Ablum Sales of The Decade

Hey everyone, this is mike Rosario and I think the music industry is changing a bit. Technology is getting better every year and the Internet is becoming a new source of music. Some people think that the Internet is affecting physical album sales. Is the Internet affecting physical album sales? I think it is because here we have sites that lets you download free music instead of buying the physical album. Maybe there are people who are under financial distress who just burn Cd's  and play the songs in accomplishment as if they bought the album. It has said that album sales has declined by 30 percent over the last 5 years.

 Alternately this affects the artist who puts out the music. For example Drakes Thank Me Later was leaked on to the Internet two weeks before its release. Apparently it had sold 447,000 copies in its 1st week.  Here's a picture of Thank Me Later



The outcome of the number could of been much greater if it hadn't got leaked on to the Internet. That's still a great amount of sales to be accomplished for this decade. Some say that declining album sales are not effecting everyone and that some people still buy albums.

 For example Lil Wayne's Carter III had been leaked a week before release but managed to sell over 1,000,000 copies in its first week. Now that's what I would call a great album for it to sell one million copies in the first week. Overall in that year of 2008 in which it was released it had sold around 2.88 million copies in the u.s. in to days date the average number of album sales are about 100,000 to 300,000  for the first week. this is bad for the industry compared to a couple of years ago. here's a picture of The Carter III below

 In 2003 50cent's album The Massacre had sold over 800,000 in the first week. Here's a picture of The Massacre.

 As the years progressed and technology grew the declining of album sales began. Its not the same any more because most people use the source lime wire to download albums and songs. I personally think that if lime wire was not around that physical album sales wouldn't be in jeopardy. Music artist would'nt have to worry about their album being in jeopardy because those Internet threats would not be around. Inother words the internet is a useful but harmful tool that could effect physical album sales. I am pretty sure that the artist would like to sell a lot to help out their careers. in the future there could be an extinction of album sales at the rate this is going.

The Price Of Fame

No body has predicted the unsuspected rise of Drake. He is a rapper from Toronto Canada and has plans on changing the rap game. His new album that's out is called Thank me later. The album reflects on his life and how he interacted with people that he has met. here is a picture of the album below.

Drake is a prime example of what i would call successful. Like every one else he had to try hard and pay the price of fame. Now the price of fame is what i call what it takes to be famous. The price of fame is not cheap but it pays off. It takes a lot of hard work and effort to acheive a goal and to focus on completing that goal. From the past till today the price of fame has increased.

More and more people want to be famous and they will do everything in their power to do so. They pay money for advertisements, blank CD's, equipment for a studio and many more items. I my self is putting together a CD for advertising purposes in order to get my name known as a young rapper. I beleive that I have the credentials to pay for the price of fame. Furthermore, the price of fame doesn't necessarily mean you have to pay. Its basically the struggle of getting something done.

This topic basically applies to everyone around the world because they want to be famous but do not want to pay for it. The meaning has been misinterpreted but I understand what is need to be done. Three years after drake had been discovered he had dropped an album called Thank Me Later. Thank Me Later is a work of art that has been completed. The Price of Fame could be a theme tha applies to every one who can relate to it. Drake is my favorite rapper and he gives me inspiration. The price of fame isn't free and it doesn't cost much either. Its how you perform and get the job done. When i get as famous like Drake I will thank him for paving that path and giving me that will to pursue this dream.

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