Artificial Intelligence
Not Allen Iverson
Courtesy of the good folks at rocafel.. rocnationDid Spotify really filter out 30M 'bot-like' streams from Megan Thee Stallion's album?
Megan Thee Stallion's 'MEGAN' aiming for #3 debut on the Billboard 200 with nearly 65K units first week
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NOSaintsFan02
Superstar
The numbers these days confuse me cuz it’s hard to gauge an artist’s popularity when physical sales aren’t the barometer anymore. But I am surprised Meg has never had a #1 album. Yeah she’s “independent” but for all the mainstream and social media push she gets I would think she was popular enough to get the 1 spot.
Barbz stay applying that pressure..
Yo bro this nikka in here worst than a drake Stan god damn. I literally see the delusion yall be talking about with artist. Jesus Christ you would think this nikka knows info we can’t find out
lol i wouldn't say that - the projects from noname, little simz, tierra whack, and glorilla have been solid;
but she's carrying her own weight
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
Nicki and Megan are not peers and are not of the same generation. Y’all comparing them is like comparing numbers for a male rap artist who debuted in 2019/2020 to people who became superstars prior to 2015 when stardom came with much broader audiences. Nicki is a star in the old school manner, today’s stars do not have the same reach, period. Even pop chicks like Camilla cabello (sp?) and Olivia Rodrigo ain’t no where near the stars people like Gaga or even Ariana grande were. The industry is completely different
A Tribe Called Quest ™
Make Em Say Ughh ... Silk da Shocker
She be ready to come in her and cape for that bitter grandma
Such a disgusting fanbaseLol the general public set those standards tryna laugh at my girl whole time these so call new girls can’t even keep up .
Sza a super star and smashing everything .
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Better at what bytch ?She be ready to come in her and cape for that bitter grandma
Don’t look better , can’t rap better doesn’t make better music and clearly can’t outsell .
fukk she bitter at this flop ass bytch for ?
Awesome Wells
The Ghost of Jack Tripper
I think this is the issue though.
As fans, and unless someone works at a record label, why would a listener be concerned with gauging an artist's popularity? If YOU like the music, then support it. If you don’t, then don’t. Sales and charting are for the people in the industry. That's the business side of the game. Charts and sales shouldn't be the focus for someone just listening to music. It's like Erick Sermon said recently, "Too many fans today think they're in the industry too and want to talk about first week numbers".
The focus should be more on the music. Not on sales and whether someone is being promoted through whichever channels. Customers are focused on the wrong sh*t, these days.
A Tribe Called Quest ™
Make Em Say Ughh ... Silk da Shocker
Nicki is just a hateful bitter person, and no she isn’t some victim in every situation like her fanbase portray. I never said Meg was better either, idk why you defensive
A Tribe Called Quest ™
Make Em Say Ughh ... Silk da Shocker
And she’s clearly bitter cause she lost the beef, no one except her brain dead Hitler cult like fan base thought her diss was hot. Everyone said she lost and was clowning her lmao. This why she bitter
NOSaintsFan02
Superstar
idk i feel box office numbers and first week album sales have been a thing fans enjoyed talking about for decades. this isn't some revolutionary thing. even sports fans have always talked about ratings.
Awesome Wells
The Ghost of Jack Tripper
Nah.
Just like we said in the thread speaking on Illmatic. Back then, we didn't care how much it sold or any of the other classics. Our focus was just on making sure we had the album. You wanted to be up on everything! That's what being a fan is. Being crazy about the music. Not about how much it sold or whether it's being promoted by the label. We assumed everyone had the album. Years later, when everyone online started talking numbers, we were shocked to see it didn't sell back then. Because we never even cared about that.
No true sports fan is speaking about ratings, lol. You talk about the game and who sucks and who doesn't. ESPN will push useless stats about ratings, but that's their job. But no one watching a game is gonna be there speaking about how well the station is gonna do because the ratings are going to be whatever, lol. That's what they do. Viewers sholdnt be worried about that. But in today's world, there's so much information out there, people have shifted into worrying about things that don’t matter. It's just how it is now. It's mad weird.
Dudes are literally online trying to predict first week numbers for albums now, lol. It's like Erick said, that didn't start until 50 and Kanye did that sales battle.
