charts discussion Billboard updates LMU first 3 days sale: 27k -> 16k

[By the Water]

14 minutes ago, Sombre said:

Billboard is so incompetent. It's sad that the RS charts didn't take off. 

This. I remember a lot of people here would their chart irrelevant but it was a lot more transparent

[KOMHStan13]

Web sales RETURNED en masse

[GraceRandolph]

Should've added a Drake feature I guess.

 

[RihFenty20]

5 minutes ago, nsst said:

Rude Boy... Diamonds.. 

Rude Boy went top 10 almost everywhere. it sold over over 3M pure copies in the USA alone. It was definitely organic (#15 on billboard year end). Diamonds is also definitely organic. That's one of her best selling songs ever with almost 10M pure sales WW. 

[charot]

21 minutes ago, Diocles said:

A certified fraud, just like Beyonce

This 

[Konril]

The 11k Wakandan sales didn't count after all.

[Toxicity.]

The biggest case of rampant Fraud since the Trump Administration!

[slightx2]

lmao

[RihFenty20]

9 minutes ago, Brando said:

I'd still wait for the actual lead to make any conclusions. Tbh I think it will do really really well. But this whole situation is definitely a buzz killer of massive proportions, particularly they drew so much unnecessary (negative) attention to it.

 

Like she would have gotten a cute top 5 debut with this and we would all agree that it was a very decent performance for a lullaby soundtrack single, but now a #2 suddenly looks like an epic fail 

Yes, the marketing for this has been a mistake (I really hope she gets the Oscar because if this doesn't bear some sort of fruit in the end then ). I still have faith, but we're definitely not off to a good start commercially. The only positive to come out of this situation so far is the universal critical acclaim. 

[josesuxx]

51 minutes ago, Machete said:

And Navy tried to call anyone doubting the 27K claim "delusional" and "conspiracy theorists" 

The way they were calling us crazy just for pointing out the numbers made zero sense   

[Shelter]

Keeps getting worse. 
 

[AlexStexaul]

FRAUD

[FightDragonsWithMe]

Taylor dropping an Instrumental of Anti-Hero for nothing 

[vasymollo]

well the swifties freaking out that disney was on billboard's neck can rest now at least. these fraud sales are defs the work of her label + disney. her lead single for r9 has to be a smash now. 

[Pop]

  this is beyond embarrassing omg 

 

[Ger]

At this point...  

[shookspeare]

omg she's over. the new katy perry. let me go give Breakin' Dishes a stream

[Kyoto]

[Jjang]

Well… 

[charot]

Time to abolish Billboard.

 

 

[fridayteenage]

1 hour ago, Headlock said:

having snow on the beach worked out in the long run. lana must've called taylor and been like "you know, they changed my sales before when a bunch mysteriously appeared. you should tell em to investigate"

 

 

[t3rn]

What a comeback 

[Cruel Summer]

This honestly seems like some sort of Billboard/Luminate mistake more than any issue with Rihanna’s team or Disney. Billboard can get a little confused sometimes. 

[family.guy123]

Wait I don’t understand how this is “embarrassing” for Rihanna? Is this not Billboard’s mistake? 

[brooks]

i don't get it

was a misleading prediction?