Enrique523 Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 What do you think is the most important at the end of the day: critical acclaim or commercial success? Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyboi Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 commercial success buys you critical acclaim with all the fakeness in places like rotten tomatoes or bought reviews from music critics or bought grammys, acclaim is pointless 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Jacobs Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Commercial. You dont go to the grocery store with reviews 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badgalbriel Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 A combination of both, tbh If you're acclaimed but unknown, then you're not getting much from it. Money will always be more important than recognition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_love_pop_girls_ Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 I mean Taylor wasnt really taken seriously until Folklore yet she was making $200M a year when she was touring... so probably success 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punisher Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Acclaim makes an artist last longer. Fiona Apple’s Fetch The Bolt Cutters charted higher than Katy’s Smile, and Fiona only has 1 song that charted on the hot100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatyPrismSpirit Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 acclaim is what gives you a legacy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordecai Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Nobody cares about your music if they don't know it exists 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idkwiam Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Acclaimed albums (without big initial success) tend to be discovered by the GP in the long run like NFR and somewhat folklore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Both are necessary but… critical acclaim = respect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Beautiful Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 at the end of the day only one of the two can truly be bought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamVillain Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 (edited) 53 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said: acclaim is what gives you a legacy said this as a Katy stan teenage dream only has 52 metacritic score Edited September 11, 2023 by LiamVillain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugo Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 depends what kind of artist u are 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiss It Better Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 28 minutes ago, idkwiam said: Acclaimed albums (without big initial success) tend to be discovered by the GP in the long run like NFR and somewhat folklore meanwhile Born To Die had neither and look at it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratviolo Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 (edited) Ideally it would be a combination of both but otherwise it’s commercial success by very far. I’d rather have a Katy Perry like career than a Mitski Edited September 11, 2023 by Ratviolo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byzantium Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 I would rather have my music be enjoyed by millions of people than one guy at pitchfork. Ideally though I would like to be like Taylor, Beyoncé, SZA, Adele, Billie, Dua and Olivia and have both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idkwiam Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 15 minutes ago, Kiss It Better said: meanwhile Born To Die had neither and look at it now Omg BTD was kinda panned when it was released. 8 minutes ago, Ratviolo said: Ideally it would be a combination of both but otherwise it’s commercial success by very far. I’d rather have a Katy Perry like career than a Mitski This too. To be a respected artist you have to have some GP classics and ideally 2-3 acclaimed albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaux Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 success lbr. fiona apple isn’t known by gp to care for her music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enchanted0 Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 If we really should choose only one then success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feanor Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Metacritic scores (while nice to have) don't pay the bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magazine Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Be Gaga and get both 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugo Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 14 minutes ago, Feanor said: Metacritic scores (while nice to have) don't pay the bills. Well I'm sure Weyes Blood and Joanna Newsom aren't sleeping on the streets every night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balaban Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 That's a funny question because both can be controversial, but I think commercial success shows more of the audience's reaction to the work than critical acclaim. A lot of the biggest artists of recent history had bad critical reception with some of their best works but were acclaimed by the audience, which reflects directly on the commercial success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EriKills Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Success by FAR, it’s an indirect form of acclaim because if everyone is streaming/purchasing your songs it means they’re enjoying the music. And at least you get a new house out of it. vs Acclaim, which is SO subjective to begin with, + do ppl really care that much about Pitchfork (and all the other review sites), I haven’t read one of their reviews in a long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwiftLover Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Success no one remembers the 100 metacritic score in 50 years. They do remember the songs they are still listening to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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