2 minutes ago, Digitalism said:

The fact that this applies to every album by a main pop girl this year

well no! their first week streams weren't abysmal 

1 hour ago, mike_int said:

So now you all suddenly like it cause it sells?

 

Dont you guys have your own opinion or is really the whole population turning into sheep?

 

The album was never bad in a first place, solid 8/10

Are opinions true reality anymore?

Optimism won

Love the album & singles

 

Happy to see at the end the album did well on charts

We were optimistic 

 

Dua always wins

 

Even if kevin parker is ruining the album. Her name alone and the respect people have for her are carrying the album.
The ilusion video also brought new love for the era. I honestly didnt care about the era but that video changed my mind

 

I think the numbers indicate that post-FN she's established a real core fanbase. 
 

With that said, if she wants to attract more fans, she'll need to have more hit singles on the way.

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talent

risk taking choices

beauty

solid vision and execution 

evolution and artistic growth

staying true to herself and her craft 

career defining sound and brand 

solid fanbase 

 

all payed off 

 

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6 hours ago, Squall said:

Not « outsells Midnights debut » for France being a thing  

 

You forgot to add she outsold it by 200 copies despite coming from a 300k+ album  

 

Nothing went right, it's going to collapse considering the tragic streams.

It's so funny how cyclical ATRL is. This is the third album in a row I've seen ATRLers telling us that Dua is going to bomb just because of a weak start.

Album is great and a commercial success 

5 hours ago, Yawn said:

well no! their first week streams weren't abysmal 

11 tracks, no features, no autoplay and no album re-releases in the first week. How many of the girls can say that?

The inevitable bump that's going to happen on Tuesday when HDD's top 20 comes out

 

1 hour ago, Eternium said:

11 tracks, no features, no autoplay and no album re-releases in the first week. How many of the girls can say that?

She used up that entire budget for the pre-release singles 

 

84k for a supposed mpg is tragic. Most mpgs do 60-90k second week. It's not good at all. 

4 hours ago, Eternium said:

It's so funny how cyclical ATRL is. This is the third album in a row I've seen ATRLers telling us that Dua is going to bomb just because of a weak start.

? Maybe you should take a look at the detail: it's pure sales driven and the streams are a catastrophe. You don't need to be a genius to know it won't have legs.

How is she not releasing falling forever as a single. Is the best song after the masterpiece they call Houdini.

16 hours ago, Eternium said:

11 tracks, no features, no autoplay and no album re-releases in the first week. How many of the girls can say that?

and it tanked. nobody is listening to it

 

16 hours ago, Eternium said:

a weak start

so we agree

 

FN also had no features but was prior to her major breakthrough. at some point it would be reasonable to expect her to start debuting bigger as she becomes more established. this era was set up for big success but the singles didn't connect and the album was mediocre so numbers reflect that. 

It wasn't boring

I fear it will collapse next week without physicals but it's a cute album and Dua was never really meant to be a superstar.

it's short and to the point. easy to listen to and not a chore.