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Her new album is not doing well unfortunately. She has to stick with Pop music or else she'll be forgotten.
I'm pretty sure Rihanna is on the lead and she will be releasing a new album before Adele would so definitely, Rihanna will be the first to reach 100 million EAS. Drake still has a chance if he releases a new album first. And my feelings for Adele's next album might be the least-selling (my basis is that a.) her first 3 albums has been very successful so there's a chance that her 4th will be the least-selling, b.) she's 31 now so her loyal fans might not be so loyal anymore and less young music fans will partronize her music. c.), no world tours mean loyal fans might not be so loyal anymore. d.) lastly,she releases her next 4th album almost 4 years since her 3rd album was released. The excitement and craziness for her has diminished. For me, aside from releasing her 4th album this year, she should also released a good christmas album. Adele is the only music current artist who could match the sales figures of Celine Dion's xmas album and Mariah Carey's album. For me, Adele releasing a Christmas album would be more successful as a holiday album than her upcoming 4th album. Just my opinion.
As for Beyonce, she has to go back recording pop and ballad songs so her songs will be more memorable and radio friendly.
Drake needs to release a double album in 2019 if he wants to be the first to reach 100 million EAS.
Coldplay definitely has a chance too but based on what I've found so far, Rihanna is going to release her album first.
If Britney will release no music it may be surpassed by those freaking digital artists...but if she will keeping be successful as she was on first part of 10s be sure that she will keep the head of sells.
The gift also flopped and as a beyhive i'm telling you this fandom is lazy
Interesting to see none of these confirmed the prediction so far. Adele might do it this year as her "Worst case scenario" with her upcoming album, but the others seem far from it.
Mjd why is it that very few of the acts that debut from 97-2003 managed to break through the 100 million mark? Considering the market was so huge at that time why arent there at least 4,5 or 6 artists that managed to pass through that milestones. Instead only 2 did, and one of them barely pass the 100 million mark. I also noticed that there were plenty of acts that managed to breakthrough the 50-60 million marks from that era but then their popularity quickly slow down. Is it because the market was too competitive back then and its hard for singers to be consistent with so many competition on the field?
Probably because the sales market died a death in the mid 2000s, not giving them the length of time or market conditions that say Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd or The Beatles had to accumulate huge catalogue sales.
Hi Jasmine!
There are about 50-ish artists with sales over 100m CSPC (including unstudied ones). Let assume they all started in 1955 (Elvis) or later (in truth Sinatra started way before but it's not important). Let also consider than 10 years is too little to hit 100 million. From 1955 to 2010, 50 artists represent roughly 1 per year. If you take any period of 5 years, then norm is that no more than 4-5 will be over 100 million.
Another thing to consider is that with a KPI so low (2-4-5 artists), details can change the perception of the big picture. Robbie and Beyonce as persons sold more than 100m and Justin is close. Coldplay is virtually at 100m as well, BSB are very close (and Nick Carter is over the mark). You are suddenly looking at 7 persons rather than 2 acts.
Then the most important element is the genre. In the 60s/70s, rock music was dominant everywhere. In late 90s, rap was strong in the US, Europe was more into pop, regions like Latin America and Asia had developped their own scene. The only acts who got truly global at this point were teen pop artists, acts well known for being short lived. It obviously doesn't help. This situation someway mirrors late 70s situation with Disco music. It was also the highest selling genre globally, but poorly rated by critics too. Ultimately, the period was very short lived like with teen pop stars and only ABBA and the Bee Gees sold over 100m units on the back of their disco years. Others haven't made it although they were insanely popular back then (Earth, Wind & Fire, Boney M, Donna Summer, etc).
If she releases an album first. Otherwise Coldplay/Taylor will beat her to it. Although her page hasn't even been updated for quite some time so she might have already passed the mark
She is a force but traded commerciality for critical acclaim in the 10s hence selling half of what she sold in the 00s. While she grew in other areas her commercial appeal declined due to straying away from Pop and Radio friendly music. Having said that, she has less albums than Coldplay so her average is healthy.
Still sold upwards of 3M pure copies and 8M songs with only one top 10 moderate hit.
That’s a soundtrack not B7 and it flopped cuz she simply doesn’t promote/perform/service songs to radio.
The Gift is a compilation with various artist and had no promo from Disney! Plus it’s a non-mainstream genre so idk what kind of numbers you expected
I have to agree. I think Beyonce still has another successful mainstream album in her, it’s just her recent projects have been to ‘artsy’ for the general public and the accompanying films wouldn’t be factor into the cspc as they are literally musical films on streaming services.
If Adele releases this year, she gonna get it otherwise her catalog in 5 years gonna take her there anyways. BTS looks poised to do it by 2022 end or early 2023. They gonna be fastest among 21st century artist doing it in less than ten years! Damn! Their streaming numbers keep increasing year after year, so are there pure sales.
You can see her total on best selling artists list. Right now she’s around 71m, she should hit 100m late this decade or in 2030 if all goes smoothly.
Adele joining the club soon. I feel bieber will join earlier than ed. And maybe even BTS, who must be around 82 million eas. With one proper album next years, huge streaming catalog and japanese release, they might even do earlier than justin and ed.
After a few years the picture looks so different. Taylor was the first to reach 100 million and now leads everybody by a large margin. At the time this article was released Taylor 76 million & now she is at 134 million. Which is insane. I thought Rihanna was gonna blew everybody in the future, but her inactivity in the music scene is slowing down her sales. Still at 100+ million sales, I dont think she has much to complain.
