coldplay would beat anyone to number 1 in the album chart...

Coldplay are my favourite band and Drake's one of my favourite Rappers -

Oct 24th is a brillant day for me with both albums dropping!!

Drake does have a massive fan base in the US, however that

said I still think 'Mylo Xyloto' will outsell 'Take Care' no doubt!!

I think Marvin's Room is better than any of the MX material we've heard. No meaning my ass.

I think Marvin's Room is better than any of the MX material we've heard. No meaning my ass.

 

'Headlines' is also good!!

I'm not too worried. Drake isn't even one of the good hip-hop artists as far as I'm concerned. If it was, say Jay-Z or Kanye West this would be a different conversation. And I don't think they could outsell Coldplay either. This is Coldplay we're talking about people. The best band in the world. X&Y and VlVoDaAHF were the best selling albums WORLDWIDE in 2005 and 2008 and something tells me they'll repeat that success. Plus, in a sense, who cares? We all know which album will be better. Not even close.

 

Oh, the irony.

I for one don't care whether Coldplay reaches number 1. Coldplay's chart position has no effect on how much I enjoy the music. And most of the mainstream stuff in the charts is crap anyway in my opinion, it consists of nothing but bland hip-hop artists who make almost identical music, there's very little originality.

Oh, the irony.

 

hahaha that was really bad wording on my part. I should've put 'might' instead of 'would'. Silly me.

Eh, I'm not worried. This is Coldplay we're talking about :cool:

Haha wow I guess that came out wrong. What I'm saying is that many people who listen to Drake only want individual songs that they'll either get a la carte or simply enjoy it on the radio instead. like I said, Drake is a big radio act versus an album mover.

 

Therefore, people will be getting it for free via that medium. Coldplay has a very dedicated fan base. They're venerable, which translates to a ton of sales. And, as evidenced by this site, Coldplay fans want to purchase the music. Remember when we were all bitching about having to buy ETIAW multiple times? Not once did we mention torrents, etc. That's pretty rare these days.

 

Drake is a popular guy, but his music has fallen victim to the iTunes a la carte syndrome, or simply torrents and stuff. Just like many similar pop acts. Plain and simple, Coldplay just sells more albums. That's what we're talking about here, and it's not a racial issue.

 

 

 

Plus, my Coldplay concert buddy is black, and she's almost as big a Coldplay fan as me. All kinds of people love Coldplay!

 

Haha, I also sort of twisted your comment to make it appear worse than it was intended.

 

To be fair though, I think that Coldplay is going to have a lot of people who just torrent or grab the singles. I don't think any big band is immune to that. I still think Coldplay will outsell Drake, but I don't think it will be because Drake will have a higher percentage of people stealing vs. buying.

I had expected to see a post by Eddie in here.

hahaha that was really bad wording on my part. I should've put 'might' instead of 'would'. Silly me.

 

I meant that they just beat Coldplay's iTunes record :tongue: +Wacth The Thrown had more first week sales than VLV.

And Fix42YellowClocks meant that MX would sell more than Watch the Throne.

Who the fuck are/is Drake? I couldn't give two shits about who else releases an album that week to be honest.

^Who the fuck is/are you? Drake is a very well-known rapper, what kind of logic is that?

^Who the fuck is/are you? Drake is a very well-known rapper, what kind of logic is that?

 

I also dont know him and i also dont care about any other Album coming out that week.

:cool:

WAHHHH well if it's so good then how come I haven't heard of it???

And Fix42YellowClocks meant that MX would sell more than Watch the Throne.

 

Point missed.

Point missed.

 

Not really. Your point was that it was ironic that he was saying that Jay Z and Kanye wouldn't sell out Coldplay and he explained that he meant that he thought Jay Z and Kanye might not out sell Coldplay's 5th album as opposed to the fact that they out sell Viva. You missed his point, I corrected you. That's it.

 

Summary: He said something ironic. Then he retracted that to say something normal. Yup.

I meant that they just beat Coldplay's iTunes record :tongue: +Wacth The Thrown had more first week sales than VLV.

 

WTT just outsold VLV on iTunes. Not other online retailers/physical copies.

 

Watch the Throne: 436,000 copies

Viva la Vida: 720,000 copies (316,000 on the FIRST DAY!)

 

And that's just the US. People promoting WTT blew the sales out of proportion. It broke Coldplay's Viva la Vida iTunes record, but it still didn't sell as well.

 

Coldplay's going to blow Drake out of the water. Compare Viva (720,000) to other hip-hop acts.

 

Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: 496,000 (I was one of those!)

Jay-Z- The Blueprint 3: 476,000

Drake- Thank me Later: 447,000

Lil Wayne- I am not a Human Being: 110,000

 

Even X&Y, which has a much weaker single than Viva, sold 737,000. Coldplay's going to sell much more, probably by about 40% or so.

Not really. Your point was that it was ironic that he was saying that Jay Z and Kanye wouldn't sell out Coldplay and he explained that he meant that he thought Jay Z and Kanye might not out sell Coldplay's 5th album as opposed to the fact that they out sell Viva. You missed his point, I corrected you. That's it.

 

Summary: He said something ironic. Then he retracted that to say something normal. Yup.

 

He corrected himself, but not the part I was referring to, which is what I just said :|

 

 

WTT just outsold VLV on iTunes. Not other online retailers/physical copies.

 

Oh, I must've mixed it up.

Coldplay will definitely win

I don't have anything against hip-hop...just Drake. :P

He just isn't anywhere near as popular on a global scale. I don't know how it is in the US, but here I can't really say he's had any big hits, whereas Coldplay... Well, there's been at least two from each album, then you've got some that aren't on albums like LIT2 and ETIAW. Coldplay will win by a considerable amount.

 

The new Justice album's out the next day from Mylo Xyloto. No competition whatsoever for Coldplay to beat them as far as sales go, but in terms of reviews and acclaim (which I think is just as important in the long run), Coldplay are in trouble IMO

Well Drake is still a pretty new artist to be fair. I donna, I don't think Coldplay fans are really good people to discuss anything other music types with other than white pop rock.