Rumored Sales: Kanye West 325-350k J. Cole 225-250k Mac Miller 80-85k.

[Larry]

nikkas think Kanye didn't promote, that shyt funny and foolish.


the no promotion marketing ploy was genius I guess. nikka had his video premiered on the side of buildings and shyt, and nikkas saying his album wasn't promoted lol. there's more to promotion than a song on the radio, dudes. My nikka premiering songs SNL finales and shyt, but had no promotion. The way Kanye rolled this album out was marketing 101 forreal.

 

[Long Live The Kane]

J. Cole stay doing numbers

I never bought cole world, and I don't think I'ma buy Born Sinner. At Least not this week. I'm legitimately broke right now my brehs, 15 dollars is gas..

Y'all some saintly muh'fukkas if y'all righteously out here even THINKING about purchasing these dudes' albums when money is that tight...cause lord knows that's the last thing on my mind...I have more change to spare than i did back in the day and all i be thinking is how i wish I could go back and get all that money back i spent on cds back before downloading was an option

 

[p00rky]

350k people bought that trash album lol

 

[ROFL_GUY]

EM droppin new shyt same day as yeezus

cold blooded

 

[Piff Perkins]

The albums have been out for less than 24hrs. Who this nikka think he is, Nate Silver?

 

[fundz]

EM droppin new shyt same day as yeezus

cold blooded

Eminem - Symphony In H (Full Song) - YouTube

On sight > this

 

[tremonthustler1]

Why wouldn't people believe that Mac fell of a bit since his last album?

Hip-hop fans are hella fickle with party music. Wiz sold less on his second major album (really his 3rd), and Mac has still yet to top his hit Donald Trump or Party On 5th Ave.

And to be honest, Macklemore came through and stole ALL that dude's shine. Macklemore is damn near platinum yet Mac never even went gold.

Only so many lanes to be popular in the mainstream.

Donald Trump wasn't on Blue Slide Park.

Also, his high ass first week sales were a direct cause of fans meeting a certain amount of preorders. The 2nd week, Blue Slide Park PLUMMETED.

This album just had 1 single really (S.D.S.). He had more singles off Macadelic than this, and that was a mixtape.

Let's put it like this: The Heist did 78K the first week. Mac's projected to top that. What's gonna separate Macklemore from Mac Miller is that Macklemore has incredible staying power on the charts with the singles he has.

 

[Edi]

what a dumb post.. everything u buy u cant get for free. If you could get a brand new Bentley for free or pay $400,000 what would you do? You're supporting the label more than the artist. If you want to support the artist go to the concert.

you didn't say that though. You said why support someone making 100X more than you.


Could of just said why buy music when you can easily get it for free, but you wanted to be fake deep.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Very impressive for Cole.

I hate talkin' sales, but it's good to see dude gettin' support. He's been puttin' in respectable work for a minute. It's dope to see that payin' off for him.

 

[Larry]

You're supporting the label more than the artist. If you want to support the artist go to the concert.

one of the biggest misconceptions ever.


I mean, to bigger artists like Jay-Z or Kanye West, you have a point, but when it comes to these newer J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar types, actually purchasing their music is huge.


If either Cole or Kendrick wouldn't have put up impressive commercial numbers their first go round, they're either no longer signed or on the shelf. That's just the reality of it. Hate them or love them, dudes like Cole and Kendrick actually doing well in this environment only helps because it makes labels more likely to back a guy like KRIT, Logic or whoever the fukk ya'll love at the moment. They see that there's still a market for talent.


Don't get me wrong, supporting their live shows is huge as well (even though Cole is signed to a 360 lol) but don't act like fans showing support by actually paying for their albums isn't a big deal, because it is.

 

[Yoda]

Yea if these numbers are true then the real winner is him. Kanye was going to sell regardless (this actually pretty low for his standards even with the decline in album sales, means this whole gimmick aint work).

Mac Miller's numbers aint bad neither, although it is like a 40% decline from his last album though

but wasnt the whole gimmick that he dont give a fukk about how much this lp sells? so maybe it did work....

 

[L&HH]

but wasnt the whole gimmick that he dont give a fukk about how much this lp sells? so maybe it did work....

 

[dubsmith_nz]

one of the biggest misconceptions ever.


I mean, to bigger artists like Jay-Z or Kanye West, you have a point, but when it comes to these newer J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar types, actually purchasing their music is huge.


If either Cole or Kendrick wouldn't have put up impressive commercial numbers their first go round, they're either no longer signed or on the shelf. That's just the reality of it. Hate them or love them, dudes like Cole and Kendrick actually doing well in this environment only helps because it makes labels more likely to back a guy like KRIT, Logic or whoever the fukk ya'll love at the moment. They see that there's still a market for talent.


Don't get me wrong, supporting their live shows is huge as well (even though Cole is signed to a 360 lol) but don't act like fans showing support by actually paying for their albums isn't a big deal, because it is.

This guys onto it.

The only reason I buy music, is because I want the artists to continue to produce that music. The great thing in this day and age is that I know if an album is shyt before I buy it.

So I can cop "Albert Einstein" because that's the type of music I want to hear, but I can choose not to support "HNIC 3" in the hopes P stays away from that soft shyt.

Best believe if cats stop supporting, their favourite emcees will either stop making music completely, or the production value and effort will drop dramatically.

This week I copped Prodigy, Mac and Coles' albums. I thought Yeezus was trash, so there's no way I'm paying for that though.

 

[USSInsiders]

J. Cole - New York Times (Feat. 50 Cent & Bas) - YouTube

streets been fiendin for new curtis


cole better send 50 a thank you card for that bump in sales

 

[Pimp]

one of the biggest misconceptions ever.


I mean, to bigger artists like Jay-Z or Kanye West, you have a point, but when it comes to these newer J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar types, actually purchasing their music is huge.


If either Cole or Kendrick wouldn't have put up impressive commercial numbers their first go round, they're either no longer signed or on the shelf. That's just the reality of it. Hate them or love them, dudes like Cole and Kendrick actually doing well in this environment only helps because it makes labels more likely to back a guy like KRIT, Logic or whoever the fukk ya'll love at the moment. They see that there's still a market for talent.


Don't get me wrong, supporting their live shows is huge as well (even though Cole is signed to a 360 lol) but don't act like fans showing support by actually paying for their albums isn't a big deal, because it is.

Sales don't mean as much as you think. There have been artist that sold 10mil & never released another cd. They gonna release your cd no matter what or u gonna go independent.