Yep. Not true period for first week numbers, only applies to RIAA certification.
Kendrick sells only 286k first week….Flop?
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Yep! That’s how Outkast went Diamond so fast. Without physical copies artists can’t do this anymore though.
I can agree with all of this. If you just compare it to the prior album, which is generally the most important information to determine whether an album flopped or not, it looks like a flop since it did 60% of what Damn did, but if you say that Damn was just an aberration, then it is on par with TPAB and thus not a flop.
The first week isn’t a flop but if this has like 70% drop in the second week with no songs becoming hits then it will be a flop overall
I really don’t understand why he gave us this shyt. Other than he’s completely out of touch.
Someone on here had the theory about the time and wanting to sound more experimental to meet the hype.
Damn wasn’t an aberration. It was a response to publics reception to TPAB.
The first week numbers.
That’s what he’s capable of if he drops music people want to hear and replay
That’s what he’s capable of if he abandons the style of music he typically employs and takes a more commercial/pop friendly approach.
No not typically. section 80/good Kidd don’t sound like TPAB.
TPAB was an experiment that didn’t work, he acknowledged that and came back out a better project. I don’t know what this new album is tho
Renegade47
Superstar
Kendrick fans have failed him
why are you guys not supporting the album? shyt should of been cleared 500k by now
kendrick fans are supporting him. what give artists big sell numbers are casual fans. majority of them did not know he dropped an album. no lead single 2 weeks to a month before release. no video for the single. no promo tour etc. he doesnt really need a promo tour anymore but not doing pre marketing for the album is why he didnt do 450k. which makes sense because this is his last album under tde. idk if its his last with interscope or aftermath and he strictly going with pg lang either way the promo for this was lacking. love the album he has a hit with die hard but the bulk of the album isnt going to draw casuals to it only his die hard fans are going to love this album.
Spotify numbers show N95 is the most played song m. It literally doubled every song that’s on the second disc by more than 7 million plays. No song on the 2nd disc has more than 9 million plays.
N95 is the hit.
i feel like this album reception will be more kin to TPAB.
King Kunta and alright are the only songs with more than a 100 million on there. That’s shocking.
N95 is the hit.
i feel like this album reception will be more kin to TPAB.
King Kunta and alright are the only songs with more than a 100 million on there. That’s shocking.
Can we please stop the “single” and “no marketing” narrative right now?
Kendrick creates PGLand website and announced he’s leaving TDE and that his new album will be coming soon, announced new flows coming soon on family ties, changed folders and announced the date of his album and the heart is coming, released the heart and so many people were watching it on YouTube, YouTube couldn’t keep up with the views and likes, so many people were watching it an error occurred and you couldn’t watch it. That’s the condensed version. Kendricks image is him being mysterious.
Thats his marketing strategy
if you take away bundles and physicals his numbers are basically the same with Damn.
The numbers he’s doing are great! There’s no need for the extras
Piff Perkins
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He didn't acknowledge that. And I'd argue he's where he is rn in part due to that album getting him in spaces and places a rapper wouldn't normally be in. It was an amazing, important record that launched successful careers for multiple artists who played on it. Him going in another direction afterwards is what he said it was: not making the same album twice. Pre-Mr. Morale I would have said he got his art rap shyt out the way and could just do whatever he wants. I didn't expect him to do it again (just with a different sound).
In terms of sales it's basically what I predicted. Depends on the single...and he didn't have one. I think it'll end up closer to 350k given how steady the streams seem to be. We'll see. I think the team has to ask themselves whether not using the best label's machine for promo, not having a single, and not having physical copies was worth the "mystique" of not having anything leak. I don't think it was but end of the day I don't think Kendrick cares whether he does 330k or 400k.
Was Damn his most commercial/pop friendly/mainstream album to date?
BTS?
