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

[Nickimeetsatrl]

1 minute ago, Sannie said:

No, they do not. They just report the numbers given to them. When they change rules, they do not change them until AFTER the person who causes the change charts as a way to not penalize someone for something that was not yet a rule. What nicki is possibly referring to was a rule before her album dropped. She has to follow the rules. You can not break the rules and then whine that you are being held accountable for doing so.

And the person who causes it always happens to be Asian or black…

[Zolanski.]

3 minutes ago, IBeMe said:

Billboard is petty. They pick and choose who to audit. What they did to Dua was clearly retaliatory because that same week she was posting support for Palestinians back when Levitating was only one point away from #1. They also clearly dont like Nicki Minaj for some reason. Yet they let TONS of other artists snatch #1s on the Hot 100 or Billboard 200 without double checking numbers at all. Really hate how they pick and choose things. 

100% this. 
There has always been a hidden agenda. 

[Tistotal]

Just now, FOCK said:

She’s never been wrong about the inner workings of the industry & y’all clown her, then consistently, it comes to light years after. Saur. What she’s saying isn’t farfetched at all. 

not her knowing exactly how many units she did with Queen Girl, you don't have fefe this time, nor any other current single, and there are no bundles anymore. 205k is more than reliable an amazing for the current state of music 

 

don't she have a team behind her to explain her this?

[thirdward]

the way she’s cooking her numbers and now every barb will push the 300k… kinda crazy 

like she’s deciding what her first week sales are

[blaggot]

here we go again… I wish I could take my streams back

 

[Cain]

3 minutes ago, Sannie said:

No, they do not. They just report the numbers given to them. When they change rules, they do not change them until AFTER the person who causes the change charts as a way to not penalize someone for something that was not yet a rule. What nicki is possibly referring to was a rule before her album dropped. She has to follow the rules. You can not break the rules and then whine that you are being held accountable for doing so.

Billboard changes their radio point formula all the time, they did it to Dua as well and without any rhyme or reason

[Badgalbriel]

Alright, what did she do and what exactly is Billboard trying to warn her about? 

[FOCK]

Envy, catch it 

 

 

 

[ImsoLOUD]

11 minutes ago, ImpressMeMuch said:

Six pages already 

 

this **** is hilarious she has some of you around her finger 

literally the girls are making bingo cards and staying up to date  

[Monster Queen]

34 minutes ago, lgaga1fan said:

Nicki made a simple tweet asking her fans to show the albums they had already purchased and she wanted to do something special for her top fans. I genuinely don't see what's wrong with that considering it was a simple twitter thread. If they wanna take away her sales that's their prerogative but acting like she's committing mass fraud when Billboard has already shown their willingness to change their rules SEVERAL times in reactions to Nicki's releases specifically just shows inherent bias against her. For all of the cringe **** that Onika has done over the years this isn't that. Bringing up the fact that the "most popular" artist exhibits the same promotional strategies is to make a point that there is an inherent bias against her. 

No, this is not something that only happened to Nicki. Billboard most likely had reached out to multiple artists (including Taylor) multiple times, the biggest difference is other people won't melt down and directly point it out on public platforms like Nicki did here. Billboard changed its rules multiple times to limit Taylor's selling strategy, including not counting the website single sales (this year), not counting the album sales with merch (before Midnights release), only counting the physical sales that has been shipped out for that week's chart (after folklore) to reduce her debut number, etc. Why you act this only happened to Nicki? 

Edited December 15, 2023 by Monster Queen

[getBusy]

Reporting live from Billboard HQ:

 

[Jon Snow]

If I understand correctly... the problem is that she asked the fans to prove that they have bought the album and she sold vinyls that are missing more than a half of the album, and they are about to not count those sales? If that's the case, those sales really shouldn't be counted.

 

I also agree that other artists try to scam their stans into buying a hundred versions of the album, just for the numbers and money. They, also, should face some consequences. However, it is true that Nicki is not classy about it, at all. 

[imabadkid]

Nicki, you're projected to sell 205k which is RLY good in today's music world... but I do think Billboard is shady and that's a fact

[GentleDance]

[Off The Wall]

6 minutes ago, Oxygen said:

She is the most unserious artist in the industry 

Where is the ‘art’ in anything she does?
 

[getBusy]

2 minutes ago, Off The Wall said:

Where is the ‘art’ in anything she does?
 

 

[LiamVillain]

I don't understand anything

but I'm happy for her 
or sorry that happened 

[Apolonio ₃₄]

Just now, LiamVillain said:

I don't understand anything

but I'm happy for her 
or sorry that happened 

[Anvarie]

36 minutes ago, Material Girl said:

yes that's how music works in 2023, welcome to the present grandma 

7 minutes ago, thirdward said:

the way she’s cooking her numbers and now every barb will push the 300k… kinda crazy 

like she’s deciding what her first week sales are

It’s not her fault the barbz are loyal 

[Superbitch]

51 minutes ago, Stepfon said:

But the thing is that she is making it seem like Cardi and Meg used CashApp to get people to stream/buy WAP and that is not the case at all.

 

It’s not but they’ll say whatever to make people believe their lies and conspiracies lmao WAP had already debuted @ #1 after massive streams and sales lmao. But you know the Barbiez will ignore that. Ksksks they’re already screaming racism and throwing Taylor’s name in the mix too as if she spends the whole week begging for sales publicly like Nicki. Taylor’s smart with her **** she knows her Stans will buy her music and the gp is actually aware of her releases it’s not forced. This is just like a damn scam. The unfinished vynils, the 5 dollar versions with a new song everyday  it’s not just alternative covers. 

[Nickimeetsatrl]

3 minutes ago, Off The Wall said:

Where is the ‘art’ in anything she does?
 

Crazy to say this when she is considered the greatest in her field. Shows what this site thinks about rap…

[Jon Snow]

I can't believe I used to stan this woman ten years ago 

[Perth]

37 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

If I understand correctly... the problem is that she asked the fans to prove that they have bought the album and she sold vinyls that are missing more than a half of the album, and they are about to not count those sales? If that's the case, those sales really shouldn't be counted.

 

I also agree that other artists try to scam their stans into buying a hundred versions of the album, just for the numbers and money. They, also, should face some consequences. However, it is true that Nicki is not classy about it, at all. 

First part I agree with, second - meh. If people want to waste their money buying 287338 variations of something (and if it’s legitimate and not 10 tracks out of a 26 track album), then they should feel free to. 
 

I do think the pathological liar is trying to divert her stans from the real reason billboard won’t count sales and it’s because of her fraudulent vinyls. FRAUD

Edited December 15, 2023 by Perth

[Shelter]

Let her drag billboard. They are the pits anyway.

[ImpressMeMuch]

10 minutes ago, getBusy said:

Reporting live from Billboard HQ:

 

The way the racial bias of AI plays into your joke perfectly  

Edited December 15, 2023 by ImpressMeMuch