artist stats Travis goes 1-OUT! on the Billboard 200, breaks record

[fememeist]

Dropping faster than the pants on his ass 

[JO1s]

 

Spoiler

 

Edited September 30 by JO1s

[paper moon]

Imagine having that record attached to you for the rest of your life 

 

[P.O.P]

Serving his girlfriend 

[brutal]

35 minutes ago, EliMaraj said:

What can Billboard do to prevents artists from abusing the charts with tricks and scams?

1. Limit the number of "deluxes". There is absolutely no reason for artists to be releasing literally +20 digital versions of their albums with each having 2 different "live"/"slowed down"/whatever bonus tracks. A maximum of 4 different tracklists for an album is more than adequate.
 

2. Don't allow digital download purchases of albums from an artist's site. Billboard already did this last year for digital singles after the scammery that was going on so it is high time to do it for albums too. iTunes, Google Play, Amazon are all there for people who want to buy an album digitally and is what the real select GP who still do so use. Artists sites for digital albums is solely for people aiding in chart manipulation.

 

These two things would easily get rid of 95% of the fraud that's being done right now.

[Sabrina Carpenter]

filthy fraud 

[Konril]

Actual fradulence.

[ReH2o]

[Fleahive]

This was old music. Didn't Celine have this record?

[Archetype]

A joke

[aesthetic bih]

2 hours ago, By the Water said:

2 - 30 - 106 - 1 - OUT is a wild chart run 

It's serving last.fm chart run

[aesthetic bih]

2 hours ago, LovingDays said:

"I'm free-falling through all of the twilight
Every piece of me holds on for daylight"

A classic!

 

[RoseBud]

 

   Use what's left of your brains,  it's not fraud if it's legal

[Gorjesspazze9]

Yes, Billboard has become so fraudulent that it's just common knowledge now. 

[Walk_Away21]

Yes

[Miley Cyrus]

LMFAO

[Squall]

No, what's fraudulent is people like Paris Hilton buying their own albums. When it's the fans buying them, I don't see it as « fraudulent »… except if the albums are sold at a loss ($5 vinyl for instance).

Edited September 30 by Squall

[punisher]

2 hours ago, JO1s said:

 

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to be fair this was clearly bullsh*t

[mrmayman]

While it is ridiculous, it's quite annoying when people claim "fraud" when that's just not the case. He's the biggest selling male artist by pure sales at the moment, he had his vinyl and cds ship last week. It makes sense why he went #1. 

[fridayteenage]

3 hours ago, paper moon said:

Imagine having that record attached to you for the rest of your life 

 

well Lionel had it before and I don't think anyone connected that to his name this decade:

"The album Hello from Las Vegas by Lionel Richie has the largest drop for an album that did not top the chart; on September 7, 2019, it exited the chart after having debuted the previous week at number 2."

[BrokenMachine]

Can't believe Billboard lets this criminal pull his fraudulence like nothing, they're such a joke

[fridayteenage]

2 hours ago, brutal said:

1. Limit the number of "deluxes". There is absolutely no reason for artists to be releasing literally +20 digital versions of their albums with each having 2 different "live"/"slowed down"/whatever bonus tracks. A maximum of 4 different tracklists for an album is more than adequate.
 

2. Don't allow digital download purchases of albums from an artist's site. Billboard already did this last year for digital singles after the scammery that was going on so it is high time to do it for albums too. iTunes, Google Play, Amazon are all there for people who want to buy an album digitally and is what the real select GP who still do so use. Artists sites for digital albums is solely for people aiding in chart manipulation.

 

These two things would easily get rid of 95% of the fraud that's being done right now.

but that wouldn't apply to travis's  #1 week.

 

it applied to his #2 week though.

[BrokenMachine]

14 minutes ago, mrmayman said:

While it is ridiculous, it's quite annoying when people claim "fraud" when that's just not the case. He's the biggest selling male artist by pure sales at the moment, he had his vinyl and cds ship last week. It makes sense why he went #1. 

When 99% of the numbers come from pure sales... in 2024, and the album doesn't pull enough streaming numbers to keep it at least at #200, despite of the big pure sales, you know something isn't adding up

[Princess Aurora]

Woah. Now that is crazy 

[penguintim]

The way the Little Travesties swore up and down he deserved that #1 debut over Sabrina