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Post by popbox on Dec 31, 2014 1:33:59 GMT -5
I 100% agree with Like I Can being bigger in the US than UK (ala the Set Fire to the Rain scenario from 21). I think the song will kill it on mainstream radio and be a bigger hit than this and possibly on SWM's level. In a lot of ways it's easily the most pop friendly song he's ever done.
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Post by jjose712 on Dec 31, 2014 13:32:59 GMT -5
Holds at 6 on the hot 100 this week. Passed Thinking out loud but All about that bass was the most streamed song of the week and returned to the top 5 (frankly i'm more than ready to AATB and SIO abandoning the top 10).
Stay with me is at 15 on itunes, i suppose it has to do with the end of the year charts giving it a push
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Post by jjose712 on Dec 31, 2014 16:49:33 GMT -5
Four of his songs made the top 100 of the year in UK, Like i can at 100, I'm not the only one at 24, Money on my mind at 18 and Stay with me at 7
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Post by SuperLaLaLa~ on Jan 8, 2015 14:06:20 GMT -5
This had the biggest spin gain today :o
POP: 4 4 SAM SMITH I'm Not The Only One 13103 11939 1164 80.398
+539 Spins +783 Bullet +3.247 Audience
HAC: 4 3 SAM SMITH I'm Not The Only One 5605 5058 547 37.564
+111 Spins +107 Bullet +0.414 Audience
AC: 10 10 SAM SMITH I'm Not The Only One 1019 737 282 7.166
+30 Spins -71 Bullet +0.256 Audience
RHYTHMIC: 16 14 SAM SMITH I'm Not The Only One 2447 2374 73 11.983
+32 Spins +50 Bullet +0.132 Audience
TRIPLE A: 6 5 SAM SMITH I'm Not The Only One 451 409 42 0.986
+1 Spin -10 Bullet -0.005 Audience
URBAN AC: 20 20 SAM SMITH I'm Not The Only One 374 332 42 2.881
+10 Spins -1 Bullet +0.183 Audience
DANCE: 39 32 SAM SMITH I'm Not The Only One 98 93 5 0.084
+4 Spins +4 Bullet +0.002 Audience
Overall AI: 2 SAM SMITH I'm Not The Only One 151.696 (+4.664)
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Post by jjose712 on Jan 9, 2015 14:47:03 GMT -5
Another massive update today.
Definitively this is going to have a chance of getting that number one on pop (on the hot 100 i think it peaked at 5, but still has a good bunch of weeks on the top 10 ahead).
Maybe a performance at the Grammys give this the final push. Anyway he should go with a mash up with Like i can, because it's the perfect way to release the next single
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jan 9, 2015 22:11:53 GMT -5
I'd like to see this hit #1. I like it so much more than Stay With Me and even after all this time, I'm not sick of it yet.
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Post by The Upper Hand on Jan 9, 2015 23:29:55 GMT -5
I've already moved to "Like I Can".
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Post by jjose712 on Jan 11, 2015 13:38:41 GMT -5
He recovered the number one on the UK's albums chart
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Post by jjose712 on Jan 14, 2015 13:14:54 GMT -5
With today's update i think the chances of this getting number one are gone. And it's showing signs of stalling in other formats (Hot AC, Rythmic, AAA) I hope he focuses in promoting Like i can now. I think he is big enough now to play whatever he wants at the Grammys, so better move to Like i can (or at least sing it in a mash up)
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Post by jjose712 on Jan 14, 2015 14:21:38 GMT -5
And it's back to its peak position at 5 on the billboard hot 100
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Post by jjose712 on Jan 18, 2015 13:32:50 GMT -5
Like i can is back to top 10 on the UK's chart, I'm not the only one and Stay with me are up 3 spots this week (21 and 24)
The album is at number 3
By the way i think they are going to release Like i can soon, at least to the AAA chart (were his singles usually debut). I'm not the only one is peaking in all charts, so probably it's time for a new song
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Post by jjose712 on Jan 23, 2015 13:06:02 GMT -5
Well, this is done in most formats (probably still has a lot of life in Urban AC and AC) so it's time to move on. I think it will be enough to announce Like i can being the new single to get some airplay, and if he is smart he will promote the new song on the grammys.
It worked really well (a single released after a smash hit is a really a double edged sword), and if he is able to have another pair of hits the sales of the album will be really big at the end (i suppose if he scores some grammys the album sales will rise a lot)
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Post by Hefty Hanna on Jan 23, 2015 13:19:03 GMT -5
Can we move on to 'Like I Can' now? Or an American MOMM release please.
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Post by nightshade on Jan 23, 2015 19:25:59 GMT -5
haven't searched for the new mix but apparently Ryan premiered an exclusive new version of Lay Me Down and said it was the next single.
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Post by jjose712 on Jan 24, 2015 5:34:17 GMT -5
haven't searched for the new mix but apparently Ryan premiered an exclusive new version of Lay Me Down and said it was the next single. I love that song (specially the accoustic version), but i think Like i can will work better. Maybe they prefer to use Like i can on summer because it's a less sad and faster song. The truth is Lay me down is way higher on the itunes chart, and the original version has a different sound than his previous singles, so maybe it's not a bad idea. I think part of the problem with Like i can is Sam not feeling too comfortable on stage doing that sound. When you hear his voice you think in someone with a lot of experiences, but looking at him it's pretty clear he has a lot to learn about how to move on stage, and that's clearer on a faster song
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Post by Glove Slap on Feb 19, 2015 23:08:22 GMT -5
The longevity that this song had in pretty much all markets was really surprising for me. I kinda feel that if anyone else had released this, no one would have ever checked for it. His hype right now is really huge.
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Post by jjose712 on Feb 20, 2015 3:58:10 GMT -5
What i find most surprising is how easy it was. In theory he was a hard sell, yes there was hype around him in UK and even had a couple of number ones there when Stay with me was released, but everybody knows that there are a lot of people big there that never makes it in the USA no matter how hard they tried.
He had a couple of tv performances and everything start to work.
I'm not the only one did a great job avoiding the one hit wonder syndrome, not the real one but when one hit is so big that people associate the artist only with that song even when the follow up is a sizable hit (examples of that Carly Rae Jepsen or Leona Lewis)
By the way, it reached top 10 on Urban AC
By the way, he reached number 12 this week in the spainsh chart, the album didn't hit top 50 till three weeks ago. He didn't make any promo here, Money on my mind barely had airplay and Stay with me was released late (it peaked at two post grammy) but even with the success of STay with me for some reason the album didn't perform as expected. Maybe now that change with all the buzz and two songs on the radio
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