SZA projected to do 300k first week

[Budda]

as far as music poppin, cuz there are some folks popular for social media and other antics like chloe

tier 1a - sza
tier 1b - summer and jhene (wouldn't be mad if someone said she's tier 2)
tier 2 - khelani, her
tier 3 - ella, ari, syd, chloe
tier 4 - queen naija, danileigh, justine skye, amber mark, mariah the scientist, normani etc

the pawg & b singers are all prolly tier 3/4, and i probably forgot some names - there's so many inconsistent singers like mahalia, and jorja smith

What do you think of SZA new album and I would put Jorja Smith in tier 4 also, if DaniLeigh and co are there.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

What do you think of SZA new album and I would put Jorja Smith in tier 4 also, if DaniLeigh and co are there.

i haven't finished it yet...you know i'm slow on albums

 

[Budda]

i haven't finished it yet...you know i'm slow on albums

Me and you both lol I was waiting for you to give me the verdict, I’ll prolly listen to it this weekend

 

[RennisDeynolds]

scrap 3 or 4 songs that throw the flow off and she could have had a classic . i ran this back today

 

[CrimsonTider]

as far as music poppin, cuz there are some folks popular for social media and other antics like chloe

tier 1a - sza
tier 1b - summer and jhene (wouldn't be mad if someone said she's tier 2)
tier 2 - khelani, her
tier 3 - ella, ari, syd, chloe
tier 4 - queen naija, danileigh, justine skye, amber mark, mariah the scientist, normani etc

the pawg & b singers are all prolly tier 3/4, and i probably forgot some names - there's so many inconsistent singers like mahalia, and jorja smith

Even tho Jhene lacks quality lately I will still put her in tier 2 because of her demand feature wise and appeal. Big Sean has ruined her tho, as expected

Elle mai really dropped the ball.

mariah gotta big opportunity to move up with tiktok and her fake relationship with thug

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

I agree they’ll make a lot of money on the road but that’s also separate from the album budget in most cases. Let’s say the album had a $10 million dollar budget between marketing, producers, features, studio time, samples etc. Assuming she goes double plat or more, has multiple plat singles etc she’s gonna recoup that easily. They aren't worried about publishing going back to her anytime soon so I'm not sure what your point is on that. She's fine, her tour will be successful (if she completes it)...she's winning right now. Label is happy, she should be happy but you never know due to her personality.

IIRC her label issues were with TDE and mainly about not releasing when she wanted, or making her release when she didn’t want to; she didn't want to release CTRL, they pushed it out.

you couldn't recoup a 10 million dollar budget by selling 5 million albums back in the 90s. NO way in hell a platinum streaming album recoup that now . Once again, labels are going to make their money back regardless, it's the labels' job to keep the artist in the red. As Evidence once put it, "The difference between an indie and a major label is with a major label, you get a lot of money up front and no money in the future. On an indie, you get a little money up front and no money in the future". She'll make money touring, but she aint breaking even with the label. hell no. De la soul has sold millions of records/singles for Tommy Boy on very small budgets, but Tom Silverman claims they've never recouped anything in 30+ years. How the f*k does that make any sense?

 

[Astroslik]

Me and you both lol I was waiting for you to give me the verdict, I’ll prolly listen to it this weekend

You should listen to it without someone validating it for you

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Streaming shouldn’t count as sales
A lot of streams for just 300k

The shyt I went through buying a cd back in the day. November of 93, I rode my bike in the cold rain to buy Doggystyle.

THAT was an album sale.

Nowadays, ppl can just leave an album on repeat to try and boost an artist sales lol

 

[Ol’Otis]

Nowadays, ppl can just leave an album on repeat to try and boost an artist sales lol

well damn

 

[Street Knowledge]

Even tho Jhene lacks quality lately I will still put her in tier 2 because of her demand feature wise and appeal. Big Sean has ruined her tho, as expected

Elle mai really dropped the ball.

mariah gotta big opportunity to move up with tiktok and her fake relationship with thug

I don’t know who on her team told her she could disappear for 4 years with no project

 

[Kliq_Souf]

The shyt I went through buying a cd back in the day. November of 93, I rode my bike in the cold rain to buy Doggystyle.

THAT was an album sale.

Nowadays, ppl can just leave an album on repeat to try and boost an artist sales lol

How did you purchase Snoop last album?

 

[Buckeye Fever]

How did you purchase Snoop last album?

Last Snoop album I bought was the one with "Beautiful" on it

 

[JoelB]

Yea i’m shocked too.

If she sells anything above 300K she’s the new queen of R&B and Summer Walker is officially on notice

SZA already wears that crown

Summer Walkers arms too short to box with gawd. Next album we getting that cac Taylor Swift out the paint

 

[DontEemTry]

SZA already wears that crown

Summer Walkers arms too short to box with gawd. Next album we getting that cac Taylor Swift out the paint

Taylor Swift the boss of all bosses though

She even threw Adele in the bushes

 

[HARLEM AL]

SZA isn't that popular

nikka you lost your mind lol