Nefertiti0 Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Written ahead of the Billboard 200's publication, the letter alleges the process behind that week's albums chart was "unreliable and incomplete," focusing on a portion of sales Cactus Jack claimed were not included Cactus Jack's letter claims that final digital editions of Days Before Rodeo spurred "an extremely high volume of orders," causing delays in the final minutes of tracking. The letter claims Scott's units in question "comprised 1,291 actual units verified to have timestamps between 11:45–11:59pm." According to the letter, Cactus Jack was not initially concerned about units because data available to labels on August 31 showed Scott with a 11k unit lead over Carpenter. But after independent retail numbers were reported on Sunday, Carpenter had taken the lead. The letter suggests Carpenter's indie sales had been weighted more heavily than a normal album sale, even though Luminate stopped that practice at the beginning of 2024 to improve accuracy. "It clearly bumped Sabrina's final number of units just above Travis by almost the exact amount of units we erroneously 'lost' that would have counted toward week 1," the letter says. Cactus Jack's letter adds that it "is especially concerning" that the Luminate employee whom Cactus Jack and Single corresponded with had previously worked for Carpenter's label, Island Records, alleging he would have "a personal incentive" for Carpenter to earn a No. 1. According to the employee's LinkedIn, he left Island in May 2021, 4 months after the label signed Carpenter in January. Luminate also works with both Scott's parent label, Sony Music Entertainment, and Island's parent, Universal Music Group. A spokesperson for Luminate said the company is standing by its data: "We are confident that our numbers are correct in accordance with our processes and methodology." 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Raver Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Hahahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardBambi Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Yeap this confirms it she's the new Madonna 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulKiwi Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 LOSERS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konril Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Sir... Channel that anger into your 2nd week sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Riverbank Posted September 6 Popular Post Share Posted September 6 Not him pulling Queen era shenanigans 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post IBeMe Posted September 6 Popular Post Share Posted September 6 Are we sure Travis isn't an ATRL user because I faintly remember "send a letter to billboard" being one of the go to drags from old ATRLers back in the day when fans would be upset their fav got blocked on the charts 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Click Clack Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyLovescats887 Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Ofc a man would be pissed because a woman's iconic and hyped album went #1 and his botted and label purchased record with 100 deluxes did not.. Maybe he should cheat with some other girl again, that could cool him off. 1 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illuminati Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 2 minutes ago, IBeMe said: Are we sure Travis isn't an ATRL user because I faintly remember "send a letter to billboard" being one of the go to drags from old ATRLers back in the day when fans would be upset their fav got blocked on the charts The contact us link replies always sent me 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allforyou Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Stay MAD, the queen rightfully won the battle 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glitch Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 B1tches doing all that womp womp womp womp womp womp womp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Dick Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 I find it funny because if it wasn't for your fave these practices wouldn't have been executed as often as this. He didn't really do anything Taylor hasn't done herself. But congrats to Sabrina because you should never block a breakthrough with cheap tactics like this when you're a veteran. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugden Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 (edited) Not to defend travis but is crazy how billboard accepts fraudulence when its taylor and one of their faves doing it, but not when its asian or black artists Edited September 6 by Sugden 14 1 1 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumbsparce Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Love his music but I didn't know he was the Nicki of rap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthoe Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Don't care about either, but the MESS sure is entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mocha Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 stay mad, real music WON 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 A reverse "I spoke to him. He knows he doesn't have the #1 album this week. I love my fans for the #1 album in AMERICA!" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodflowers. Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Top 2 and I ain't even number 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Gay on ATRL Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 He should be in jail let alone not complaining about chart manipulation. 11 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poki Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 12 minutes ago, HardBambi said: Yeap this confirms it she's the new Madonna "Madonna gifted the record store employees microwaves!!!111" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisTheLoner Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 He's such a fraudulent murdering piece of sh*t So glad she came out triumphant and blocked his desperate ass, Sabrina really is the reigning new MPG 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerveAksak Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Boohooo, reminds me of the tennis scene from The Man MV. Some guy losing to a woman and breaking down over it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bad guy Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 STOP THE COUNT 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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