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Adele's 25 Breaks Record for most amount of Sales Records Broken in a Week!
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OMG NO WAY
Congrats to Adele.
Those are some crazy records to break, and she broke them basically all over the world. In an era where full album sales were supposedly dead.
lol
Though, that's also basically how albums were sold in the 90s.
hear & like new single = have to buy the new album to get that song and more songs.
Those are some crazy records to break, and she broke them basically all over the world. In an era where full album sales were supposedly dead.
lol
Though, that's also basically how albums were sold in the 90s.
hear & like new single = have to buy the new album to get that song and more songs.
And I agree to that, as posted above, Adele is one of the biggest artists in the history of music. The stats point to it.
Adele and T Swift are KILLING IT by not streaming.
Wouldn't be surprised to see other megastars (Beyonce, Kanye, Rihanna) follow suit. Though I guess they're involved with that Tidal shit. lol
Adele and Taylor Swift have a history of selling albums. Performers like Rihanna have always benefited the most from free-to-access portals.
teruterubozu
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Adele certainly benefitted by streaming her single though. It was a smart move to deny the album.
Oh, I don't think she's bad at all. I like listening to her perform, after all. I just find it odd when I see people herald her as a return to real singing. She has a solid voice, with adequate technique (which in fairness I think sounds better than it did a few years ago). She actually has expanded her belting range slightly. I guess the issue I have is that given her acclaim, I'd expect her to be the second coming of Streisand (or Whitney, or Mariah, or Shirley, or something), and not just "better than most." "Better than most" is a low bar these days.
How do you make adjustments?
I'm guessing judged on how much the industry has declined and how many records overall the industry sold back then.
Wafflecakes
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You know better than that Mumei...
Album sales are a less than 1/3 of what they were during that era.
pinkurocket
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I love Adele's voice because it's quite unique and she knows how to sing songs that really match her vocal tone. It's not my favourite voice, and I get kinda bored listening to one of her albums on end, but she has songs where it's just a great match. Personally 'Chasing Pavements' is still a fave.
I suppose. But then what are the adjusted numbers? For instance, if I wanted to know the adjusted gross of a film, you could tell me and we could compare how big, I don't know, Jaws was in 1975 to how big Titanic was in 1997. Even this can't account for some things (like new formats), but adjusting for regular inflation and ticket price inflation helps.
But what's the adjustment here? Wafflecakes is saying that album sales are a third or less of what they were in the mid-90s. Does that mean we just adjust today's sales by multiplying them by three? How do you take into account the fact that the population is up by over fifty million people compared to the mid-90s? I don't really know what the answer is, which is why I asked in the first place.
This image was published when the projections were around 2.5 Million:
Taking what we know about the most recent album's debut numbers-- 1989 (1.287)... I'd say the adjustments lean towards today's sales units being worth 3x what they were in the late 90s/early 00s.
I'm not good with math, though.
Considering how well her first album did I'd say your original thought is automatically invalidated.
p_xavier
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She's bland enough to satisfy most listeners. I don't like her songs though.
Eh. I like to have thoughts at the peak of my ignorance.
Adele's first album, 19 was not a commercial juggernaut like 21 and 25. In fact, 19's commercial success has been almost entirely fueled by people discovering it after the grammys, 21, and 25.
SmackDaddy
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There are at least 7 million people that know her, so maybe not.
No...? Not at all has urban/hip hop been dominate for the past 20 years lol
Steiner_Zi
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I'm watching the BBC special and she sounds more amazing than ever. Wow! Not to mention that she's so much more laid back than on American TV as she feels like at home. She is adorable and someone I would very easily hang out with.
You're really mad she ended Taylor huh?
Frostinferno
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Bland is satisfying?
Its already getting bad rep in the press.
nah, I'm sure there are certain tribes in central Amazonian territory who don't know who she is either
neoism
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nah ive kind of heard of her but havent listened to a single song of hers... im not into mainstream music though....
p_xavier
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It's non threatening. See Michael Bublé and many other singers.
Triggerhappytel
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Just listened to 'Hello' on YouTube as I realised I had not heard it yet (don't listen to the radio much or follow popular music) and was amazed to see that in just a month it has over 500,000,000 views (500 million). That's insane. Soon it'll be up there with the most played songs on YouTube bar Gangnam Style.
By the way, the music video also broke a few records, such as but not limited to, highest number of views in 24 hours, fastest video to reach 100k views and more.
Anyone who destroys Taylor Swift's music is fine with me.
Dude, calling this "mom music" is selling Adele very, very short. It should be very clear that Adele is multi-demographical.
Dude, calling this "mom music" is selling Adele very, very short. It should be very clear that Adele is multi-demographical.
Psycho_Mantis
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Hmph so what? Utada Hikaru's distance sold 3m on its first week
In japan
Did Adele beat this?
Angelus Errare
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Yes.
Matt_
World's #1 One Direction Fan: Everyone else in the room can see it, everyone else but you~~~
Just snatched the record in France with 169k
Only for english speaking artists I think
Shes got the highest from one country record and the highest worldwide
She kinda flopped (comparatively) in Japan though,
Only for english speaking artists I think
Shes got the highest from one country record and the highest worldwide
She kinda flopped (comparatively) in Japan though,
twinturbo2
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Adele didn't break Utada's old record. She chucked it off the top of the Hell in a Cell cage onto the Spanish Announce Table, leaving it with broken bones and internal bleeding while JR is freaking the fuck out.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
You're mean
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Bought and listening to 25 just now!
Hello, as good as always but holy shiiit is Send My Love INSANELY good!! HOPEFULLY IT KEEPS UP THIS TEMPO OF FUCKING INSANITY
Hello, as good as always but holy shiiit is Send My Love INSANELY good!! HOPEFULLY IT KEEPS UP THIS TEMPO OF FUCKING INSANITY
I think this is a good description. Adele is relatable in that regard.
hodayathink
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I should add, in the US around 50% of sales are physical. That's going to end up being around 1.75m~ CD's sold in stores.
Born This Way's sale look really impressive until you remember that Amazon was not only selling the album for $1.99 at launch (it came out right after they launched their MP3 store), but when you bought an album from Amazon it gave you like 20GB of digital locker space. There were probably thousands upon thousands of people who bought that album with no intention of actually listening to it, and I remember Billboard having to change how it counts album sales to prevent anyone else from doing the same thing to break records.
Ben Morales
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I have had Send My Love perpetually stuck in my head for a couple days now and I definitely don't mind. 😍
SecretMoblin
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yes. expose it.
LOL yeah I remember that being a huge controversy when it came out.
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