SZA projected to do 300k first week

Tommy Gibbs

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If streams didn’t count as sales then every artist would be selling literally nothing.

It’s a messy way to track, but you gotta accommodate the changing times of how music is consumed.
well technically, no one is selling anything. Those 300k sales, (46 million streams) will net her around $180k according to the royalty streaming calculator. $180k is a good little piece of change, but nothing she can recoup with the label. In the end, she will make her money touring (as the label will also in the 360 deal).
 

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well technically, no one is selling anything. Those 300k sales, (46 million streams) will net her around $180k according to the royalty streaming calculator. $180k is a good little piece of change, but nothing she can recoup with the label. In the end, she will make her money touring (as the label will also in the 360 deal).

This isn't how it works. Streaming nets a lot more for the label than the artist, and recoup calculations are based on that. She's already plat due to the singles and will likely end up going 2-3 plat when all is said and done. The label recouped on her last album and will do so on this one, so she's good. She'll make her money on tour (much of which will likely go to the label too).

Question at this point is how many albums can they get out of her. She claims this is her last one, I'd imagine she owes RCA at least three more (prob only owes TDE two more). Can they get her on an "album every two years" schedule like these other chicks? I doubt it.
 

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She not my cup of tea, but she subjectively isn't trash

Think you mean objectively

She is a singer. Objectively speaking she isnt a good singer... her singing is flat, nasally and she has poor enunciation. Cant understand shyt she saying

For me her songwriting, at least from what I've heard, lacks nuance

Won't call her trash but this idea she some generational talent is crazy to me
 
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