celeb news Billboard warns Nicki, threatens to lower PF2 first week sales

[Mornings]

1 minute ago, FOCK said:

It’s not about Nicki specifically, it’s about industry control & how she does things outside of the context where they hold influence/manipulation power.

but if she is selling her album in ways they can’t accurately account for, then who’s problem really is it? 
 

I am actually not even sure that that is the real issue here. She’s always way too cryptic and general. It’s hard to ever know what she’s actually rallying the barbs to defend her against 

[Nickimeetsatrl]

Damn the comments in here, imagine trying to silence someone speaking out because they believe they are being treated unfairly…

 

I see what side of history y’all users are on..

[getBusy]

YOUR HONOR SHE’S MAKING SH*T UP!

[Jjang]

Why are her releases always an utter mess

[Material Girl]

1 minute ago, Mornings said:

but if she is selling her album in ways they can’t accurately account for, then who’s problem really is it? 

she's selling her album on her website and at every major retailer

what exactly is shady about that 

[Rotunda]

I’m with Nicki on this one I fear

 

#switchlikeatrlers

[Perth]

Oh god this would be messy. Wasn’t there a release similar that Billboard didn’t count sales for because the track lists didn’t match from the vinyls? Incoming meltdown 

[lgaga1fan]

1 minute ago, Mornings said:

but if she is selling her album in ways they can’t accurately account for, then who’s problem really is it? 
 

I am actually not even sure that that is the real issue here. She’s always way too cryptic and general. It’s hard to ever know what she’s actually rallying the barbs to defend her against 

She's pushing the absurdity of these rules to their absolute limit. That's not an invalid thing to do. Same thing happened with Queen and the album bundles and they changed their rules in a reactionary manner. To me it doesn't really matter if its a "right" or "wrong" way of consuming this music bc the music industy doesn't have a "fair" way to catalogue its own sales and numbers atm. 

[Zolanski.]

This is so stupid.
She was asking for receipts of purchases from across the week and doing something sweet by rewarding the fans with a studio visit to pick the additional songs for the deluxe edition next week. 
 

Y’all have fun spinning this and foaming at the mouth to “drag” Nicki for the 364828336th time this week. So tired and corny

Edited December 14, 2023 by Zolanski.

[Nickimeetsatrl]

Just now, Perth said:

Oh god this would be messy. Wasn’t there a release similar that Billboard didn’t count sales for because the track lists didn’t match from the vinyls? Incoming meltdown 

That is not the issue

[americanlife]

I miss the Dear Old Nicki. The one with wisdom, the lady who would advise her fans to stay in school, the one who advocated for good things. Now all she cares about is scamming the charts.

[Redstreak]

So many artists have done this. I don’t even like Nicki but that’s shitty of billboard

[abelfenty]

She’s such a loser LMFAO. And the worst thing is her brain dead fanbase will eat everything up she says 

[Sannie]

This is just her trying to find an excuse for opening with 90k pure sales. She is going to say she sold more but they did not count it.

[Nickimeetsatrl]

I am certain if Taylor Swift did this, it would not be an issue. And that’s sad that all artist are not treated fairly…

[AdrianNicki]

I bet some of you didn't even read what she said before posting. This forum has been going downhill for a while now.

[Diet Pepsi]

Clock the FRAUD & SCAMMING

[Stepfon]

My thing is with Nicki is that she tried to throw a rock (at Cardi and Meg with the CashApp statement) and hide her hand, if she has issues with Billboard, that's fine but she is using this is a way to be shady against the girls she doesn't like. 

[Sannie]

1 minute ago, Nickimeetsatrl said:

I am certain if Taylor Swift did this, it would not be an issue. And that’s sad that all artist are not treated fairly…

Swift is a smart enough business woman to make sure anything she does falls inside the rules outlined by BB. Also, Swift does not have to beg fans to buy her music.  

 

10 minutes ago, Material Girl said:

the way yall disregard what she says when she's outspoken about being treated unfairly just bc it isnt presented in a way you deem "respectable" is very corny and lame

You all really think Nicki is being singled out by Billboard, Grammys, The President, and Jesus Christ himself despite the fact that Nicki has little to no power and the clearly is not as successful and famous as you all claim (see the sales). Nobody cares enough to single her out. She is not that important. You are all just mad that after years of acting like she would rock the world with a new release, it did not happen.

[getBusy]

Is there proof that BB even said anything, or do we have to believe the woman whose cousin’s testicles got inflamed after getting the covid shot???

Edited December 14, 2023 by getBusy

[Material Girl]

1 minute ago, Sannie said:

Swift is a smart enough business woman to make sure anything she does falls inside the rules outlined by BB. Also, Swift does not have to beg fans to buy her music.  

 

You all really think Nicki is being singled out by Billboard, Grammys, The President, and Jesus Christ himself despite the fact that Nicki has little to no power and the clearly is not as successful and famous as you all claim (see the sales). Nobody cares enough to single her out. She is not that important. You are all just mad that after years of acting like she would rock the world with a new release, it did not happen.

okay sweetie 

have you touched grass today yet

[Zolanski.]

3 minutes ago, americanlife said:

I miss the Dear Old Nicki. The one with wisdom, the lady who would advise her fans to stay in school, the one who advocated for good things. Now all she cares about is scamming the charts.

Still does but you can keep picking and choosing what you think she only talks about 

 

[GentleDance]

Quote

Cocaine-induced psychosis

K T Brady et al. J Clin Psychiatry. 1991 Dec.

 

Background: Chronic stimulant use can produce a paranoid psychosis that is similar to acute paranoid schizophrenia. While this phenomenon has been systematically explored in amphetamine abusers, it has been relatively unexplored in a systematic fashion in cocaine abusers.

 

Method: The experience of cocaine-induced psychosis was evaluated in 55 individuals consecutively admitted for treatment of DSM-III-R cocaine dependence. Each subject was interviewed about their experiences of psychosis while intoxicated by means of a standardized, semistructured interview.

 

Results: Fifty-three percent (29/55) of those interviewed reported experiencing transient cocaine-induced psychosis. There was no significant difference in lifetime amount of cocaine use or amount of cocaine use in the month before admission between those who experienced psychosis and those who did not. The psychosis-positive group used significantly more cocaine in the year prior to admission (p less than or equal to .02) and had a longer duration of use (p less than or equal to .01). Males were significantly (p less than or equal to .05) more likely than females to develop psychosis. Ninety percent (26/29) developed paranoid delusions directly related to drug use. Ninety-six percent (28/29) of the subjects experienced hallucinations: 83% (24/29), auditory hallucinations; 38% (11/29), visual hallucinations; and 21% (6/29), tactile hallucinations. Twenty-seven percent (15/55) of subjects developed transient behavioral stereotypies.

 

Conclusion: Cocaine-induced paranoia is a common experience among chronic users. Amount and duration of use are related to its development. Implications for a kindling model of cocaine-induced psychosis will be discussed.

 

[Material Girl]

1 minute ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

didn't taylor do something similar by encouraging fans to buy FOUR midnights vinyls to make a clock? or to buy four 1989 TV vinyls to have the back covers of the vinyls spell out 1989. If they end up sabotaging her im done following this chart.

 

yep!

[Zolanski.]

2 minutes ago, Stepfon said:

My thing is with Nicki is that she tried to throw a rock (at Cardi and Meg with the CashApp statement) and hide her hand, if she has issues with Billboard, that's fine but she is using this is a way to be shady against the girls she doesn't like. 

She’s pointing out the hypocrisy - I don’t see why this is an issue?