Artists who have yet to reach their peak?
Extra 2: Biggest female hit albums pre/post peak
I know a lot of you are mad about female singers. There is always heavy talks about who’s the most successful, who’s the biggest and who’s the most consistent. Here is a perspective never seen before. Below lists rank the most successful albums in relation to their timing versus the peak album of the artist. For example, the most successful female album that preceded the artist’s peak is Céline Dion‘s Falling Into You. The biggest album which immediately followed a career peak is True Blue by Madonna.
Biggest Pre-Peak female albums
Biggest Peak female albums
Biggest Peak+1 female albums
Biggest Peak+2 female albums
Biggest Peak+3 female albums
Biggest Peak+4 female albums
Biggest Peak+5 female albums
Biggest Peak+6 female albums
Biggest Peak+7 to Peak+13 female albums
So Taylor did break alot of those by having successful peak+1 (Reputation 9M worldwide), peak+2(Lover 8M worldwide) , Peak +3(Folklore 6M worldwide) , Peak+4 (Evermore 4M+ worldwide in a year), Peak +6 (Red tv 2M worldwide in 6 months). And she will do it again and again.
hi mjd would you ever release articles like these again i miss these type of content a lot
BTS really is a statistical anomaly, they could very well peak in their 9th year and 15th album.
BTS, blackpink has yet to peak. I see BTS’s next album doing 10 million sps in year. And bp 8 million in year.
I thought ed will even beat divide but bad habits , even though it is megahit falls short infront of divide’s singles and shivers too. Unless album suddenly smahes, i think divide is his peak
“The Weeknd‘s hey-days will reach their expiration date next year. Additionally, Ariana Grande is already inside the orange zone.” aged like milk
Hi césar!
Do you think so? 😉
The examples said they would still get 1-3 years of relevancy, but their peak was most likely behind them. So far, it remains absolutely true as both peaked with older releases, not mentioning that Take My Breath / Positions are not doing as well as anticipated. The orange zone indeed!
would you say After Hours will surpass BBTM eventually?
Yeaa.. this was written in May 2018. Blinding Lights is the literal most successful song in modern day history. After Hours is just about to cross 6 billion streams in under 2 years and on pace to become his most streamed album.”Take My Breath” on the other hand is speculated to be a non-album (filler) single. Personally I think the hype for the next album will only grow as After Hours was in a sense a re-introduction since his hiatus and last LP back in 2016. He’s 3rd most monthly listeners on Spotify without an album while ed and Bieber… Read more »
u overhyping the weeknd
well it seems this article stands true.. dawn fm was huge underperformce
yes i think so, taking in consideration that the weeknd’s statment was very specific
still, you’re right
Ella Mai, Dua Lipa and Lorde. Future stars.
I believe Ed Sheeran is a scary behemoth on sales esp noawadays, he seems to maybe have reached his peak? but who knows, Divide just keeps on selling so does X what would Addition would be maybe his peak? Even after a somewhat peak of Divide? :O . He just might end up beating Coldplay who is now on Survival mode in becoming relevant.
Shakira should absolutely be folded in here. If Laundry Service was indeed her peak, ‘Sale El Sol’ (peak+4), ‘Shakira.’ (peak+5) and ‘El Dorado’ (peak+6) may all rank interestingly here…
It wouldn’t be accurate to compare her English and Spanish discographies since her audience size and the market size for English vs. Spanish-language music are very different. With Céline Dion for example, her peak + 1 album is considered A New Day Has Come rather than S’il suffisait d’aimer.
That said I’d love to see an expanded list that includes Shakira’s (and Dion’s) separate discographies. One for bands and male artists would be very cool as well!