Katy Perry's new album "Smile” drops to #54 selling 5k copies

[Glorious Exaholic]

On 9/10/2020 at 9:29 PM, ColdAsFire88 said:

Ok...I listened to the album again and its not that bad  Its slightly generic though and the droplet singles didn’t help hype it up. I mean if you’ve already listened to half of someones album before it drops are you gonna listen to it again 

NRO - is one of the highlights and a good intro into the album 

Cry about it later - is infectiously annoying. I feel like she repeats the title a million times 

Teary Eyed - actually got my ears perked up and I started singing along

Daisies - I like this song but I can see why it failed to capture the GP’s attention. We have had Firework, Roar, Part of Me 

Resilient - This is where the album takes a dip for me. I don’t care for this song 

Not the end of the world - It sounds like something she would have released on Prism or back in 2015 

Smile - Its alright. Not bad but not great. Def not single worthy IMO 

Champagne Problems - Its a cute BOP 

Tucked - I get the appeal. I might listen to it again. Its cute 

Harleys in Hawaii - I still dont understand how this song flopped so hard. Its probably my favorite on the album 

Only love - Don’t care. Pass. 

What makes a woman - Its alright. Nothing noteworthy but not awful. 

Highlights: Never really over, Teary Eyed, Champagne Problems, Harleys in Hawaii

Wow thanks for the essay no one asked for. Very much appreciated 

[Blackout2006]

10 hours ago, britneyspears2205 said:

Wow thanks for the essay no one asked for. Very much appreciated 

Not u being mean

[PokemonSpears]

On 9/2/2020 at 2:13 AM, ShatteredGlass98 said:

I don’t see why people call a top 5 album a flop. She could do a lot worse.

Because Britney Jean's #4 sets the bar

 

No, but seriously, I've never liked those charts though. On a given week, sales can be super low, and someone reaches #1 with just 20k sales. That #1 cannot be taken equally as someone that on another week reached the top spot with 1M sales. So all people remember is "oh, it hit #1" yeah, but how much did it sell?

The chart should be a constant scale, sort of like the Gold / Platinum  / Diamond certification, but a bit more varied and not so ambitious, since it's just 1 week's sales, but it should be a system that really gives  emphasis to the amount of sales, and not just the position. So people can be like ok, this album is this week's #1 or #5 or #20, but didn't even reach the "gold" mark or the "ruby" mark or whatever they decide to name.

[Blackout2006]

58 minutes ago, PokemonSpears said:

Because Britney Jean's #4 sets the bar

 

No, but seriously, I've never liked those charts though. On a given week, sales can be super low, and someone reaches #1 with just 20k sales. That #1 cannot be taken equally as someone that on another week reached the top spot with 1M sales. So all people remember is "oh, it hit #1" yeah, but how much did it sell?

The chart should be a constant scale, sort of like the Gold / Platinum  / Diamond certification, but a bit more varied and not so ambitious, since it's just 1 week's sales, but it should be a system that really gives  emphasis to the amount of sales, and not just the position. So people can be like ok, this album is this week's #1 or #5 or #20, but didn't even reach the "gold" mark or the "ruby" mark or whatever they decide to name.

Well how the charts work is quite complicated. I mean artist who have lackluster album sales choose to drop their album in less-competitive weeks, that way even if they sell 20k-40k, they can still have their album debut at No.1 since competition is low. Its basically a plethora of albums with higher sales than one another

[ColdAsFire88]

Smile dropped down to #54 this week. Dua Lipas Future Nostalgia entered back at #38 and Taylor Swifts Lover is at #48 

[Spicechinodiva]

3 hours ago, ColdAsFire88 said:

Smile dropped down to #54 this week. Dua Lipas Future Nostalgia entered back at #38 and Taylor Swifts Lover is at #48 

Ouch!!!!!!

 

Time to change her sound. Back to the Rock chick who told her lover he pms's like a bish. Back to the vans warped tour sound which when teenage dream came out. They called her a sell out. 

[Blackout2006]

Updated the title :( 

[Thecodeman25]

OOOF. The occult missed on this one 

[WorkBishStan94]

Will Katy even move 75,000 with  Smile!? I think she should just pull the plug now. It’s time to go back to the drawing board or just release a greatest hits. 
 

 

[MX3]

[Stefani]

So will Smile's chart run be 5 > 54 > OUT or will it get a few more weeks in the Top 200?

[Blackout2006]

3 hours ago, Stefani said:

So will Smile's chart run be 5 > 54 > OUT or will it get a few more weeks in the Top 200?

It will have a few more (estimate: 4 weeks) in the top 200. I think next week it will fall to #63

[Adan695]

“Teary Eyes“ is a bop 

[Blackout2006]

8 minutes ago, Adan695 said:

“Teary Eyes“ is a bop 

"Champagne Problems" tho

[Dexwhitespears]

 

BYE KATHRYNEEE!!

 

 

[Arckangel]

I'mma be Katy's advocate here... I haven't kept in touch w/ all those disparaging statements she reportedly made, but see... Eminem! Remember when Eminem was dissing Britney & Xtina? He went much further and pissed off all sorts of people, all sorts of groups in much deeper ways Katy ever did (he even, three years ago, said FU to an arguably large portion of his own fans, showed them the finger and denied them, drawing a line in the sand).

Eminem's persona was also quite unlikable to even more people but that did not stop him from pulling amazing numbers every single time. Just check his sales figures. He'd sell millions in the US everytime until Revival, released on Dec. 15th 2017, that sold 435,000 units. Kamikaze, released on Aug. 31st 2018, sold 493,000 units, and Music to Be ******** By, released last January 17th, sold 279,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. Obviously, he's selling more than Katy Perry right now. Why wasn't he ever punished or cancelled in regards to album sales? Katy is certainly not worse than he ever was.

What do you think? Eminem's music is different than Perry's, and Eminem was once named King of Hip-Hop by Rolling Stone. That may be part of the reason, but I have a feeling there is some underlying sexism in Perry's decline.

@ICouldntThinkOfOne @UnyewsualYew 
 

 

 

[ColdAsFire88]

9 hours ago, Blackout2006 said:

It will have a few more (estimate: 4 weeks) in the top 200. I think next week it will fall to #63

I predict that it will sell about 2k and fall to 120-150 spot 

[Blackout2006]

8 minutes ago, ColdAsFire88 said:

I predict that it will sell about 2k and fall to 120-150 spot 

It will be in the chart tho so 

[The Greatest Show]

7 hours ago, Arckangel said:

I'mma be Katy's advocate here... I haven't kept in touch w/ all those disparaging statements she reportedly made, but see... Eminem! Remember when Eminem was dissing Britney & Xtina? He went much further and pissed off all sorts of people, all sorts of groups in much deeper ways Katy ever did (he even, three years ago, said FU to an arguably large portion of his own fans, showed them the finger and denied them, drawing a line in the sand).

Eminem's persona was also quite unlikable to even more people but that did not stop him from pulling amazing numbers every single time. Just check his sales figures. He'd sell millions in the US everytime until Revival, released on Dec. 15th 2017, that sold 435,000 units. Kamikaze, released on Aug. 31st 2018, sold 493,000 units, and Music to Be ******** By, released last January 17th, sold 279,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. Obviously, he's selling more than Katy Perry right now. Why wasn't he ever punished or cancelled in regards to album sales? Katy is certainly not worse than he ever was.

What do you think? Eminem's music is different than Perry's, and Eminem was once named King of Hip-Hop by Rolling Stone. That may be part of the reason, but I have a feeling there is some underlying sexism in Perry's decline.

@ICouldntThinkOfOne @UnyewsualYew 
 

 

 

Eminem has always said that he doesn't have issues with the people he makes fun of in songs. Their names just happen to ryme with something he likes. He even laughed when Christina shaded him back at the 2000 VMAs.