Rihanna ANTI is certified platinum

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NigerianDonDada said:
:mjlol::mjlol::mjlol::mjlol: artists are cheating to platinum now :russ::russ::russ:
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You guys keep laughing but urban music (albums that is) isn't selling. If this trend sustains itself I expect most artists to do exactly what JD & Memphis Bleak said on the Bclub

Drop mixtapes and singles and forget releasing retail albums.

- We saw this coming in the ringtone era.

- We saw it coming before that with the fascination/fixation of artists an R&B/POP type singles just to get fans to buy their album

Now albums only sell when you're one of the few acts who still have the machine (Nicki, Kendrick, J.Cole, Drake, Wayne) behind them or you bend over backwards with gimmicks and drama to generate interest around a project.

Keep laughing as Hip Hop is devolving
 
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Cbanks36 said:
You guys keep laughing but urban music (albums that is) isn't selling. If this trend sustains itself I expect most artists to do exactly what JD & Memphis Bleak said on the Bclub

Drop mixtapes and singles and forget releasing retail albums.

- We saw this coming in the ringtone era.

- We saw it coming before that with the fascination/fixation of artists an R&B/POP type singles just to get fans to buy their album

Now albums only sell when you're one of the few acts who still have the machine (Nicki, Kendrick, J.Cole, Drake, Wayne) behind them or you bend over backwards with gimmicks and drama to generate interest around a project.

Keep laughing as Hip Hop is devolving
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At this point I see no difference of releasing a mixtape on ITunes vs an album
 
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SJUGrad13 said:
It is what it is :yeshrug:

At this point people like Rihanna just make enough money touring. Album sales really doesn't matter to them.
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Basically Samsung and Rihanna have some deal where they got to be the official sponsor for her tour, and they bought a million albums. Those albums were then downloaded by people --> which led to the sales counting. U2 for example did not count because it was preinstalled on the iPhone. This requires the consumer to actually "go get it." RIAA counts that. It remains to be seen if billboard will. The thing is, she is also #1 on iTunes in 42 different countries outside of that so she's about to eat regardless. People forget that Jay sold another 1.1 million outside of what he gave away with the Samsung deal. That's why Samsung partners with them --> only stars can do this shyt.

So this whole "artist cheating" shyt is not true because most are not big enough to have it work. Unless you think local businesses are about to start copping 20,000 copies of Lil Fofo's album so it can be labeled the "sponsored by Big Rod's Auto Parts." I doubt that.
 
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