Travis Scott’s Label Disputes Sabrina Carpenter’s No. 1

[stewie_e]

Travis Scott’s label dispute that Sabrina Carpenter beat him to Number One on US album chart https://t.co/sIdX6jmPhZ
- NME (@NME) September 6, 2024

After Sabrina Carpenter’s Short N’ Sweet album was declared the No 1. album over Travis Scott’s Days Before Rodeo on the Billboard 200 chart this week, Vulture reports that the rapper’s label is

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[progression]

Real question because I don’t follow charts… what do artists get out of this? More money or just bragging rights?

[5368f65]

Every unit sold means money. But chart positions per se? They do not have direct financial impact afaik.

But like... It can absolutely have a butterfly effect. Eg. when in 5-10-20 years people play #1s again, that #1 will keep getting money from those plays. #2 might not make it to nostalgia playlists.

For the big numbers both of them make it's unusual for anyone to care about the stats.

For smaller artists an incorrect number of streams or errors in music usage reporting might mean their whole future... As in 10 streams means they might keep making music, 0 means they give up making music.

[progression]

Thanks! So, it really is more about bragging rights than anything else. It’s funny that you mention the fact that they’re big artists because it seems to me (someone who casually skims through these chart posts) that it’s ALWAYS the big artists raising hell about it.

[marvelhill]

I think it’s also similar to follower count. It can mean more paid opportunities if you’ve recently charted #1

[sugarspice101]

With this and the last post about these two…it’s interesting that it’s being discussed after Taylor’s reign.

I’m team Billboard changing the rules.

[thebadunkadunk]

ONTD if you left your job for another job would you have any loyalty to the company you left?

I personally would because I nepobabied my way to my job at a friend's business, but I feel like most people do not, they just don't want to burn bridges and rigging a chart seems like a big ask

[varioussaints]

Generally, no. I don't burn bridges nor do I actively shit talk them but that's about it.

In this case, it feels like an insane accusation to make. Rigging a music chart is such a high risk, slim-to-zero reward venture. The only way it could potentially be worthwhile for him would be if Island had paid him an entire career's worth of income, which is what he'd be losing out on if he were caught. (Even then it wouldn't be enough if his contract has penalty fees and/or his employer sued him.) As much as I enjoyed Sabrina's album, it's not worth tanking your entire career over, and if he accepted an offer to rig the chart for anything less than financial security for life then it's not so much that he's incredibly loyal but instead rather dumb.

[insomniachobs]

Not automatically. If it was a decent job and the company treated me well.

[tigermilk]

Depends on the company and the job. If they were good to me, then I would. Meanwhile I hate my old company so much for years of toxicity and homophobia that I actively want to hex them. ONTD witches send me your best hex.

[yousaidlog]

If he's salty, I'm happy

[moirasrose]

hm, i think i'll go stream taste again.