The first-week sales are in for Tekashi 6ix9ine’s TattleTales album and the Brooklyn rapper fell well below expectations.
Billboard reports the album debuted at No. 4 with roughly 53,000 equivalent album units earned, netting 6ix9ine his third Top 10 album. Of the 53,000 units earned, 32,000 of them came via album sale, most of which supported by various merchandise and album bundles. According to Akademiks, Billboard had reportedly disqualified over 100,000 of 6ix9ine’s merch bundles, knocking initial projections of TattleTales becoming his first No. 1 album.
6ix9ine recently discredited bundles in regards to album sales, calling out the likes of Travis Scott and more.
“Everybody was against me,” 6ix9ine told Billboard. “Radio blackballed me. Playlists blackballed me. I feel like Billboard was mad because I said, ‘How can you still buy bundles?’ You think if I buy some lip gloss right now and I bought a Travis Scott album, is that fair to all the hardworking people who worked on their album?”
Billboard had previously announced they were no longer counting merchandise bundles with sales but didn’t give a hard date as to when the change would be enacted.
The low sales for TattleTales even prompted longtime 6ix9ine fan and associate Akademiks to label the project “a flop.”
6ix9ine’s troubles in getting interviews with certain outlets has been well-documented. The Breakfast Club hesitated to grant him an interview following his April release from prison and have yet to do so. Joe Budden, however, isn’t being as diplomatic as Charlemange, Angela Yee and DJ Envy in regards to 6ix9ine.
Joe Budden Refuses To Interview Tekashi 6ix9ine, Calls Him 'A Little Manipulative Fuck'
During a recent episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, Budden vowed he wouldn’t be playing 6ix9ine’s games.
“Now, it becomes crystal clear, as it did for Gillie,” he said. “You’re not looking to expose something. You’re looking to expose something next to someone that’s official. You’re looking to expose something next to somebody that didn’t fuck with you. That’s called you’re looking for a co-sign. Wow, this little manipulative fuck. Back to manipulating.
“The fucking Billboard projections come out. Durk ends up moving his album, didn’t want to be associated with that mess. The projections are lower than what it would take for an artist to travel with nine and 10 security guards everywhere he goes. See, that’s the part the public doesn’t really decipher. It’s not who flopped and who didn’t. It’s what comes in versus what’s been spent.”
#2 on amazon music
#4 on itunes
BIZZY BONE THE MANTRA
FKIN FIRE???☠☠☠
Why are you constantly promoting bones album it’s utter trash.
Nah bro anything 69 is true garbage,i didn’t listen to bizzy but it gotta have tons more substance than his fairy tales
Sorry bruh. I tried the same thing a while back but Bone just been utter trash since the year 2000
You must not be hearing krazyie then cause he’s probably one of the best rappers alive
Rodents who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones especially when their house is always surrounded by cheese laced mousetraps , cats and birds on the prowl.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Damn. This dude is going out bad. Fans hold that L.
Idk Why Y’all Think He About To Be Broke. Or why he taking He Still Sold 50k When Everybody Said we Won’t Let Him Sell One. Sounds Like a W To Me. And he still Trolling.. ?
It doesn’t really matter what Billboard says. The truth is they sabotaged the momentum behind the release of King Tekashi’s album by making a vague announcement on the change of rules in the lead up to its release date so as to dampen its sales projections and restrict it from garnering the publicity associated with being a number 1 record. Irrespective of they hating, the tracks are still bomping in streets coz that’s where the King hold all his work at. With or without them, they still going heating up until his next project drops.
Lol..Bundles were included..He is a joke and about to be broke..Hahahaha
Idk Why Y’all Think He About To Be Broke. Or why he taking He Still Sold 50k When Everybody Said we Won’t Let Him Sell One. Sounds Like a W To Me. And he still Trolling.. ?
It ain’t bumping in the streets and you know it.
Fake news
On second thought… it’s real. I’m tired of sucking this nigga dick… can’t even sell 75k.. FUCK!
Yes, Big Sean went #1 and not this rat yelling and screaming into a microphone. The rat dissed artists using bundles then tried to do it himself but failed. He even had to rip his flyers off the wall. Lol!
He dissed them and used bundles to show everyone that the industry is rigged against him all of a sudden they wanna rove bundles now that he wanna use them if 69 was still in jail billboard will still be allowing half of the shit
I’m so proud of hip hop for this. Finally people are starting to cut the bullshit. It’s funny to because he was right about Apple. I go to new music, and you don’t even see his album but you see everyone else’s lmao
What are you proud about.?? Y’all act as if this man still not doing everything hip-hop said he couldn’t. And that’s the problem. Individuals who presume to speak for hip-hop. The voice of hip-hop can come from anywhere. Even a rat. And btw this kid is still winning…
It’s the end, it’s all over for this inbred sack of trash.
Is 6ix9ine paying for the security or is the Government providing that for a period of time? Cuz Budden got a point, you spending Drake money on Security and you ain’t bringing in no Drake money, how long will that last?
He don’t got dake money but he does got money gooba and trollz sales wasn’t even counted for the whole album billboard had inserted rules that streams have to start with the whole album release for it to go towards the album so basically 69 had only 9 songs that was counted for compared to big Sean album that had twice and much and extra music on the album but those merch sales if what got 69 paid fuck billboard validation dude sold over a 110k items in merch that was running 50 to 80 dollars a piece that boy made bank from that and trollz and gooba he’ll be ok he already got 20 mill fresh out of prison before that so
I still outsold that fake crip Blueface and his 12k flop though. Plus my mom still loves me! #tattletales
I just wanna know is that really you 6ix9ine? Or just another fanboy hugging his nuts?
Fuck what these fake gangsta niggaz talkin,’ you keep doing you. Keep being real no-one will ever admit that they’d rat, I’ve been in the game and in the pen and I seen it all, the hardest gangsta turn snitch for a time cut. I love your music so keep the trolling going…
Bru don’t take note of the haters like we still bump u in South Africa
haters will hate while your money pile up
ppl will hate if you doing good or bad
He really think we care about him ripping his own poster like that’s yours you paid for that not us he acts so childish and how dare he say he is better than lil Durk he has more hits they you ever will have.Then you really did not wanna give Nikki her props off that song yall made together like really.I feel like you should act like the grown man you are and talk like a man to these people you have beef with and stop going back and forth like a child because these people you are beefing or trying to beef with are still making there money and not have to walk around with bodyguards around them but this is just my opinion someone please let me know if i am wrong.
You Are wrong because all these dudes got some sort of security. And they all do the same back and forth shit. And numbers wise 69 has way more hits than Durk. And he still making his money too. You’re wrong about everything actually.
6ix9ine blows guys
Y’all Dumb as Hell If You Think That’s His Only Source Of Income. And You’re Blind If You Don’t Think He Ain’t Still Getting Over. Niggas Celebrating Like “Yeah We Win 69” .. The Fact That They’re Doing That Makes It An Easy Win For Kid. The Fact Is He Doing Everything They Said He Would Not Be Allowed To Do All While Being Blackballed…..
tf is a lot of y’all talkin bout.. like billboard not counting bundles as sales is a new thing.. correct me if I’m wrong but I’m sure the they stopped counting bundles after Jay z finessed at least 2 albums into platinum sales in that very fashion… given Jay would have went platinum regardless i think he just wanted the bragging rights 2 say he went platinum on the first day or something… either way this dude exactly where he deserve 2 be, world famous wit a little bit of cash having his cheeks clapped by label execs for not meeting expected sales… gotta recoup that investment some how ha ha ha