He’s the Hip Hop prince responsible for setting the charts alight with his breakout smash ‘I Luv This’, rising to the R&B heavens on the cloud that is Def Jam.
We’re talking about August Alsina of course, releasing his debut album ‘Testimony’ yesterday morning and will now discover if the hype behind his name is just that…hype.
For today, the LP’s first week sales predictions were published by ‘Hits Daily Double.’
Will he sink or swim?
Find out below…
Predicted opening week figure: 50-60k
Set to outsell Jason Derulo‘s ‘Talk Dirty (30-35k)’, the project’s predicted figure will see it outperformed by Disney’s ‘Frozen’ soundtrack, now on course to move 200,000 units in the next week.
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Those are great figures, but I don’t think to will be #1 .. May be 2 OR 3 because frozen is still snatching
Such low standards but coming from a bey stan why am i not surprised.
his sales are pretty good considering that he’s a new artist and RnB. Any new RnB artist that can pull over 50K first week is good imo.
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All it takes is 50k to go number 1 these days omg.
I have yet to hear one of his songs so that’s good
Can’t wait for Ultraviolence to do these same numbers or worse.
Just wait till Rosie gets here b****.
That’s what you said about West Coast.
SCREAMMIIINNNGGGG!!!! I f****** called it.
Let’s not sugar coat it. FLOP FLOP FLOP!!!
Ultraviolence will do the same.
Once again, you said the same about West Coast.
Jason Derulo is the true definition of singles artist .
@Mark111, was I spot on or what, I called it on FLOPgust, I called it on Jason Derulo LMAO.
Meanwhile SexLijah remains unbothered as he prepares his groundbreaking debut.
Yes you were. AA doing on his first what some sell on their 5th album.
Looooooooooool! Ninjas walk around with the biggest egos and flop!
Karma for what he did yesterday.
Decent numbers lol lovebird is mad of course Elijah wont even do 20k when he releases a album.
I don’t know why you’re worried about Elijah when he can A. sing and B. has a career he can look forward to. What can Ciara do nowadays beside make babies for DeadBeatDadture and waste Epic’s money.
Who are you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoEzoy1ju6o
LMAO gurrrr
Rita looks good. Shade for days…..Rihanna threw shade too
Yes, heuex, you know to turn your head when the QUEEN marches on!
SexLijah is going to do something Maxwell, Music soulchild and John Legend attempted but failed to do, and that is revolutionize RnB/Soyl music forever.
He brings something new and fresh to the table. Bijoux 22 is an amazing masterpiece, FLOPgust will never.
Yes sister, Elijah has a better voice and has better songs but his promo his weak and it’s pissing me off. My neighbor just put me onto Vendetta and it’s been slaying my body every day since. He’s got mad potential but needs to get out there more.
Elijah could outsell him but he needs to start promoting or he’ll flop too.
All r&b acts
sell between 50k to 80k first week so this ain’t a shocker
Speak for yourself.
With the exception of Fantasia Alicia and Keyshia.
And not FLOPgust’s ex boo Trey opening with 100K+ on his previous album whilst FLOPgust sells LESS than Black panties, I can’t.
Oh your mad kiiii
You do know that Trey Songz debut album “I Gotta Make It” only sold 40K in it’s first week don’t you? Most new R&B artist debut albums always, debut lower than established artist. You come off like a ignorant hater.If you do your research, you’ll see that’s pretty normal for new acts. Did Trey Songz flop back in 2005 with only 40,000 albums being sold first week. No he didn’t. So what’s the difference?
This is bad and can we stop comparing him to Elijah. I personally think Elijah has more potential than him because his music is more diverse BUT he’s not going to do any better than August as it stands because he’s only known on the blogs.
No lies were detected hunty, Elijah’ll need a good few months to promote if he wants to do 60k 2bh. He will slay but I need to see him in more places than this blog.
Ha ha. Guess he really is HALF of Trey.
Gurl he’s going back to bottom for Trey. Trey may not want him back though, his body count is higher than Azealia Bank’s Twitter followers.
Gurl, y’all are sleeping on SexLijah, not when he’s coming to gather ALL your favs.
Chris Brown who? Trey what? The whole world will be buzzing on Elijah because his music is amazing.
Don’t believe me, listen to Bijoux 22 for yourself.
I hate yo ass but you ain’t lying, his music is dope as f***.
Which of his songs should I start with sis?
I was listening to Vicky’s secret last night and I really like Birdz.
Once the promo train rolls in, your favs will be wishing they were his Air Jordan’s.
Let’s be realistic here girls, Elijah can sing and write August out of the water but do you really think he can sell 60k right now? He needs to start his promo like now if he ever wants to see that amount and I hope he does because I think I follow him on IG and he comes across really nice on there so I want to see him.
August is a d***** bag but his music is good but right now he could out sell Elijah in his sleep.
FLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP.
The delusion is so authentic in this thread though like we can all agree that August is Elijah’s lessor but don’t get it twisted and think hell sell 10k if he put out his album tomorrow. He has a decent buzz on the underground circuit but that’s as far it goes which is lowkey annoying because his music is so good that my little brother recommended him to me.
August would have sold more if he wasn’t such a D*** HEAD.
These predictions were probably made before he acted like a queen on 106. I say he’ll sell around 30k
What kind of accuracy?
So true.
Miguel numbers, not bad. At least he has an ALBUM and SINGLES unlike floplijah blake LMAO!!!!!
How is Elijah a flop? He hasn’t put out music for people to buy and he has credibility. When he puts outs music that flops call him a flop then but now when everybody accepts that he’s super talented.
Why is the Frozen soundtrack selling like this at this point? It shows people are desperate for musical events, cause the music in Frozen has nothing on the true great Disney films soundtracks like The lion King for example. Frozen is average.
Not when SexLijah can write better music than that pencil d*** criminal you Stan for.
I see LoveBored and his 1000000000 accounts are at it again lol. Get a life!!!
These numbers are better than what I expected. Good for August. Elijah is a non-factor outside of this website. Sorry, not sorry.
Not true babe, i just saw him live in the A and the venue was sold out.
LOL yeah right. Which nightclub was this?
When was he in The A? I don’t recall him coming to the city……..
He didnt…this h** lyn
How are those numbers decent when Black panties is doing 100K plus SCREAMS!!!!
SexLijah is coming to gather whores, watch this space.
Sexlijah will gather when he GATHERS his promo.
R. Kelly has a 25 year career.
Elijah has something FLOPgust doesn’t, major talent. Which male artist is more talented than Elijah right now? I’ll wait.
He’s a sweetheart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVCPciQUaJ8
OMFG! Where did you get this?
This is the first time I’ve heard him speak.
Ha to the f****** ha ha! B**** ass n**** talk so much s*** but can’t SELL s***.
Please don’t compare this hood rat to my fave.
Your fave is a punk so stfu.
Miguel=Royalty.
Alsina=Ratchet.
Decent numbers. But damn, the industry is in ruins…
Dead at the K** stan still saying Lana will flop. That’s what at least half of the regular posters on here said about her new single, and where is it now? #1 in 20 countries on iTunes and STILL #2 after three days (only thing blocking it is Pharrell), and that’s all with a alternative psychedelic rock song. Not to mention the already millions of views just for the audio on VEVO. Worry about K** slowly becoming Kendall Jenner’s lesser within the next few months.
On topic, I just found out who this is yesterday, and that’s way more than I expected.
I meant #2 in the US. Already lasting longer than any pop girls singles there except for Roar.
Not to mention that the radio is too scared to play it. Last time I checked its AI in the US was 0.016M and since Lana’s on tour she’ll probably do no television promo.
Apparently the video is coming out next week so hopefully that will boost sales.
THATS RIGHT FLOP!
The real kii is Icki wont even do that. Kiiiiiiii
How is ‘Frozen’ STILL selling that much as an OST! That is crazy!
I think that it is absolutely SAD at Jason DeRulo’s numbers. He has done SO much promo and has a hit single. Wow. I predicted these low sales tho.
Jason has no identity as an artist so no one takes him seriously. He’s actually not a bad singer. I think he’ll have a shot if he releases the duet with Jordin….
People need to give Rihanna credit. She sells singles and albums while others either one or the other. Most of the aritst in the top 40 can’t even pass 400K. PitBull and FloRida always has a top 10 hit, but they’re albums don’t even reach gold, yet still get money off singles. I’m afraid Jason is right along with them. And we have Beyonce that can’t get a #1 hit to save her life. But my point is, Rihanna and Katy aren’t JUST a singles artist.
Rihanna is a single artist hun deal.
You people are just stupid
Rihanna don’t have $hit to do with this post.
How is she a singles artist when all her albums open with at least 200k and goes platinum and sells 3-4 million consistently, I mean the fact that she always has a #1 her album sales are basic but she’s far superior to the true singles artist like Flo Rida, Jason durelo, and pit bull. They all get top 10s and #1s with ease yet sell 30k or less first week.
What does this post have to do with Rihanna and Beyonce and Katy?
B**** u just stupid. How many number 1s do U hav u h**?. Rhi is a singles s**** DEAL!
And August should really milk that Songz beef. Cause when Trey album drop, guess what he’s gonna talk about? Yo ass.
I smell something fishy going on with this frozen album!! I mean literally no one talks about this album, movie or songs but it’s selling over 200k after 5 months. I guess cause all of the music that’s been released lately is a hot ass mess
It has a huge audience babe…. Its safe music that parents feel like they can purchase for their kids, instead of Slutty music from the likes of Miley, Gags, and Bey
And Rhi and that 57k B**** u stan for…u h**
Adele & Rihanna need to hurry up and release music we need them.
Gawd I’m so over Frozen.
relax johnvidal lion king is still supreme it was in the 90s of course its better!! but frozen is cool, it just shows that music today is really crap and we have to turn to disney show tunes to give us some type of life. But frozen is going to be the best selling album this year there’s no denying that its been #1 since January!
Rihanna’s ” Music Of The FLOP” Sold 50k in The First Week Tho!
Isure did sis. But something you don’t understand is longevity 7 years later she is opening with 4 that
The point is…Low First debut sales doesnt determine anything! 7 years later, he could be jus as big as rihanna
Exactly somebody with some common sense! You have a lot of disgruntled haters in here, praying on someone’s downfall. How sad! It took Trey Songz 3 albums before he caught on. His debut album only sold 40,000 in its first week. Keyshia Cole as well as plenty of other artist sold much under 100k on their debut album. But it was still considered a success, cause they were new artist. Established artist always sell better than new artist. People act like they forgot that. Either their ignorant to the fact or just haters!
He’ll do less than those numbers for acting like a pressed bottom on 106 and cursing at that girl….
The reviews are going to dragg his album to filth….
In more important news… FUTURE releases his sophomore album HONEST on 4/22!!