T.I’s personal life may be in turmoil but his album sales are doing quite fine. The rapper’s new album, ‘No Mercy’, is set to debut at #4 this week on the Billboard 200 with sales of 158,100 copies. This achievement will give the ‘Castle Walls’ performer his 6th top 5 entry on the tally to date.
Things aren’t looking so merry for the Black Eyed Peas though. Their album is expected to drop from #6 to #19 with a staggering #52% decline, selling only 56,110 units this week.
However, the Peas aren’t alone on their downward slide. Kanye West’s ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ is scheduled to experience yet another sales dip of 35%, dropping to out of the top 10 to #13 with 68,747 copies sold. Nicki Minaj, on the other hand, should hang on at #6 with another 80,667 units in sales.
Nevertheless, all is not lost for the Urban artists this week. Both Rihanna and Mariah Carey will have upswings in sales by 8% and 11%, respectively. The Bajan’s ‘Loud’ is expected to sell 74,338 units while her idol, Carey, is set to have the highest single week figures of her ‘Merry Christmas II You’ record thus far with 67,018 sold.
Sidebar: There have been marked differences between the sales reported by Hits Daily Double and Billboard during the last few weeks. Hence, expect some of these figures to change when issued by the latter.
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yess ri ri do your thang congrats to mariah also i love when artists do they thang no hate over here.wow and they have a top ten single its clear now you have to have a good following now a days and ti didnt get a major hit this era but still did better than bep this era!! so congrats to them though physical records gonna be extinct in a while
I can’t believe TI sold that much. He had no hit single. I’m not surprised by Kanye’s or Nicki’s drop. When it’s all said and done, NICKI will outsell Kanye.
The Peas’ album sucks. They need to release another single already.
Props to Mariah for sticking through. I’m sure her sales will skyrocket. I hope she just makes it platinum by the end of this season.
Rihanna needs to release some new singles already!
Ok I´m not gonna shade anyone, even Rihanna is going to be shade-free in my comment, I´m just going to state a fact. The BEP deserve that, the song and album are s***, lower as any artist can get. I don´t think there has never been in history such a decrease in sales from a best seller album like The end to the actual one. For a big act it´s just the flop of the century and they deserve it. They already deserved to not be that succesful with The End.
RIHANNA IS DOING SO WELL…FOUR WEEKS AND SHE’S ALREADY GOLD. .AND PLATINUM ALL OVER THE WORLD. GET IT BISH<3
Congrat to T.I.P. I wished he would have sold more! His CD is actually worth purchasing. Of course Nicki and Kanye’s sells were going to fall. Their true fans have already purchased their copies. I wish that naked chick would fall in an open manhole already…ewwww!
Gooo Nicki Gooo Rihanna….
wow rihanna has already sold 500k in a month when it took katy perry 3 months to sell 500k lol
I am actually glad to see Rihanna doing well. I did like What’s my name and I was pleased that it was released. I’m not a fan, but sometimes she gets it right with her single choices. Great for her.
Mariah’s highest total for this album is 67,018… why do I feel like if this was Christina or Rihanna, this would not be cause for celebration?
Kanye is only dipping in sales, because that idiot doesn’t know when to shut his mouth. I’m not bashing him, he’s my favorite rapper. I’m just pist off with his stupid outburst. He’s insane! I hope he goes platnium at this point.
BEP – Is just making awful generic music that has had the same sound for years. All of there last couple of hits are really corny (except, Meet me halfway and I’mma be).
Congrats Mariah! next week should be an even bigger week for her due to the success of her Christmas Special which had great viewership
heres hoping for a 100k next week!
MIND YOU, RIHANNA’S NUMBERS WILL BE HIGHER AT BILLBOARD B/C HDD HAVE BEEN WRONG MANY TIMES
2ND WEEK THEY SAID 133K , BILLBOARD OFFICIAL NUMBER 141K
3RD WEEK THEY SAID 68K , BB OFFICIAL NUMBER 77K
4TH WEEK THEY SAY 74K , I SAY 80K+
NOT ONLY THIS , FOR THE CHARTS IN THE UK NEXT WEEK, RIHANNA IS PROJECTED TO DO BETWEEN 150-250K IN THE UK ALONE!!!!!!!
SHE’S SMASHING SO HARD!!!!! GOTTA LOVE IT!!!!!
BY THURSDAY SHE SHOULD BE AT 1.3 MILLION WORLDWIDE AFTER 4 WEEKS. 🙂
Taylor Swift sells other 200,000 copies in her 7th week in the chart….. shes killing all your favorites hahahhahaha
Susan boyle number 1 again.
@ STARS
YES TAYLOR IS BUT ALL HER SALES ARE US BASED. SHE SELLS VERY LITTLE INTERNATIONALLY SINCE COUNTRY MUSIC IS MORE LOCAL TO AMERICA.
Well im from the uk. and shes known here besides her music is kinda pop aswell.. also this album will sell 3 million plus in the states alone.. so it doesnt matter.
opps shes past 3 million already.
4 million maybe soon?
http://www.benzinga.com/press-releases/10/12/p695039/taylor-swift-goes-triple-platinum-again-as-ticketsmate-com-reports-that
hahahhaa
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/84695/taylor-swift-s-speak-now-album-certified-triple-pl
This one better.. her first album went 4x Platinum
Her second one went 6x platunum
so far shes gone 3x platunum… selling 3 million plus in 7 weeks.
The longevity of Mariah Carey is AMAZING. At the age of 41, she’s still burning up the charts. I love reading the ignorant stupid comments of people who trash MC on here. THEY HAVE NO CLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have SO MUCH RESPECT FOR TAYLOR SWIFT.Even if it’s just US based she is SLAYING EVVERRYONE!I love that she is not popping her p****, making records about s**, or wearing innappropiate stuff to sell MUSIC.It’s all her.Can’t say the same for about 95.5% of the rest of artists.BRAVO TAYLOR!Smh I don’t know who be buying that stuff.But that girl got some FANS.I like her better than Bieber and her songs aren’t bad actually!So go Taylor
Congrats to my girl Rihanna keep slaying
and I’m happy for Mariah to
and No Nicki Will not outsell kanye maybe in the usa but world wide she will Flop. but I’m happy she is still keeping the momentum on her sells I think she will go platinum but that will be the maximum.
Another note taylor swift is pure trash I blame Kanye! good she is getting her money but I would rather be a fan of kesha then her dont bring that name around here because aint nobody checking for her. (except the white folks) #NoShade
BEP ARE A BUNCH OF TRASH!THEY MUSIC IS JUST S***!DIRTY BIT IS SUCH A HORRIBLE SONG AND THEY ARE OVERRATED!UGH AND WHATS UP WITH THEM AND ROBOTS???Didn’t Fergie go solo at one point?I liked her with her Glamorous and Ferligious!Go to that.Don’t waste your time on this TRASH FERGIE!
I’m so happy for Nicki and Mariah,both truly deserve their success and it’s great to see that Nicki is # 6! Others that release cd’s before her are already out of the top ten.I’m happy to see that Susan Boyle and Jackie Evancho are still in the top ten.
LOL Taylor Swift and TRASH NEVER DESERVE TO BE IN THE SAME SENTENCE.Kanye didn’t do s*** for her.Who’s buying her albums?BLACK PEOPLE!??????????????Lol it’s the same white people buying her s***…..Girlfriend was getting paid before Kanye.Don’t hate caz she is beating your favs!
@Tami,I so agree….I even look at someone like Susan Boyle who is hideous in the face but she hit platinum status in her second week.It’s good to see people who seem to respect themselves get shine.
Sorry but omg Sam u are stupid as f***.
“The Bajan”
What the fcuK???? U made that mistake 100x times.
Do u say “The english” to Amy Winehous? Or “the american” to beyonce??
Its Bajan Beatuy or Singer or something. The bajan omg aahhaahhahaha
This is off the subject, but billboard just released the top 25 grossing tours of 2010. You guys will be surprise on who made the list and who did not.
@STARS
YOU’RE INCORRECT
TAYLOR SWIFT HAS SOLD 2,350,000 IN THE US AS OF THIS WEEK, AFTER 7 WEEKS.
SHE’S CERTIFIED 3X PLATINUM BECAUSE SHE SHOULD CROSS THAT IN ABOUT 3-4 WEEKS.
Damn! That’s great for TI, considering he has no hit singles (at least that are featured on his own album) and very lil promo since his ass is locked up! Congrats to TI!
Kanye and Nicki aren’t doing to bad. I am sure they will pick up during holiday season. Especially as they release more singles. They both will go platinum.
I still think that Mariah shouldn’t have done another X-Mas album! Her first was a classic. Could never be reduplicated. *shrugs* She is doing alright I guess.
I’ve ALWAYS thought the Black Eyed Peas were overated! All their ish sounds the same! A bunch of auto tuned messed! They have had enough success previously so I am sure they aren’t devasted over this major flop!
Blah to everybody else!
No it says on this link, plus the other one i posted, shes done 3 million.. i dont know where you got that figure.
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/84695/taylor-swift-s-speak-now-album-certified-triple-pl
I am so happy for Miss Taylor Swift she is slaying hard also congrats to T.I. who had no promo because he is in jail did very well. You got artists with all this promo and was it worth it? NO! Goes to show that if you are good you CD will sell itself.
Miss Taylor Swift did not get all the promo like most of the artist are doing today and girl is slaying hard LMAOO
@ STARS
I TRACK ARTISTS SALES THROUGH BILLBOARD AND TAYLOR HAS SOLD 3 MILLION TO STORES BUT NOT TO THE CONSUMERS QUITE YET.
BUT STILL , 2.35 MILLION IN 7 WEEKS IS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT.
@ STARS
TAYLOR SWIFT HAS SOLD 2,582,000 COPIES WORLDWIDE AFTER 7 WEEKS.
YOU CAN COUNT UP HER NUMBERS ON UNITED WORLD CHART.
RIHANNA SHOULD BE NEAR THAT AMOUNT , IF NOT THAT AMOUNT, AFTER 7 WEEKS.
http://www.billboard.com/features/top-25-tours-2010-1004134022.story#/features/top-25-tours-2010-1004134022.story
Ah,Here are the top touring artist and my girl Lady GaGa is the top current pop artist,you go gyrl!
RIHANNA WILL NEED TO SELL 400,000 COPIES+ /WEEK FOR THE NEXT 3 WEEKS TO HIT THE 2.5 MILLION FIGURE
NEXT WEEK , SHE’S PROJECTED BETWEEN 150-250K IN THE UK ALONE.
Alright, thats fair enough. She’s still done great. Her sales are over 200,000 this week, it will be intresting to see if next week, they rise.. probs all albums will as its christmas time.
@ SECRET VOICE
THAT’S GREAT ……TOUR SALES ARE BASED OFF OF POPULARITY OF AN ALBUM AT THE MOMENT, UNLESS YOUR A LEGEND I.E.. PRINCE , BON JOVI ETC.
BEP HAD 82 SELL OUTS , BUT I CAN TELL YOU WITH 100% CERTAINTY THAT IF THEY PLANNED A TOUR NOW , THEY WILL NOT SELL TICKETS.
THIER ALBUM IS TUMBLING DOWN THE CHARTS.
Props to Mariah, and Nicki. I hope Nicki’s album have longevity because the album is fire, and it deserves to be a success.
LMAO @ desperate foolz that stay lying on the ” phantom success” of artists.Carry on desperados.
@ STARS
SHE SHOULD HIT THE 3 MILLION MARK BY 2ND WEEK OF JANUARY AT THE LATEST.
DEAD @ SECRET VOICE
HUN , IF YOU’RE THROWING SHADE AT RIHANNA, SHE SOLD OUT 2 LONDON O2 DATES WITHIN MINUTES
HER ALBUM IS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL IN THE UK , HENCE THE HUGE DEMAND FOR TICKETS IN EUROPE.
LOGICAL THINKING IS A MUST.
Pink Friday is now Gold B******.
375K first week
103k Second Week
80k Third Week
That is 558K.
Congrats…
Now where all the haters who said she couldn’t do it.
Next Stop, PLATINUM
@THEREALNICKY
Yup, she should, she’s gonna have a lot of pressure on her, for her next album to be as successful.
Rihanna should do well… shes loved here in the Uk.. as 3 songs in the top 10 i think.
LMAO @ The desperado that say’s I threw shade at a ‘certain artist’,although I never even mention that artist name.I guess Nicky the “obsessed” dude of ” said artist” want to make everything about said artist but according to Billboard 2010 Top 25 toursnothing was about “said artist”, which wasn’t a surprise since ‘said artist’ had to cancel many shows,even had people at GaGa concerts trying to sell tickets,imagine that!!! So much for that “supposed reign”.
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LMAO @ The desperado that say’s I threw shade at a ‘certain artist’,although I never even mention that artist name.I guess Nicky the “obsessed” dude of ” said artist” want to make everything about said artist but according to Billboard 2010 Top 25 tours nothing was about “said artist”, which wasn’t a surprise since ’said artist’ had to cancel many shows,even had people at GaGa concerts trying to sell tickets,imagine that!!! So much for that “supposed reign”.
wow, T.I sold 150k and he’s in prison.
Well, alot of singers released their album around this time of year MAINLY for the huge sales. Lets see coming Jan. and Feb etc who will still be on top? Taylor is the only one I see selling well throughout nxt yr.
Damn y’all Rihanna stans won’t give it up to Taylor. Oh that’s all she only has a US Base or oh so Rihanna is about to reach that WW. RIHANNA IS JUST REACHING THAT WW BUT THIS TAYLOR SWIFT GIRL WHO DOES NOT POP HER P**** SING ABOUT S** ETC MADE THAT IN US!Smh she slayin evveryone just admit it and stop making excuses or saying but Rihanna’s WW sales.Taylor has gone over platinum in many countries!SMH
even had people at GaGa concerts trying to sell tickets,imagine that!!!
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@ secret voice – LIAR!!!!! ROTFLMAO!
Kanye is quite these days……… thank god
…..AND KANYE TOO HE WILL BE GOING PLATINUM IN MANY COUNTRIES INCLUDING US SO I WOULDN’T CRY OUT LOUD IF HE HAD A DIP IN A WEEK SALES.
GO KANYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
truth is …..black ppl don’t buy albums they definitely download or bootleg…….i’ve never used itunes in my life …….i’ve bought 2 albums and they were gifts…everything else ive downloaded …….taylor swift fans n susan boyle fans don’t know how to use torrents….the prolly don’t even have internet ….they have to get the cds ……i’m black n i’m telling u urban listeners r killing the record industry cause they def don’t spend money on their music nemore
Taylor is a country artist those dumb motherfvckers would never know where to go download an album like pop/rnb crowd. I use to do technical support for AOL . i support a lot of those ppl . I use to dread calls coming form those areas,because those ppl are so dumb . the ppl who would buy rihanna music are the type who would know where to go to download a leak album. that ‘s is not a major problem for Taylor. The only reason why Kayne didn’t sell more is because the album are made to listen whole. He doesn’t really have a single on the radio. the songs are way too long for radio.
yea but rihanna is also loved by the pop crowd……rap sales on a whole have been poor throughout the year…other than eminem who obviously will get cross over appeal cause(he’s white and has history), artists like big boi, drake, nicki, t.i there sales are not what u would expect because ….face it we don’t buy cds no more…..pop will sell all the time ….rap is not dying because of the poor quality its dying because of music piracy…..i guess this is why america is going hard trying to fight against limewire and t****** sites and such
“taylor swift fans n susan boyle fans don’t know how to use torrents….the prolly don’t even have internet ….they have to get the cds”
what a load of bull s***… Im a taylor fan and i have the internet…obvvs… and i download.. The reason why urban music dont sell is.. cause the people that listen to it would rather just get it for free.. they aint true fans.. unlike the ones who do buy Taylor and susan boyle.. yeh call them losers for paying.. but in the end… its the urban acts that suffer
“Taylor is a country artist those dumb motherfvckers would never know where to go download an album like pop/rnb crowd”
Again bull s***, i bet on the whole.. people that listen to country music are smarter then RnB.. Country music actually has a message.. the songs tell a story.. what do Rnb songs teach us? how girls shake there ass in the club.
i will only buy chris brown cd……… and fantasia, nobody else
Smh HELL yeah black people download that s***. I wanna know how many Rihanna stans actually BOUGHT HER album.Reason her sales weren’t that great was because they was bootlegging that s*** and burning that s***.SMH yet they call themselves “Stans.” Taylor and Susan DO have FANS that will BUY THEIR ALBUMS.Smh I support my favs. But I won’t lie if it’s someone I don’t give a s*** about and I like maybe a few of the songs you best believe Imma download that s***.Smh
“people that listen to country music are smarter then RnB.. Country music actually has a message.. the songs tell a story.. what do Rnb songs teach us? how girls shake there ass in the club.”
That right there is pure b*******. What is the message in country songs, “Don’t break my heart, my achy breaky heart”? Oh, see how I generalized an entire genre right there? Yeah, when you don’t know what you’re talking about, you keep your dumb opinions to yourself.
Then again, I SHOULD expect a Taylor Swift fan to have a low IQ.
Congrats to mc!
pfft Rnb songs are mostly all about s**… and is that the best you can do… “Don’t break my heart, my achy breaky heart” atleast that isnt about s**….. like Rnb is mostly are.. when you think of an Rnb music video. what comes to mind? ladies half naked… its all sexual… because it needs to be sexual to sell.. unlike country music.. that dont need that.
Shake that assssssssssssssssssssssss
shake your mother asssssssssssssssssss
drop it down low b****.. work that thang!!
taylor swift is the white devil.
Country fans are not dumb, does it ever occus to some of u stupid idiots that it just may be that they support there artists. Lady Gaga went 4x platinum. Are her fans stupid ? Beyonce’s last album went 3x platinum are her fans stupid ? Piracy is about to slow down a great deal, because alot of piracy sites have been forced to close down. Nicki’s sales are ok. T.i. did well without a real hit. I think he’ll atleast go gold. Mariah is cruising, she’s in a league of her own. Kanye does’nt have a hit single, his album is selling on name and on how good the album is.
Stop making excuses, Rihanna does’nt sale higher because she only reaches a certain demographic. Who the hell do you think was voting for Taylor during all of these damn shows. Alot of the Pop fans that like Rihanna,Usher, Gaga, and Katty Perry buys Taylors albums. Taylor has that crossover appeal. Gaga,Alicia,Beyonce’,Nickelback,Eminem,Taylor,Carrie,Mariah,Avril,Justin T,Justin Bieber,Susan Boyle,Kanye and ect all sale. There are other artists that sale well to but they are just examples.
If you have great music, a strong fanbase, and hit singles you will sale. Stop making excuses.
@True blue. When Taylor swift has to have her its on show and shaking as ass, just to sell her music.. come back to me.. okay? which will never happen.. you know why? cause she has something called class!
@ Stars:
Have you listened to all of R&B music to accurately say that they are “mostly all about s**”? No. In fact, what you’re describing is mainstream hip-hop, but you’re obviously too clueless to know the difference between the two. Beyoné, Chrisette Michelle, Erykah Bady, Jill Sott, Musiq Soulchild, Janelle Monae, Mary J. Blige, Fantasia, Raphael Saadiq, and many, many MANY more do not sing about s**, either exclusively or at all. Their music have relevant messages that aren’t about getting drunk at honky tonks like your precious country.
Second, s** isn’t a bad thing to sing about it. Marvin Gaye, Barry White, The Isley Brothers, R. Kelly, Boyz II Men, Babyface and many others have songs about s** that aren’t vulgar and over the top. Taylor’s songs may be completely devoid of sexual content, but they are bland and boring as hell. All of them are about the same thing ” I met a boy I liked, but he likes another girl instead, so I’m crying myself to sleep about it”. Or “this boy broke my heart by cheating on me, so I’m gonna whine about it”. Yeah, what great creativity right there. Sorry, but I’ll take the crappy hip-hop songs getting played on the radio over that s*** any day.
Piracy is affecting all types of music.. just more then others… country music is still as strong as ever.. Im a massive Taylor fan. I buy her album, even though i could get it for free… you might think that stupid.. but Im a true fan.. and i will buy her next album. Country fans aint stupid.. maybe we just respect the value of music more. You could learn something from us.
Country music has always been about presenting a clean and wholesome image, so of course Taylor’s not gonna sell s**. If she were a pop star, you’d be singing a different tune.
yes to nicki still going hard go girl i knew kanye wasnt doing well he just don’t know when to shut hes ass up congrats to rihanna she will be at 1 million next week bep failled becuse they thought they are too good to do promo and they need to stop with the techno b******* i hope fergie go soldo now now the real bad b**** is taylor *standing o* she still slaying with no major promo go girl
True blue.. Im talking about Rnb music videos.. i bet in each one of theose artist, one of their vids will have sexual content in it.. eg the girls will be weaing not much. Thats how Rnb music is sold from the music videos, aswell as the actual song.
I dont find her songs bland or boring… I love them.. you probs arent a country fan, and i could say the same for most Rnb songs.. but ohwell, theres a market for them, so someone must like them…
Yeh but s** is just a cheap way of selling stuff…. s** sells.. you get a fit girl with her tits out behind a okay song.. its gonna sell..
@ Stars:
“pfft Rnb songs are mostly all about s**”
You did not single out just R&B videos, you included music as well. Are you Daniel?
Yes im Daniel.. And yeh.. i said mostly!!!
I changed my name cause for some reason liking taylor swift and being a guy is gay.
Rihanna needs to go 3x platinum and that’ll be considered a big album for her. She’s huge ww, i think that this album is gonna do good things for her. There are artists that still sale well, also there are a bunch of artists that still go gold and platinum. So it’s all about your team,album,singles,promo and fanbase. All of these things will make or break the way your album sales. Itunes main impact comes from singles, physical albums are much better, because u have something to hold and look at along with the quality of the music being a million times better.
@ Stars:
It is stupid that some people will think a man liking a female artist automatically means he is homosexual. But you see how generalizations hurt? So I think you should know better than to make them.
And as for selling s**: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt0V0_1MS0Q&feature=channel
R&B is not the only genre guilty of that, and depending on how you do it, it is not ALWAYS objectifying.
Hahaha Queen. Yeh one of the greatest bands ever. People riding naked on bikes… wow! Yup, well i was just saying that cause the person wrote a comment saying country fans are dumb mother fuckers.. which isnt the case… ohwell its good now!!
I need sleep now.. bye and take careeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
@ Stars:
Then don’t stoop to that person’s level by saying something equally dumb. People are not dumb for listening to R&B music any more than people are dumb for listening to country music. Music doesn’t define your intelligence, unless of course you listen to Soulja Boy exclusively.
I agree 158,100 is an impressive number for a person in prison but the no promo argument I totally disagree. Atlantic has done a hell of alot of promoting for T.I. and it paid off. He has at least 5 or 6 magazine interviews that just came out. He did numerous radio promotion before he went in. His wife is even doing radio interviews for promotion. He just had a BET special with the mayor of Atlanta that JUST aired a couple of weeks ago. He is releasing these “prison letters” to the media like every two weeks. He currently has videos with Rocko, Chris Brown, The Dream, Keri Hilson, etc in rotation. I mean how can we honestly say he hasn’t gotten any promo. Most artist who AREN’T in prison have gotten alot less promotion. A hell of alot less. I applaud Atlantic for sticking by one of their cash cows.
Also, yes we are in the age of downloading but people are still buying records. Example: Lil Wyane the Carter III. How many mixtapes did lil wayne give away for the free before the Carter III dropped? He gave away so much music and the Carter III was still leaked before the album officially came out but people came out to support. Also, with Kanye West and this Good Music promotion. HE pretty much released his entire album song by song every Friday, but he still managed to get 500,000 people to go out and pay for it when it came out. Point: People have access to all types of music, it is dependent on the artist and their fanbase whether or not they will continue to sell records.
I don’t like Taylor Swift, but her and Susan Boyle is murdering everyone else in album sales. It doesn’t matter if it is states side or WW, she is still killing it. Also, her tour was one of the top tours of 2010. Rihanna did a lot of promotion in the UK, so she should be doing well over in the there, but do you think she will be able to hold on to those sales since she is selling ubder 100k after three weeks on the charts in the US which is the biggest market? I am predicting this album will probably sell 3.5 to 4 million max without a rerelease, but who knows. She has never been a huge album seller. I won’t be surprise if Taylor and Susan sell in the 6 to 8 million mark without rereleases. Give credit where credit is due and stop making excuses on why your favorite artist isn’t dominating the album sales chart.
CONGRATS to Nicki, keep doing your thing
CONGRATS to Mariah, 20+ years in the biz and still slaying, with Xmas music too
I am so glad that the Black Eyed Peas are not doing so well on the charts, that electronic crap they are trying to pass off as music is not worth any1’s money. Hopefully they go back to the drawing board and release something similar to M***** Business which was by far one of their best albums IMO.
TI is falling off, didn’t Paper Trail shift well over 700 000? Anyway I am also glad that his criminal ass is also flopping.
Kanye West’s album was severely overrated, and I would not be suprised if Nicki Minaj manages to outsell him (in the U.S).
I can’t wait for the holy musical trinity of Beyonce, Britney and GaGa grace us with their new albums. This year was just musically bad.
ROTFLMAO @ XEDOS. Thank you so much you just made my day with that comment.
who ever said taylor swift has no promotion is a total liar, and yes i said it “total liar”,
E special full hour
Enews for an entire 2 wks straight(even last night AGAIN she was on enews talking about her bday and whole lot of crap)
jake(even him was promo for her)
cover girl promo(she also included her new album)
ellen degeneres
chelsea lately
thanksgiving special
alot of magazines cover(talking about the album and how all is about a particular boy: John mayer, twilight dude, jonas bro, band mate and other etc)
target commercial for speak now
lettterman show
good morning america
and the list go on….
So if this is not promo, tell me what this is
Kanye’s album>>T.I’s album>>Mariah’s album>>Rihanna’s album>>Nicki’s album>>BEP’s trash
lmao @ true blue to say that beyonce of all pplz doesn’t sing about s**.. the talk bout s** in freakum dress,single ladies, ego, naugthy girl, baby boy, kitty kat, Video phone, radio etc.. so i go on
“taylor swift fans n susan boyle fans don’t know how to use torrents….the prolly don’t even have internet ….they have to get the cds”
the person that wrote that statement about did it occured to you that Susan boyle fans are older white people meaning that they more than likely have higher payin jobs than pplz that’s buy nikki’s and rihanna albums..so how the f*** they can’t afford internet
“The longevity of Mariah Carey is AMAZING. At the age of 41, she’s still burning up the charts. I love reading the ignorant stupid comments of people who trash MC on here. THEY HAVE NO CLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
I totally agree and *DEAD* @Secret Voice! 🙂
I’ve heard mixed reactions about Kanye’s album, and the same goes with T.I.’s album. But for them both to not have had a hit song, their sales have been pretty good. I don’t like Taylor Swift, but she does sell albums and the same goes with Susan Boyle. Congrats to Mariah as well. I don’t remember who else was mentioned in this post, so…
@ Lostonez:
“Beyoncé, Chrisette Michelle, Erykah Badu, Jill Sott, Musiq Soulchild, Janelle Monae, Mary J. Blige, Fantasia, Raphael Saadiq, and many, many MANY more do not sing about s**, either exclusively or at all.“
@ Lostonez:
Beyoncé doesn’t sing about s** exclusively. Dangerously In Love, The Closer I Get To You, Daddy, Get Me Bodied, Upgrade U, Irreplaceable, Resentment, Listen, If Were A Boy, Halo, Disappear, Broken-Hearted Girl, Scared of Lonely, Satellites, Diva, Sweet Dream, Radio (clearly you have not listened to the song, because it is NOT about s**) are non-sexual songs.
^^^ And I didn’t even name all her songs. Those were just the ones I came up with at the top of my head. But I can assure that love as a subject matter are the majority of her songs, not s**.
I’m soo happy for Rihanna and Nicki. I don’t know why, im not even a fan lol, I think I just like to see people succeed especially black people like myself. The music industry is a though business so these ladies are doing very well!! kudos to that.
the Black eyed peas album sucks, they cannot sing, they have no talent…
must listen to castle Walls again!..
when kanye drop the single wit rhianna his sales will pick up… im a t.i. fan but this kanye album is alot better.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT ALOT OF OTHER ARE DROPPING ON THE CHARTS BUT NICKI AND RIHANNA ARE MOVING UP NICKI MOVED UP TOO FROM LAST WEEK GOOD GOB LADIES I HOPE THEY BOTH GOT PLATINUM IN THE US( YEA I KNOW RIRI ALREADY DID IT WW)