Good

Much better than iceman

Spent 2 years promoting that slop just to lose to Olivia Rodrigo

all sales are fraudulent except Drake

why do you have amazon as a partner and just not use them lol

Title really got them upset good job @op

Olivia has solidified herself now as the Gen Z Avril lavigne. I actually like this new project

Meanwhile Kendrick sells like 200k less no matter what he does

How did he “lose” yall desperate to give Drake an L. Drake and Olivia Rodrigo aren’t in competition

I can’t believe this thread is literally comments like this yall are deranged

Olivia Rodrigo has a massive physical media presence, highlighted by the debut of her third studio album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love. Driven by special-edition pressings—like the Target-exclusive pink and white vinyls and a standard CD— physicals made up a staggering 60% of the album's massive 470K opening week.

You needed to ask ChatGPT to get this information?

GNX would've very easily outsold ICEMAN first week if it had physicals day one

Sure, it’s a W. But if we’re comparing a release with physicals and special editions to a release without that, we have to take that into account.

For the releases to be this close in numbers despite that difference says a lot. 60% of Olivia’s number being physicals means she did less than half the streams Drake did. The real story is nuanced.

Iceman did zero physicals and he still effectively put up the same number as a prime pop star pulling out all the stops. Are we saying this is an L to get that many listeners purely off the music? What we doing here? There’s no way to spin that either

Pop music never streams super high first week unless your name is Taylor Swift. I've been tryna tell y'all this for years

But Iceman didn’t have physicals either… you’re saying you have to give Kendrick an advantage to win? Why can’t you compare it as is, it’s definitely a better comparison then O Rod, a bundle artist

She's not a bundle artist

SOUR has 17B streams on Spotify alone

Based on the last time Drake did physicals for a project, it wouldn't have been much of a boost. Also, based on his lyrics, he clearly thinks releasing your music on vinyl is a gimmick

60% of your first week being some color vinyl that your fans will never play puts you in that category to me. The pop artists have to do this because they don’t stream well. Drake above that s*** and does what they do without the extras

SOUR did 218K streaming first week

Currently has 17B streams on Spotify

Pop albums never have crazy high debut streaming weeks

I don’t think that’s what he was saying with that line

Not just that line, he's dissed pure sales numerous times over the past few years

If Olivia Rodrigo doesn't stream well, how does SOUR have 17 billion streams?

That's more than every Drake album btw

Stop moving the goalposts, we’re talking about first week and you said yourself pop acts don’t stream that well first week. This a new level of bad faith arguing lol I was repeating something you said but it’s wrong if I say it

Yes. I said pop artists never have super high debut streaming weeks (except Taylor)

That doesn't mean they don't stream well in the longrun

Rap is the genre that's more about the first week, pop is the opposite