byzantium Posted November 5, 2023 Posted November 5, 2023 All she needs to do is release music about once every two years and challenge herself to explore new sounds.
Just a Gay on ATRL Posted November 5, 2023 Posted November 5, 2023 I think those days are behind her realistically. I would love her next album to be Donna Summer inspired. Imagine an Adele lead single that served "Last Dance"! 1
Tylerbv Posted November 5, 2023 Posted November 5, 2023 I think if she makes a song similar to Rather Be she could spark interest again but I don’t know if 1M is in sight. 1
Hans. Posted November 5, 2023 Posted November 5, 2023 she doesn't care, after achieving huge success she kinda steps back and enjoys her personal life she lacks the drive tbh, like most pop stars after getting big, I don't want to bring Taylor into this but she has an insane work ethic and always aims bigger even with all those achievements Adele should've released at least 2 more albums tbh also she needs to change it up a bit, she keeps using age numbers as album names, 19 21 and 25 as a trilogy is fine, but 30 is getting tired I still think she can do 1m again with the right materials 1
Abracadabra Posted November 5, 2023 Posted November 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Timeless said: Innovation ✨ She needs to actually reinvent and stop making the same type of music over & over this is such a lazy take lol, 30 is different from her previous albums in several ways. Just because her songs tend to include piano and be under 120 BPM doesn't mean they all sound the same. 10 minutes ago, Breathe On Moi said: tbh this to an extent, just give the real dancy bops and DJ features, and she’ll have a massive successful era, then she can go back to ballads. I think that would actually be very detrimental to an artist like Adele. Sure, a one-off dance feature with a DJ could be a huge smash, but an album full of that would really alienate her core fanbase. 2 1
anti-bitch Posted November 6, 2023 Posted November 6, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, TayDuaStan said: She did 840k without any fraudulent tactics? Let’s be real for once https://variety.com/2021/music/news/adele-vinyl-record-pressing-plant-lp-shortages-1235103951/amp/ https://uproxx.com/pop/adele-30-vinyl-goodwill-production-delay-lp/ It literally says in the Uproxx article that "Later reports said this probably wasn’t her fault, though, as the 30 LPs Adele had pressed only made up an estimated 0.3 percent of the total vinyl produced in 2021." So the whole narrative that Adele was clogging up vinyl manufacturing was complete BS. And 30 has sold 1.8M in pure sales in the US to date. Behind Midnights and Folklore, the third best pure sales since 2020. And there was 4 editions of 30 available, if you count different regions of the world. The standard, Target exclusive and Amazon white vinyl. And Japan edition. Four editions!! Idk how the heck that's "fraud." Edited November 6, 2023 by anti-bitch 3
anti-bitch Posted November 6, 2023 Posted November 6, 2023 46 minutes ago, BtDecember said: Hmm, Guts has 15 variants and barely only sold 300k tho. Maybe Adele should try releasing better album? But what's considered "better" is subjective. Is Guts that much worse of an album than Sour? Idk about that. I think hype matters more than the music.
Axelios Posted November 6, 2023 Posted November 6, 2023 17 minutes ago, anti-***** said: It literally says in the Uproxx article that "Later reports said this probably wasn’t her fault, though, as the 30 LPs Adele had pressed only made up an estimated 0.3 percent of the total vinyl produced in 2021." So the whole narrative that Adele was clogging up vinyl manufacturing was complete BS. And 30 has sold 1.8M in pure sales in the US to date. Behind Midnights and Folklore, the third best pure sales since 2020. And there was 4 editions of 30 available, if you count different regions of the world. The standard, Target exclusive and Amazon white vinyl. And Japan edition. Four editions!! Idk how the heck that's "fraud." 30 was notoriously overshipped especially in terms of vinyls. I doubt making even more of them would help drive sales. 1 1
Carrie-is-no-1 Posted November 6, 2023 Posted November 6, 2023 another tiring Adele vs Taylor thread with sprinkles of people answering the real question Adele probably won't sell 1M again but it won't stop me from enjoying her music. All I want is for her to release something
byzantium Posted November 6, 2023 Posted November 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Sept said: And why is Billboard always the benchmark? Adele is British and her UK numbers is always huge. I don't think anybody this decade has surpassed 31's debut in the UK (correct me if i'm wrong) Well, I don’t think she or anyone can debut with 1 million copies in the UK.
Sergi91 Posted November 6, 2023 Posted November 6, 2023 Release as many vinyl variants as TS has done with 1989 and Midnights.
anti-bitch Posted November 6, 2023 Posted November 6, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Axelios said: 30 was notoriously overshipped especially in terms of vinyls. I doubt making even more of them would help drive sales. But idk if some of the videos of vinyl stacks are recent, or actually from 2021 and just reposted to make things look worse than they are. But either way, see the number, 0.3 percent of the total amount of vinyls produced in 2021. It's insane how much flak Adele got for that. The real issue was that there was so much backlog from 2020, and so many artists, even Abba, trying to press at once. It was unfair to blame it all on Adele. Edited November 6, 2023 by anti-bitch
Fleahive Posted November 6, 2023 Posted November 6, 2023 2 hours ago, Miichael said: 30 not opening with 25's 3.4 million isn't really indicative of a big decline, it's just that 25's opening was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of freak occurrence due to the post-21 hype, and is unlikely to be matched again by any other artist let alone Adele herself. 840k in this day and age is still a very good opening number, especially when she didn't do much promo, it shows that Adele still can pull huge numbers and 1M isn't out of the ballpark. She probably would really have to want it though, or be releasing on the back of a high-profile event, and I don't think she cares much about those kind of stats happening again, she's been there and done that. Do much promo? The woman was everywhere
byzantium Posted November 6, 2023 Posted November 6, 2023 6 minutes ago, Sergi91 said: Release as many vinyl variants as TS has done with 1989 and Midnights. Printing more vinyls will not help if you don’t have the demand.
Sergi91 Posted November 6, 2023 Posted November 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, byzantium said: Printing more vinyls will not help if you don’t have the demand. She can release a better lead single for the GP
Steve Johnson Posted November 6, 2023 Posted November 6, 2023 Oh please she is THE Adele. She can easily do 1 million+ if she just makes a great album again. 2
anti-bitch Posted November 6, 2023 Posted November 6, 2023 And regarding the topic of this thread, Adele doesn't have many hardcore fans, that's why her commercial performance can fluctuate so dramatically. I don't think Hello happened just because of 21. People forget that Adele released Skyfall between 21 and 25 and it wasn't anywhere near as big commercially. Somehow Hello just struck a cord with the GP. Easy on me wasn't able to create anywhere near as much hype. So i think it all depends on the next lead single.
Steve Johnson Posted November 6, 2023 Posted November 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Finkypop said: Nothing. She’s literally a Vegas act now. Not everyone has that power I fear Huh? She can easily sell out stadiums anywhere.
CaptainMusic Posted November 6, 2023 Posted November 6, 2023 Unless she has another Rolling In The Deep sized smash as the lead I don’t see it for her if she couldn’t do it after 25.
CaptainMusic Posted November 6, 2023 Posted November 6, 2023 5 minutes ago, Steve Johnson said: Oh please she is THE Adele. She can easily do 1 million+ if she just makes a great album again. Swiftie obviously setting Adele up The only artist who can easily do 1M is Taylor and you know it.
tjspy Posted November 6, 2023 Posted November 6, 2023 (edited) She needs her Wrecking Ball Edited November 6, 2023 by tjspy
anti-bitch Posted November 6, 2023 Posted November 6, 2023 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Fleahive said: Do much promo? The woman was everywhere Two TV shows?? The CBS special and another for ITV (UK). That's it... She did more Youtube this time, yeah, but I think that was a mistake because that doesn't help album sales. And she did nothing during the week the album was actually released. The CBS special aired many days before release date. And no late night or morning TV, not even SNL. And the whole Vegas cancellation mess in spring. Adele needs to promote more because she doesn't have a fandom that would follow her every move, so she needs to make the GP aware of what's happening through traditional media. But this time that plan failed. And Easy on me just didn't capture people like Hello. Edited November 6, 2023 by anti-bitch
Abracadabra Posted November 6, 2023 Posted November 6, 2023 18 minutes ago, Fleahive said: Do much promo? The woman was everywhere Like was already stated, she did a handful of interviews and pre-recorded two specials, one aired in the US and one aired in the UK. She did no other performances and no talk shows, that’s not “everywhere”. It may have felt like she was everywhere because her return to music received a lot of media coverage, but her actual promo was pretty minimal.
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