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Xak_Ev01v3d t1_j1en5sd wrote

Reply to comment by cti0323 in Question to all rock fans: does Machine Gun Kelly count as a rock artist? by sebaztix

>He had his biggest record release for a rap album after the beef.

What?

  • Lace Up (October 2012) 263,000 copies sold

Decent debut, but rap fans probably realize he’s garbage so his next couple albums fall off.

  • General Admission (October 2015) 56,000 copies sold

  • Bloom (May 2017) 77,000 copies sold

Eminem releases Killshot on September 14, 2019.

  • Binge (September 21, 2019)

This was released at the height of his beef with Eminem, trying to capitalize on his new found popularity. It’s hard to find any figures on this, maybe because it was an EP and not a studio release, or maybe because no one bothered counting after it sold a mere 21,000 copies in its first week and everyone realized his rap career was dead. To note, his album before this (Bloom) sold 57,000 in its first week.

  • Hotel Diablo (July 2019) 21,000 copies sold (first studio release after Killshot, sold roughly as well as Binge.)

Dude fell completely off the map after Killshot.

  • Tickets to my Downfall (September 2020) 200,000 copies sold

Switches genres, and has another decent “debut” to his new audience. But, yet again, they also realize he’s garbage, because…

  • Mainstream Sellout (March 2022) 62,000 copies sold

And thus begins his second downward trend in as many genres explored.

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cti0323 t1_j1erbe7 wrote

Hotel Diablo’s sales aren’t fully accurate on Wikipedia. You can see that just from the numbers Billboard reported in the first 3 weeks alone. Along with the number of sales required for a silver certification for BPI. If you want to argue that is an assumption, that is fair that it has passed Lace Up.

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Xak_Ev01v3d t1_j1et206 wrote

If you’re looking at equivalent album units, sure, but then you need to look at equivalent album units for previous releases as well. Across the board, the trends are the same, and does not run counter to the argument.

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cti0323 t1_j1evwpn wrote

See I don’t think albums sold for any artist though is really fair though from around 2015 on. Streaming has really taken over.

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Xak_Ev01v3d t1_j1ex7vk wrote

Are you ever going to give the “correct” figures to make your point? Or do you just want to keep saying I’m wrong?

Just show me the “right” numbers. Show me how MGK had his “biggest record release for a rap album after the beef.” Otherwise, I’ll just continue on with the knowledge that Em legitimately destroyed his rap career, as most everyone realizes.

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cti0323 t1_j1eykj2 wrote

Well let’s go what we know at minimum. He has sold at minimum 60k albums in the UK as it is BPI Silver. It had 73k equivalent units in the first 3 weeks for billboard in America. That’s 133k alone there. That is basically all I have then for concrete, but are we going to assume over 3 years and combining every other countries sales that is not an indicator it probably isn’t his biggest overall selling record?

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Xak_Ev01v3d t1_j1f3t8t wrote

So 133,000 in equivalent album units?

His first album Lace Up sold 263,000 copies, before looking at equivalent album units.

His first pop album Tickets to my Downfall sold 200,000 copies, before looking at equivalent album units.

So how is 133,000 greater than 263,000 or 200,000, both of which are conservative estimates?

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cti0323 t1_j1f45a9 wrote

Those numbers traditionally include equivalent units. They add to certification numbers because Album sales aren’t near what they used to be.

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Xak_Ev01v3d t1_j1f4iqx wrote

Jesus Christ dude, either way, 200,000 and 263,000 are greater than 133,000. Did you hit your head or something? Are you a MGK fan? Only those can possibly explain the stupidity you are exhibiting.

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cti0323 t1_j1f66xb wrote

Those numbers were from 2019 my dude in America. Specifically just 3 weeks. The album also charted in over 15 other countries as well. That’s a lot of sales not in that number and over 3 years of additional domestic sales. Why is that so hard to comprehend.

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drewwy42 t1_j1fm3hg wrote

I think that guy hit his head or somethin

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