charts discussion BB200: Lover has its biggest sales year 4 years after release

[JawBreaker]

 

But I was told that Taylor is a frontloaded flop. Every release the first week sales thread would be filled with comments saying "cant wait wait to see that drop" " longevity>>>>big debuts" 

So this comes as a surprise  

[Miley Cyrus]

Thank you 10 versions of cruel summer

[KatyPrismSpirit]

Lover ending up being a classic is so funny to me  Im happy i always loved Lover!

[Carry My Heart]

3 minutes ago, Miley Cyrus said:

Thank you 10 versions of cruel summer

One live version and one remix that came out a week ago and haven't contributed to the 2023 figure at all.

[Badgalbriel]

6 minutes ago, Miley Cyrus said:

Thank you 10 versions of cruel summer

And how did the 2 versions released last week impact the sales of the album this year? Please, don't tell me your trolling is this low level. 

[torontowest91]

I love the remix with Shawn

[JawBreaker]

2 minutes ago, Carry My Heart said:

1 live version and one remix that came out a week ago. Also, song units don't account for Billboard 200 points or album sales.

Dont bother with them. They're very much aware. Theyre just mad that at the beginning of the year when Flowers was smashing they got cocky and were making countless threads about Miley being supposedly bigger than Taylor. Then her album came out and all the token stans evaporated 

[Illuminati]

ME-

[JawBreaker]

2 minutes ago, ericlewis91 said:

I love the remix with Shawn

This is the album babe 

[Badgalbriel]

1 minute ago, JawBreaker said:

Dont bother with them. They're very much aware. Theyre just mad that at the beginning of the year when Flowers was smashing they got cocky and were making countless threads about Miley being supposedly bigger than Taylor. Then her album came out and all the token stans evaporated 

Remember that "Monthly Listeners" thread?

[BtDecember]

9 minutes ago, Miley Cyrus said:

Thank you 10 versions of cruel summer

Quick, list all 10 versions of Cruel Summer. We might be missing 7 versions

[Headlock]

12 minutes ago, Miley Cyrus said:

Thank you 10 versions of cruel summer

This is just sad at this point 

[BtDecember]

It's insane to think that Lover is actually her FOURTH biggest album after the juggernauts that are 1989, Fearless, and Midnights

 

It's a shame it only spent 1 week at #1 tho  

Edited October 25, 2023 by BtDecember
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[Miley Cyrus]

3 minutes ago, Badgalbriel said:

And how did the 2 versions released last week impact the sales of the album this year? Please, don't tell me your trolling is this low level. 

Weren’t there 4 versions of this song charting on iTunes? Anyways concert movie and tour will help compared to previous years hope this helps the OP understand why sales are bigger this year!

[BtDecember]

5 minutes ago, Badgalbriel said:

Remember that "Monthly Listeners" thread?

What's her monthly listeners now?

[simplywohoo]

Im very happy for its success !

Hope midnights and lovers smashery will make her continue doing music like this (and Rep pls hihi) bc while probably amazing records quality wise, folklore and evermore were absolutely not for me

[monster_enriquer]

12 minutes ago, BtDecember said:

It's insane to think that Lover is actually her FOURTH biggest album after the juggernauts that are 1989, Fearless, and Midnights

 

It's a same it only spent 1 week at #1 tho  

Do we have a breakdown of her album units? Do we think lover might even make it to top 3?

[JawBreaker]

10 minutes ago, Miley Cyrus said:

Weren’t there 4 versions of this song charting on iTunes? Anyways concert movie and tour will help compared to previous years hope this helps the OP understand why sales are bigger this year!

It was actually 3 since one of them was a single version since it wasnt officially released as a standalone single. 

Eitherway how does sales from a week ago affect sales of an entire year? Also the film came out just 2 weeks ago. 

And the tour excuse is dumb cuz no other major artist going on tour have given their old albums their biggest year, yearsss after release.  

 

[IBeMe]

she kinda has to give is a re release with All of The Gays, Lover (Titanic Shawn Mendes Remix), Need and the Cruel Summer Live from Eras Tour audio tacked on! 

Edited October 25, 2023 by IBeMe

[OnlyManInTheWorld]

We won  The album has an insane replay value  

[Miley Cyrus]

15 minutes ago, JawBreaker said:

It was actually 3 since one of them was a single version since it wasnt officially released as a standalone single. 

Eitherway how does sales from a week ago affect sales of an entire year? Also the film came out just 2 weeks ago. 

And the tour excuse is dumb cuz no other major artist going on tour have given their old albums their biggest year, yearsss after release.  

 

It’s only bigger by 50k so I’d chalk that up to the tour and concert movie plus cruel summer randomly becoming a hit this year.. Not really an inconceivable notion here.

Still impressive tho so congrats!

Edited October 25, 2023 by Miley Cyrus

[doonerr]

She really put her whole "this is my last year of pop relevancy before my 30s" attitude in this

 

It's kind of sick she was proven wrong

[greeneyedsoul]

It would have been even more if the original ME! was still available. 

[PurrKaty]

5.561M units so far  

 

It just might cross 6M units by the end of the year  if not it will be in early 2024!

[BtDecember]

28 minutes ago, monster_enriquer said:

Do we have a breakdown of her album units? Do we think lover might even make it to top 3?

Hmm.

 

Both 1989 and Fearless are over 10 million in the US for sure. Midnights and Lover just passed 6 million this week (they are really close) but Midnights did it much quicker (in just a year) so I give the edge to her. Lover being fourth is not too bad.

 

Wait, I forgot the debut. It might actually be fifth because I think the debut sold 6 million as well (might be 7 million now), but I would still put Midnights above debut since she did it faster.