5 year break (very long) and yet she missed the mark. People simply just expected more from her

Just now, abrahamjmr said:

It is not me who you have to convince, obsessed Adele hater. It is IFPI!

 

You can contact them in here:

https://www.ifpi.org/contact/

 

Argue with the wall now.

Why? I never said that IFPI is wrong and i didn't say that 30 didn't sell most in 2021 either. 

 

I said that SOUR has more units overall which also includes 2022 units. Does IFPI say anything against that? 

 

4 minutes ago, Reflektor_Creep said:

A certain obsessed fan base tries to discredit IFPI but use chartmasters as a source.

Does IFPI publish total sales (more than yearly units) or am i missing anything? 

 

It is like some of you act dense on purpose. 

9 minutes ago, Reflektor_Creep said:

A certain obsessed fan base tries to discredit IFPI but use chartmasters as a source.

 

I don't blame them it must be hard that the most successful album of their fave was blocked by princess Elsa. 

 

oh but they’ll break their little kitten heels to post those IFPI links and screenshots to drag other artists 

31 minutes ago, Reflektor_Creep said:

A certain obsessed fan base tries to discredit IFPI but use chartmasters as a source.

 

I don't blame them it must be hard that the most successful album of their fave was blocked by princess Elsa. 

 

It was bad for them 

4 hours ago, magazine said:

She's fine.

But Easy On Me was definitely the wrong lead.

Not when EOM spent so many weeks at #1. 

 

OT: Laziness, Bad music.

Releasing the same tired ballads again.

 

 

Not Swifties discrediting IFPI. IFPI give the most accurate data, not fraudmasters. 

About shipments, reputation unsold copies were also counted in 2017, so they didn't do anything new for Adele. 

1 hour ago, abrahamjmr said:

It is not me who you have to convince, obsessed Adele hater. It is IFPI!

 

You can contact them in here:

https://www.ifpi.org/contact/

 

Argue with the wall now.

Wait, was I Drink Wine even released? I thought she just had an unreleased video for it. 
 

30 is actually a (mostly) good album. The issue is that it was marketed as Adele having a “new image” and then they released…Easy On Me.  I personally like the song, but it’s the safest song for her on the entire record. It was a massive hit of course, but in the end it did nothing for the era. 
 

I think I Drink Wine and All Night Parking could’ve been a great start to the era. I Drink Wine sounds like classic Adele, but also has a freshness that people can relate to, especially in COVID times. All Night Parking also has a fresh sound for her that could’ve been a good sleeper hit, or even gone viral.
 

In the end, I don’t think anything went necessarily “wrong” for Adele as she still had a hit song + album, but it was an underperformance of sorts for her, and I do think it’s because the era was handled horribly. 

We wanted DISCO

 

The album did incredibly considering the era ended on the second single. And EOM smashed. It's just that the album is not designed to do more. The songs are too long and too subtle, there aren't any singles other than the 2 already released and it felt redundant and same ol' coming from her

 

Plus, the whole vibe doesn't match the zeitgeist. It's a very sad and grey album and I think the (western) world isn't there right now, after 2 years of lockdowns and isolation. The music on the charts is more uplifting. Even Ed Sheeran didn't release a sappy ballad as a radio single this time around, which is a first. She didn't read the room. And yet still sold like 7 million which is humongous

7 hours ago, magazine said:

She's fine.

But Easy On Me was definitely the wrong lead.

Girl what? There was NOTHING else on that album that could have worked

5 hours ago, Steve Johnson said:

Not when EOM spent so many weeks at #1. 

 

OT: Laziness, Bad music.

Because it was an Adele song  Otherwise, it would’ve flopped into oblivion.

You literally just said “bad music”, that’s agreeing with my statement. It killed the era.

 

2 hours ago, Truth Teller said:

Girl what? There was NOTHING else on that album that could have worked

Uh, that’s the point. Make better music next time 

Her product simply isn't made for the streaming era: long songs with little replay value that everyone would've surely rushed to buy in the pure sales era, but that translate to little album units now.

10 hours ago, magazine said:

She's fine.

But Easy On Me was definitely the wrong lead.

whut 

Easy on Me is the perfect lead

10 weeks #1 

soon to be 1 billion

 

the biggest mistake, is not enough Easy on Me kind of songs on the album

 

GP wants melodious ballads like EoM

not four songs that are OVER 5 MINUTES LONG 

10 hours ago, Gaia said:

This. The way it’s ALWAYS Swifties making these threads and fueling them. 
 

She has not promoted the album in the US at all since release and barely done any promo elsewhere. The album is full of 5-6 minute songs. Like. 
 

Get a life. The same threads every week. 

The OP is not a Swiftie 

Swifties on your mind like always 

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4 minutes ago, supertiffany said:

whut 

Easy on Me is the perfect lead

10 weeks #1 

soon to be 1 billion

 

the biggest mistake, is not enough Easy on Me kind of songs on the album

 

GP wants melodious ballads like EoM

not four songs that are OVER 5 MINUTES LONG 

No it wasn’t and anyone with good taste could tell that.

You’re just saying that because it was a hit  It’s freaking Adele, it would happen regardless. And the era died just like that

 

tf are you talking about 

more EOM????? Gurl 

11 hours ago, magazine said:

She's fine.

But Easy On Me was definitely the wrong lead.

it the only listenable song on that awful album sis

 

OT: bad album

Lol how many times the OAHs have the recreate the very same thread  

3 hours ago, Truth Teller said:

The songs are too long and too subtle, there aren't any singles other than the 2 already released and it felt redundant and same ol' coming from her

This. The sales hurricane and hype was the most interesting part of the era. After that was done, we were left with... an Adele album. A really well-crafted one, but still an Adele album, which is the last thing anyone wants to sit through after the last two years. Like, we need serotonin, not anesthesia.

 

The vinyl and Vegas messes didn't help her image either. She should've given us a house album.

1 hour ago, Headlock said:

The OP is not a Swiftie 

I am, actually 

7 hours ago, suburbannature said:

It was bad for them 

Not as bad as quoting other posts the second you can't have any reasonable response. 

 

7 hours ago, Steve Johnson said:

Not Swifties discrediting IFPI. IFPI give the most accurate data, not fraudmasters. 

 

Please show us that IFPI's list about total units so we can start to use them. For example, i would like to see IFPI's numbers about 1989's total numbers. Oh wait... they don't exist. 

 

Spoiler

 

 

3 minutes ago, bocelli said:

I am, actually 

You were just saying that Taylor is not an album seller in the "Taylor doesn't have an album as big as 21" thread. Please... 

5 minutes ago, bocelli said:

I am, actually 

 

OTH

2 minutes ago, Artistofthedecade said:

Please show us that IFPI's list about total units so we can start to use them. For example, i would like to see IFPI's numbers about 1989's total numbers. Oh wait... they don't exist. 

IFPI is still the only reputable source. Others are complete frauds. 

The music industry is in a totally different position than her last two albums. Streaming has completely surpassed digital/physical sales. Adele made an album that is not catered to streaming (LONG songs, lots of ballads), so of course it’s not matching the commercial success of her previous releases. she’s also over a decade into her career - few artists sustain that level of success for that long. She’s doing just fine

She became too arrogant and nasty attitude once she got skinny