Gosh

6mo

He does? Like what?

Thizzer

6mo

Im going to call stupid. This isnt a bot situation this is a p2p through a click, where fans bought/streamed the album through an alt website, which is like a superfan direct to consumer market. These were self reported independantly outside of his labels marketing team who send the data to billboard. They most likely filtered it not because of "fraudulant reporting" but becauase of the rules they have with certain ways or album promo

Flubber

6mo

Albums or songs, however you want to do it
I would appreciate hearing your take on this

And given that you have to pay attention to so much stuff to maintain this thread it would be intriguing to see which things really stuck with you, appreciate you

Expert

6mo

MAGA wallen

thegreatdivine

6mo

Billboard flags any activity their system detects as suspicious and removes it from the final numbers they report, whether that he suspicious streams/sales. It's clear that in 21 Savage's case, it was a case of fake/suspicious sales, similar to what happened with Nav not too long ago.

Thizzer

6mo

I dont agree it was fake sales but an error on how it was reported to billboard

thegreatdivine

6mo

Oh, cool. I'll do albums.

Bad Bunny - Debí Tirar Más Fotos
Central Cee - Can't Rush Greatness
FKA Twigs - Eusexua
Kane Brown - The High Road
Kelela - In the Blue Light
Alessia Cara - Love & Hyperbole
PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake - $ome $exy $ongs 4 U
Tate McRae - So Close to What
Banks - Off with Her Head
Lady Gaga - Mayhem
ZZ Ward - Liberation
Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)
Jessie Reyez - Paid in Memories
Bon Iver - Sable, Fable
Davido - 5ive
Femi Kuti - Journey Through Life
PinkPantheress - Fancy That
Addison Rae - Addison
Little Simz - Lotus
Marina - Princess of Power
Sabrina Claudio - Fall in Love with Her
Haim - I Quit
Lorde - Virgin
Burna Boy - No Sign of Weakness
Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out
Noah Cyrus - I Want My Loved Ones to Go with Me
Wolf Alice - The Clearing
Lauren Spencer Smith - The Art of Being a Mess
Naomi Sharon - The Only Love We Know — EP
Giveon - Beloved
Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving
YUNGBLUD - Idols
Jon Bellion - Father Figure
Morgan Wallen - I'm the Problem
Maren Morris - Dreamsicle
Julia Wolf - Pressure
FLETCHER - Would You Still Love Me If You Really Knew Me?
Alessi Rose - Voyeur
Amaarae - Black Star
Jonas Brothers - Greetings From Your Hometown
Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend
Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl
Labrinth - Prelude
Khalid - After the Sun Goes Down
Wale - Everything is A Lot
NF - Fear — EP
Tems - Love is a Kingdom
Sienna Spiro - Sink Now, Swim Later

Probably missing some other albums but off the top of my head, these were some of my faves.

Flubber

6mo

Typed up my reply earlier and then my browser crashed

Appreciate the variety and the openness, this list has been a great reminder for some of the projects I missed or forgot about

gonna check out the Kelela & Tems albums this week, also think it's time I tap into Femi Kuti, he does a show with a black left OG i like

Feels weird that Bon Iver album came out this year but that's how it can be for albums that come out in the first few months of the year, was discussing music the other day and one of the people swore that the Bad Bunny album dropped last year

Thanks for sharing & have a happy holiday season

thegreatdivine

6mo

😲

jynth

6mo

that’s dope as hell, screw these corporations

iHype

6mo

Future next album probably gonna be the next big Rap flop

Plight2

6mo

i always thought that 21 savage was a gimmick rapper who is mid when you look past his image. okay for a feature sometimes. Him doing more than 100k at all ever is impressive to me.

Future and gunna on the other hand seem to be always dropping semi-viral songs on every album. Organic growing songs that make people check for the next project.