GoodGuyGoneGhetto Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 46 minutes ago, Michael196 said: 31 minutes ago, UnusualBoy said: The numbers are between bad and decent. Unholy is such a smash but it didn’t translate into interest for the album. In the long run it will probably end between 2-3 billion but Sam will need another hit to get there. I agree. ”Unholy” became incredibly annoying to me, extremely fast, and I feel as though I lost interest in them as a whole this era. This opinion isn’t towards him, personally, because I understand that they’re in a place where they feel free, confident and exhilarated, but the music is lacking substance and SCREAMS “TikTok/Meme’s”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveInStereo Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 It’s been said about so many other artists in the last year so it’s only fair to say it about Sam too. They all but showed hole on Instagram for these numbers? Half of y’all said they’re so brave & inspiring. Couldn’t inspire people to stream the album, though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badgalbriel Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 omg, you would think that having a hit like unholy pre-album would make people interested in listening to his album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxxie Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 I think the album being called Gloria was a misstep. Also interludes should be a thing of the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power love Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Great numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kings. Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 2 hours ago, James_Dean said: Dreadful numbers too bad they don't have 5 recent collabs they can tag onto the end of this album just like their last Sis….I’ve been in three other threads about Sam and you’re being negative in them all. Please grow up, I beg. - Not bad, and I don’t quite know what I expected, but these aren’t bad numbers. As already mentioned, Sam is a slow burn type of artist and there’s easily two more single worthy tracks that could carry the album throughout its cycle. Promotion would also help, but I’m just glad the album turned out to be a step up from Love Goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squall Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 3 hours ago, Yog said: People need to realize, Sam Smith is an slow burn type of artist when it comes to Spotify streams… Thrill Of It All debuted at 15M (3.03B now) Love Goes debuted at 12M (4.657B now) Gloria will reach 1B pretty soon But go ahead with the drags when it clearly has huge stability on ITunes & AM When all you have left is... iTunes "Stability' when it's been out for... a day It's a flop, move on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yog Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Squall said: When all you have left is... iTunes "Stability' when it's been out for... a day It's a flop, move on And APPLE MUSIC, it’s literally #1 in on both accounts in the global side and it will go #1 in their home country, so not an complete flop Edited January 28, 2023 by Yog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalkThatRihanna Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 This is awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squall Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 21 minutes ago, Yog said: And APPLE MUSIC, it’s literally #1 in on both accounts in the global side and it will go #1 in their home country, so not an complete flop Because it's the first day of release and it's driven by Unholy, stop playing dumb, you know how it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Togekiss Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 A colossal bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machete Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 4 hours ago, Yog said: People need to realize, Sam Smith is an slow burn type of artist when it comes to Spotify streams… Thrill Of It All debuted at 15M (3.03B now) Love Goes debuted at 12M (4.657B now) This is so dishonest. Those albums debuted low but have a high total because of the songs released BEFORE the album (in Love Goes case those songs were +1 year old ). You're right that this album will get a big total, but that is because of Unholy's success. It will literally be 90% of the album streams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.U.Y. Gaga Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 4 hours ago, R.E.M. said: is Solana's crown safe? that 8th week at #1 would be cute WHo the **** is that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgos Groove Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 (edited) Sam is currently in a weird spot where their image is no longer catering to the AC crowd, but the music hasn't made the same (full) leap forward. Who is looking forward to a Sam Smith album in 2023? They're too outwardly queer for their old AC audience, but, probably due to label interference, still try to cater to them with stuff like the Ed Sheeran track. Couple that with the (bigoted) Twitter backlash they get every time they do literally anything, a weak pre-release track, and the fact that the album is really short, and you have the recipe for numbers like these. They need to give us an album with Disclosure. Edited January 29, 2023 by ATWK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator madonnas Posted January 29, 2023 ATRL Moderator Share Posted January 29, 2023 35 minutes ago, ATWK said: Sam is currently in a weird spot where their image is no longer catering to the AC crowd, but the music hasn't made the same (full) leap forward. Who is looking forward to a Sam Smith album in 2023? They're too outwardly queer for their old AC audience, but, probably due to label interference, still try to cater to them with stuff like the Ed Sheeran track. Couple that with the (bigoted) Twitter backlash they get every time they do literally anything, a weak pre-release track, and the fact that the album is really short, and you have the recipe for numbers like these. They need to give us an album with Disclosure. MTE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PopFan1996 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 6 hours ago, family.guy123 said: Very good numbers!! Millions of aspiring artists would literally kill for this type of success SZA will probably bounce back to #1. It's a kpop group. It'll free-fall like a rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopFan1996 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Machete said: This is so dishonest. Those albums debuted low but have a high total because of the songs released BEFORE the album (in Love Goes case those songs were +1 year old ). You're right that this album will get a big total, but that is because of Unholy's success. It will literally be 90% of the album streams I agree about Love Goes but not about Thrill of Art. That one has good streams in it's album tracks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yog Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 (edited) 25 minutes ago, PopFan1996 said: I agree about Love Goes but not about Thrill of Art. That one has good streams in it's album tracks Literally good chuck of the album tracks has 100+ streams Edited January 29, 2023 by Yog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosingHimWasBlue Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HANZ94 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 A Massive Flop Not Solar Power, Smile and Holy **** outselling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
family.guy123 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 32 minutes ago, PopFan1996 said: SZA will probably bounce back to #1. It's a kpop group. It'll free-fall like a rock I’m referring to Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scars Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 This is bad, but not surprising. Sam has basically become a singles artist this decade, Love Goes has almost 5B streams but the numbers are mainly coming from the singles, I don't think that album has one non-single track with over 50M streams. I still think they can get another hit from Gloria and give the album a nice amount of streams when it's all said and done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyle1911 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Unholy is not the type of song that will bring interest in the artist like Miley’s flowers or Harry’s AIW. So the fact it does not translate in the album success is predicted. I hope he will snag another hit as he deserves. But with streaming, whoever can still sell album should be respected, it’s so hard for the GP to stream the whole album these days let alone buying them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yog Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 37 minutes ago, Scars said: This is bad, but not surprising. Sam has basically become a singles artist this decade, Love Goes has almost 5B streams but the numbers are mainly coming from the singles, I don't think that album has one non-single track with over 50M streams. I still think they can get another hit from Gloria and give the album a nice amount of streams when it's all said and done. You know what **** it, I’ll accept that in fact in this streaming age, singles are more essential than most albums.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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