So if the beef last year never happened

[T-K-G]

Tyler the Creator woulda outsold Kendrick? Let's talk about it


Chromakopia did 299,500, we'll call it 300k, off of what? 1 week notice, a snippet of the intro track (instrumental) and half of a song with Schoolboy Q. Basically no momentum outside of core fans

GNX did 319k....with the biggest song in the world and just winning the biggest rap beef in history so far, tons of casual fans showed up

And the difference is only 19k?

We seen the reaction at the Pop Out
I'm just sayin

We were VERY close to Tyler being able to say that "it's just Big Me" line and I don't think most of the culture is ready for that. Y'all thought he was mean the way he started bullying DJ Khaled to defend himself it's prolly a few more big names on that list, shyt might get spooky as hell next time around

And this is probably his least marketed album, we haven't seen any of the clothing/accessory/one-off stuff he'd usually do.


Even the verse from his "Hey Now" freestyle stick in my head more than the OG shyt's crazy

 

[Sad Bunny]

And the difference is only 19k?

Check the numbers now. Kendricks album has more hits and legs.

First week sales aren’t the end all be all.

Bad Bunny did 110k then 205k and now he’s about to do 185k in his third week. Already has 1.5 billion streams.

Lil Baby did 125k first week and has been flopping ever since.

Albums don’t stop selling after the first week.

 

[Fill Collins]

How do y'all keep track of this, I just listen to the music

 

[DaSk8D00D]

Even the verse from his "Hey Now" freestyle stick in my head more than the OG shyt's crazy

Respect to Tyler but you gotta be on fukking crack to actually type this shyt out

 

[Yecht]

Can't believe people listen to this weird fakkit

 

[shopthatwrecks]

khaled will be pissed at tyler...

 

[Cladyclad]

Check the numbers now. Kendricks album has more hits and legs.

First week sales aren’t the end all be all.

Bad Bunny did 110k then 205k and now he’s about to do 185k in his third week. Already has 1.5 billion streams.

Lil Baby did 125k first week and has been flopping ever since.

Albums don’t stop selling after the first week.

that lil baby shots continue lol

whats up with that

 

[Da_Eggman]

not at all what i was expecting when i saw the title

 

[verhonggen]

Nah.... not to mention, like Billboard said, the difference in sales between both albums is even bigger than you're saying.

Tyler had more tracks and had bundles, which boosted his sales by a lot. Kendrick still outsold him regardless and is now doing even better in the long run.

 

[Sad Bunny]

that lil baby shots continue lol

whats up with that

He is just the most recent example, but this goes for any artist.

 

[Nuuko]

Chromakopia had more than 100k coming from the bundles.....
If it was mostly destined to streaming, like gnx was, it would have sold 180k-190k...

 

[Westbama Heartthrob]

not at all what i was expecting when i saw the title

You was hype af coming in, huh?

 

[RennisDeynolds]

Maybe. Tyler is insanely popular. Which is crazy to me but cacs love him.

Kendrick is and was insanely popular as well. The beef helped but yall are underestimating his status before the beef.

 

[Piff Perkins]

I don't think there's a problem having bundles for an album, first off. But making definitive statements on who is more popular than who, solely based off album sales where one guy had bundles and the other didn't is wild. It invalidates the entire argument. You bring up the Pop Up but....who sold out the Pop Out? Nobody knew who the guests were gonna be. Tyler got a big reaction but so did Kendrick so uh....what are we doing here.

They are both hugely popular. I'd say Kendrick is more popular but who cares man.

 

[Overpss]

Lol... it's like saying MCHG outsold Eminem albums because Samsung Galaxy owners received a million copies for free.

Gnx is seriously outperforming Chroma (even more after the first week sales) despite having no box, merch and bundles linked to the release (and no lead single prior to the release), which contributed to more than 30% of Tyler sales according to chartdata.

Kendrick outselling Tyler despite having none of that kinda proves they're not on the same level of popularity.