Spin.
As her new single ‘Fancy‘ sails towards Pop glory after rising to #7 on the ‘Hot 100’ last week, spin has done a pretty excellent job of presenting its supporting album ‘The New Classic’ as a roaring success.
Unfortunately, if units moved the LP this week are anything to go by, the rapper’s ‘Billboard 200′ peak position of #3 may be the only number the project will be commended for reaching.
Facts and figures below…
In its second week of release, ‘Classic‘ suffered a sales decrease of 60% in the US, moving 21,955 units in the last week. This, despite the benefit of her featured verse on Ariana Grande‘s record breaking ‘Problem’ and the continued success of ‘Fancy’, which surpassed sales of 374,000 units before April’s end.
Enough to see her hold a Top 5 position for a second consecutive week, its current spot of #5 came courtesy of the 225 more units she sold than Pharrell Williams‘ ‘G I R L’, which sold 21,700 units this weeks, two months after it touched on March 3rd.
Seemingly more interested in picking up her singles than spending money on its parent album, US music lovers have now purchased 73,955 copies of ‘Classic’, bringing the rap starlet to the modest number as Future‘s ‘Honest’ suffers a 63% sales decline in the same week, bringing in an abysmal 17,852 units.
Pretty poor, considering his omnipresence on Urban radio and the album’s star studded track listing, packing collaborations with the likes of Kanye West, Drake, Andre 3000, Pharrell and production from Detail, Mike WiLL Made It and The Runners.
In better news, while VEVO streams garnered by Ciara‘s ‘Body Party‘ grinds past the 38 million milestone, Beyonce‘s ‘Beyonce‘ enjoys a 13% sales increase, and is now on course to re-enter the Top 20 next week, currently placed at #21 as Katy Perry‘s ‘Prism’ roars at #20.
Why is this even news? Iggy is a singles artist and everybody knows that.
LOLOLOL SHES A FLOP
Spin? Please, nobody was spinning the 52k into anything more than what it was. It was the peak that we were celebrating.
“It was the peak that we were celebrating.”
And that’s JUST the point sis.
60% is normal though. I don’t know why people are trying to drag. Now if she did like Foster The People who debuted with right around the same numbers and dropped 79%, THEN that would’ve been a problem.
Foster the People arent hot anymore
Wait. She’s sold almost 400k of Fancy but sold 20k this week? Why did we think she was slaying?
Because singles are cheap? Remember? Plus nowadays, I’llgal downloads are taking over big time. It’s sad. The music industry has changed dramatically.
Speak for yourself. Emeli is selling singles AND albums.
@SandySande, what singles is she selling exactly?Only 1,of her songs charted in the U.S Billboard charts and none of them are even gold. B**** bye. I’m not here for your trolling ass
NTM sold over a million here and OVOE is almost at 1.5 million in Britain alone which is major because it’s so small. The best thing for you to do at this point is to apologize for questioning Emeli’s slayage and I may forgive you…if you’re lucky.
@Sandy She did slay with her past album. But it was mainly in her hometown, U.K.. NTM was her only successful song in the U.S tho. Am I lying?
I thought iggy was taking nicki’s spot tho!?!?! F*** out of here
Kiii, David used to be Iggs #1 stan until those racist tweets came out. #FlipFlopper
What kind of self drag? She dissed black, asians and latinas so assuming he belongs to any one of those races did you expect him to keep on stanning.
right @kellan thats enough to stop stanning for someone LMAO
Not too much babe, they DID help to break LegendORA over here.
And you’re proud of that? You better just hope Rita doesn’t do anything to p*** them off or she’s finished cos you KNOW the only place she’s popping is on this blog.
The irony is that TGJ are the ones who introduced me to her.
Damn it’s hard to sell albums these days..
Not really, people just keep putting out s*** music that no one wants to buy tbh.
First Off she has alot against her being a female rapper so the fact that she doing so well is amazing & on top of that she is still doing better then all the other new artist like August,Rita Ora, 5 seconds Of Sunmer & Austin Mohone. So with Fancy shooting up the charts ( might even go number1) & the song with Ariana about to go number1 I think Iggy has a good chance at being 2014 BEST NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR.
Nicki sold more in her 11th week than Iggy is doing in her second week so cut that female rappers being victims crap. Iggy is a singles artist and that’s all there is to it.
Is Body Party still not Platinum?
Is What Now?
the real kii is prism outselling beyonce…
And the greatest kii is Beyonce is not promoting. Yet she still outsold all y’all faves. Kii
pls at this rate bey wont outsell unapologetic
Deja me meo tantito. Beyoncé is supposed to be slaying and she’s below the top 20? Adele and Taylor Swift have stayed for ages in the top 10. Cut the ”she’s not promoting” crap because Adele didn’t promote SFTTR and RHI and they slayed big time.
@KingRihoe She already did tho. So bye.
LOL THE REAL KII IS IGGY OUTSELLING BASICYONCE LOL
And they’re all outselling Gaga _/
It’s obvious Iggy is a singles artist but the awful album sales at the moment will have an effect too.
pharrell, i c u lowkey slaying despite a “low” first week
And people still want to become famous…
smh. This is why I don’t believe in the charts anymore. Songs and albums stay at #1 & top 10 on iTunes and etc., but yet they are only selling 333 copies a week. I’ve officially given up on music sales, however, it is an artist responsibility to make sure they have solid material on their album. Music > Sales.
It’s gonna be ok tho..
Lmao. I am not even dealing with the floppage this week. So you can sell 370k of a single but can’t even sell 30k of your album in week 2? I can’t and I won’t.
It becomes a problem when there is an 80% + decline *cough* artpop *cough*
It becomes a problem when it takes you two years to scan a million.
Not a problem though when you’ve shipped over 6 million albums worldwide sold over 5 million and chart at #15 on the UK chart on your 118th week.
How many times do I have to tell you, interscope’s
Receipt of 6 million shipped is incorrect. Every other
Outlet reports 5 million. If that’s the case then gaga has
Shipped 2.5 mil of artpop. Stop the delusion
That’s because all the other sources are outdated because this is a new receipt.
The receipt is not new. She did not ship
One million copies in a month for an album
That was released over two years ago.
Again, stop the delusion.
But tell me why west coast isn’t even bubbling
Under the hot 100 any more?
Not you trying to come for Lana when the only place Cheryl slays is ITV.
But Death as every cheryl single has outsold
Any Lana single.
Lies! Y&B and summertime sadness have both outsold any cheryl single.
Why were they not on the official charts top
Selling brutish singles when fight for this love
Was? Kii
B**** you never specified a country! I’m quoting WW numbers.
Me too. Why couldn’t SS chart without the
Cedric remix?
The 5 million receipt spans all the way back to September 2013 so that would make 7 months.
No babe, the receipt is as of last month. Your
Girl just did 4.5 mil in sales, she surely hasn’t
Shipped 6 mil.
TGJ hit the nail on the head with this one 2bh. She gets nice peak positions but she isn’t selling anything that costs more than 1 dollar.
Not Rosie in here stanning for her new fav while still
Being pressed in a gaga post. Life must be tough after
The Floppage that was west coast. I see that it’s selling
200 copies on the Russian hot 100 though, so there’s a
Positive.
Dead at me being pressed with just one post. In that case I guess you’re seething since you constantly try and fail to drag me or Lana in every post. Go buy F.A.G. so it can outsell You’re Mine.
Why did you ditch Lana so quickly after the
Flop that was west coast? Why hasn’t Lana
Reaches the top 20 in any of the European
Markets that you stan for? What happened
To Lana’s interscope budget? Why can’t she
Afford any promo when she’s “interscope’s
Number 1”?
B**** do you see Lana in my avi? When did I drop her? And dead at you coming for WC’s chart positions when Chav can’t even go top 500 outside of the UK except for her one semi-global hit. I’m screaming. Take several seats and go worry about Chav not even being able to go platinum anymore in the UK.
I’m screaming as fight for this love, 3 words,
Parachute, promise this, call my name and
Heartbreaker have all gone top 10 in multiple
Countries!
How is the Lana budget after wc went top 10
In one country, selling 500 copies?
Once again clinging to 2008?
And receipts for CML going to ten in multiple countries? It bombed even harder than WC outside of the UK and the album it came from did about the same if not worse than Rita Ora’s. Dead at you trying to come for Lana while using that sing when Lana has at least three or four singles that were more successful on a worldwide scale.
Babe those are 2009-13 receipts. Try harder.
Call my name sold more in 3 days than west
Coasts did in a week. That’s a muthaf****** kii
And death @ Artists these days debuting at #1 or #2 with 50k sales. Back in the days, you would not be in the top 5 unless your sales are at least 300k +. Now it’s everyone can debut at #1. SMH.
You better remind these h***.
You sound silly. An artist’s chart position has ALWAYS depended on how many albums they sold in RELATION to other albums sold that week. There is no minimum or maximum you have to sell to be on the chart. If you sold the most that week you were number one. What’s so hard to understand about that?
I didn’t even know that Local Cole had stans outside of ITV studios to be honest. Like really, I had no clue that there were people who could actually stan for someone who can only slay with their lead singles wants people to believe she’s sold 1 million records worldwide when her solo UK album sales don’t even come to 500,000.
Sweetheart, don’t do it to yourself. If Cheryl depends on ITV to slay then so what? Your fav is the one who wouldn’t have to pot to p*** in if this blog that we’re both on right now didn’t bend over backwards to make out like she was the second coming of v*****.
Cheryl may be local but at LEAST she is slaying in her locality. What does Rita do besides go to parties and smash Calvin for songs. Or did you forget that she only got with him after he gave Slay My Name to Queen Chezza and We Found Another #1 to Slayhanna.
First of all, the fact that Rita even does promo in the US means should be enough for you to know that she shits on Cheryl.
Cheryl couldn’t book a late night spot if Ashley’s v******* depended on it.
And that’s another thing, don’t you EVER act s though Rita is only with Calvin for the songs when it was Cheryl who married Ashley so people wouldn’t think she was racist after she attacked that poor African lady and called her a jiggaboo.
But not a delusional rita stan thinking
Rita is bigger than cheryl!! Not Cheryl’s debut
Selling four times as much as Rita’s!! Not cheryl
Never charting lower than 18 when rita only has
3-4 top 10s. Not cheryl taking the X factor job
That rita wanted.
I didn’t even read the first comment. I am
Screaming as Cheryl’s debut itself has sold
Over a million while rita can’t even get to 200k.
Not every cheryl single charting in the top 20
When “only her lead singles sell.” And not
Iwnlyd not being on any chart ww except for
Australia. I actually like rita too, but not a delusional
Rita stan coming for cheryl
BUT where IS aZALEA BANKS? She is not even on twitter anymore
Sam,
Can we talk about RITA WHORA being the worst dressed at the met gala ? Can we talk about her song now BRING ON USA RADIO AND SHE IS AT 447 ON ITUNES?
CAN WE TALK about she and IGGY were on MTV? AND YET SHE CANNOT CHART? Can we talk about how she might need tp duet with gwen stefani to score a hit? Can we talk about RIH new deal on ROC nation comes with CEO perks, which is bad news for RITA and all other clones. They dropped alexis jordan and briget kelly.
Can we talk about an announcement of Rih’s new ALBUM coming soon?
Step ur game up, you are loosing it
Somebody is PRESSED.
Yaassss b****, you better HIT that keyboard like the Ike Turner looking b**** that you are!
WHAT about RITA WHORA song on radio, but on 447 on iTunes. SHE HAS NOW GONE BACK TO THE UK A Loser.
RITA ORA came out the same time as IGGY AND SHE HAS NOT CHARTED. NOW, she flew back to the UK a loser.
ave you seen Rih’s tweet about the ebony music cover?
Yeah I am talking YE
Yeah I am takling Rih
Yeah I am talking BEY
Yeah I am talking me
ALL THE ROC NATION, not RITA mention. SHE AINT ROC nation. NOW THAT RIH is part or the CEO OF ROC, SHE WILL MAKE SURE RITA WHORA PROJECT IS SHUT DOWN.
AFTER A MONTH IN THE USA, RITA WHORA IS NOW FLYING BACK TO THE UK A FAILURE AND EMBRASSMENT AND LOSER. Did beyonce even take a picture with RITA? NO. Beyonce knew she had to talk to the queen.
RITA whora is going back with flop singer, embaraasing PR STUNTS and WATCHING RIH RIH BODY HER AT MTV, MET GALA AND I heart radio awards. BOOM
KARMA FOR ALL those who said she would end Rihanna
RIH RIH is coming.
WHAT we got for rih? EM stadium tour
FASHION CFDAN ICON
AUSSIE VOGUE
HOME MOVIE
NEW R8 SLAYAGE
I thought rita whora was gonna end rih rih in 2012?
She is coming Thom she’s just on her sophomore project. Give her time and she’ll snatch that prostitute with a Mic bald
At Rihta being dragged even with this being the worst Met Gala of all time. She should just give up.
the only album that is selling 100k per week is frozen and sometimes its 80k and 90k per week like wtf no one wants to buy anymore music from people? I feel sorry for anyone new who wants to do music and be an actual best seller
Death. I just laugh at all these struggling ass female flopping on their first, second, and fourth releases. If only they slayed like my fave. Smh
Delusional.
Music sales are down because the music industry has turned into a for profit corporation and keep signing these no talent hacks, real musicians with talent don’t have these problems.
Best comment of all time.
YOU just slayed My Life!
Rita Ora >> Rihanna. Rita has way more talent than that h**
I just saw the met gala pics. Rih slayed the fuckkk our of Bey though.
Worry about your fave biitch. She’s too busy eating hamburgers with her fat ass. Would she even slay has she been there?
But at least she would be on the invite list!
What is basic perry doing besides promoting
Her music to radio Disney and clear channel to
Get payola number ones?
Was mariah not invited?
Was never talking to you so bye.
LOL RIH ALWAYS SLAYS THE FUKK OUT OF DESPERATEYONCE WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKS, STYLE, AND S** APPEAL LOL
Lies. Why can’t Riri even top Ask Men shes so s***, Bey has twice.
I’ll give her fashion but looks no.
But when it comes to Talent and Power and Influence, yBonce slays the f**** outta ha. #PressedBitch
Beyonce is already a fashion icon @ 25 while Beyonce is basic. Lol I can’t.
Bey was not ready for that red carpet. Not when Slayhanna is on it.
Beyonce doesn’t need to be a fashion icon lol. Save that for h*** who lack talent to back it up.
Zero fuckks given. Rih slayed Bey. End of story. Bye
The zero fuckks will be reflected in the world with that flop album in your name.
Gurl bye! Still well over 230 million records sold. Your cannot and will never. #Dismissed
How are the preorders going?
How is Partition doing?
Selling more than You’re Mine
And still struggling for a silver certification I see. Lol. Call back when she sells at least 180 million records. Actually, call back when her record sales surpass Rihanna’s (who has been in the biz for less time) lol
And its still more than you’re mine so what kind of self drag. Call back when you can finally come harder than with those logic lacking drags of yours. Beyonce has sold over 118 million as solo off 4 albums alone. In less time, Rihanna released almost double the albums so try again. How are the pre orders going? Im still waiting for an answer?
Be honest. You’re not a real Lamb. You’re just a Rihanna stan who hides under the Lamb clothing. You don’t even like Mariah because the only person you continue to seethe over is B, and B isn’t even in Mimi’s generation. Sad day for you troll. I can see through your b*******.
Omg itscheryl2bh you better stan!!
Shame
its all good; the album is good, and it will be fine! her singles will do good too!
Wow terrible. People rarely respect albums as a body of work now thats why. Theres too many distractions surrounding these artists today.
Most have that drop but it makes it much worse when their sales are poor to start with.
Why do Lana stans keep saying that she has shipped
6 million of btd? Stop the delusion. And these are the
Stans who tried to drag the monsters for saying that
Artpop has shipped 2.5 mil while using the same false
Interscope receipt.
I’m not disputing the 2.4 million SHIPPED because it was reported by the IFPI. People were only dragging the little morons because they were trying to claim them as sales.
But Lana did not ship 1 million of a 2 year old album in
7 months even if your receipt is correct! Death at the delusion!
Beyoncé wouldn’t even do those numbers with a 2 year
Old album.
@CherylSoldier
Born to die has outsold every cheryl album in the UK apart from 3 words(an album on the market 2 years and 3 months longer) which it will outsell in the next 1-2 years after it recently gained 3x platinum status and is still going strong at #15 118 weeks in.
Where are your receipts that btd shipped 1 million
In 7 months? Nice try at deflecting.
http://www.earone.it/news/lana_del_rey_west_coast_radio_date_14_04_2014_10353174/
No receipts lmao
I think you’ll find that is a direct quote from universal the parent company of Interscope. In it it states that lana has shipped 6 million copies of BTD and sold 12 million singles
Bitchh just stop. The article is in Italian and it’s
About the flop that was west coast. Give me
3 sources that aren’t Lana’s record company
That say that btd has shipped 6 mil.
Give me three recent sources that say otherwise.
You tried
https://mobile.twitter.com/chartnews/status/450409662962483200
And I wouldn’t be boasting about Lana’s
Success just yet when wc has just about fallen
Off of every chart ww. And I thought Lana was
Global.
Yet BTD is still charting in every major market after over two years, including the UK where it’s #15 after 118 weeks.
We all know singles aren’t Lana’s strong point. Keep trying it though! You should also pray that Chav will chart at least somewhere in mainland Europe when her new album is released.
Again, btd did not ship 1 million in 7 months.
Stop using he interscope receipt. Otherwise, we
Can add an additional 1.5 mil to artpops
Shipments.
If born to die could ship 5 million 1 year and 9 months is it really a stretch to think it shipped 1 million in a third of that time
Why is Rosie not backing up your receipt?
Rosie, has Lana shipped 6 million ww?
These are flops. Don’t give me the old “Music doesn’t sell like it used to, nobody buying albums” when Frozen been seeling over 150K for the past few months. These “rappers” are s*** anyway.
“In better news, while VEVO streams garnered by Ciara‘s ‘Body Party‘ grinds past the 38 million milestone,” The topic is sales and she throws in streams. Does he know that we’re laughing AT him?
The C squad has been trying me and my favorite today even after I’ve been quiet on Cici for a while; they’ll learn soon enough.
On what post? They don’t have much ground to stan on.
Frozen is unstoppable. What the hell? Is the music THAT good or is it all hype?
Watch it for yourself. I bet $10 yo ass will be singing “Let it go, let it go…” lol, it got my ass. I said the same thing before watching it.
FLOP FLOP FLOP
Iggy = Pit bull = Flo Rida = Future; all Fads who only slay singles.
In the meantime, Yasss Bisshh becoming the biggest crime to music since Vanilla Ice’s ice ice baby.
Literally dying that the fact that officer Rick Ross has sold more copies than Future?
Not august Alsina, yg, schoolboy q and every other
Local rapper doing the same.
It increased in the UK too 😀
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Grats Bey! What a consistency, what a success!
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That along with a $230 million tour and sold out stadiums accross North America ….. She really is the queen and no one comes close to her success!
Sold out stadiums?…. nobody takes you serious anymore :/
“Nicki sold more in her 11th week than Iggy is doing in her second week”
Kiiii lmao who she replacing?
BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIH RIH will duet with JOHN MAYER.
A lot of artist didn’t have strong 1st week sales or took a long time to reach platinum just look at Bruno Mars,Lana,and Katy. If Iggy continues to promote and push the right singles she will be fine
192,000 and 270,000 and they went plat in a few months. This “Classic” will NEVER see plat nor gold with those poor sales.
OMG AT THE DRYNESS OF THE ALBUM CHARTS THESE DAYS… GOSH THE INDUSTRY NEEDS TAYLOR SWIFT TO DROP HER NEW ALBUM AND SOON!!