charts discussion Folklore eligible for Diamond in China; breaks Lover record

[peterstyles13]

It did so with less than 3 hours of pre-orders. In comparison, Lover reached the Diamond threshold on QQ (250K for albums that cost 20 yuans) more than 5 days after it was put in the digital store for pre-orders

 

[Badgalbriel]

Queen of China! 

[Hunter_13]

[DesiredConsternation]

People are saying it's just preadds and not actual sales. What's the truth @peterstyles13?

[Obsession]

oop

[peterstyles13]

Just now, DesiredConsternation said:

People are saying it's just preadds and not actual sales. What's the truth @peterstyles13?

People are confusing everything. This is just the new way QQ Music does pre-orders. Basically, 250K people added the album in their cart. They'll have to pay for it once it's released. It's not pre-adds like you would see on Apple Music or Spotify, it's actual people who committed to buying it.

[DesiredConsternation]

2 minutes ago, peterstyles13 said:

People are confusing everything. This is just the new way QQ Music does pre-orders. Basically, 250K people added the album in their cart. They'll have to pay for it once it's released. It's not pre-adds like you would see on Apple Music or Spotify, it's actual people who committed to buying it.

Is the transaction automatic? We need this to be the top IFPI album of 2020 

[Ally Maine]

29 minutes ago, peterstyles13 said:

for albums that cost 20 yuans

So 2.86 dollars? 

[State of Grace.]

THE queen of china does it once again

 

[Mr. Venti]

1 minute ago, Ally Maine said:

So 2.86 dollars? 

[State of Grace.]

2 minutes ago, Ally Maine said:

So 2.86 dollars? 

Why aren’t the other girls (artists in general) selling like her?

 

[Ally Maine]

2 minutes ago, State of Grace. said:

Why aren’t the other girls (artists in general) selling like her?

Because Taylor has more demand in China. I just would never brag about albums sold at 2.86 dollars, but that's just me. 

[Obsession]

2 minutes ago, Ally Maine said:

Because Taylor has more demand in China. I just would never brag about albums sold at 2.86 dollars, but that's just me. 

If that's the price of albums in China then that's the price...the rest of the girls aren't selling albums in China even at 20 yuans and they definitely didn't sell 800k first week in the US (minus Adele) on their last go around either, so what's the point

 

[TheRealGâteau]

Congrats, so merely 0.0001% of China's population preordered 

[Ash12345]

10 minutes ago, Ally Maine said:

So 2.86 dollars? 

Around the same as when ASIB went #1 a second time, yes.

[Ash12345]

3 minutes ago, Obsession said:

If that's the price of albums in China then that's the price...the rest of the girls aren't selling albums in China even at 20 yuans and they definitely didn't sell 800k first week in the US (minus Adele) on their last go around either, so what's the point

 

Some of the girls are selling albums for 12 yuan (or even less in the case local artists) but Taylor keeps raising the bar for how much one should expect to pay for quality music.

[Blue G]

China sales are soo fraudulent and things like this just add to it

 

[JawBreaker]

2 minutes ago, Ash12345 said:

Around the same as when ASIB went #1 a second time, yes.

 

[Ally Maine]

11 minutes ago, Obsession said:

If that's the price of albums in China then that's the price...the rest of the girls aren't selling albums in China even at 20 yuans and they definitely didn't sell 800k first week in the US (minus Adele) on their last go around either, so what's the point

Thanks for pointing out the obvious? 

 

9 minutes ago, Ash12345 said:

Around the same as when ASIB went #1 a second time, yes.

What about the other three weeks it was at #1?

[Ash12345]

Anyways, Folklore is going to be the first Western album to cost 25 Yuan so raising the bar as usual.

[Ally Maine]

3 minutes ago, Ash12345 said:

Anyways, Folklore is going to be the first Western album to cost 25 Yuan so raising the bar as usual.

No, not anyway. I asked you a question

 

6 minutes ago, Ally Maine said:

What about the other three weeks it was at #1?

 

[suburbannature]

23 minutes ago, Ash12345 said:

Around the same as when ASIB went #1 a second time, yes.

Effortless  

[Wildestscreamz]

38 minutes ago, Ally Maine said:

So 2.86 dollars? 

different buying power, simple as that

 

OT - they just arent seeing her in china 

[Fleabag]

32 minutes ago, Ash12345 said:

Around the same as when ASIB went #1 a second time, yes.

OMG 

[Ash12345]

How much do albums cost on iTunes in lower income countries in Eastern Europe, Asia, Latin America, etc?