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City Girls Blame Management And Timing For Poor Album Sales

October 27, 2023 by newhiphopnews

City Girls have been getting a lot of flack as of late. This is due to the fact that their new album RAW has been plagued by some poor album sales. Overall, fans aren’t loving the project like the duo may have expected. In its first week, the album is only expected to sell about 6K units. Although the group is pretty massive online and at festivals, these numbers are anything but a reflection of that. Furthermore, the low sales have led to plenty of jokes online.

On Thursday, the group was at The Breakfast Club where they talked about the new album and a myriad of other topics. JT touched on the album’s poor sales projections, noting they didn’t do enough promotion. “It’s tough times. You get what you put in, in this shit. And I feel like, collectively, we didn’t do what we had to do to promote the album,” JT explained. “But if you don’t go hard with promoting your shit, and putting it in people’s face, it’s like, of course it’s going to miss people.”

City Girls Give Their Take

Although she initially took responsibility, JT eventually changed course and blamed management for the lack of promotion. She also said timing played a big factor in all of this. “Right now, stunting ain’t cool, because people broke,” she added. “I feel like we have a bad timing thing. I feel like our timing, and our management, is poor. We’ve got poor management, poor timing — like, it’s really never no strategy. We just out here, like, why the fuck are we at The Breakfast Club a week after our thing dropped?”

Whatever the case may be, it is clear that the City Girls will need to go back to the drawing board. Let us know what you thought of the album, in the comments section below. Additionally, stay tuned to HNHH for more news and updates from around the music world. We will always be sure to keep you informed on all of your favorite artists.

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Drake’s “For All The Dogs” First Week Sales Projections Revealed

October 7, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Yesterday, Drake finally dropped off his eagerly-awaited new album, For All The Dogs. The project is jam-packed with features from the likes of J. Cole, Lil Yachty, Bad Bunny, and more. The track “Daylight” even includes a fun freestyle from the Canadian hitmaker’s 5-year-old son, Adonis.

The performer’s been teasing the album for some time, and as expected, fans couldn’t wait. Drake unveiled one song just ahead of the release, “8AM In Charlotte,” alongside an accompanying music video. The soulful track gave listeners a taste of what was to come, further sparking anticipation for the full album. Now that the project has arrived, there’s been a ton of buzz surrounding potential disses, hits and misses, and of course, how it will perform. Now, the projections are in.

For All The Dogs Expected To Sell 400-450k First Week

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For All The Dogs is expected to sell 400-450k album-equivalent units in its first week. The project follows Drake’s 2022 album, Honestly, Nevermind, which sold 204k in its first week. The projections put For All The Dogs just behind the 36-year-old’s 2021 release, Certified Lover Boy, which sold 613k. The album has already had one of the biggest opening days of the year on Spotify as far as hip hop releases go. It beat out Lil Uzi Vert’s Pink Tape, Lil Durk’s Almost Healed, and more. Travis Scott’s UTOPIA continues to hold the No. 1 spot with 128.5 million streams, while Drake’s For All The Dogs comes in at No. 2 with 108.7 million.

The album also had the seventh largest opening day in Spotify history, passing Kanye West’s DONDA, Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, Harry Styles’ Harry’s House, and more. What do you think of the first week sales projections for Drake’s new album For All The Dogs? Are you enjoying the album so far? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates on Drake.

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Halle Bailey’s “The Little Mermaid” Projected To Have Massive Opening Weekend

May 27, 2023 by newhiphopnews

The Little Mermaid is expected to make between $120-$130 million dollars domestically over it’s opening weekend. The film, starring Halle Bailey, premiered in the U.S. yesterday. The Little Mermaid is projected to see Disney’s fourth highest-earning opening weekend, behind Top Gun: Maverick, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Disney believes the film should also bring in around $80 million overseas this weekend, bringing the total to around $200 million.

In an interview with Glamour, Bailey also recently shared her experience watching young black girls react to seeing her play Ariel. “When I saw [the videos] for the first time, I just cried,” she revealed. She went on to say, “I was sobbing uncontrollably. The fact that these babies are looking at me and feeling the emotions that they’re feeling is a really humbling, beautiful thing.”

Halle Bailey Takes Center Stage

Bailey also shared more about her relationship with DDG, amid recent rumors the pair had split. Bailey called the rapper her “prince charming,” adding that she thinks “the best thing about young love is that you’re able to continue to find yourself through this journey of loving somebody else.” The performer continued, “You’re discovering new parts of yourself and maybe things that you didn’t notice before about your heart.” “I feel like things change when love gets more involved in your life,” she revealed. “I have definitely discovered more within myself as a woman.…It’s a really cool thing to go through, but a transformative experience.”

She also shared her experiences dating in the public eye recently. She shared, “The biggest thing I’ve learned in dating when it comes to dating in the public eye, is that everybody’s gonna have an opinion about you, whether it’s good or bad.” Bailey added, “I’ve had this since I was younger. I think because I’ve grown up, kind of in the public eye, people think they have this sort of… I don’t know, that they can say what they feel about my life. Like they do with everyone in the public eye.” “I’ve realized, for me, I just go with my heart,” she revealed.

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