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Do Singles Flop Because We All Buy The Albums? |
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Do Singles Flop Because We All Buy The Albums?
Alot of you guys seem to talk about this quite alot on Digital Spy Music Forum.
When an artist release the first single off a new album I might download the song depending how long the album is going to take too come out, but mostly once I own the album I never buy the other singles again because who would when you have the album |
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Sometimes. It depends. I reckon that's why Rihanna's last two have sucked chart-wise.
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Exactly! You can only have so many hit singles off of a successful album!
The thing is that all the blogs and forums are more concerned about the singles tbh. They are thought to reflect the buzz and the popularity of the artist much more than the albums. |
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Sometimes. It depends. I reckon that's why Rihanna's last two have sucked chart-wise.
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In this case, it's all about poor promotion
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Maybe, but it's Rihanna. She could record herself taking a shit, and it'd do well on UK radio. The last two singles didn't though.
I hope 'WHYB' salvages the era. Some promotion, a top notch video and she'll be better than fine
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I suppose in today's world it's all about iPod's and beaning able to download that one song you like.
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Yes, The Flood TT charted/sold well but then the album came out and the other singles couldn't go top 10 because of all the copies sold of the album.
For most you're either a singles band or an albums band generally speaking. You can have both aka JLS,1D,ed Sheeran,Jessie J but it depends on the volume sold of their album and why you could have a number 1 album and multiple top 10's. I'd say an album that sells 1.5million wouldn't have multiple top ten singles 21 by Adele had 2 and that was with all the copies sold as well. |
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Yes, The Flood TT charted/sold well but then the album came out and the other singles couldn't go top 10 because of all the copies sold of the album.
For most you're either a singles band or an albums band generally speaking. You can have both aka JLS,1D,ed Sheeran,Jessie J but it depends on the volume sold of their album and why you could have a number 1 album and multiple top 10's. I'd say an album that sells 1.5million wouldn't have multiple top ten singles 21 by Adele had 2 and that was with all the copies sold as well. |
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If you prefer your music in MP3 form there's no reason to buy two of the same song. With a physical product it's different.
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Thanks for copying the whole concept of my forum Mr Music Lover:
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1645290 |
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I used to love buying singles, even if owned the album. I loved the extra tracks, remixes, artwork etc. I don't buy single downloads though. I really don't see the point of paying to download a song that I already have ripped to my iPod. I have nothing to show for it.
It's a shame physical singles are pretty much a thing of the past. I'm have tons of MJ, Madonna, Garbage, Pet Shop Boys singles and trasure them all. I can't get that from artists nowadays. Katy Perry has released 7 singles from her latest album and only 1 was released on CD, and even that was just a crappy 2-tracker ![]() I'll never understand people who buy a CD of an album, but then go and download the same album from iTunes What on earth is that about?!?!
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Sometimes. It depends. I reckon that's why Rihanna's last two have sucked chart-wise.
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Thanks for copying the whole concept of my forum Mr Music Lover:
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1645290 |
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8-10 years ago before the digital era came in 2005 when the digital downloads started to make an impact, artists like beyonce, britney spears, christina aguilera, ashanti, usher, alicia keys, justin timberlake, jennifer lopez, etc, they all counted on physical singles and airplay now today artists like lady gaga, rihanna, katy perry and adele have to only count on digital downloads now and airplay does have an impact still but not like it use to. things have changed so much in the past 7 years or so.
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I don't understand why someone would pay to download a track they already have on the album.
Will young's album was no1 I think that's why jeaously is the only song that has done well from that album. I agree about the old physical singles I still get old 90's singles from charity shops & carboots. |
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If an album has been a megahit (Adele, Take That) then obviously singles arent going to do that well.
Fans of flop acts often use the album sales excuse though - Matt Cardle springs to mind. |
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If an album has been a megahit (Adele, Take That) then obviously singles arent going to do that well.
Fans of flop acts often use the album sales excuse though - Matt Cardle springs to mind. |
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matt is signed to syco that's why he's done so badly.
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matt is signed to syco that's why he's done so badly.
(He's co-signed to Syco and Columbia—or was anyway for his first album—and according to his rabid fans Columbia took charge of his career. He's already been dropped by Modest! Management, which is a Syco affiliate.) |
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well lets see how rumour has it does in America? because everybody is buying the album and its selling the album so idk if anyone is gonna buy the single or not now that everyone has the album or something like that?
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matt is signed to syco that's why he's done so badly.
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Actually he's done so badly because he's crap.
(He's co-signed to Syco and Columbia—or was anyway for his first album—and according to his rabid fans Columbia took charge of his career. He's already been dropped by Modest! Management, which is a Syco affiliate.)
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It totally depends on if the album was successful. Some artists are good at selling albums whilst some are better at selling singles. So sometimes that can be why
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the albums flop coz we all buy singles
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What on earth is that about?!?!