base talk Is an artist "over" if their music bombs but their tours still sell (ex. Ed Sheeran)?

[Iaintsorry]

Charts aren't everything and considering how chart positions don't make artists money, but touring does that says it all

[Baegalme]

Having a solid and loyal fan base allows you to sell out concerts but once the general public doesn't care to listen and buy your music you're over it's simple. 

[Zaynsus]

It means they're "over" as current popular artists and slowly becoming legacy artists. Their new projects won't smash like their peak material but some of them are lucky enough to build a strong and memorable catalogue that will make people want to go see them on tour.

 

By the way, I checked his numbers on Spotify and the album he released last year in September only has... 160m streams 

[Relampago.]

It's literally what most artists dream of achieving 

 

So definitely not

[katara]

He has a lot of massive hits. He can just tour endlessly just based on those. 

[prézli]

Yes because they're nostalgic acts now.

[shakeyourbombom]

P!nk's album did not do well but her tour is always massive