Why do some fans care so much about sales?

[I love Latina women]

What do they get out knowing how much an artist sells?

Whenever I see threads on here counting how much an album is selling, I’m always looking at screen like “why is this so important to a fan of the music and why is this discussed far more than the music itself”?


I’m curious to hear feedback on this

 

[Da Spot Is Hot]

I think some fans consider music as a sport. Sports bring a competitive spirit.

 

[straightcash]

If you don't get mainstream or industry coverage, then I'm not going to hold sales against you.

But if you do, and your sales stink, then either you're doing something wrong or the industry is giving you more attention than you deserve. That attention deserves to go elsewhere.

 

[straightcash]

I think some fans consider music as a sport. Sports bring a competitive spirit.

There's also the fact that rappers brag, and fans of rappers brag. Sales show if their money is actually where their mouth is.

 

[TheMailMan]

I don't think anyone cares anymore.them hits daily double threads don't hit like 2009 anymore .when was the last jay/nas sale thread? 2006 .smh

 

[DontEemTry]

50 Cent

 

[Nostalgic]

50 Cent

This.

No body was talking this "if X name rapper sold x amount of albums it means x name rapper was better until than rapper 445" nonsense till 50 popped up on the scene.

Funny thing of it was (is) this was easily the tell tell sign you knew a fan didn't bother to listen to an album because they would fall to that dumb debate tactic album sales never will and never have determined how good an album is.

 

[Street Knowledge]

If you don't get mainstream or industry coverage, then I'm not going to hold sales against you.

But if you do, and your sales stink, then either you're doing something wrong or the industry is giving you more attention than you deserve. That attention deserves to go elsewhere.

How are you defining this?

 

[straightcash]

How are you defining this?

Most underground rappers get little or no coverage on radio stations and most hip hop websites. It's actually gotten worse over the years.

 

[Knucklehead]

It’s like people ranting about sports tv ratings. Broke people arguing about money that isn’t theirs.

 

[Sad Bunny]

It’s fun to troll the stans IMO

but idc about sales. They’re all rich regardless and I’m still working a 9-5 lol

 

[The Eliminator]

It's a useful argument to hate/praise an artist depending if you love or hate him

 

[BK The Great]

Because they think that equals quality which it doesn't. Mcdonald's sells billions of burgers but it's still low quality fast food with fillers. Same with these mainstream rap albums with commercial appeal.

 

[WIA20XX]

"Dropped the album Strictly Business and you thought we would fold... 30 days later the LP went gold"

The artists themselves have been using record sales as a barometer of dopeness for quite a long time. So it's natural for the fans to follow the artists.
(I won't even go into all the anti-bootlegger songs of the late 80s/early 90s)

It's only when the East Coast stopped selling, or wasn't selling like Mc Hammer that suddenly sales meant nothing.

Suddenly everyone was on some, "I'm keeping it real"...

SMH.

 

[MicIsGod]

50 Cent