H100: Anti-Hero 7x #1, Kill Bill #3, I'm Good (Blue) #4, Die For You #8, CUFF IT #10

[Antisocialites]

4 minutes ago, Dreajae said:

It wouldn't take away from her success. But it would block a black woman from a very important achievment that hasn't been seen in 30 years. Yall have to realize how marginilized black and female artists really are. Yall celebrate Tayor literally everyday for her massive success but fail to acknowldge her appeal as a white woman. Releasing those digital albums like that in the midst of a underrepresented miniority having so much success was nasty work. You have to know when to scale back. If we all know Taylor wil lnaturally go back to #1, why did she do that?

[industry baby]

talent won, desperation lost 

 

[DawnAnti]

The better artist and album won 

[PopFan1996]

The fact that SOS was already going to stay at #1 even if SZA didn't release that digital version.

It did around 2600 digital sales ( 125,000- 2600 = 122,400). 


She stressed for nothing

[blaggot]

historic  

[alejandreaux]

i love Taylor but the better album simply won 

[EdgeofTeeth]

7 minutes ago, Dreajae said:

It wouldn't take away from her success. But it would block a black woman from a very important achievment that hasn't been seen in 30 years. Yall have to realize how marginilized black and female artists really are. Yall celebrate Tayor literally everyday for her massive success but fail to acknowldge her appeal as a white woman. Releasing those digital albums like that in the midst of a underrepresented miniority having so much success was nasty work. You have to know when to scale back. If we all know Taylor wil lnaturally go back to #1, why did she do that?

nailed it

[R.E.M.]

A whole month at #1 like whaaaa

[Into The Void]

[June]

4 minutes ago, roso said:

Congrats to both women it's so rare to have two female albums smash simultaneously, but of course people here wouldn't appreciate that

Two albums that have been at #1 for several weeks 

[onewillowsilk]

10 minutes ago, By the Water said:

SOS was already #1 for 3 weeks before today and it eventually falling to #2 wouldn't take anything away from SZA's success

And as for Taylor, who has had way more career success than SZA ever has/will probably ever have, it wouldn't have hurt her if she refrained the shenanigans and let SZA rightfully remain at #1 for a fourth week, considering the fact that Midnights has spent 5 weeks at #1 already. 

 

Now, despite her attempts at going back at #1, she wasn't successful and will likely get dragged on social media for her failed antics. 

[onewillowsilk]

I hope SZA doesn't take too long releasing the deluxe version of her album. Now I want her album to spend as many weeks moving 100k+ units as possible. 

[By the Water]

6 minutes ago, Dreajae said:

It wouldn't take away from her success. But it would block a black woman from a very important achievment that hasn't been seen in 30 years. Yall have to realize how marginilized black and female artists really are. Yall celebrate Tayor literally everyday for her massive success but fail to acknowldge her appeal as a white woman. Releasing those digital albums like that in the midst of a underrepresented miniority having so much success was nasty work. You have to know when to scale back. If we all know Taylor wil lnaturally go back to #1, why did she do that?

The Billboard charts never have been and thankfully never will be a good measurement of social issues. Do you think Bad Bunny dropping physical copies of UVST a week after Renaissance came out was a racially motivated tactic to steal the spotlight from Beyoncé?

[Jjang]

[chosensparkles]

love my girl but gosh, good to see her lose for once

[R.E.M.]

Just now, onewillowsilk said:

I hope SZA doesn't take too long releasing the deluxe version of her album. Now I want her album to spend as many weeks moving 100k+ units as possible. 

I doubt deluxe is coming for another 5-6 months. I'm assuming SOS vinyl will be the deluxe version (which I'm sure isn't finalized/ready yet). SOS Deluxe could come before tour but I don't see it happening.

[Patient Zero]

The better album won

[Klein]

Just saw that SZA's SEA units only went down 4% damn. SOS is coming for insane longevity at the top. 

[Cloudy]

We thank you SZA

[slw84]

10 minutes ago, onewillowsilk said:

Or Billboard filtered the sales as suspicious/fraudulent. 

I can believe it.

 

Glad Sza's label are pushing for radio play too so that should help things this and next month

[family.guy123]

ADELE and SZA are in their own lanes. Nobody comes close. 

[Reflektor_Creep]

[Mania]

CONGRATS SZA

[Dreajae]

2 minutes ago, By the Water said:

The Billboard charts never have been and thankfully never will be a good measurement of social issues. Do you think Bad Bunny dropping physical copies of UVST a week after Renaissance came out was a racially motivated tactic to steal the spotlight from Beyoncé?

We're talking about Taylor's habit of being a sore winner and being eager to stay at the top of every viable metric in music and entertainment. The r&b and rap community has been taking note of her release habits when a black or brown artist has a chance at breaking certain records that haven't been seen in a while. She just wants another week at #1 cause she FEELS like it. Other people are working just as hard and want the recognition as well. Let them have their moment.

 

She has a hard time letting her music breathe and operates on a model of oversaturation and commercialism. It's almost sickening and why alot of people dont take her as seriously as an artist. 

[WillieMonroe]