leoapp
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Post by leoapp on Nov 22, 2010 23:48:39 GMT -5
Wow, Nicki! What was the highest first week sales and the best selling female rapper album? Missy Elliot's Under Construction?
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Post by when the pawn... on Nov 22, 2010 23:49:09 GMT -5
Kanye's album is too good to open at #2. I want him to own the holiday season, though I know it's unlikely.
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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Nov 22, 2010 23:54:15 GMT -5
Kanye deserves it even if he's rude as hell at times.
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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Nov 22, 2010 23:54:53 GMT -5
Isn't this the time of year people want to hear music that sounds like chipmunks? That sounds about right.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2010 23:56:16 GMT -5
I'm rooting for Nicki because as the year went on, her buzz kept growing and she did get some decent hits so far. I'm glad that it's looking that she'll @ least match my inital expectations of a 300-400 K debut :).
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Post by slicknickshady on Nov 23, 2010 1:49:42 GMT -5
Kanye will get #1.
I still think this is only his 3rd best album. I mean the music is really solid but the raps are not even close to as good as what he spit on College Dropout and Late Registration. But i won't be upset if he doesnt get #1. He will get it though.
Just because an album is critically acclaimed doesnt mean it has to own any season. Some really great albums have barely sold anything at all. So just because it's received praise does not mean it has a right to anything. The album will probably end the year at about 1.5 million imo. Which is not shabby at all for Kanye.
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Post by Joe1240 on Nov 23, 2010 2:12:16 GMT -5
Kayne deserves to flop.I hope he opens low on the charts next week.
Anyway,Speak Now should push another 150,000-200,000 copies next week.Great for Taylor!!!!!
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Post by timberlake on Nov 23, 2010 3:07:21 GMT -5
Ha Taylor fans. I think Kanye needs to sell 2mil copies to win AOTY next grammies. Sales might over shadow his crap persona
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Post by slicknickshady on Nov 23, 2010 3:15:19 GMT -5
Ha Taylor fans. I think Kanye needs to sell 2mil copies to win AOTY next grammies. Sales might over shadow his crap persona You really think so? With the grammys it's tough to know. The Marshall Mathers L.P should have won AOTY back at the '01 Grammys. Some people say that was because of all the homophobia controversy. I guess something similar could happen with Kanye. The Swift backlash but i really doubt it. Kanye has won 14 grammys and Eminem has won 11 grammys so it's tough for either of them to think they get slighted by the academy but when it comes to the major category like AOTY... who knows. Would love it if Recovery wins '10 AOTY and West win's the '11 AOTY. But honestly the pessimism in me makes me think both will be nominated but neither will win in these respective years.
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Post by Nadia on Nov 23, 2010 5:33:13 GMT -5
Why are the prediction out so soon?
Not suprised @ Nicki. Pink Friday is the most hype album of the year tbh. Kanye will top 500k+
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Post by Ling-Ling on Nov 23, 2010 6:41:04 GMT -5
Ha Taylor fans. I think Kanye needs to sell 2mil copies to win AOTY next grammies. Sales might over shadow his crap persona The Marshall Mathers L.P should have won AOTY back at the '01 Grammys. Some people say that was because of all the homophobia controversy. I can agree it deserved it over Steely freakin Dan. But no way in hell did it deserve to win over Kid A.
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Post by timberlake on Nov 23, 2010 6:45:28 GMT -5
Ha Taylor fans. I think Kanye needs to sell 2mil copies to win AOTY next grammies. Sales might over shadow his crap persona You really think so? With the grammys it's tough to know. The Marshall Mathers L.P should have won AOTY back at the '01 Grammys. Some people say that was because of all the homophobia controversy. I guess something similar could happen with Kanye. The Swift backlash but i really doubt it. Kanye has won 14 grammys and Eminem has won 11 grammys so it's tough for either of them to think they get slighted by the academy but when it comes to the major category like AOTY... who knows. Would love it if Recovery wins '10 AOTY and West win's the '11 AOTY. But honestly the pessimism in me makes me think both will be nominated but neither will win in these respective years. Kanye's Album is stronger but he has to sell to win it IMO. The only thing going against Mr west is the lack of that HIT single
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Post by Enigma. on Nov 23, 2010 6:53:01 GMT -5
On the other hand, I figured Kanye would easily be over 500k! :O His album has so much buzz...but it is still very early, so let's see =) Buzz but no hits
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Post by slw84 on Nov 23, 2010 9:10:33 GMT -5
Kayne deserves to flop.I hope he opens low on the charts next week.
Anyway,Speak Now should push another 150,000-200,000 copies next week.Great for Taylor!!!!![/quote]
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Post by slw84 on Nov 23, 2010 9:14:17 GMT -5
Ha Taylor fans. I think Kanye needs to sell 2mil copies to win AOTY next grammies. Sales might over shadow his crap persona You really think so? With the grammys it's tough to know. The Marshall Mathers L.P should have won AOTY back at the '01 Grammys. Some people say that was because of all the homophobia controversy. I guess something similar could happen with Kanye. The Swift backlash but i really doubt it. Kanye has won 14 grammys and Eminem has won 11 grammys so it's tough for either of them to think they get slighted by the academy but when it comes to the major category like AOTY... who knows. Would love it if Recovery wins '10 AOTY and West win's the '11 AOTY. But honestly the pessimism in me makes me think both will be nominated but neither will win in these respective years. Isn't Outkast's speakerboxx/love below the only rap album to win album of the year? Kanye could be next but the likes of Gaga. amy winehouse. beyonce, and others are releasing 2011... so is Britney but we all know that she's not winning album of the year so...
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timberlake
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Post by timberlake on Nov 23, 2010 9:34:15 GMT -5
Amy won't win AOTY again.
Gaga and Beyonce barely count as competition as they have only featured in song side the General field really. Last year was just odd.
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Post by chopped89 on Nov 23, 2010 9:39:21 GMT -5
I hope Banks does above 100k! And even tho i don't listen to Nicki, but i gotta clap for her :) Eminem is getting AOTY this Grammys, i hope!
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Post by jj99$ - - LeLe on Nov 23, 2010 10:08:16 GMT -5
i actually like Nicki's Album, Some great songs on there.
the minor problem i have is the mid section of the album between track 6 - "save me" and track 9 - "blazin" it just doesn't flow well...
"Fly" ft RiRi was a disappointment, i was expecting something as good as "raining men" on Loud.
To people saying they were expecting 300k-400k, stop lying to yourselves, this is a major surprise. even 200k would be beyond excellent for Nicki.
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Post by Junkiex on Nov 23, 2010 10:39:32 GMT -5
Yay for Nicki and Kanye!
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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Nov 23, 2010 10:53:35 GMT -5
I almost purchased Nicki's album but I listened to the samples and decided I would stick with the tracks instead.
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Post by spooky21 on Nov 23, 2010 11:27:52 GMT -5
I'm Nikki Minaj, Nikki lewinsky, Nikki da ninja, Nikki da boss, Nikki da harajuku barbie.
like.... I mean, I don't even know why u girls bother at this point
like
Give it up,
Its me!
I win! And u lose!
hhhaaahahhaa
OH SHAT!
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Post by kt1990 on Nov 23, 2010 11:54:17 GMT -5
Amy won't win AOTY again. She never did. Back to Black was nominated, but Herbie Hancock ended up winning.
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Post by Hook on Nov 23, 2010 11:58:37 GMT -5
Wow, definitely didn't know Pink Friday would open so huge. And I expected Kanye to be over 500k easily. Maybe he still will.
I don't even listen to this type of music usually but surprisingly I like both albums a lot.
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Post by lugus15 on Nov 23, 2010 12:06:00 GMT -5
Honestly Your Love is/was one of my favorite tracks of the year.
Such a shame that it didn't went Top 10. It had radio support, but a little exposure would have been nice for sales to perk up.
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Post by jgizzle89 on Nov 23, 2010 13:17:25 GMT -5
it's really too early to judge, but i think kanye will take it (both in the 1st week and in the long run). as soon as "all of the lights" hits radio, he'll get his hip-hop/pop crossover that he always gets and his sales will stabilize. great numbers for nicki (this album certainly doesn't merit those numbers, but it's awesome to finally see a female rapper selling well again)
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Post by jgizzle89 on Nov 23, 2010 13:20:56 GMT -5
but really, kanye's camp was very foolish not to release "all of the lights" or "hell of a life" or even "dark fantasy" to radio by this point.
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Post by Black Jesus on Nov 23, 2010 13:23:22 GMT -5
What are Ke$hit's predictions? I'm guessing 50-70k
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Post by jgizzle89 on Nov 23, 2010 13:31:41 GMT -5
oh yeah, and ne-yo is definitely not going to get platinum with this album. he'll be lucky for gold.
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Post by RockaByeBaby on Nov 23, 2010 13:50:25 GMT -5
Wasn't expecting that from Nicki at all :o
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Post by livelikedying111 on Nov 23, 2010 14:05:29 GMT -5
Wow @ my love Nicki! I'm really surprised for the better here! Maybe all sorts of D&D guys heard of a dungeon dragon and wanted to check it out. LOL... Young Money has once again lived to its name.
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