Jun 3, 2021
Saul GoodmanDS2 debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 151,000 album-equivalent units; it sold 126,000 copies in its first week.
vs
The album (My Turn) debuted atop the Billboard 200 with roughly 197,000 total album-equivalent units and held the No. 1 spot for five nonconsecutive weeks.
The fact DS2 sold 125k pure in a time when streaming and torrenting were very much alive is insane
- Jun 3, 2021·1 reply
MyBallsAndMyWordTbf this was a much different time in terms of charts and how we count sales
If I'm not mistaken ticket sales + merch bundles used to be allowed to count towards albums sales + i'd imagine more cd's were being purchased in 2015 vs 2020
- Jun 3, 2021Saul Goodman
If I'm not mistaken ticket sales + merch bundles used to be allowed to count towards albums sales + i'd imagine more cd's were being purchased in 2015 vs 2020
CDs were already dead
- Jun 3, 2021·2 replies
Shabazz999this is why i say it's hard to gauge, streaming had just been added to the billboard 200 when DS2 was released, AM wasn't out yet and overall streaming wasn't half as big as it is now.
it's really difficult to compare future in 2015 to lil baby now because of that
apple music launched at the end of june 2015 ds2 released mid july 2015 right?
- Jun 3, 2021Saul Goodman
apple music launched at the end of june 2015 ds2 released mid july 2015 right?
That doesn’t really matter, AM was no where near as ubiquitous then so that says nothing
- Jun 3, 2021·2 repliesMyBallsAndMyWord
Tbf this was a much different time in terms of charts and how we count sales
This is true but back then future was still not that big. Like he wasnt even top 5 back then that says a lot
Jun 3, 2021Maybe and I don’t understand tbh. I fw lil baby but I don’t get why he’s so big
- Jun 3, 2021Saul Goodman
apple music launched at the end of june 2015 ds2 released mid july 2015 right?
ah you're right, but i mean it probably had a 10th of the user base it has now
Jun 3, 2021Both are overrated country messes.
- Jun 3, 2021·1 replySaint Aquinas
This is true but back then future was still not that big. Like he wasnt even top 5 back then that says a lot
I agree that Baby is probably bigger right now but the logic people are using to argue that point itt is flawed imo
Jun 3, 2021·1 reply
KEYSHes not bigger then Future in 2015. DS2 hype was unreal + the reception to WATTBA. Baby not had that yet but he is on track to have a bigger peak, yeah.
if the streams counted the way they do now I can’t even imagine where it would have been
- Jun 3, 2021MyBallsAndMyWord
I agree that Baby is probably bigger right now but the logic people are using to argue that point itt is flawed imo
how so? future is of the era of being allowed to sell merch and have it count as an album sale against baby just having streams or physicals
- Jun 3, 2021·1 replysilkyyysmoothhh
if the streams counted the way they do now I can’t even imagine where it would have been
how were they counted in 2015 vs now?
- Jun 3, 2021·1 reply
lil baby is nowhere near future, not even close
future has tons of classics to his name
- Jun 3, 2021Ultra Light_Beams
lil baby is nowhere near future, not even close
future has tons of classics to his name
that's not what is being asked - Jun 3, 2021
Yes
Jun 3, 2021yeah he’s slightly bigger than future’s commercial peak. close tho
Jun 3, 2021Saint AquinasYes. My Turn also better than DS2
- Jun 3, 2021Saul Goodman
how were they counted in 2015 vs now?
there’s endless new influences to how it counts toward billboard, just a couple below
billboard.com/articles/news/8427967/billboard-changes-streaming-weighting-hot-100-billboard-200
rollingstone.com/music/music-features/what-will-billboards-new-streaming-rules-really-mean-124168
Jun 3, 2021·2 repliesYall are smoking d***
Prime future would have MULTIPLE hits per drop
I cant think of a signature lil baby hit
One is a popping rapper the other is a superstar
- Jun 3, 2021
BRUNTZfuture has had at least one smash hit every year since like 2011
Jun 3, 2021Baby has hits Future has hits and classics
Jun 3, 2021No
Jun 3, 2021·1 replyNot really.
Lil Baby is thriving in the streaming age in a relatively non-competitive era.
Future thrived with Drake/Cole/Kendrick/Sean/Nicki as his peers and he still got multiple number 1 albums, major influence, and a solo hit(Mask Off) that's way bigger and timeless than any Lil Baby song, etc.
But time will tell.
- Jun 3, 2021
no