We can all agree The Weeknd is done now, right?

[Born Rich]

People feel like his first week being boosted by bundles is evidence that he needs gimmicks to sell now, ignoring that he's always used bundles to boost his numbers.

Honestly I don't even understand how physical bundles is manipulating the numbers and nobody had been able to explain it to me.


Now people think potentially botted stream numbers are more legit than physical sales because artist are throwing in shirts and stickers.

don’t understand this argument either…

if your fans are willing to buy vinyls/CDs or cop some merch that includes the digital album, to me that seems equivalent to back in the day when people had to by physicals for sales to count…

 

[Piff Perkins]

don’t understand this argument either…

if your fans are willing to buy vinyls/CDs or cop some merch that includes the digital album, to me that seems equivalent to back in the day when people had to by physicals for sales to count…

It's a bad argument. Weekend is one of the top 5 most streamed artists in the world. At one point he was #1. Getting a good amount of fans to buy the physical copies is not an indictment of him as a streaming artist. He dropped an album without a real hit and that hurts, but given that he's stadium status I don't think it matters. His career seems to be completely focused on maintaining the tour viability now, at the expense of making good albums. Somebody in a suit told him that synth pop is the best way to sell out those stadiums and he listened.

 

[Sad Bunny]

Commercially yes.

I wasn’t crazy about the last album after a few listens.

 

[maxamusa]

People feel like his first week being boosted by bundles is evidence that he needs gimmicks to sell now, ignoring that he's always used bundles to boost his numbers.

Honestly I don't even understand how physical bundles is manipulating the numbers and nobody had been able to explain it to me.


Now people think potentially botted stream numbers are more legit than physical sales because artist are throwing in shirts and stickers.

his tour tickets are pricey.....honestly the whole billboard #s thing is really played out.

 

[L $ C]

It's a bad argument. Weekend is one of the top 5 most streamed artists in the world. At one point he was #1. Getting a good amount of fans to buy the physical copies is not an indictment of him as a streaming artist. He dropped an album without a real hit and that hurts, but given that he's stadium status I don't think it matters. His career seems to be completely focused on maintaining the tour viability now, at the expense of making good albums. Somebody in a suit told him that synth pop is the best way to sell out those stadiums and he listened.

another great take by you sir


thing is about a lot of the people on here they dont realize how much streaming is international, its far more than NY and LA

 

[maxamusa]

It's a bad argument. Weekend is one of the top 5 most streamed artists in the world. At one point he was #1. Getting a good amount of fans to buy the physical copies is not an indictment of him as a streaming artist. He dropped an album without a real hit and that hurts, but given that he's stadium status I don't think it matters. His career seems to be completely focused on maintaining the tour viability now, at the expense of making good albums. Somebody in a suit told him that synth pop is the best way to sell out those stadiums and he listened.

Breh headlined the superbowl recently and people on here talking about he done

 

[bucks3115]

fukk NO


HURRY UP TOMORROW is such a great album