Joey Badass Says First Week Sales Don’t Matter No More
- Thread starter BK The Great
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Hes right tho
bourgeoisie tall freak
Superstar
especially when you can flip it into movie money 
Patrick Kane
Superstar
He’s right.
Someone like Larry June for example doesn’t do “big numbers” sales wise but he’s been on tour all summer and fall throughout North America (I was at the Toronto show), Europe and now Asia. His show here in the city was PACKED and from what I’m seeing on his IG, every city is doing numbers, many selling out.
He definitely gonna clear a few millions from just touring and I’m sure Joey can do the same whenever he want because they got built in fan bases who will support them now. It’s many rappers that were poppin just 5 years ago that couldn’t sell out or do a tour because they don’t have the fans that truly support them, despite inflated streaming numbers.
Someone like Larry June for example doesn’t do “big numbers” sales wise but he’s been on tour all summer and fall throughout North America (I was at the Toronto show), Europe and now Asia. His show here in the city was PACKED and from what I’m seeing on his IG, every city is doing numbers, many selling out.
He definitely gonna clear a few millions from just touring and I’m sure Joey can do the same whenever he want because they got built in fan bases who will support them now. It’s many rappers that were poppin just 5 years ago that couldn’t sell out or do a tour because they don’t have the fans that truly support them, despite inflated streaming numbers.
Piff Perkins
Veteran
I disagree. The first week is a measuring stick of a lot of things for major label or noteworthy artist releases. The stream numbers are directly related to consumption: how much are people listening to your album. We see drops in streams towards the end of first weeks because people tuned in to a big record, didn't find much or anything they liked, and moved on. Or we see streams build and build because people tuned in and found multiple tracks they like.
It's a good measurement of casual interest and casual appeal for albums. If you're someone like Joey Badass your album is largely going to only be consumed by your fanbase, which means smaller numbers. In his case, I don't think he cares because he knows his tour is going to sell out to the same people who streamed or bought the album. Whereas the casual listeners bumping a few Ken Carson tracks have zero interest in going to a show.
It's a good measurement of casual interest and casual appeal for albums. If you're someone like Joey Badass your album is largely going to only be consumed by your fanbase, which means smaller numbers. In his case, I don't think he cares because he knows his tour is going to sell out to the same people who streamed or bought the album. Whereas the casual listeners bumping a few Ken Carson tracks have zero interest in going to a show.
TaxCollector13459
2018 Coli Rookie of the Year
It’s a good indicator that your team was doing they job imo. Your promotion rollout was on point, your material caught the fans attention
Plus, bra wouldn’t be saying it if his first week numbers was jumpin
Edit It’s a good measuring stick for the tier 1 artists tho
Plus, bra wouldn’t be saying it if his first week numbers was jumpin
Edit It’s a good measuring stick for the tier 1 artists tho
Tribal Outkast
Veteran
Everybody need to get on the same page with this. He’s 100% right
Why he so mad tho.
Renegade47
Superstar
he's right. because only a handful of people are getting 100k sell equivalent first week.
smart dumb assessment #157038
He's wrong.
