footballfina 29,566 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Pop, pop pop music. Everyone used to want pop music. But now, not so much. With very little new product, and nothing at all from name acts. the pop sales of CDs last week was dismal. The top 10 sold a total of around 320,000 copies– and a third of those were “Frozen†soundtracks. The rest was pretty much a loss, with everything from number 20 down selling fewer than 10,000 copies each– all the way to number 50, by some act called Schoolboy Q. They sold 5,545 copies– that’s not enough to buy lunch at their school. This week’s new releases didn’t amount to much. Next week, May 13th, gives us Michael Jackson’s“Xscape†album. All eyes will be on that release. If Jackson doesn’t knock “Frozen†off, there will be a lot of sobbing. Coldplay comes on Monday the 19th, and Mariah Carey is set for May 27th. Otherwise, there is very little going on. No releases from real marquee names. Nothing exciting or buzz worthy. The senior set — McCartney, the Stones, Elton, — are all out working. All the Usual Suspects– Rihanna, Eminem, Beyonce, Jay Z, et al– had their releases. “American Idol†isn’t producing superstars anymore. There isn’t much in the way of artist development. The whole business waits for Adele. It’s like waiting for Godot. Or “Frozen 2.†we need an EXO-level savior tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetoilenator 785 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Meanwhile kpop sales are sky rocketing. WAKE UP, AMERICA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdzPower 3,385 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Adele will return later this year to snatch everyone's wigs tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainStormz 785 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Adele will return later this year to snatch everyone's wigs tbh. YASSS for that upcoming Adele though!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
____shawnee 4,118 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Perfect window for SHY to drop a single and shake the nation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyokou 700 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Sad. Hopefully things pick up soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duhleenuh 485 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Sales probably won't get that much better until Pop leaves its "How Badly Can We Fuck Up EDM" phase. Everyone's been trying to one-up one another with the same weapon. Not that I had any real investment in Pop anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gayjibae 471 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 No one buys albums anymore tbh. Streaming is slowly but surely taking over. It's not just pop music sales, album sales have been on decline for some years. Western pop music has been dead tho, nothing really interesting has happened since 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaelin 6,957 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 UH HELLO Lana Del Rey is releasing her album in June - how can you or whoever wrote that ignore this. She's going to slay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_mirai 1,024 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 MJ..could pick it up No one buys albums anymore tbh. Streaming is slowly but surely taking over. It's not just pop music sales, album sales have been on decline for some years. Western pop music has been dead tho, nothing really interesting has happened since 2011. agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
초췌 270 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I wonder if western artists will start handshaking events Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agilio 360 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I think most of "western" or American pop is way past album sales. What fan-clubs now days are fighting over are tour grossing figures and consecutive #1. Popular artist can sell millions of copies indie artist will always struggle. Fans of american artist don't really care about physical sales anymore since they keep declining, a better measure of artist popularity/song popularity is digital downloads and concert revenue. Example, Rihanna Navy being super excited when Riri did so many shows at the O2 all of which were sold out. Taylor fans are hyper about her tour grossing over $100M and The Hive (Beyonce fans) are happy about Beyonce's gross revenues also. Kpop has a long way to go to compete on this level. Music is a lot bigger than album sales but for Kpop it's a large part of the industry so I'm glad for them but everyone knows the money is in touring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gayjibae 471 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 also let's laugh a bit at how artpop without any successful single sold more than bangerz WW and about the same as PRISM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra 40,910 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 T-ara N4 to save western music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaelin 6,957 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 also let's laugh a bit at how artpop without any successful single sold more than bangerz WW and about the same as PRISM. This is no shade, but just saying how Lana Del Rey's apparently IGNORED COMEBACK in June is going to break records. #BUYULTRAVIOLENCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 UH HELLO Lana Del Rey is releasing her album in June - how can you or whoever wrote that ignore this. She's going to slay Lana isn't really a star here. I think most of "western" or American pop is way past album sales. What fan-clubs now days are fighting over are tour grossing figures and consecutive #1. Popular artist can sell millions of copies indie artist will always struggle. Fans of american artist don't really care about physical sales anymore since they keep declining, a better measure of artist popularity/song popularity is digital downloads and concert revenue. Example, Rihanna Navy being super excited when Riri did so many shows at the O2 all of which were sold out. Taylor fans are hyper about her tour grossing over $100M and The Hive (Beyonce fans) are happy about Beyonce's gross revenues also. Kpop has a long way to go to compete on this level. Music is a lot bigger than album sales but for Kpop it's a large part of the industry so I'm glad for them but everyone knows the money is in touring. Actually The BeyHive was kii'ing over how much Beyonce's album sold compared to all the other girls'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaelin 6,957 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Lana isn't really a star here. I see she's defo more popular here in Europe but she's getting more popular in US as well. She's now holding a sold out concert tour there as a matter of fact. I think her next album will be a next step. Though as a Lana fan I must say what matters for us is her quality of music not the recognition she deserves but doesn't get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I see she's defo more popular here in Europe but she's getting more popular in US as well. She's now holding a sold out concert tour there as a matter of fact. I think her next album will be a next step. Though as a Lana fan I must say what matters for us is her quality of music not the recognition she deserves but doesn't get. What size venues is she doing here? If it's not arenas, she's not a big act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sana Muñequita Linda 2,566 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Kanye West and Usher can release new albums this yearrrrr~ Adele will return later this year to snatch everyone's wigs tbh. She be like the British Psy. She may be understimated, but she be a real dragon slayer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 All this hype around Adele may prove that her success was a fluke. I wouldn't be surprised at all if this album was a relative flop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaelin 6,957 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 What size venues is she doing here? If it's not arenas, she's not a big act. Yeah ok its not arena but at least there are many people that couldn't get tickets so demand is bigger than smaller venues she's doing. :/ Anyway, she's performing at Glastonbury this year. Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grape Soda 12,004 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 No one buys albums anymore, the physical market is almost gone unless they freshen up the packaging like Korea and japan or start special fansignings which most artist that aren't under Disney or Nickelodeon think they are too above and beyond to do, it's not gonna happen. Plus ppl like having the option to just buy the songs they like instead of the whole thing when they only want half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanariya 288 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 All this hype around Adele may prove that her success was a fluke. I wouldn't be surprised at all if this album was a relative flop. emphasis on the word relative. Even with just 1/3 of the sales of "21", Adele's album would still easily become the best selling album this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Property of Goddess Irene 9,760 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Overpaid sodomites aren't getting the additional millions they want, I feel for them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 emphasis on the word relative. Even with just 1/3 of the sales of "21", Adele's album would still easily become the best selling album this year I'm talking like 4 million worldwide total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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