Some Of These Rappers Should Pick Up A Guitar... Sales Thread 05/01/13

[Tuc2DaBoot]

Looking at some of these rappers' sales these days... all that grinding and it's leading to nothing. Meanwhile, your favorite country or alternative artist is selling units without needing 5 free mixtapes to do it.

Traditional rap music (not this hipster/indie BS) is falling off in the worst way... minus Kendrick and a few others...
Artist / Album / Sold This Week / Total

1 FANTASIA SIDE EFFECTS OF YOU 90.682 - 90.947
2 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN 20/20 EXPERIENCE 73.600 - 1.673.150
3 KID CUDI INDICUD 31.593 - 167.298
4 MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS THE HEIST 28.299 - 638.000
5 LIL' WAYNE I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING II 24.989 - 382.777
6 RIHANNA UNAPOLOGETIC 15.373 - 958.608
7 TYGA HOTEL CALIFORNIA 11.505 - 84.429
8 LAMAR*KENDRICK GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY 10.318 - 868.149
9 TYLER THE CREATOR WOLF 6.045 - 123.205
10 MIGUEL KALEIDOSCOPE DREAM 5.585 - 394.721
13 A$AP ROCKY LONG.LIVE.A$AP 5.101 - 336.612
14 KEYS*ALICIA GIRL ON FIRE 4.981 - 669.343
15 GHOSTFACE KILLAH TWELVE REASONS TO DIE 4.604 - 19.626
16 WHIZ KHALIFA & CURREN$Y LIVE IN CONCERT EP 4.207 -17.503
17 T.I. TROUBLE MAN: HEAVY IS THE HEAD 3.397 - 457.712
17 THE WEEKND TRILOGY 3.397 - 329.870
19 OCEAN*FRANK CHANNEL ORANGE 3.029 - 546.765
20 2 CHAINZ BASED ON A T.R.U STORY 2.735 - 594.408
21 WIZ KHALIFA O.N.I.F.C. 2.598 - 369.967
22 WILSON*CHARLIE LOVE, CHARLIE 2.514 - 133.937
23 CHIEF KEEF FINALLY RICH 2.403 - 167.159
24 FUTURE PLUTO 2.106 - 313.895
25 COLE*KEYSHIA WOMAN TO WOMAN 2.029 - 329.384
27 BEYONCE 4 1.820 -1.333.380
29 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY...ROMAN RELOADED 1.670 - 841.303
30 MGK LACE UP 1.605 -170.433
31 STYLES P FLOAT (EX) 1.518 - 5.404
32 MEEK MILL DREAMS & NIGHTMARES 1.506 - 350.584
34 SONGZ*TREY CHAPTER V 1.425 -370.798
35 HAMILTON*ANTHONY BACK TO LOVE 1.372 - 311.146
36 GAME JESUS PIECE 1.298 - 225.110
37 AVANT FACE THE MUSIC 1.283 -48.113
38 BROWN*CHRIS FORTUNE 1.273 -7 447.048
39 JAMES*TRINIDAD DON'T BE S.A.F.E. 1.233 - 29.309
41 N.O.R.E. (AKA P.A.P.I.) STUDENT OF THE GAME 1.215 - 5.308
42 RIHANNA TALK THAT TALK 1.210 - 1.095.681
44 ROSS*RICK GOD FORGIVES I DON'T 1.141 - 533.962
45 MILLER*MAC BLUE SLIDE PARK 1.115 - 393.718
46 MCKNIGHT*BRIAN MORE THAN WORDS 1.091 - 15.322
48 USHER LOOKING 4 MYSELF 1.051 - 475.067
49 BUDDEN*JOE NO LOVE LOST 1.035 - 70.987
50 NE-YO R.E.D 1.016 - 239.028
51 BIG BOI VICIOUS LIES & DANGEROUS RUMOR 993 - 73.998
53 BRADLEY*CHARLES VICTIM OF LOVE 853 - 7.139
54 YOUNG JEEZY TM 103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION 824 - 691.843
55 VARIOUS GOOD MUSIC CRUEL SUMMER 804 - 449.601
56 KELLY*R. WRITE ME BACK 778 -242.411
59 DESTINY'S CHILD PLAYLIST: THE VERY BEST OF DES 734 - 51.079
60 B.O.B STRANGE CLOUDS 731 - 280.327
60 ALLEN*HOODIE ALL AMERICAN 731 -79.060
63 PAPOOSE NACIREMA DREAM 696 - 12.636
64 BLIGE*MARY J. MY LIFE II...THE JOURNEY CONTI 692 - 689.906
65 BRANDY TWO ELEVEN 690 - 181.625
66 CHILDISH GAMBINO CAMP 682 - 225.830
70 TYGA CARELESS WORLD 602 -345.990


Compared to country & rock these days:

1 SHELTON*BLAKE BASED ON A TRUE STORY 35.731 - 421.027
2 THE BAND PERRY PIONEER 23.707 - 246.163
3 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE HERE'S TO THE GOOD TIMES 20.926 - 557.338
5 PAISLEY*BRAD WHEELHOUSE 16.773 - 151.742
6 BRYAN*LUKE SPRING BREAK...HERE TO PARTY 14.479 - 368.490
7 SWIFT*TAYLOR RED 12.785 - 3.625.448
9 ALDEAN*JASON NIGHT TRAIN 10.455 - 1.261.386
10 CHURCH*ERIC CHIEF 10.155 -1.507.751
12 LITTLE BIG TOWN TORNADO 9.078 - 855.846
13 BRYAN*LUKE TAILGATES & TANLINES 9.009 - 1.974.387
14 MCGRAW*TIM TWO LANES OF FREEDOM 8.088 - 290.190
15 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE BLOWN AWAY 7.802 - 1.420.344
16 LAMBERT*MIRANDA FOUR THE RECORD 7.774 - 813.483
17 HAYES*HUNTER HUNTER HAYES 7.068 - 749.833
20 BROWN*ZAC BAND UNCAGED 4.472 - 847.787


Rock:

1 PHOENIX BANKRUPT! 50.164 - 50.257
2 FALL OUT BOY SAVE ROCK & ROLL 36.111 - 190.072
3 IMAGINE DRAGONS NIGHT VISIONS 21.493 - 863.308
4 MUMFORD & SONS BABEL 16.609 - 2.235.712
5 FUN. SOME NIGHTS 14.828 - 1.312.975
6 LUMINEERS LUMINEERS 14.778 - 1.223.089

http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=97423&start=50

 

[SHAQAVELLI]

Can we get a link to the original story? The formatting of your post looks like as5 and is confusing ... didn't translate well from site-to-site.

 

[Tuc2DaBoot]

Can we get a link to the original story? The formatting of your post looks like as5 and is confusing ... didn't translate well from site-to-site.

Straight from the site itself. Need to edit a bit.

http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=97423&start=50

 

[Billy Ocean]

Straight from the site itself. Need to edit a bit.

http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=97423&start=50

shyt looks all fukked up on the site too. And SMH at nikkas giving a fukk about records sales still.

 

[Sad Bunny]

55 EPIC 23 26 24 FUTURE PLUTO 2.106 -6 2.230 313.895

 

[Tuc2DaBoot]

There... fixed it best I could. Should be able to read it now. I see the charts like that all the time so it doesn't bother me to read it like that, but I can see how that shyt looks like the Matrix code to some people.

 

[Fredrick Thuglas]

Rap is suffering but this is a bad example. The top list has over 50 albums listed but the country section has 15 and Rock has 6. If you listed 50 in each category it wouldn't surprise me if the other genres are struggling as much as rap.

All three genres should have a more comparable pool to give an accurate idea of whos selling and whos not.

:thinking:

 

[Tuc2DaBoot]

Rap is suffering but this is a bad example. The top list has over 50 albums listed but the country section has 15 and Rock has 6. If you listed 50 in each category it wouldn't surprise me if the other genres are struggling as much as rap.

All three genres should have a more comparable pool to give an accurate idea of whos selling and whos not.

:thinking:

I could post ALL of that... but the post would be long as all fukking hell.

But the point was this... there are more gold+ selling artists in just the top of country/rock lists than there were rap albums in the top 25 rap albums. Rihanna is pop/R&B, as is Alicia now, and we all know what Justin does.

I'm not saying that music as a whole isn't suffering... I'm saying that the breakthrough artists in other genres are getting the fame AND the sales. Folks said for years that rock was dead yet it's outselling the most popular genre among young people.

 

[Wepa Man]

N.O.R.E. (AKA P.A.P.I.) STUDENT OF THE GAME 1.215 - 5.308

 

[I_Q]

Can't believe fall out boy is struggling like that

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

Speaking of guitars....
I was at this chics house yesterday,, and she was playing the guitar but then one of the guitar strings cut her nipple as she laid the guitar along her chest.

I mean just look at them!!!!

I knew this would happen, so I ended up massaging her breasts all night
My hands are sore now

 

[Notorioushnic]

Most of these nikkas are all over radio and not even gold

 

[Fredrick Thuglas]

I could post ALL of that... but the post would be long as all fukking hell.

But the point was this... there are more gold+ selling artists in just the top of country/rock lists than there were rap albums in the top 25 rap albums. Rihanna is pop/R&B, as is Alicia now, and we all know what Justin does.

I'm not saying that music as a whole isn't suffering... I'm saying that the breakthrough artists in other genres are getting the fame AND the sales. Folks said for years that rock was dead yet it's outselling the most popular genre among young people.

That's the operative word "young people" the genre is just as popular but young people pirate most of the music where as Country and Rock (I am assuming) have a more mature (older age) following so they are conditioned to go in the store and buy their albums. The new artists should just change their point of sale instead of changing genres.
:thinking:

 

[CrimsonTider]

Alicia keys at 660k is amazing to me.

Keysha Cole At 330k is impressive

 

[Tuc2DaBoot]

That's the operative word "young people" the genre is just as popular but young people pirate most of the music where as Country and Rock (I am assuming) have a more mature (older age) following so they are conditioned to go in the store and buy their albums. The new artists should just change their point of sale instead of changing genres.
:thinking:

That would make sense if some of those artists I had named weren't debut artists.

Lumineers? Debut album. Platinum. Off one top 3 single.
Fun.? Second album (kinda like GKMC is Kendrick's 2nd). Platinum. Thanks to a #1 hit and 2 other top 40s.
Imagine Dragons. Debut major album. Right at 900k and reaching platinum. Off of 1 top 10 single.

Kendrick is the only relatively new artist coming close to that, besides the usual suspects of Drake & Nicki.

Meanwhile in country, a lot of them are going platinum within a year's time, unlike most rap artists. And I know country has a fanbase like no other, but my point was that rappers can't sustain that nearly as well. Look at Wiz's second album sales. T.I. is scraping to gold when he was doing 1.5 mil every time out. Hell, artists like Styles P, Noreaga, Ghostface, etc. can't even do 100k anymore. Just amazing how quick we move in our genre when other genres can see their artists go gold+ for years on end.