Damn the music business aint what it used to be, aint what it used to be! Chamillionaire made the top 10 of the Billboard 200 but I think a lot of us were expecting a little higher position and definitely more sales. His #8 spot on the chart was taken with only 79,000 units scanned. I was expecting at least 150,000 so I dont know if 79,000 is a disappointment or not. Kayne and 50 both fell off pretty fast with declines of over 70% in sales for both and theres still some country music in the top 10 believe it or not.
Is Chamillionaire not as popular as we all were starting to think he was about to be? Personally his choice of Bill Collecta as a second single is not the one I would have hoped for. To push sales it’s about releasing club type tracks or ringtone rap music and he’s not big on either one. But releasing the second single paired with someone bigger named like Lil Wayne or someone might have shot his sales up a bit, but the game isnt over yet, it’s only week 1. Bottom line across the board sales are down in the music industry and they’ll try to tell you its the internet filesharing and bootlegging that are the reason, but don’t believe the hype. It’s poor quality music and artists that are killing off the sales.