Will hip-hop ever have another album go platinum first week?

[Apex]

I was looking at MMLP sales, and they were crazy. Now, I know people don't buy music as much as they used to, but can a rap star sell as much as Taylor Swift?

I think if any rapper has a chance, it's Drake. Otherwise, I don't see it happening in the day and age we're in.

 

[Kokoro]

Nope.

Not until something original AND approachable is dropped

Barter 6 sounded like any other trap music album and Young Thug isnt known for quality lyrics

TPAB was good, but the jazz musicianship was esoteric to jazz/ instrument fans in my opinion. Also Kendrick sounded like he was trying too hard at times

2014 Forest Hills Drive was alright but IMO J Cole was overcompensating by overusing the words nikka and bytch on the album

 

[Prince Cairo]

fukk no. With how easy it is to download music illegally these days?

 

[Sad Bunny]

Meek dropping this summer

 

[blackestofpanthers]

Nobody doing 1.1 million in 4 days @ROFL_GUY post the 50 smiley

 

[satam55]

No. Dumb question, you already knew the answer.

 

[TripleAgent]

Eminem is the only person with a shot, but he would need to drop something universally dope. An "In Da Club" level single or two.

 

[STFARN]

Eminem/Ye/Drake/Wayne

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

it's only happened 4 times... and none of them have done it since 2008... i'm gonna go with no

only because there's more white people... so if 50% of hip hop fans downloads, and 50% of pop fans downloads.... the pop shyt will STILL sell well.. cause they have larger numbers


if taylor swift was out during these times, she'd probably be doing 2-3 million first week

• Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP (2000): 1,760,000 copies sold first week.
• Eminem — The Eminem Show (2003): 1,322,000 copies sold first week.
• 50 Cent — The Massacre (2005): 1,141,000 copies sold first week
• Lil Wayne — The Carter III (2008): 1,006,000 copies sold first week.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

If Kanye puts Caitlyn Jenner on his album cover, yes.

 

[Barney Rubble]

If artists did what Mac Miller did it would happen all the time. Just announce you'll drop your album when you get 1 million preorders. Jay, Em, Drake, Wayne, Kanye would all sell a million first week that way.

 

[Apex]

If artists did what Mac Miller did it would happen all the time. Just announce you'll drop your album when you get 1 million preorders. Jay, Em, Drake, Wayne, Kanye would all sell a million first week that way.

When did Mac Miller do this?

 

[Barney Rubble]

When did Mac Miller do this?

His first album he didn't release until he had 100, 000 preorders and sold like 144,000 independently to debut number 1 on billboard. If mac miller can do 144, 000 independent imagine what drake could do if he held his album hostage until preorders were met.

 

[charmander]

carter 5

 

[TruDatz]

Em and mac are white. Different rules apply to them. They don't count in this discussion