charts discussion HDD: Adele 833k (biggest debut of the year), Taylor 165k

[Beyonnaise]

1 million debuts are a thing of the past. We should all learn to move on. Adele is still an industry juggernaut and 30 is doing amazingly well. Her and Taylor are in a league of their own.

[Venice B]

The gen z said NO, millenials said NO and boomers bought a few copies. That's a win for Miss Adele 

[Brando]

5 minutes ago, Elusive Chanteuse said:

You are really a hater. Wow I don’t think you were ever a fan. 

I was never fan. I was a big supporter though. She lost me with the quality of 25. I expected something more from 30, but she once again failed to deliver. Am I not allowed to dislike the work of an artist that I once liked? I don't do fandom and I don't praise anyone's output blindly. If it's sh*t i'd gladly point out that it's sh*t. tyvm

[PopFan1996]

12 minutes ago, dylanx said:

what are they gonna do with those 1.5m physical albums they produced

 

I bet this is why they had those aggressive discounts already at that Barnes and Noble 

Oh they will probably be sold in the coming weeks.

700k this week, so 800k left for the remaining year/weeks. They will all be sold out eventually. It's not like they wanted them to be sold all in the debut week lol

[State of Grace.]

The obsession with the Swifties  

 

None of us truly hate Adele or even care that she's a huge seller. It's just hilarious how this forum hides behind her to drag Taylor and they've been saying it for years only for 30 to sell barely +200k more than Taylor's re-release of a DECADE old album and on par with Lover/folklore. Who are yall gonna hide behind now?

 

Edited November 22, 2021 by State of Grace.

[Immaculate]

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[Machete]

9 minutes ago, UnusualBoy said:

Some of you are really trying it , especially the ones with flops on their avis...

Takes one to know one

[By the Water]

10 minutes ago, Starkboy said:

are you really trying to hide behind the fact some trolls used Adele's name to come for your fave to justify the obsession you all have grown for her?   You all are proving the fact you were pressed by her name used to undermine Taylor's sales and now you've been venting for days. 

Some trolls? So do the actual Adele fans that joined in on that don't count? But I'm guessing the people that are just trolling her do  People talking about her sales is barely an obsession 

[Jazz]

HDD usually underestimates. Look what happened with Red (450k predicted vs 605 actual). I think 30 will hit 1 million quite easily. Though, album sales are difficult nowadays & Adele didn't have tons of bundles. 

[Yawn]

12 minutes ago, dylanx said:

what are they gonna do with those 1.5m physical albums they produced

can they melt them and reuse them perhaps? 

[cruelhprince]

tbh I never thought A4 would debut with less than 1M but still good numbers ofc 

[judaskills]

Still a solid opening. Some of you are delusional. 

[UnusualBoy]

10 minutes ago, dylanx said:

what are they gonna do with those 1.5m physical albums they produced

 

I bet this is why they had those aggressive discounts already at that Barnes and Noble 

Are you really asking this? She's selling 500k first week, do you think she won't sell anything the next weeks or what?  the questions some of you ask...

[Into The Void]

57 minutes ago, FightDragonsWithMe said:

3.48M to 850k   It’ll probably go up since that’s how most HDD predictions go, right?

3.4 million in 2015 and this is 6 years later did people really expect over 1.5-2 m?  I predicted 600k so it exceeded my expectations.  Some ya'll just expect to much

[aron.p]

OMG this is EMBARRASSING for her  If she doesn't beat Folklore... 

[wastedpotential]

2 minutes ago, Machete said:

Takes one to know one

[PopFan1996]

Just now, UnusualBoy said:

Are you really asking this? She's selling 500k first week, do you think she won't sell anything the next weeks or what?  the questions some of you ask...

Exactly.

They think physical sales will fall from 600k to 20k or something? 

Sometimes I wonder how old they are if they think like that

[Assassin]

10 minutes ago, Elusive Chanteuse said:

You are really a hater. Wow I don’t think you were ever a fan. 

@Brandois an OAH, wbk

[rivers]

I was rooting for 1 million but the music industry is so different nowadays that I’m afraid Adele and her type of music will not be able to translate over to streaming which is dominated by Gen Z 

 

Congrats to a monster opening still. My faves wish  

[MONSTER NAVY]

16 minutes ago, Machete said:

Then: "EOM debut proved there's immense anticipation for Adele on streaming. +100M is in the bag."

 

Later on: "Adele isn't a streaming artist. Her base buys in pure. +1.5M is still locked"

 

Now: "SWIFTIES!!!!!"

for someone that dislikes adele so much do you seem to be all up in her threads. the obsession lol

[Walk_Away21]

I-... We-... The breaks eventually catch up to people but with social media now a thing I thought she would stomp again. Easy on Me really didn't do what Hello did. @Reverse Warholian

[MONSTER NAVY]

16 minutes ago, Machete said:

Then: "EOM debut proved there's immense anticipation for Adele on streaming. +100M is in the bag."

 

Later on: "Adele isn't a streaming artist. Her base buys in pure. +1.5M is still locked"

 

Now: "SWIFTIES!!!!!"

for someone that dislikes adele so much.. you seem to be all up in her threads. the obsession lol

[Blade]

43 minutes ago, umich said:

You might wanna sit this one out.

 

At least we have the option to sit it out or not. Katy’s decline made y’all take a SEAT whether it was your choice or not.

No room for Kat’s in a conversation about selling in the 6 digits first week, that’s for sure.

[UnusualBoy]

3 minutes ago, Machete said:

Takes one to know one

You tell me Chromatica and Love For Sale stan

 

[Toxicity.]

17 minutes ago, Machete said:

Then: "EOM debut proved there's immense anticipation for Adele on streaming. +100M is in the bag."

 

Later on: "Adele isn't a streaming artist. Her base buys in pure. +1.5M is still locked"

 

Now: "SWIFTIES!!!!!"