base talk What should Adele do to sell 1M first week again?

[KingWitch]

Release a streaming friendly album? Like who makes 5 minute or 6 minute songs in the streaming era?

 

Also it doesn't matter how talented you are,no one is waiting 5 years for an album.

 

Lastly she has to decide if music is a career or just a hobby for her, she doesn't seem to take it seriously at all

[anti-bitch]

I don't see Adele's pure sales rising again because most people don't even have CD/record players at this point and iTunes is dead. I guess a lot of Gen Z are buying vinyls just for aesthetics or whatever. But Adele's streams instead could go up or down depending on the next material.

[Maroonx]

Maybe have her Erotica era and completely go all out... LOL

[anti-bitch]

5 minutes ago, Maroonx said:

Maybe have her Erotica era and completely go all out... LOL

Lol. I was lowkey expecting Adele to change her public image to be more fun after the weight loss.

 

She was dressing like this 2 years ago, but now it's back to the black dresses. I hope next era shows the new Adele more.

 

[HappierJealousy]

Atp she should think about the longevity rather than big debut

30 is already outsold by evermore despite having a much bigger debut

[Strawberry Bubble]

Release music more often, build a stronger relationship with her fans, and avoid becoming known for canceling shows.

[TROJAN]

3 hours ago, Timeless said:

Innovation ✨

She needs to actually reinvent and stop making the same type of music over & over

This. I can already tell you what her next lead single will sound like.

[BtDecember]

2 hours ago, anti-***** said:

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.

Adele has all the hype for 30 yet failed in comparison with 25.
 

I think this time, she should withhold the lead single like Taylor until the album's release day. In doing so, people will be more hyped about what kind of sound she is making.

[Big Bad Wolf]

She needs to sell sex. Imagine a Pound Town-esque bop from her 

[Breathe On Moi]

2 hours ago, Miichael said:

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.

 

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.

I think my approach was more on the aspect of giving something “different” as that seems to be the constant complaint/request, but I can see what you mean as well.

[JaXXXon]

4 hours ago, Credit said:

it should be easy. she did 840k off of genuine demand for her music without any fraudulent tactics. all she has to do to push past the 1m mark is debut some desperation and release 10 variants. keeping it off of streaming first week could additionally help seal the deal

 

edit: was not shading anybody with this but the shoe has fit a certain someone and upset their fans i see

The shoe always fits that certain artist and her stans 

 

I think if Adele got the special editions and variants thing on her next album then she could do big numbers again. It's funny because if that certain artist with those stans did NOT do special editions and variants and only released one version her album would do 30 numbers potentially 

[anti-bitch]

43 minutes ago, BtDecember said:

Adele has all the hype for 30 yet failed in comparison with 25.
 

I think this time, she should withhold the lead single like Taylor until the album's release day. In doing so, people will be more hyped about what kind of sound she is making.

Well, yeah I agree about trying to release the whole album at once. I feel like most of the hype went on Easy on me and there wasn't as much left for the album anymore. Like, EOM alone got 19M (filtered) streams in first day, but then the album got 60M first day. It's like many people didn't even bother to listen to it at all. That was so weird to me. And it's even more weird that EOM is streaming well still, so it can't be that people hated it. And you see this with all of Adele's albums actually, that her big hits have huge streams but the album tracks not so much. I think releasing Oh My God as a single quickly would have helped. They waited until January and all the hype was dead by then.

[Yoko]

it did nearly 900k by the time eom was dead all she needs is lead single and album drop same day, less vinyls and more actual promo/teasing.

[BtDecember]

5 minutes ago, anti-***** said:

Well, yeah I agree about trying to release the whole album at once. I feel like most of the hype went on Easy on me and there wasn't as much left for the album anymore. Like, EOM alone got 19M (filtered) streams in first day, but then the album got 60M first day. It's like many people didn't even bother to listen to it at all. That was so weird to me. And it's even more weird that EOM is streaming well still, so it can't be that people hated it. And you see this with all of Adele's albums actually, that her big hits have huge streams but the album tracks not so much. I think releasing Oh My God as a single quickly would have helped. They waited until January and all the hype was dead by then.

Yeah, while EOM was a success, I feel like the GP got turned off a bit and already billed 30 as 21 3.0 and thus didn’t bother checking on the album. That is quite sad because I actually enjoyed 30 more than 25

[prettyinpink940]

She can't. Its over for her. 

[Gaia]

5 hours ago, littlebodybigheart said:

she didn’t do much promo? be for real…

list the promo

[VioletsandRoses]

4 hours ago, byzantium said:

Well, I don’t think she or anyone can debut with 1 million copies in the UK. 

The highest debut in the UK is her own 25 with 800k. Its impossible to do 1m in the UK 

6 hours ago, JohnWayneHolland said:

She needs to deliver a sexy sultry R&B album and show her **** on the cover give us controversy!!! Make people interested, make them talk 

The question is a 1m debut not a bionic debut 

6 hours ago, TayDuaStan said:

Change genres for once, please. All her albums sound the same. You could say that 30 is a re-recording of 25 and so on…

 

If she doesn’t do that, I predict A5 to debut with less than 174k

You clearly haven’t listened to her discography. Only 21 and 25 sound similar, even then they have differences. Her debut is more blue eyed soul aka very British, 21 is more watered down pop soul, while 25 is just HAC ballads and bops. 30 leans on more with jazz. It sounds nothing like her previous albums. And that’s probably why it didn’t do well for her huge standards. 
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A- more 3-4 minute songs, less 6-7 minute songs ala 21/25 

B- A better lead single, something catchy but different. 
C-More pre-album singles and a longer track list. 15 compared to her usual 11-12

D- 3 year break MAX. Be more relatable like her previous eras. 

[GagaChina]

she should also "make music publishing interesting"

[Vitaly]

She need to be relatable again. General heartbreak songs will always be more relatable than songs about motherhood or divorce. 

[Mr. Mendes]

3 hours ago, Sebastián Muñoz said:

avoid becoming known for canceling shows.

I mean she's kinda already past this. Yes it was big news when the residency was postponed but she has since extended it 3 times, it sells out, and she smashes. For all that handwrining, people are still desperate to see her live.

[Heldenzeit]

Not happening 

[Gladiator]

release an album

[Støned]

30 was a divorce album, obviously not a lot of people can relate to it.

 

Changing her sound drastically would alienate her fans, so it's not an option that she should explore.

 

She should stop taking very long breaks and release every 2 years so she won't be forgotten by the GP. She should also try to make her songs streaming friendly,like most of the tracks in 30 are 6 minutes songs,like who does that in 2021?

 

[Popboi.]

7 hours ago, Credit said:

it should be easy. she did 840k off of genuine demand for her music without any fraudulent tactics. all she has to do to push past the 1m mark is debut some desperation and release 10 variants. keeping it off of streaming first week could additionally help seal the deal

 

edit: was not shading anybody with this but the shoe has fit a certain someone and upset their fans i see

30 had 3 variants that were and still are collecting dust in record stores and supermarket shelves and sold for as little as $10 a month after. You can’t push 10 variants when you can’t even sell a third of them.

[Feanor]

She can't, no one can until the industry grows more.