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Ghostlinkz
@ghostlinkz.eth
I know Tyler, the Creator’s Chromakopia had impressive first-week sales, but I’m curious: do people still care about sales numbers? When was the last time stats like first-week units, pure album sales, or streaming counts actually grabbed your attention?
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BLACKDAVE ₘₖ₂
@blackdave
Outside of being a comparative temp check...they matter much less to me. I only use them as a metric to compare one artist to another in terms of scale.
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Ghostlinkz
@ghostlinkz.eth
I suppose it’s better than having nothing to compare to. I love that Tyler dropped the album on a Monday. We need more artists to break away from the structures and standards that only benefit big tech and labels
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BLACKDAVE ₘₖ₂
@blackdave
Yeah. All the rankings and numbers and awards and accolades and stuff are just...part of the story. I think in realtime they matter less. Also don't forget that Tyler did release physicals, so even though the streaming started delayed...the actual sales didn't.
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Ghostlinkz
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Apparently he did 142k pure album sales, but that includes both physical and digital
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BLACKDAVE ₘₖ₂
@blackdave
142K pure is a HUGE number in this era. When you put it like that and see the rest, he the other 157k in streams which is….235M streams. Also a crazy number. Just from a scale perspective that’s crazy
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Ghostlinkz
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It’s crazy how 30k pure sales aren’t considered bad these days when artists used to pull in 1-2 million. I feel like the 2007 album sales battle between 50 Cent and Kanye West marked the end of that era. Kanye supposedly sold 957k, while 50 sold 691k
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