base talk Nicki has 3 albums bigger than IOP, surprised?

[Zolanski.]

Why would I be surprised?! She is the queen of rap after all.
 

PF2’s second week numbers are shaping up to be bigger than other rap girls first week numbers - that’s all I need to know

[ImpressMeMuch]

3 minutes ago, Stepfon said:

IOP still higher than ANY Nicki album on MetaCritic.

no barb is going to try to tell you nicki knows how to assemble an album tracklist

 

14 minutes ago, punisher said:

and waste it to make bubblegum-pop music 

 

 

so you admit she has talent! 

 

[punisher]

4 minutes ago, Stepfon said:

IOP still higher than ANY Nicki album on MetaCritic.

Looks like that pen isn’t penning

 

[punisher]

1 minute ago, ImpressMeMuch said:

so you admit she has talent! 

 

yeah? idk why you think you’re clocking me or something

she’s talented in terms of actually rapping but makes bad music and i’ve been saying this forever 

Edited December 20, 2023 by punisher

[punisher]

anyways

 

[Dialamba]

Based on certification alone. IOP has sold over 5M units worldwide.  She definitely sold more and it’s weird to compare to an artist who’s more active 

[Zolanski.]

17 minutes ago, Dialamba said:

Based on certification alone. IOP has sold over 5M units worldwide.  She definitely sold more and it’s weird to compare to an artist who’s more active 

Certifications aren’t a good comparison. Pink Friday hasn’t been updated in almost 8 years. 

[ImpressMeMuch]

25 minutes ago, punisher said:

Looks like that pen isn’t penning

 

23 minutes ago, punisher said:

yeah? idk why you think you’re clocking me or something

she’s talented in terms of actually rapping but makes bad music and i’ve been saying this forever 

so you think she has talent at rapping... but you don't think she has talent writing... yet shes only ever rapped songs she has penned....

 

 

 

[wish]

Not surprised at all, but i am LAUGHING at these fumes!

 

[punisher]

1 minute ago, ImpressMeMuch said:

so you think she has talent at rapping... but you don't think she has talent writing... yet shes only ever rapped songs she has penned....

 

 

 

she has good flows and her lyrics are garbage, pretty simple concept to fathom 

[ImpressMeMuch]

Just now, punisher said:

she has good flows and her lyrics are garbage, pretty simple concept to fathom 

ah I consider writing part of the skill of 'rapping', I have fathomed you now tho 

[Aethereal]

Chart masters inflates the digital singles sales when converting to albums. And since when did Pink Friday sell more digital singles than any Rihanna era? 

The digital singles numbers are suspicious as hell. 

28,160,000 - Born This Way

27,140,000 - Pink Friday 

27,190,000 - Roman Reloaded? 

How? 

[VioletsandRoses]

1 hour ago, State of Grace. said:

Makes you wonder why IOP had her & her delusional cult so bothered and in shambles for years then....Was it the Grammy and #1s? 

Queen overreacted but she won at the end considering that other album couldn’t make it past 2020.  

1 hour ago, Dreajae said:

According to that website yall use, Cardi has already sold half of Nickis total sales with 1 era and her features.

 

Please dont... 

but she’ll never surpass her. And congrats at 7m of her 25m units coming from her own work. 

1 hour ago, Dreajae said:

Comparing all this to a 5 year old, 13 song debut album.... 

 

1 hour ago, punisher said:

anyways

 

Cardigans making up lies lmaoo. He includes every streaming platform. Rven Apple Music and Asian platforms like Genie, AWA and QQ. Or else Drake and the other rappers would’ve never surpassed 10m units with their smash albums.

7 minutes ago, Aristotle said:

Chart masters inflates the digital singles sales when converting to albums. And since when did Pink Friday sell more digital singles than any Rihanna era? 

The digital singles numbers are suspicious as hell. 

28,160,000 - Born This Way

27,140,000 - Pink Friday 

27,190,000 - Roman Reloaded? 

How? 

How is it sus? The breakdown is right there per single. Super Bass is over 8m and Super Bass is over 7m. Moment 4 Life and the others are in the 2-3m range and she has a ton of those. Not only that but her streaming units are 4m for TPP and PFRR and 3m for Queen and PF. Which is only one million less than IOP despite being digital era albums (sans Queen). Nicki is global for rap standards. 

[Aethereal]

2 hours ago, VioletsandRoses said:

According to chartmasters new review, Nicki has 3 albums bigger than Cardi’s supposed smash peaks their units are

 

Pink Friday- 9.9 million units 

Pink Friday:Roman Reloaded-9.8 million units 

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The PinkPrint- 6.9 million units 

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Invasion Of Privacy- 5.9 million units 

 

Are you surprised? 

IOP has an equal amount of units with Pink Friday in the world biggest market, America? The bulk of PF  pure album sales and digital singles sales come from America. 

PF and RR is at 8M units at most. 

 

PinkPrint is no way bigger than IOP.

[VioletsandRoses]

1 minute ago, Aristotle said:

IOP has an equal amount of units with Pink Friday in the world biggest market, America? The bulk of PF  pure album sales and digital singles sales come from America. 

PF and RR is at 8M units at most. 

 

PinkPrint is no way bigger than IOP.

Cardi only made noise in the US. Nicki didn’t smash abroad but her album made it to platinum in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. Plus gold or near gold in Europe.  She also sold 105k in Japan (gold if certified). Shes very global for rap standards. Again TPP is at 4m streaming equivalent , over 1m pure album sales and over 10m singles sold which is equal to 1m. Cardi has terrible stats outside the US both single and album wise. 

[Aethereal]

Just now, VioletsandRoses said:

Cardi only made noise in the US. Nicki didn’t smash abroad but her album made it to platinum in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. Plus gold or near gold in Europe.  She also sold 105k in Japan (gold if certified). Shes very global for rap standards. Again TPP is at 4m streaming equivalent , over 1m pure album sales and over 10m singles sold which is equal to 1m. Cardi has terrible stats outside the US both single and album wise. 

It does not matter, Nicki is not 50/50 outside of America in any metric regardless if you consider her global or not. PF has probably not crossed the 5M mark in US in Billboard and it surely has not passed it outside internationally. 

 

The pure albums sales are fine though, I am gonna give them props for that. 

 

[Mornings]

Go make a PowerPoint presentation to the academy 

[Papi Juancho]

2 hours ago, Nico Kwon said:

That should be obvious. Cardi is a local artist. Her only big WW song were a few features and wap 3-4 years ago. She's lucky she was able to release her debut album before they shelved her tho. 

Didn't Nicki's album debut with 3 streams outside the US? 

[EDEJtheArtist]

I love Nicki and I love Cardi, but the barbs are so tired like what’s the point of these constant threads and trying to drag IOP like we were all there it was the biggest female rap era of the last 15 years, every song on the album is platinum, 2 diamond hits, and won best rap album at the Grammys. 

[Blue Monday]

We’re really citing Chartmasters? 

[jakeisphat]

Those numbers are completely inaccurate. IOP has already crossed 5M in the US. To insinuate that she has sold less than 500k in every other country combined over a period of 6 years is ridiculous.  IOP surpassed 8M worldwide in Fall 2020. Y'all lie even more than Nicki. 

 

 Mind you - she did this with much less tracks, much less global appeal due to being strictly hip-hip and not pop, and in 6 years vs the 13 it took PF. 

Edited December 21, 2023 by jakeisphat

[superben]

I'm not surprised. Cardi is a talentless hack.

[Aethereal]

59 minutes ago, jakeisphat said:

Those numbers are completely inaccurate. IOP has already crossed 5M in the US. To insinuate that she has sold less than 500k in every other country combined over a period of 6 years is ridiculous.  IOP surpassed 8M worldwide in Fall 2020. Y'all lie even more than Nicki. 

 

 Mind you - she did this with much less tracks, much less global appeal due to being strictly hip-hip and not pop, and in 6 years vs the 13 it took PF. 

In what world is Pinkprint over IOP anyways. IOP completely dominated the charts. This shows that non-album sales stats of CM should not be trusted. 

[Nico Kwon]

3 hours ago, Papi Juancho said:

Didn't Nicki's album debut with 3 streams outside the US? 

Are you talking about PF2? If so, it broke every single record for a rap album by a female rapper on Spotify, debuted at #1 on AM global, debuted several songs on the global billboard charts, is her highest charting album in most oficial charts WW, should I keep going? 

[Nico Kwon]

Anyway, not surprised, all of those albums are better than that IOP mess