I'll just quote something I posted before in another thread:
"That's how Jay-z managed to get 11 #1 albums in a row too. But people are acting like it's not an accomplishment that Pac got so many people to buy his albums after his death, like they were forced to or something. Like any other artist that died ever had enough quality material left for all their fans to buy millions of albums with new material. Once the quality drops below a certain point, people will stop buying except harcore collectors and you won't sell much. Pac's Life proved that point.
It's just a myth that Pac has sold into the dozens of millions because of the hype of his death. He sold that much because he worked so hard that there was enough quality material left for many albums to be released after his death and the target audience and fanbase that he had built during his lifetime (the same one that bought AEOM) bought all those albums. That's the exact same way that a living artist garners sales as well..
It's a myth that Pac started selling millions more after his death than during his lifetime. He had just reached a new level of fame during his lifetime and was about to sell more than he did with his first few albums with each new consecutive album. That's how all artists pre-internet and even now often get on. It's not usual to go multi-platinum on your debut. Snoop could sell that much because of his exposure on The Chronic. Eminem partly because of exposure from 2001 etc.
Just because Pac died right after he had reached a whole new audience for him to target, doesn't mean the hype of his death created those sales.
Here's a telling FACT: All Eyez On Me (released while he was alive) sold more in its first two months than did Killuminati in its first two months, and that's even taking into account that AEOM was a double album and only sold half of its certifications. You tell me what you're basing the claims of his hyped up sales on..
This happened much more with Biggie's LAD than with Pac's albums. I thought numbers didn't lie to you guys?"
Also, it's silly to compare Jay's first albums with Pac's first albums as they were released in different times and they came up in different ways. How 'bout just comparing Jay's peak years to Pac's sales then. Even when Pac was already dead he outsold Jay-z between 1996-2002 when Jay was peaking. Without being there to promote his albums, with material recorded years before and, again, without selling more per album than he already did with AEOM or was on pace to do (when compared to Greatest Hits), Pac still sold more cd's than Jay-Z during his glory years. Meanwhile Pac hasn't been able to release an album in years and Jay-Z still hasn't caught up with him.
Those numbers don't lie.
"That's how Jay-z managed to get 11 #1 albums in a row too. But people are acting like it's not an accomplishment that Pac got so many people to buy his albums after his death, like they were forced to or something. Like any other artist that died ever had enough quality material left for all their fans to buy millions of albums with new material. Once the quality drops below a certain point, people will stop buying except harcore collectors and you won't sell much. Pac's Life proved that point.
It's just a myth that Pac has sold into the dozens of millions because of the hype of his death. He sold that much because he worked so hard that there was enough quality material left for many albums to be released after his death and the target audience and fanbase that he had built during his lifetime (the same one that bought AEOM) bought all those albums. That's the exact same way that a living artist garners sales as well..
It's a myth that Pac started selling millions more after his death than during his lifetime. He had just reached a new level of fame during his lifetime and was about to sell more than he did with his first few albums with each new consecutive album. That's how all artists pre-internet and even now often get on. It's not usual to go multi-platinum on your debut. Snoop could sell that much because of his exposure on The Chronic. Eminem partly because of exposure from 2001 etc.
Just because Pac died right after he had reached a whole new audience for him to target, doesn't mean the hype of his death created those sales.
Here's a telling FACT: All Eyez On Me (released while he was alive) sold more in its first two months than did Killuminati in its first two months, and that's even taking into account that AEOM was a double album and only sold half of its certifications. You tell me what you're basing the claims of his hyped up sales on..
This happened much more with Biggie's LAD than with Pac's albums. I thought numbers didn't lie to you guys?"
Also, it's silly to compare Jay's first albums with Pac's first albums as they were released in different times and they came up in different ways. How 'bout just comparing Jay's peak years to Pac's sales then. Even when Pac was already dead he outsold Jay-z between 1996-2002 when Jay was peaking. Without being there to promote his albums, with material recorded years before and, again, without selling more per album than he already did with AEOM or was on pace to do (when compared to Greatest Hits), Pac still sold more cd's than Jay-Z during his glory years. Meanwhile Pac hasn't been able to release an album in years and Jay-Z still hasn't caught up with him.
Those numbers don't lie.
Pac.
Verifiable source should be easy to come by then...
He didn't even sell 10 mill stateside, as for the other 25.7 you gonna need to holla @
that's a HUGE increase in sales....Seems like the exact same effect to me