Was 24 Karat Gold Really A Flop?

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by James89

Yeah, that whole 'Jay Z album going platinum' thing is a joke. Nobody bought the album for it to achieve that. I think that's so unfair.

It may be unfair...that's a whole different debate. The fact that it was the first album to do this in a very long time tells you something about the music industry today. Major act new albums routinely went platinum before or during the first week of release. Its almost impossible to do now unless a gimmick is involved. To say that Stevie sold 1/10 of Jay-Z's new album is a huge success IMHO.