Feb 23
shaleiroseThe term “bundles” in this context refers to pieces of merch that are sold with a copy of an album to count as an album sale.
For the third time: Drake stans are still incorrectly using “bundles” when they are talking about “physicals”
It's literally a bundle with merch god you people are daft
Feb 23https://twitter.com/boi1da/status/2026029943713386878
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- Feb 23·1 replyshaleirose
Billboard did not acknowledge them so they did not factor into the sales
I don't care what Billboard elected to count or not in the end, the intent was to create a merch bundle to incentivize people to buy the album for its connection to clothing and autographs instead of the music
- Feb 23·1 replyYA ICEMAN ACE
I don't care what Billboard elected to count or not in the end, the intent was to create a merch bundle to incentivize people to buy the album for its connection to clothing and autographs instead of the music
Autographed physical copies are extremely common
- Feb 23·1 replyshaleirose
Autographed physical copies are extremely common
It's a merch bundle
- Feb 23YA ICEMAN ACE
It's a merch bundle
An autographed physical copy is not a merch bundle
- Feb 23·1 replyshaleirose
To be fair, Drake stans regularly use the term “bundles” to discredit other artist’s numbers when they’re talking about physicals. They’ve done it to both Kendrick and Travis
They still doing it I’m crying
Feb 23·1 replyshaleiroseThey still doing it I’m crying
we have a kbot on the lose
- Feb 23Blue Man
we have a kbot on the lose
Kendrick isn’t even in my Top 5 all-time
- Feb 23
I was wrong about DAMN. having t-shirt bundles, I was not aware of that. But Billboard did not note them in their write-up of the sales, so they must have not counted for some reason
- Feb 23·1 replyshaleirose
Travis has, Kendrick has not (the ones for Morale did not count for the first week sales because they did not ship first week)
And there’s been times Travis has not used bundles that Drake stans have said he did (4X4 going #1)
Kendrick literally had bundles for DAMN
- Feb 23·1 replyHtownwolf
Kendrick literally had bundles for DAMN
He had T-shirt bundles, but they did not count towards the sales for the album, according to Billboard
- Feb 23·1 replyshaleirose
He had T-shirt bundles, but they did not count towards the sales for the album, according to Billboard
He was selling merch bundles for DAMN
- Feb 23·1 reply
I feel like we are talking to Patrick Star
- Feb 23·2 repliesYA ICEMAN ACE
He was selling merch bundles for DAMN
Artists are allowed to sell merch. Drake literally has an entire merch storefront on Amazon.
This conversation is about merch being used to boost album sales. In the case of DAMN.: they did not
- Feb 23·1 reply
shaleirose in here
- Feb 23·1 replyshaleirose
Artists are allowed to sell merch. Drake literally has an entire merch storefront on Amazon.
This conversation is about merch being used to boost album sales. In the case of DAMN.: they did not
There was intent
- Feb 23·1 replyYA ICEMAN ACE
There was intent
The intent don’t matter though if the numbers didn’t count. Merch bundles only matter when they artificially boost an artist’s actual total
- Feb 23·1 replyBlue Man
shaleirose in here
Again, Kendrick is not even in my Top 5 bruh
1. Kanye
2. Drake
3. Future
4. Jay
5. Rocky 
Feb 23·3 repliesshaleiroseArtists are allowed to sell merch. Drake literally has an entire merch storefront on Amazon.
This conversation is about merch being used to boost album sales. In the case of DAMN.: they did not
353k physical units in 2017.. and you're saying none of those were bundles.
Billboard stopped counting bundle sales in like 2019, why in 2017 would they have not counted the sales? It was pretty acceptable as a strategy for sales back then no?
Feb 23·1 replyshaleiroseAgain, Kendrick is not even in my Top 5 bruh
1. Kanye
2. Drake
3. Future
4. Jay
5. RockyKendrick is #1
The boy is #2
And thats facts
doot doot 🥶Feb 23·3 replieskurapikaKendrick is #1
The boy is #2
And thats facts
- Feb 23doot doot
I can't hate on him because I've been so conditioned to like that dog
- doot doot 🥶Feb 23
coldfireIs this the worst case of blue balls from drizzy? I need in depth a***ysis/conversation please. Was clb blue balls worse? As it was supposed to come Jan 2021. Or views?
He pump faked us multiple times with CLB then pretty much went radio silent after SH2
I’m ready for the full load but it’s nowhere near as bad