 but ended up releasing it on 9/08 as soon as it leaked (which was around a week before release).

The second week sales for BP3 were strong as well. FW would have been higher had he advertised 9/08 earlier.

 

[Tuc2DaBoot]

Spoiler

But Jay sold what your boy in your spoiler whole album sold in his first week.

Ether lives on.... and Takeover lives on...

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

But Jay sold what your boy in your spoiler whole album sold in his first week.

Ether lives on.... and Takeover lives on...

holla at me when Jay Basquiat is in Harvard