July 17th, 2008

Why Are Fans More So Interested In Album Sales In This Day & Age?

why the fuck are fans so concerned with album sales? That shit dont make sense to me, maybe im just from another era.
-MR Goose

I hear you man, back in the days I don’t recall worrying how much Biggie & Tupac sold in thier first week. But these days people are eager to hear those first week numbers like they the label or getting a percentage off of every album sold. Some people don’t even check if an album has quality music and judge it based on sales.

So I ask, why are you concerned with how many albums an artist sells?

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84 Responses to “Why Are Fans More So Interested In Album Sales In This Day & Age?”

  1. ATI Says:
    July 16th, 2008 at 8:50 pm

    beacuse it’s an indicator of which artist’s coat-tails most of these sheep should start hanging onto

  2. boogiboi Says:
    July 16th, 2008 at 8:50 pm

    niggas aint got shit else to do lol

  3. Doodoobrown Says:
    July 16th, 2008 at 8:51 pm

    Why are we concerned with album sales? Because we like to see our favorite artists do well. Its like asking why are you concerned with how much a basketball player makes? Or why are you concerned with how many points Kobe had last night? Its like a statistic of some sort. Except its music and not sports.

  4. HAHAHAHAHAHA Says:
    July 16th, 2008 at 8:55 pm

    cause 50 cent said so!!! lol

    when u really think about it the people who sell the most records (in hiphop)are the ones who appeal to “white america” cause thats who buys those albums…it really has nothing to do with quality

  5. 2cents Says:
    July 16th, 2008 at 8:57 pm

    lol @ Doodoobrown, but he’s right! IMO it should be a petty stat though! Many artist have sold a load of sh!t simply based on name or affiliations, not talent and that should be what’s evaluated.

  6. smmf Says:
    July 16th, 2008 at 8:59 pm

    #1

    EXAAAAACTLY MY NIGGA!

    ITS BASICALLY SO THEY’LL KNOW WHO THE NEXT RAPPER THEY GONNA DICKRIDE IS

  7. DD Says:
    July 16th, 2008 at 8:59 pm

    #1

    EXAAAAAAAAAAACTLY MY NGGA

  8. Da Truth Says:
    July 16th, 2008 at 9:07 pm

    HONESTLY…..NO ONE STARTED PAYING ATTENTION TO THE NUMBERS UNTIL 50 CAME IN THE GAME. HE’S THE ONE THAT INITIATED THE SOUNDSCAN INDICATING WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAD A CAREER OR A HOT ALBUM. CASE IN POINT HOW MANY TIMES DOES HE MENTION IT?
    ( THINK FAT JOE, JA RULE, D BLOCK, AND SO ON)… AND FUNNY ENOUGH HE’S FALLIN UNDER HIS OWN CREATION BECAUSE G-UNIT’S NUMBERS ARENT VERY GOOD ANYMORE…..IRONY IS A BITCH

  9. kyo Says:
    July 16th, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    people care about the number so we can see that coming day of 50 cent flopping just like this g-unit album did. thats the only time to care about album sales. other than that im just bumping that seeing sounds everyday.

  10. Da Truth Says:
    July 16th, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    P.S.—ALBUM SALES DONT REALLY INDICATE SHIT…THINK OF ALL THE HOT ALBUMS RECENTLY THAT HAVENT GONE PLATINUM…EARDRUM, LAUGH NOW CRY LATER, FINDING FOREVER, THE COOL, ETC…..

    I THINK THE FANS HAVE BECOME JUST AS BAD THE MEDIA NOW…ALOT OF FANS JUST CRITIQUE AN ARTISTS WORK, MEANWHILE THEY DONT HAVE AN OUNCE OF TALENT IN THEIR BODY…