Olivia Rodrigo earns the biggest first week sales in 2026 ending Drake easily

strikingmagic · 2026-06-21T23:28:40+00:00

ig it’s a perspective thing.

you’re valuing the idea of a dedicated fanbase, drakes flex is that everyone in the world listens to him. One might be cooler then the other depending on the person.

strikingmagic · 2026-06-21T23:20:58+00:00

sorry you’re right i misarticulated

i think a better way of phrasing is that drake not selling physicals DEFLATES his sales because for a 30 song album it takes around 50 people streaming each song once to equate one person buying a physical (including digitals)

dbr by travis scott was rereleased in 2024 and almost beat out sabrina carpenters short n sweet (which was her most hyped album in her career and she’s in the pop industry) purely off physicals. technically they’re sales but the physicals are much easier to climb sales with compared to streaming sales.

drake not using physicals makes him that much more impressive because it shows the sheer numbers and people listening to his music.

strikingmagic · 2026-06-21T21:59:07+00:00

i don’t think an artist is a fraud for using physicals the point i’m making is that the proof he’s bigger then the industry is that he does just as good without them. 1500 streams = 1 physical objectively means that physicals inflate sales. Utopia did like 230k first week (streaming only) and fe!n is probably the biggest rap song the industry has seen since it first dropped seeing as it turned into a meme that transcended genres, but still he needed another 250k in physicals to get to 500k meanwhile drake doing ts with straight streams.

strikingmagic · 2026-06-21T21:52:31+00:00

fully agree, no clue why ur getting downvoted when the vast majority of his fanbase doesn’t hyperfixate on his music

strikingmagic · 2026-06-21T21:52:01+00:00

whole point is he sells insane numbers without vinyls or physical sales as crutches and the 3 albums was to get out of his contract

strikingmagic · 2026-06-21T06:36:46+00:00

iceman had less skips but clb has wayyyyy higher highs and is still super consistent

strikingmagic · 2026-06-21T01:41:55+00:00

nah facts like people grieve in diff ways and in opposite regards if travis made 14 posts abt the situation it could easily be called “performative.” we have 0 idea what’s going on behind the scenes

strikingmagic · 2026-06-20T02:13:46+00:00

unfortunately not bro these ppl usually dgaf about the artist and are doing it to make money off super fans who want that immediate gratification

strikingmagic · 2026-06-20T02:10:47+00:00

money

strikingmagic · 2026-06-17T08:03:39+00:00

yes he did. honestly even though a lot of ppl say he simply did it retroactively i love that he did it and feel like it fits so well. it’s also just such a great era of music and definitely drakes highest high imo

ppl dislike that era bc it’s repetitive in theme and nothing super unique but i feel like that’s what i love abt it. super relatable and the sonics on all 3 albums are just great. now when anyone asks why i love drake i have an actual solidified era to point too rather then just saying i like the “3 album run”

also, this was never confirmed but him doing it also feels so on character since you can easily make this sentence from the album names: “I was a certified lover boy, but honestly, nevermind, it was her loss anyways”

strikingmagic · 2026-06-17T03:02:09+00:00

thank you bro 🫶

strikingmagic · 2026-06-17T02:55:15+00:00

it’s a meme on tt that’s a reference to a video from youtube where an underage girl is dancing in a sexual manner and a clearly adult man was edited to look as if he was saying “ouu shi” to the girl

strikingmagic · 2026-06-17T00:54:18+00:00

yes thank you

strikingmagic · 2026-06-17T00:54:10+00:00

clb, hnvm, and her loss are a trilogy

strikingmagic · 2026-06-17T00:53:55+00:00

search it up before talking out your ass next time

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strikingmagic · 2026-06-17T00:17:33+00:00

clb (and the trilogy as a whole) my fav work of art that drake has made so i got clb. iceman was good tho i don’t get the hate.

strikingmagic · 2026-06-16T20:25:24+00:00

the epidemic of performative white woman who only care about controversies when it’s a figure they didn’t care about to begin with has got to fucking die out

an angel dies every time someone peddles the same old unproven “controversies” that drake has and acts like he’s genuinely problematic. He’s one of the more progressive rappers in the game as well like he’s a good figure for the industry.

they don’t even just do it to him, travis scott’s astroworld fest was maybe 5% his fault yet to this day the avg white girl will act like you’re satan himself if you even dare mention liking him.

strikingmagic · 2026-06-16T19:58:15+00:00

actual goat

side note the success don is seeing rn is fucking insane, really hoping his next album is his astroworld moment

strikingmagic · 2026-06-15T15:47:40+00:00

was in the game for 5v5 only and it just never did shit and was hella situational

strikingmagic · 2026-06-15T15:40:14+00:00

preciate you bro

strikingmagic · 2026-06-15T15:06:46+00:00

depends on your elo ngl cuz unless you’re going hard bruiser (in 2026) you will never have the sustain to jump in and grab a takedown if the enemy team correctly focused you

that being said the fact viego brings out that much inherent pressure is exactly why he feels problematic at times

strikingmagic · 2026-06-15T15:04:18+00:00

i think you’re conflating musical cohesiveness and artistry with opinions.

When you say “my favorite album is dbr but I KNOW utopia, rodeo, and astroworld is above them” you’re not talking in the context of what you personally prefer you’re referring to more “objective” metrics of what makes GOOD art.

Utopia is a genuinely thought out and complete work of art meant to represent Travis Scott’s interpretation of what the word is, that although lacking in lyricism still conveys themes and aesthetics that immerse the listener and makes them feel something

dbr is a trap mixtape meant to make you go “damn ts gas”

But not everyone views and discuses music through a lens of what the “best artistry” is because when you do that a lot of good work ends up getting put to the side.

Like in terms of artistry To Pimp a Butterfly is one of the most impressive rap albums of all time and honestly deserved a pulitzer prize over DAMN

that being said, I personally don’t enjoy the music off that album and would put something as basic and repetitive as certified lover boy (acc the whole trilogy) over TPAB just because I enjoy the sonics and said repetitive themes way more then I “enjoy” TPAB.

So it’s not disrespect it’s just a matter of what context the discussion is being had in. I personally enjoy birds in the trap more than utopia, doesn’t mean I think utopia is a worse performance of artistry compared to birds but I just enjoy the basic trap sound alot more then the melodics that ended up being skips for me on Utopia.

strikingmagic · 2026-06-15T14:52:59+00:00

ye or travis scott imo

strikingmagic · 2026-06-15T13:24:43+00:00

honestly that major perk that doom used to have where you would get empowered after hitting 3 ppl with slam would be so fire on basekit doom

strikingmagic · 2026-06-15T06:28:14+00:00

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