Kendrick sells only 286k first week….Flop?

[CrimsonTider]

That seems lite, no?

He’s been gone for 5 years. Rap has moved on. The huge fanbase and anticipation got him 350k.

What happens when the new car smell is gone on week 2 and 3

No rappers that has been active would’ve dropped an album like this. No one wanted this. We wanted music that we can replay

 

[mobbinfms]

Yall be saying anything.

What did I say that wasn’t factually correct?

 

[mobbinfms]

Just a few Aubrey stans who love to listen to a 40-year old man cry about prostitutes. We have a lot of fuccing retards on the site.

Are you insinuating that I’m a Drake stan?

 

[Woodrow]

That was 5 years ago breh. Cds are done

Juice WRLD did 100k+ physical last year I believe.

If I’m not mistaken, BTS moved 600k+ physical units in 2020. Taylor Smith moved 280k+ that same year.

Kendrick did 300k+ physical on TPAB as well.

Not arguing about whether CDs are viable still. You can’t dismiss physical sales when an artist’s fanbase has proven they’ll show up.

 

[mobbinfms]

What's the point of bringing up Drake? Nobody has said Kendrick is going to outsell Drake.

Damn was also his most commercial album, vs a sonic therapy program.

This isn't a flop.

That makes sense. You could argue that Damn was just an aberration and these numbers are more in line with What Kendrick normally does.

 

[mobbinfms]

That was 5 years ago breh. Cds are done

That’s a good point. Kendrick is the type of artist that is going to suffer from that also.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Are you insinuating that I’m a Drake stan?

no... have you read the thread?

 

[Rembrandt]

Are you insinuating that I’m a Drake stan?

nikkas in the booth try calling everybody a Drake fan to deflect constantly. It's hilarious

 

[ThiefyPoo]

He’s been gone for 5 years. Rap has moved on. The huge fanbase and anticipation got him 350k.

What happens when the new car smell is gone on week 2 and 3

No rappers that has been active would’ve dropped an album like this. No one wanted this. We wanted music that we can replay

I love the album and have played it 8 times already .

 

[Legalese]

Deserves an even 400k at least

 

[Animal House]

Record labels are dead wrong for how they monetize streams what scam smh

 

[Metal Face]

Kendrick fans have failed him

why are you guys not supporting the album? shyt should of been cleared 500k by now

 

[mobbinfms]

no... have you read the thread?

Ok. The poster you quoted, quoted me, so you can see why I posted what I posted.

 

[Ziggiy]

Kendrick fans have failed him

why are you guys not supporting the album? shyt should of been cleared 500k by now

350K is excellent for an album of this caliber with NO hit single proceeding it. I brought the album the MOMENT it was available on iTunes and have been streaming across Apple Music and Tidal and many Kendrick fans I know have been at least streaming nonstop.


Like I said before the album released the way streaming is set up (which isn’t fair at all) you gotta have a hit single. The Heart Part 5 was streaming so well it COULD have been Kendrick’s “This Is America” and netted him more sales but he didn’t include it on the album for whatever reason.


All rap artists who didn’t really have a single before launch suffered a sales slump.


Drake went from 720K to 600K between Scorpion and CLB

Cole went from 397k to 282k between KOD and The Offseason


Now Kendrick is doing the same


The rules of streaming are different now. Kendrick is about to have the HIGHEST first sales week of the YEAR. There’s no flop or lack of support. He’s number 1 across ALL streaming platforms.

 

[Peak]

Kendrick fans have failed him

why are you guys not supporting the album? shyt should of been cleared 500k by now

Didn't you say it would do a million first week?