Some 2012 Album Sales Info (To Date)

[sporticus]

PRODIGY OF MOBB H.N.I.C. 3 11,603
KILLER MIKE R.A.P. MUSIC 23,403
ROOTS UNDUN 135,245
BEANIE SIGEL THIS TIME 4,184
KREAYSHAWN SOMETHIN 'BOUT KREAY 5,896
YELAWOLF RADIOACTIVE 162,280
XZIBIT NAPALM 3,189
SLAUGHTERHOUSE WELCOME TO: OUR HOUSE 85,161
FUTURE PLUTO 184,602
FIASCO*LUPE FOOD & LIQUOR II 120,637
DMX UNDISPUTED 33,627
B.O.B STRANGE CLOUDS 237,361
TYGA CARELESS WORLD 305,254
CURREN$Y STONED IMMACULATE 70,623
TECH N9NE ALL 6'S & 7'S 211,763
SNOOP DOGG & WIZ MAC & DEVIN GO TO HIGH SCHOOL 150,067
KID INK UP & AWAY 44,838
BIG K.R.I.T. LIVE FROM THE UNDERGROUND 91,537
SKYZOO DREAM DEFERRED 3,548
DJ KHALED KISS THE RING 80,054
MILLER*MAC BLUE SLIDE PARK 356,241
Z-RO ANGEL DUST 5,782
DJ DRAMA QUALITY STREET MUSIC 29,870
MELLOWHYPE (Odd Future) NUMBERS 8,177
WAKA FLOCKA FLAME TRIPLE F LIFE 91,471

1. Why are dudes signing major deal anyways? Tech 9 ain't even got a promo budget and is doubling dudes.

2. Unless you're Taylor Swift, you're not gonna move units. Especially in rap. So stop comparing 2012 to 2003. Wayne's gonna move units. Em's gonna move units, Jay will for a while longer and then that's it. Yeezy's gonna move units. So when you act like he strayed too far from rap, remember....he's rapping for charity. He does it cuz he wants to, be glad.

3. If you like it, don't worry about who else listening. Kendrick's not gonna save your brand of music anymore than anyone else. Stop looking for a savior.

 

[kp404]

Tech N9NE

 

[Juneya]

WHO THE fukk IS BUYING ALL THESE TECH 9 CDS.... I dont KNOW ONE nikka

 

[Plexxx]

WHO THE fukk IS BUYING ALL THESE TECH 9 CDS.... I dont KNOW ONE nikka

white people love tech 9 breh. i remember this white kid back in high school used to always try to put me onto him. this was 2005


not a knock on him though. he's doing his thing and has a solid core fan base.

 

[mortuus est]

 

[RTF]

Nobody wants to be Tech9 bruh. They all think they can be Jay-Z. fukk it, even Tyga probably makes more money.

 

[Responsible Allen Iverson]

What's the average amount of money an artist gets from each unit sold? At this point, an album is just an excuse to sell singles and go on tour.

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Nobody wants to be Tech9 bruh. They all think they can be Jay-Z. fukk it, even Tyga probably makes more money.

Tech N9ne makes an insane amount of money for a indie rapper..Tyga has some ways to go before he's even at Tech N9ne money.

Tech N9ne actually made the forbes list.

but @ Xzibit.

 

[FRIED MASON]

KREAYSHAWN SOMETHIN 'BOUT KREAY 5,896



And Tech 9 caters to the ICP type of fanbase...

 

[valet]

How much has Nicki sold?

 

[Tuc2DaBoot]

2. Unless you're Taylor Swift, you're not gonna move units. Especially in rap. So stop comparing 2012 to 2003.

Um... what? Pop/rock record sales are just fine for the most part. Sales are down overall but that's due to the lack of huge rap & R&B albums plus huge releases outside of Taylor Swift. Don't believe me? Here's the Year-To-Date for 2012 for the top 20 albums (those released in 2011 like Drake aren't total sales, just what they've sold so far in 2012):

1 COL ADELE 21 4,073,663
2 COL ONE DIRECTION UP ALL NIGHT 1,287,081
3 MERN RICHIE*LIONEL TUSKEGEE 1,024,817
4 ISL BIEBER*JUSTIN BELIEVE 931,517
5 GLSN MUMFORD & SONS BABEL 864,797
6 ASMG HOUSTON*WHITNEY GREATEST HITS 860,732
7 ARNV UNDERWOOD*CARRIE BLOWN AWAY 850,144
8 CAPN BRYAN*LUKE TAILGATES & TANLINES 827,750
9 CAP VARIOUS NOW 41 747,614
10 FUER FUN. SOME NIGHTS 676,634
11 R-CM MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY...ROMAN RELOADED 673,894
12 R-RR GOTYE MAKING MIRRORS 665,078
13 OCAM MAROON 5 OVEREXPOSED 662,509
14 R-CM DRAKE TAKE CARE 651,281
15 COL ADELE 19 625,022
16 WAR BLACK KEYS EL CAMINO 566,803
17 ATLG BROWN*ZAC BAND UNCAGED 553,089
18 CAPN CHURCH*ERIC CHIEF 542,957
19 CAP PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 539,049
20 CAPN LADY ANTEBELLUM OWN THE NIGHT 530,565


Notice the trends? Only 2 rappers in that entire list. Every other artist has sold at least 500k+ of their album this year, including Katy Perry, Adele for 2 separate albums, Maroon 5, Fun., and that horrible One Direction. Mumford & Sons, a folk rock band, just did 600k first week. Jason Aldean, a country singer, just did 400k first week. Without rap though, total album sales across the board have a hard time steady.

So to answer your question, rap is still popular as far as singles in the mainstream. But the album buyers are drifting back to pop/rock as their main purchases like it was in the 90s. Rap isn't as popular as it used to be as a whole.

Oh, and as far as rappers signing to majors... they want huge tours and shows. The only way to get those is on a major or a big record label like Rostrum. No other way to get the investors to back the artist in case the show doesn't sell out unless the rapper is already rich, and even then, they need investors.

 

[The Dust King]

WHO THE fukk IS BUYING ALL THESE TECH 9 CDS.... I dont KNOW ONE nikka

when I went to rock the bells 2007 in NYC there was a good 50 white guys/girls in the front rows and VIP that were rapping wit him word for word.

he definitely has a solid fanbase and I respect his craft and performance. he was like crip walkin and poppin n lockin while rapping. then some fat guy who's his boy was rappin doin the same ish.

VERY entertaining.

 

[call_me_step_daddy]

@ segal numbers

 

[bigmac]

Adele

 

[Long Live The Kane]

Um... what? Pop/rock record sales are just fine for the most part. Sales are down overall but that's due to the lack of huge rap & R&B albums plus huge releases outside of Taylor Swift. Don't believe me? Here's the Year-To-Date for 2012 for the top 20 albums (those released in 2011 like Drake aren't total sales, just what they've sold so far in 2012):

1 COL ADELE 21 4,073,663
2 COL ONE DIRECTION UP ALL NIGHT 1,287,081
3 MERN RICHIE*LIONEL TUSKEGEE 1,024,817
4 ISL BIEBER*JUSTIN BELIEVE 931,517
5 GLSN MUMFORD & SONS BABEL 864,797
6 ASMG HOUSTON*WHITNEY GREATEST HITS 860,732
7 ARNV UNDERWOOD*CARRIE BLOWN AWAY 850,144
8 CAPN BRYAN*LUKE TAILGATES & TANLINES 827,750
9 CAP VARIOUS NOW 41 747,614
10 FUER FUN. SOME NIGHTS 676,634
11 R-CM MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY...ROMAN RELOADED 673,894
12 R-RR GOTYE MAKING MIRRORS 665,078
13 OCAM MAROON 5 OVEREXPOSED 662,509
14 R-CM DRAKE TAKE CARE 651,281
15 COL ADELE 19 625,022
16 WAR BLACK KEYS EL CAMINO 566,803
17 ATLG BROWN*ZAC BAND UNCAGED 553,089
18 CAPN CHURCH*ERIC CHIEF 542,957
19 CAP PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 539,049
20 CAPN LADY ANTEBELLUM OWN THE NIGHT 530,565


Notice the trends? Only 2 rappers in that entire list. Every other artist has sold at least 500k+ of their album this year, including Katy Perry, Adele for 2 separate albums, Maroon 5, Fun., and that horrible One Direction. Mumford & Sons, a folk rock band, just did 600k first week. Jason Aldean, a country singer, just did 400k first week. Without rap though, total album sales across the board have a hard time steady.

So to answer your question, rap is still popular as far as singles in the mainstream. But the album buyers are drifting back to pop/rock as their main purchases like it was in the 90s. Rap isn't as popular as it used to be as a whole.

Oh, and as far as rappers signing to majors... they want huge tours and shows. The only way to get those is on a major or a big record label like Rostrum. No other way to get the investors to back the artist in case the show doesn't sell out unless the rapper is already rich, and even then, they need investors.

those are terrible numbers across the board... you respond to somebody saying "stop comparing 2012 to 2003" with a ytd top sellers list with whopping grand total of THREE platinum selling albums in all genres of music...outside of Adele those numbers are atrocious...