T.I.’s, “Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head,” debuts number two on the charts with 179k records sold in the first week. His last album, “No Mercy,” debuted with 159k records sold in 2010. Clearly T.I.’s popularity is still up there and the reality show only helped him. Chief Keef’s debut, “Finally Rich,” failed to make the top 20 selling 50k in the first week. He missed his own video shoot for, “Hate Being Sober,” and was rumored to have had his tour cancelled. Is Chief Keef to blame for the poor sales? Should the label had played a bigger role in his promotion and life?
Source: Billboard
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Solid numbers lol at Chief Keef….
Keef knew what he wanted and that was to get money and he did that. Album numbers vs bank numbers and we all know numbers don’t lie. imo
what kind of money?
“Is Chief Keef to blame for the poor sales?”
Yes cuz he sucks at rapping.
“Should the label had played a bigger role in his promotion and life?”
No cuz he sucks at rapping.
keef sucks at rapping and the masses arent blind to the fact
chief did good wtf poor sales? gtfo
damnnn 50k?? nigga flopped hard as fuck. that makes him and Lupe the biggest flops of 2012. not a good year for Chicago. Tip’s numbers were solid doe.
Was it the label’s fault he ditched his video shoot with what coulda been his biggest song? we know what music videos can do to a song. Just look at Trinidad James, Macklemore, etc
people should rememeber that Chief Keef’s audience are probably just downloading the album. his success will more likely be measured by his longevity in the game opposed to his first albums record sales.
Not to mention, TI’s first album had extremely low record sales also.
Given keef’s inability to rap extremely well, he still makes very popular records.
TI has learned to create singles that will appeal to an audience that still actually buys albums lol
50k is good consider all the true hip hop in the underground that will never reach that
Wish T.I sold more but it’s still solid, Keef actually sold what i expected of him but it’s good for him.
yall niggas dnt even know nothing about numbers foreal…. 50 k was good for chief keef…plus one of the best in the game right now.. big krit SOLD 40K first week so gtfo
chief keef did around the same #s as waka, yo gotti and those other youtube/wshh trap / 808 mafia like sound rappers
record sales literally mean nothing nowadays but keef cant rap and he flopped so its jsut unanimous now that hes trash
Why you didn’t post The Game album sales which was last week, only 90k records he sold first week. You post every Game single and still flop. But other artist you care to share there album sales. Why is that? Isn’t The Game apart of the hip hop culture.
ummmmm album sales do mean something he’s on a major label dummies how long y’all think jimmy gonna keep him around his next album will most likely be on e1
50,000 is not good at all. If it is a comparison between TIP and Keef. TIP sold 30,000 the first week, and nobody even heard of him. I bout his album cause i’m from the A. When i got it though, was definitley banging. Keef’s popularity should have at least got him 80,000-100,000 units sold. I don’t know what his record label is doing
50k is a flop plain and simple. What makes it worse is that the label is gonna take their cut, management is gonna take their cut, and so on. For an artist, the real money comes from touring and he just canceled his. Keef’s 15 minutes are over. Solid numbers for T.I. Maybe now he can focus on his label.
how is that you people say Meek Mill’s DEBUT album flopped, selling 165k. but 179k is “good” for an well established artist like T.I.? I don’t get it
The music video was gonna him and a bunch of dudes in a kitchen swinging their dreads around……Like him making that video would’ve made a difference..
how the fuck is that solid for t.i, 200k would of been solid, this nigga promoted hard too and he was outta the bin this time, and its the holiday season, im disappointed.
If dudes like Waka and French can find a way to stay in the game I doubt Keef will have a problem, especially with Interscope behind him. What they lack in album sales, and rapping ability they usually make up with touring and catering to their base.With that said, no one outside of the hip hop community knows who Chief Keef is.
u guys are fukin stupid, future first album sold 41k first week and as of now its at 220,000, i hate chief keef but 50k is pretty good for a 17 year old rapper, the only way your album will sell if you drop singles and do videos. the most chief first album well sell is prolly 100k so you guys wonnt hear from him for a while until he run out of money.
If he cant tour he is going to be done. I hope the rumor isnt true about him also getting death threats from local gangs and the venue cancelling because he cant do night clubs like older artist. Artist primarily get paid off of touring and selling merch, which is mostly sold at the concert venue and online. After missing that video shoot i never saw/heard a push from interscope on the hate being sober song. Not even on SAT radio.
Good #s for Keef considering he sux
Album sales been down for damn there every rapper now a days since everybody download your shit for free. Artist now a days make money off concerts, features, and endorsements. 50 cent sales are down but he get money off other shit like vitamin water, movies and ect.
50k is local rapper sales, don’t try to sugarcoat it and make it look good my nigga that lil nigga wack AF and always will be he would’ve still flopped even if he made the video shoot like whotf listens to that fool? T.I washed up fuck both these bum ass country niggas lmfao!
yea theres a problem with our hip hop if we worrying about about Chief Keef number …. SMDH. T.I. my dud tho.
All I got to say is chief keef weak af beats are hard in 50,000 trash real hip hop is coming back kedrick Lamar 500,798 sold west coast stand up
Y’all gotta remember…if he don’t sell atleast 250,000 copies by dec 2013 interscope said there gonna pull out of his 6 mill contract… pray fo him..good luck youngin
all yall can smd cause my nigga chief keef got bars and stop saying he don’t got bars cause he do. watch he gonna get that 250,000 sold even befor the official date I dead as bet money
if he sold 50,000 in a week give him 4 more weaks and he gonna make that 250,000 watch