Diggy Simmons Speaks on Low "Unexpected Arrival" First Week Sales

Young Rapster, Diggy Simmons's "Unexpected Arrival" debut album has completed one week in stores, and it did 21,400 copies in its first week. A lot of people are saying this are disappointing sales, but below is what he had to say-

"It's about growth. You look at a whole bunch of people. Look at Reasonable Doubt, when that first came out, that wasn't anything. And look at Jay now. You could look at Bruno [Mars] recently. When his Doo Wops &; Hooliganscame out, like 50,000 first week and ended up going double plat. So it's about growth for me. I'm happy that the people who are listening to it are loving it. It's like having an impact on your life and making them want to aspire to be whatever it is they want to be. Because that's what Unexpected Arrival is about, it's about making your arrival in life special. No matter what people say or if they don't know what you're capable of. It starts with the belief in you before you try to go and look for other people's approval. I'm happy that it's doing that for people." (Karen Civil)


I think, judging by all he said, he has really been schooled by his dad and uncle. It's true; jay-z's Reasonable Doubt didn't do well in stores...i think the second album was even worse in sales. Jay might have been a "has-been" if he had given up after the second try...his third album was the beginning of his commercial success. People make first week sales a big deal. I will always sight an example to make people play less emphasis on first week sales. Mariah Carey's Emancipation of Mimi and 50 Cent's  The Masacre dropped around the same time in 2005. Mariah did 444,000 first week...50 cent did 1.1million first week. But by the end of the year, Mariah ended up at 4.9 million sold...a couple of hundred thousand copies more than The Masacre.