First week sales prediction for MMLP2

[unbound88]

I'm not so sure we're getting a 2nd single, and if we don't, I really don't see Berzerk lasting long on the charts. .

there will absolutely be another single

Until there's some promotion, sales are gonna be shit.

I feel it will get close to a mill, but dunno if it will reach it.

what the fuck are you on?

What do u mean? I'd say the promotion has been pretty good for an album that is still 2 months away.

[One Mic]

2013 albums released by popular rappers

lil wayne
i am not a human being II - 217,000 first week

kanye west
yeezus - 327,000 first week

jay z
magna carty holy grail - 528,000 first week

with that in mind, mmlp2 can be defined as a contemporary success among his closest mainstream rap rivals if it sells 500,000 or more first week.

anything above 600,000 then he's won

above 700,000 then he is the undisputed king

above 800,000 then fucking hell he's killing it #legend

you need to stop taking em's commercial success for granted and stop getting carried away about a million+ first week because this is the sort of thing when it actually sells 700k you will talk about it being a flop, when in reality that would be incredible

[Trimss]

^ Keep in mind that people are tired of Lil Wayne, and that Jay-Z and Kanye West had no singles out before the album release. They had some promotion, but no promotion works better than an actual single and having your songs played on the radios.

Drake has 2 singles and many songs and promotion and he's about to sell 700 000. Take Care almost reached that, at least.

[One Mic]

i understand that and we'll see how much drake sells, but tbh even though i hate him drake is one of the most popular rappers today and he SHOULD technically be selling more than em because he is fresher. em first studio album - 1999, drake first studio album - 2010. drake would have been 12/13 when sslp dropped

but despite that em still sells more.

thank me later - june 5th 2010 - 447,000 first week (1.6 million sales overall - US)
recovery - june 18th 2010 - 741,000 first week (4.4 million sales overall - US)

nothing was the same vs mmlp2 will be good to see how it compares 3 years later...

[slimsoxshady]

624k

[EllenPage-Mathers]

He'll atleast sell 3 copies.

[Notalius]

Going on a limb saying 1.1 m.

not happening.

not ems fault. its just that with torrents and fire-sharing on the rise, em (and 99% of other artists) will never have an album that tops MMLP / TES / Encore.

You sure about that

there is a girl named Adele, you might check her album sales

[Chicharito]

400k

[ladelsofgravy]

It's definitely selling a million.

maybe in the first 2 months

[Trimss]

It's definitely selling a million.

maybe in the first 2 months

We'll see. I know he's gonna beat those Recovery numbers for sure.

[ladelsofgravy]

It's definitely selling a million.

maybe in the first 2 months

We'll see. I know he's gonna beat those Recovery numbers for sure.

and recovery was insanely good compared to most rap cd's.

ever since rampant piracy, it's practically impossible for non-pop albums to reach a million it's first week.

[croatia]

saved up money wanna buy eminems album the first week but but I'm Croatia so the album won't be coming the first week

[One Mic]

more importantly than first week sales, i wonder what chance it has of being the highest selling album of 2013 like recovery was in '10

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/ ... -gurls-top

bearing in mind it has only about 8 weeks on sale until 2014...but then again you have black friday and extra sales for christmas maybe?

this is from july http://top40.about.com/b/2013/07/06/jus ... so-far.htm

Top 10 Bestselling Albums of 2013 So Far

1. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience - 2,037,000
2. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox - 985,000
3. Mumford and Sons - Babel - 884,000
4. Blake Shelton - Based On a True Story - 703,000
5. Imagine Dragons - Night Visions - 692,000
6. Pink - The Truth About Love - 674,000
7. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - The Heist - 653,000
8. The Lumineers - The Lumineers - 649,000
9. Taylor Swift - Red - 616,000
10. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories - 614,000

^^ needs updating though as jay-z has sold 937,000 copies of magna carta (as of september 1st)

[Trimss]

It's gonna be a tough battle between Justin Timberlake/Eminem/Drake.

[Jason M.]

1. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience - 2,037,000
2. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox - 985,000
3. Mumford and Sons - Babel - 884,000
4. Blake Shelton - Based On a True Story - 703,000
5. Imagine Dragons - Night Visions - 692,000
6. Pink - The Truth About Love - 674,000
7. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - The Heist - 653,000
8. The Lumineers - The Lumineers - 649,000
9. Taylor Swift - Red - 616,000
10. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories - 614,000 [/b]

^^ needs updating though as jay-z has sold 937,000 copies of magna carta (as of september 1st)

Whew, didn't know JT did that much. And so pround to see ID up there...

I don't think it will go more than 700k. If that.