Aug 22, 2025·2 replies
Q3DDrake stans when its time to actually listen to music instead of looking at excel spread sheets
No conversation or discussion to be had about how they might disagree with my assessment of the album (which is fair, my opinion isn't automatically right)
But instead "Well x amount of stans listen to Y continuously, therefore...."
Aug 22, 2025Q3DDrake stans when its time to actually listen to music instead of looking at excel spread sheets
Aug 22, 2025·edited·2 replies
Corporate MórThey are just listening to Nokia
This is also simply not true.
Final projections for this past week have SWAG at 33K and $$$4U at 23K - hitsdailydouble.com/charts/hits-top-50/2025-08-22
Now below is the singles charts projections for same week for biggest songs on both albums -
x.com/talkofthecharts/status/1958427288229564521
Daisies is projected to do 94K single units while Nokia is to do 51K single units. The ratio is 10 single units to an album unit.
so -
9.4K of SWAG's 33K this week came from it's biggest song - 28%
5.1K of $$$4U's 23K this week came from it's biggest song - 22%Neither album is heavily reliant on it's biggest song (relatively), but currently SWAG is more reliant on it's biggest song.
If you omit the biggest song off both albums, the last sales week numbers get even closer - just a bit less than 6K apart - with one album being 5 months older than the other.
- Aug 22, 2025·1 replyWESLEYS THEORY
The fact we equating numbers = quality of product STILL is crazy
the fact were still denying the correlation between sales and quality in 2025 is crazy
- Aug 22, 2025·2 replies
- Aug 22, 2025·1 replyWESLEYS THEORY
No conversation or discussion to be had about how they might disagree with my assessment of the album (which is fair, my opinion isn't automatically right)
But instead "Well x amount of stans listen to Y continuously, therefore...."
i wasnt responding to your assessment of the album. I was responding to -
The only ones still gassing up $$$4U as a whole at this point are Drake Stan’s. Everyone else knows that s*** was a 5 course meal of midpack
This is untrue, as sales show many people are still enjoying the album, not soley Nokia like you posted and deleted.
- Aug 22, 2025·1 replymartian master
the fact were still denying the correlation between sales and quality in 2025 is crazy
Ofc we still denying it, because it's true.
I've heard albums that sold 30K first week that were beautiful, albums that lived with me. They didn't get the love they deserved but it didn't stop me from appreciating what it had to offer.
Carter VI did 108K first week and guess what? It's still a massive pile of s***.
I'm being generous with my assessment of $$$4U. Drake has a large very very loyal fanbase who keeps the album spinning in rotation. No powerpoint presentation on a***ytics is going to change the actual quality of the music on that album, which was...less then stellar.
- Aug 22, 2025·1 replymartian master
i wasnt responding to your assessment of the album. I was responding to -
The only ones still gassing up $$$4U as a whole at this point are Drake Stan’s. Everyone else knows that s*** was a 5 course meal of midpack
This is untrue, as sales show many people are still enjoying the album, not soley Nokia like you posted and deleted.
I deleted it because @vicesvotive already said it
- Aug 22, 2025WESLEYS THEORY
Ofc we still denying it, because it's true.
I've heard albums that sold 30K first week that were beautiful, albums that lived with me. They didn't get the love they deserved but it didn't stop me from appreciating what it had to offer.
Carter VI did 108K first week and guess what? It's still a massive pile of s***.
I'm being generous with my assessment of $$$4U. Drake has a large very very loyal fanbase who keeps the album spinning in rotation. No powerpoint presentation on a***ytics is going to change the actual quality of the music on that album, which was...less then stellar.
sales are relative. 108K is not good for a Lil Wayne solo album. It's his lowest solo album first week sales to date. it shows the album was trash
and 30K for artists like Lucki for example are also great. as again, sales are relative.
and like all data sets there are outliers - but there is definitley correlation between sales and quality.
- Aug 22, 2025WESLEYS THEORY
I deleted it because @vicesvotive already said it
well you were both wrong as i showed
Aug 22, 2025Q3D- Aug 22, 2025Q3D
- Aug 22, 2025
$$$4u had some good tunes but as an album it sucks
Aug 22, 2025i agree
Aug 22, 2025
young majiddrake
Aug 22, 2025
fancy lacriminalbro called his album Swag in 2025....crazy
still can’t believe it
Aug 22, 2025
greedyWhy can’t we have genuine convos on this website
Came here to say exactly this.
- Aug 22, 2025
whoever brought up numbers in this thread should be exiled word KW
- Aug 22, 2025
I mess with $$$4U but it feels more of a collection of songs as the title implies rather than an album.
Aug 22, 2025martian master
@uhhhhhhThis is also simply not true.
Final projections for this past week have SWAG at 33K and $$$4U at 23K - https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/charts/hits-top-50/2025-08-22
Now below is the singles charts projections for same week for biggest songs on both albums -
https://x.com/talkofthecharts/status/1958427288229564521Daisies is projected to do 94K single units while Nokia is to do 51K single units. The ratio is 10 single units to an album unit.
so -
9.4K of SWAG's 33K this week came from it's biggest song - 28%
5.1K of $$$4U's 23K this week came from it's biggest song - 22%Neither album is heavily reliant on it's biggest song (relatively), but currently SWAG is more reliant on it's biggest song.
If you omit the biggest song off both albums, the last sales week numbers get even closer - just a bit less than 6K apart - with one album being 5 months older than the other.
I don't want to discredit your calculations cause it is very insightful on how a big single drives album sales
But I hate this a normal part of music discourse now
Aug 22, 2025$$$4U is incredible
KEV 🧊Aug 22, 2025$$$4U is unfortunately for y'all AOTY
- KEV 🧊Aug 22, 2025
CLA$$$IC
Aug 22, 2025·1 replymartian master
@uhhhhhhThis is also simply not true.
Final projections for this past week have SWAG at 33K and $$$4U at 23K - https://www.hitsdailydouble.com/charts/hits-top-50/2025-08-22
Now below is the singles charts projections for same week for biggest songs on both albums -
https://x.com/talkofthecharts/status/1958427288229564521Daisies is projected to do 94K single units while Nokia is to do 51K single units. The ratio is 10 single units to an album unit.
so -
9.4K of SWAG's 33K this week came from it's biggest song - 28%
5.1K of $$$4U's 23K this week came from it's biggest song - 22%Neither album is heavily reliant on it's biggest song (relatively), but currently SWAG is more reliant on it's biggest song.
If you omit the biggest song off both albums, the last sales week numbers get even closer - just a bit less than 6K apart - with one album being 5 months older than the other.
kendrick stans couldnt wait to mention Drake
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