charts discussion HDD: 30 increases to 205k

[WildHeart]

22 minutes ago, Agenor said:

Why not just compare the albums that were released in the similar time frame?

Adele's 21 was bigger than "Speak Now" (and "Fearless"), 25 was bigger than "1989" and now 30 sold more in 5 weeks than "Evermore" did in a year. So whenever Adele releases she outsells the previous album by Taylor.

Yeah, let's just act like other 6 Taylor albums don't exist 

 

Sour and WWAFAS are bigger albums than what Adele and Taylor release nowadays so we can also claim that they are the 2 biggest artists right now, why not 

[Chainsmoker]

Not y’all in here arguing like this on Christmas.
 

OT-Glad the numbers went up. 205k is fantastic.

Edited December 26, 2021 by Chainsmoker
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[Agenor]

15 minutes ago, Artistofthedecade said:

Yeah, let's just act like other 6 Taylor albums don't exist 

 

Sour and WWAFAS are bigger albums than what Adele and Taylor release nowadays so we can also claim that they are the 2 biggest artists right now, why not 

"Consistency is the gift to give for free..."

[WildHeart]

16 minutes ago, Agenor said:

"Consistency is the gift to give for free..."

Wish it was as easy to giving credit where it's due, releasing countless successful albums consistently is not an easy feat afterall 

[Headlock]

The goalposts flying trying to distract from looking at overall numbers, you know like normal people do 

[Virtual_Insanity]

16 hours ago, simmnfierzig said:

And yet Taylor is mugh higher in their all time ranking for both Hot 100 and BB200. Interesting how that works

 

But I dont want to fight, that user has just been extremely annoying lately

Because Taylor has released 11 albums and 63 plus 30 promotional singles while Adele has released 4 albums and 16 singles. 

 

Surely you dont need anyone to explain to you as to why Taylor would be ahead on a ranking list of the hot 100 and the BB200 ? 

[Elusive Chanteuse]

This argument turned into a very 90s Whitney Vs Mariah situation. Had Whitney released more albums she would've def outsold Mariah & Madge. I would imagine it would be the same if Adele released a few more albums. 

 

[Carrie-is-no-1]

1 hour ago, Artistofthedecade said:

Yeah, let's just act like other 6 Taylor albums don't exist 

 

Sour and WWAFAS are bigger albums than what Adele and Taylor release nowadays so we can also claim that they are the 2 biggest artists right now, why not 

Let’s not compare which artist is bigger, let’s compare which album is bigger.

 

objectively speaking, sour is bigger than 30 at the moment. But all Adele’s albums are bigger than Tay’s albums that were released in the same time frame. 
 

That does not mean Taylor is about as big of an artist as Adele. Adele has a wider appeal to those who don’t usually buy music, Tay has the biggest fan base the in world that can carry the streams. They have their own strengths that can be claimed against each other. 

[georgechxng]

1 hour ago, Artistofthedecade said:

Sour and WWAFAS are bigger albums than what Adele and Taylor release nowadays so we can also claim that they are the 2 biggest artists right now, why not 

30 is gonna outsell SOUR WW by the first week of january (SOUR is sitting at 3.9M, 30 at +3.4M) and probably outsell it on the US by february (1.8 vs 2.6M).

 

Our claims about Adele being the biggest female out there is not based on her past albums, it's based on the performance of her current body of work, she has the biggest song and the biggest album in the world at the moment we know Taylor can't go toes to toes with the current gen z artists but that isn't the case with Adele

Edited December 26, 2021 by georgechxng

[Virtual_Insanity]

Adele is simply in a league of her own - those sales. WOW, just WOW. 

[supertiffany]

2 hours ago, Agenor said:

Why not just compare the albums that were released in the similar time frame?

Adele's 21 was bigger than "Speak Now" (and "Fearless"), 25 was bigger than "1989" and now 30 sold more in 5 weeks than "Evermore" did in a year. So whenever Adele releases she outsells the previous album by Taylor.

This

[supertiffany]

20 minutes ago, georgechxng said:

30 is gonna outsell SOUR WW by the first week of january (SOUR is sitting at 3.9M, 30 at +3.4M) and probably outsell it on the US by february (1.8 vs 2.6M).

 

Our claims about Adele being the biggest female out there is not based on her past albums, it's based on the performance of her current body of work, she has the biggest song and the biggest album in the world at the moment we know Taylor can't go toes to toes with the current gen z artists but that isn't the case with Adele

When will people learn how to read

 

Olivia should be thankful that Adele did not release her album one week early or else 

[Rami]

Adele sales are impressive, specially at a time like this. WOW just WOW. She released a brilliant album anyway'

[hausofdave]

Adele not even touching or promoting the album after release only for it to still be doing numbers, the music industry indeed 

[WildHeart]

3 hours ago, georgechxng said:

30 is gonna outsell SOUR WW by the first week of january (SOUR is sitting at 3.9M, 30 at +3.4M) and probably outsell it on the US by february (1.8 vs 2.6M).

 

Our claims about Adele being the biggest female out there is not based on her past albums, it's based on the performance of her current body of work, she has the biggest song and the biggest album in the world at the moment we know Taylor can't go toes to toes with the current gen z artists but that isn't the case with Adele

Sour already has over 6M units? It has 5.5B streams in Spotify, that's 3.6M units from Spotify alone. And it's still doing like 100k weekly units. WWAFAS has almost 12M units. 

So no, she can't compete with these numbers or artists if we go by current body of works. 

Edited December 26, 2021 by Artistofthedecade

[supertiffany]

54 minutes ago, hausofdave said:

Adele not even touching or promoting the album after release only for it to still be doing numbers, the music industry indeed 

exactly

 

no wonder the other fanbase is seething, because Adele is not even exerting any effort yet. 

[OrgVisual]

The Swifties are breaking their heels trying to prove that their fave is slightly more successful than Adele in her home country (with double the number of albums)  Do we need to talk about Adele's home country and other markets?

 

Adele is on a league of her own and that's a fact

[Hot Volcano]

5 hours ago, Artistofthedecade said:

Wish it was as easy to giving credit where it's due, releasing countless successful albums consistently is not an easy feat afterall 

But recently those albums have been relying mostly on hardcore stans, when was the last time she produced a legit Hot 100 hit? . You really think in a few years from now, People will talk about evermore?

[WildHeart]

3 minutes ago, Hot Volcano said:

But recently those albums have been relying mostly on hardcore stans

Based on what? Pure sales? Because if we go by that, Adele actually depends more on her fanbase who bought 25 and she can't reach younger/streaming generation as much as she did before. That's not the case for Taylor hence she just surpassed 9B streams this year. 

 

7 minutes ago, Hot Volcano said:

You really think in a few years from now, People will talk about evermore?

Yes?  People will still consume evermore in a few years, just like how people keep consume rest of her catalogue. She literally has 8 albums charting weekly, including decade old ones.

Coming for Taylor with longevity of all things is really not the hill to die on 

[lostcause]

Wow, she is coming for top three biggest artists ever, and is definitely the biggest artist this century thus far. These sales are incomparable.

[Bey Admired]

I mean, the fact some Swifties are resorting to inflating her numbers to the extent they are just to give done semblance of being close to Adele’s sales in the US says everything I need to know  Adele is the standard. 

[PopFan1996]

Adele is bigger than Taylor

 
Now move on and enjoy your holiday

[OnlyManInTheWorld]

It’s easy to sell that much when your label overshipped and you’re being shoved down people’s throats

[Paola Bracho]

7 minutes ago, OnlyManInTheWorld said:

It’s easy to sell that much when your label overshipped and you’re being shoved down people’s throats

...by completely disappearing after the album release? Try to make some sense.

 

It's not Adele's fault that her label knows she can sell so they shipped the right amount of copies to avoid to be sold out for the next months. What about Swift's label not trusting her power to sell and undershipping? The actual self drag!

Edited December 26, 2021 by Paola Bracho

[simmnfierzig]

26 minutes ago, Bey Admired said:

I mean, the fact some Swifties are resorting to inflating her numbers to the extent they are just to give done semblance of being close to Adele’s sales in the US says everything I need to know  Adele is the standard. 

There was absolutely no inflation anywhere