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

[Brikenbur]

A no bundle Queen did that! 

[Lipgloss]

1989 TV is gonna do more than this

[WildHeart]

Less than Folklore? 

[umich]

@Starkboy you jinxed it  

[bad guy]

Pretty weak for Adele standards. I was 100% sure it was gonna do at least 1M 

 

Good numbers overall obviously but it’s clear this won’t be a classic Adele album like 21/25.

[Bindi]

[greeneyedsoul]

People miss curvy Adele. 

[Navyofbadgals]

So she might not outdo taylors surprise release? yeah Taylor is def the untouchable one rn in the music industry 

[L.B GAGA]

wow though i wish those numbers were my faves. 

[EnoughSaid]

For anyone this is extraordinary, for Adele this is truly an underperformance. But only because streaming era and Easy On Me was a weak comeback single. She clearly doesn't care though because again she did say something about not wanting to come back with a Hello sized anthem

[americanlife]

This is great but I’m hoping it goes up. This deserves to be the last album to sell 1 million first week.

[Starchild]

3 minutes ago, FightDragonsWithMe said:

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

Yea it’s a big decrease, nobody is insulting her by saying the obvious but her fans are probably ready to attack anyone that doesn’t say “omg fantastic!”

awesome numbers tho! Will probably go up to 900k which would be HUGE

[wish]

Lol @ everyone who defended Easy On Me as a lead single.

 

Now what?

 

[Brando]

Just now, ***** Destroyer said:

I think they originally predicted 3.5m for 25 and it went down from that (slightly)

No. 25 went from possibly breaking Britney's record (1.3m), to probably breaking Eminem's record (1.8m), to definitely breaking NSync's record (2.4m), to freaking wiping the floor with every possible record and then a cherry on top. Each single updated prediction went astronomically higher and higher. It was such an amazing moment to witness it. 

[Hot Volcano]

Just now, Artistofthedecade said:

Less than Folklore? 

Folklore had a TON of bundles, it was the last album to be released under the old rules, so let's not

[Orsay]

well the days of 1M debuts are officially over

 

I been telling y'all she was gonna do under 1M

[Sombre]

The ATRL server currently:

  

2 minutes ago, Brando said:

Let it be known.................. That I triieeeeeeeeeed.................

[Katamari]

We’re in the streaming era 

 

now atrl will stop calling flop on everything and understand that numbers have decline for everyone

[Cryptique]

An UNDERPERFORMANCE

 

Her label set her up 

[WERKER]

Ahhh screaming. Omg. Talent won!

 

Taylor is the music industry, All that promo, all that hype, all those TV specials, all that playlisting, the 500 interviews, the radio spam and she’s not even topping 1m. 
 

Adele is over party!

[Starkboy]

she's so big that petty atrlers are laughing over a +800k debut in 2021 lmao

[#Beautiful]

I predicted 500k so this is a huge win. And a huge win regardless

[kawk]

A COLOSSAL DECLINE

she's over I fear 

[gloamingtheplain]

Under what I was expecting, but I do think she will remain steady as we go into Christmas.

 

Next week I could see her doing 600 - 650k from Black Saturday. 
 

I am disappointed that she wasn’t going to be the last person to debut with 1 million, but I know this era will have legs  

[Sazare]

Wow…tragic numbers for her tbh