Yea but you had to buy the cd to get the merch. These kids are buying posters and other collector items, their computers, if they even use them, don’t even have cds nowadays.
I have siblings and nieces and nephews.
As far as Rodrigo goes that was most likely all digital
I mean all that is cool but it doesn't change the fact that other genres are moving more physical copies than rappers.
Not even sure what the disagreement is about at this point.
And as far as Olivia Rodrigo, probably not. As
@Rozay Oro said several places have "limited edition" vinyl versions of the album.
They still count merch units you just have to ship it the same week
You cats keep using the term "merch" which was what Travis Scott did. Buy a hoodie, get the album "free".
Twice sold a CD with merch included (poster, pics, etc.) with it. It's apples and oranges.
Yeah I find it odd that physical albums are bought at all, not the other way around …The only device I even own that has a disc drive is a ps5 and an old ass laptop I haven’t turned on in like a year…shyt is very obviously a dead medium…what the fukk kinda weirdo is buying a physical copy of music nowadays? Like I can only imagine some 50 year old dressed like Spice Adam’s “old head” character with a big ass Bluetooth in their ear and some sandals walking into a, shyt I deadass don’t know where CDs are sold now…Best Buy still got them?
Vinyl has been outselling CDs for a while. And has made a resurgence among younger people, which is how random ass pop acts like Twice, Olivia Rodrigo, and Taylor Swift are doing so much in physical sales.
Taylor Swift’s ‘Evermore’ Breaks Modern-Era Record for Biggest Vinyl Album Sales Week
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