Let’s get this straight guys. Topping the billboard 200 for your first week in sales is sorta big, but let’s talk about relation. 158,000 sales is really, really weak compared to what people used to sell back in the day! I got this handy little book over here called, “All You Need To Know About The Music Business”, by Donald S. Passman. It basically breaks down the music industry, and is the bible for mostly everyone in the recording industry. Let’s talk about money. Most CD’s cost about $9.99. Right now Rick Ross’ album sells for $11.49 as CD and $8.99 as a MP3 download. How royalties are calculated…. Well for the most part some awesome artists get 10 points for royalties. I would not imagine that Rick Ross even at his third album was able to negotiate a more aggressive deal than this. So let’s do the math, there is usually a 25% packaging fee that the record company recoups from the artist for pressing the CDs.
Retail CD: $11.49 (current cost at Amazon)
Less: Packaging (25% of $11.49): –$2.87
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Royalty Base: $8.62 (Retail minus the 25% the record company is owed)
Let’s just assume that Rick Ross got a 15% Royalty. 15% of $8.62 is $1.29 per every CD sold. 158,000 (album sales) * $1.29 = $204,294.00. This is how much money Rick Ross would have made if he got a 15% Royalty. While that may seem good, I already told you, I seriously doubt Rick Ross gets even 10% a royalty. The sad fact is that his royalty is more or less around 7.5% to 8.5%. So back to the mathematics
8.5% of $8.62 is $0.73
158,000 * $0.73 = $115,766.60 (his first week income)
About a month or so ago, 50 Cent exposed Rick Ross’ chip game and showed the kid is in the red already based on his life style. So even if the kid may a note fifteen in his first week, I bet at least 30% of that has to go back to the record company for advancements. Let’s not forget how much is owed to his featured artists!
What I really want to know is why he keeps calling himself, “Boss”? Shots FIRED!!!
Ross is the Biggest Fraud Thus Far!!! I always kept saying he was fake even before the facts came out! Hes a wanna be…. People is dumb…. they just see this image of the Boss “lookalike” lol and they just follow……..
Thats what the majority of people are is followers!
Ross is , was and always will be garbage…….
Hes a straight up Bitch!
If Pac was still around he woulda destroyed him even harder than 50 cent did!
This bitch ass nigga should go to Murder Inc. lol
With them pussys Ja and Irv……
Im out……
SNITCH ROSS AKA DONNIE FATSO IS THE POLICE! OFFICER RICK WILL BE FLIPPIN
BURGERS REAL SOON.
officer ricckkky..wat a fukin joke playa po po ass faggot…this mutha fuka aint no g,juss a wannabe…callin out fifty,,,now EM…u must be out ur mind,em is da best lyricist eva,period… like him or not..im the fattest cop that you’v seen thus far!!!! hes a fake ppl..recognize
…what about if he goes on to sell 2 mill?
2 mill. * .73 = 1,460,000.00
… about his Shows (about $30,000 per) , let’s say he’s does 10 show a month.
30,000 * 10 = 300,000.00 * 10 mo. = 3,000,000.00
3,000,000.00 *1,460,000.00 = 4,460,000.00
Not bad if you can get it…
50 cent is fuckin garbage and yall niggas no it he cant do shit the only reason he sells is be cause he from new york and you weak ass niggas no that and a job is a job have you nigga work at mc fuckin donalds so shut the fuck up cuz hell yall aint making the money he is dam if a nigga aint hating you aint doing something rite so keep hating on ross cuz he still gonna do his shit
nobody mentioned taxes yet. after that his income is done. he probably about as much crack as rudy huxtable!!!!!!!! lol
lol
no one is hating on anyone. Rick Ross’ music is good. Beats are on smash, the content is questionable; that’s pretty much all i was speaking to. Altogether, I think 50 cent is good.
Furthermore; you have the worst grammar I have ever seen.
no is not the same as know!!!!
cuz? do you mean because?
yall? do you mean you all?
dam? do you mean damn?
be cause? do you mean because?
rite? do you mean right?
I mean I can understand if phonetically you sound like that, but it surely takes more effort to type things incorrectly than it is to do them the proper way. The reason I feel as such, is that you’re not taught incorrect spelling in school. In effect, you have to go out of your way to type things incorrectly because you surely were not taught that. You have to consciously interpret how you sound, and figure out what words will make you sound like that. Do you want to distance yourself from “white” people that speak properly? Are you revolting against the English language and trying to form your own version of it?
Now if you are book smart and did have somewhat of an education, I would imagine you would retort at my comments stating that you are intelligent. Which further buries my dagger; you do have to make an effort to type like an ignorant idiot.
I would love the day I could be the one making a decision if you get money or not from some sort of deal. In my fantasy I’d have to read something of yours. I’d tear it to shreds laughing at how ignorant you sound, picking apart every grammatical and typographical mistake, taking it to my partners and investors and asking them; “do you think we should trust this ignorant person with our money. the one who couldn’t take the time to learn to communicate to people properly? if he couldn’t even learn the english language; probably the one and only easiest thing to do, what makes you think he would be a good candidate to invest our money into?”
My point exactly; you’re fucking garbage. Butch up on your writing skills before writing anymore comments on my blog.
operating costs will bring this figure completely down. Also you will have to factor in other expenses such as travel. the music industry pushes a lot more expenses on artists that we can imagine.
fake. wow.