Music

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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I bet most people can’t even explain how the numbers work. It’s such a joke at this point. I love stats and leaderboards, but the ones in the music industry don’t mean much to me because there’s so little transparency and accuracy. I thought blockchains would help with all this, but then you look at the number of wallets or transactions, and realize it's all rigged

it's not, it's just a talking point for people to write articles about said number and keep the album in the public's mouth for the next week to come

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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

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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I just wish the numbers were easier to track and that there was more transparency in all of this. I’d love to see a music leaderboard that genuinely represents real talent and success, but the numbers are all cooked and controlled by different levels of gatekeepers

I think first week sales are important but it has come down to YouTube views and overall streams. Kind of miss CD sales and Vinyls (what a time to live in music)… yet, life evolves… it is what it is. How easy can a fan access their favorite artist(s) music? How easily can that fan share and reshare that song and/or album… it goes on and on.

Yesterday the Lindy Man (Paul Skallas) posted an interesting essay on how the 2010s changed our thinking.

His observations are astute:

1. It's ok to be fired from your job for posting on social media

2. Caring about metrics as a fan is normal now

3. Some platforms are for couples and platforms are for individuals

4. Self-improvement became more important than contentment

5. Culture and consumerism became increasingly geared towards women

6. Experience means more than possessions

7. Activists took control of political parties

8. Identity became very important

9. It's OK to experiment on young people

10. Everyone is walking around thinking they have mental health problems

https://lindynewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/the-2010s-transformed-our-thinking

I don’t, but many do

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I get that metrics and stats are intriguing to fans, im one of those people, but the lack of transparency and accuracy makes them mean very little to me. I'll check out the article though, thanks for sharing!

I don’t, but many do

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https://warpcast.com/zd/0xe870ae7a

No one cares except for his label, manager, agent, etc.

I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that