r/Music • u/imatmydesknow Concertgoer • 6d ago

music Slipknot enters Spotify's 1 Billion streams club with "Duality"

https://lambgoat.com/news/49390/slipknot-enters-spotifys-1-billion-streams-club-with-duality/
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u/FudgingEgo 6d ago

1 billion streams is $5m.

Which is using RIAA's equivalent, would be the same as 330,000 CD's at $15.

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u/Philboyd_Studge 6d ago

see, thing about a joke is, it's often a wild exaggeration meant for comedic effect

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u/SecretTop1337 6d ago

It’s hyperbole, not a joke.

Jokes aren’t supposed to make sense, hyperbole is exaggeration to make a point.

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u/vajasonl 5d ago

Jokes aren’t supposed to make sense?

Joke: a: something said or done to provoke laughter especially : a brief oral narrative with a climactic humorous twist b: the humorous or ridiculous element in something.

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