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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2016 14:41:25 GMT -5
I looked up yesterday to see sales and saw the diamond certification. CRAZY! Go, ADELE! :) I cannot understand how anyone would want River Lea as a single.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2016 14:58:05 GMT -5
IMO the album's best and friendliest choice I honestly expected nothing good for the video, but it was different and I kinda liked it. Hope this makes top 10 sometime down it's path, just not instantly.
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on May 23, 2016 15:28:29 GMT -5
Seriously, who's idea was it to have that effect throughout the video? My eyes hurt. My Lordt! ....Me, after watching the video.
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Post by Mayman on May 23, 2016 16:29:57 GMT -5
Just now watching the video and it's actually really good!
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Post by #ImWithHer on May 23, 2016 17:01:37 GMT -5
Video is dull. I knew I shouldn't have gotten hyped for it when Adele said she had to dance in the video.
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Post by 85la on May 23, 2016 23:36:54 GMT -5
I liked the video, but they could have done more with it, and I don't think it's one of those videos that people are gonna want to watch over and over again for the next few months or anything.
Also, I think those of us who are disappointed with the era overall now aren't worried or complaining about the album sales so much anymore. It's all about the SINGLES now. You can construe it any way you want, but when you have only produced one top ten single, that has got to be somewhat of a let down, and maybe even more so in this case because the phenomenal album sales makes the disparity stand out that much more and the situation that much more puzzling. I personally don't think the era overall is a failure, but I think it's going to be one of those cases in history, like with Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love or both of Britney's first two albums where people will be like, yeah it's impressive that they sold boatloads of copies, but kind of odd how they only produced one or two top ten singles.
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Post by Au$tin on May 23, 2016 23:47:11 GMT -5
I'm in the minority, I guess, but I really enjoyed the video.
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Post by Az Paynter on May 24, 2016 6:13:29 GMT -5
POP: 59 36 ADELE Send My Love (To Your New Lover) 1131 203 928 5.974
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HOT AC: 21 19 ADELE Send My Love (To Your New Lover) 1911 1442 469 11.728
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Post by Mayman on May 24, 2016 7:23:20 GMT -5
Good radio update! It's going to keep going now that the video is out!!
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Post by Envoirment on May 24, 2016 10:16:30 GMT -5
Over 300k likes now on the video. For comparison, the video for Justin Timberlake's single has 200k likes with 16 million views. Hopefully the views will catch up quickly on Adele's video. #12 on iTunes (6 The Voice performances ahead of it) and #149 on US spotify.
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Post by xykes on May 24, 2016 10:36:04 GMT -5
I liked the video, but they could have done more with it, and I don't think it's one of those videos that people are gonna want to watch over and over again for the next few months or anything. Also, I think those of us who are disappointed with the era overall now aren't worried or complaining about the album sales so much anymore. It's all about the SINGLES now. You can construe it any way you want, but when you have only produced one top ten single, that has got to be somewhat of a let down, and maybe even more so in this case because the phenomenal album sales makes the disparity stand out that much more and the situation that much more puzzling. You guys do realize that singles are made to sell albums, right? The album is the main course, not the singles...especially when you're talking about radio, one of the most artificial, manufactured industries, where success is completely inorganic and forced. If radio programmers don't want your song to be a hit, it won't be a hit. Period. Regardless of how good your song is. However, album sales are harder to argue. If your album sells 10 million copies, YOU WON. The PEOPLE like your music, regardless of what any radio directors say. Only on Pulse will you hear someone say "It's all about the SINGLES" and then "I personally don't think the era overall is a failure, but" The word "failure" should be nowhere near this era for Adele. Everything else is just gravy from now on. She already had a massive, blowout hit single and she has already sold majillions.
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Post by Au$tin on May 24, 2016 10:42:56 GMT -5
You're right, but it's the singles that have a lasting impact in culture. Though, with Adele, some of her album tracks will probably live on as well, like Turning Tables seems to be doing. Her multiple performances of album tracks this era have both garnered her major album sales (quite an amazing strategy, IMO, and possibly a reason Rihanna just performed an album track on the BBMAs) as well as potentially helping one or two solidify themselves into cultural impact despite not being singles, most notably All I Ask.
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Post by irice22 on May 24, 2016 14:53:52 GMT -5
I liked the video, but they could have done more with it, and I don't think it's one of those videos that people are gonna want to watch over and over again for the next few months or anything. Also, I think those of us who are disappointed with the era overall now aren't worried or complaining about the album sales so much anymore. It's all about the SINGLES now. You can construe it any way you want, but when you have only produced one top ten single, that has got to be somewhat of a let down, and maybe even more so in this case because the phenomenal album sales makes the disparity stand out that much more and the situation that much more puzzling. You guys do realize that singles are made to sell albums, right? The album is the main course, not the singles...especially when you're talking about radio, one of the most artificial, manufactured industries, where success is completely inorganic and forced. If radio programmers don't want your song to be a hit, it won't be a hit. Period. Regardless of how good your song is. However, album sales are harder to argue. If your album sells 10 million copies, YOU WON. The PEOPLE like your music, regardless of what any radio directors say. Only on Pulse will you hear someone say "It's all about the SINGLES" and then "I personally don't think the era overall is a failure, but" The word "failure" should be nowhere near this era for Adele. Everything else is just gravy from now on. She already had a massive, blowout hit single and she has already sold majillions. You are correct, but with this being said I think it is still important for the label to focus on singles. They clearly have enough money and it will improve her legacy overall for when the next album rolls around.
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Post by Caviar on May 24, 2016 14:56:40 GMT -5
Her legacy is her album sales and her live performances.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2016 15:16:35 GMT -5
She seems to have proven herself to be an album artist, and I think she prefers it that way. If she was a singles artist, things would be promoted differently from the start. While it's the song(s) that obviously make the lasting impression on the listener, they can be more of a collective whole than one or more individual parts.... and they don't have to be on the radio in today's world once you sell this many albums with this much acclaim and press. If anything, radio tends to kill the songs that are chosen as singles... so I - in retrospect - am ultimately happy WWWY didn't go all the way on radio. SML is more of a sing-along radio song, and it's one of my least favorites... so radio, you have my approval to burn it out if you so choose. :)
How people are choosing to listen to the album(s), I can't say for sure... but I reckon most people who bought 25 didn't buy it to only listen to Hello on repeat. I think her prior album set an expectation for some of us chart fanatics in terms of what she's capable of with singles. But after that kind of success and track record, I imagine consumers are less interested in singles from her now (in a good way) and more about her albums as a whole. There's a built-in "trust" of sorts.
Plus, there are plenty of classic multi-platinum albums that still sell very well today which had very few (if any) big radio songs on them. Memorable songs, yes. Hit singles? Not necessarily.
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Post by Juan Carlos on May 24, 2016 17:22:03 GMT -5
Third most added (tied with "Like I Would") with 35 adds this week on its impact date.
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Post by ificanthaveyou on May 24, 2016 23:20:27 GMT -5
I liked the video, but they could have done more with it, and I don't think it's one of those videos that people are gonna want to watch over and over again for the next few months or anything. Also, I think those of us who are disappointed with the era overall now aren't worried or complaining about the album sales so much anymore. It's all about the SINGLES now. You can construe it any way you want, but when you have only produced one top ten single, that has got to be somewhat of a let down, and maybe even more so in this case because the phenomenal album sales makes the disparity stand out that much more and the situation that much more puzzling. You guys do realize that singles are made to sell albums, right? The album is the main course, not the singles...especially when you're talking about radio, one of the most artificial, manufactured industries, where success is completely inorganic and forced. If radio programmers don't want your song to be a hit, it won't be a hit. Period. Regardless of how good your song is. However, album sales are harder to argue. If your album sells 10 million copies, YOU WON. The PEOPLE like your music, regardless of what any radio directors say. Only on Pulse will you hear someone say "It's all about the SINGLES" and then "I personally don't think the era overall is a failure, but" The word "failure" should be nowhere near this era for Adele. Everything else is just gravy from now on. She already had a massive, blowout hit single and she has already sold majillions. This. Exactly this. Only on Pulse do people care if a song hits #1 on CHR... Hell, most people don't even know what song is #1 on the Hot 100. All the label cares about is $$$ and she's made them a hell of a lot. The fact is, Adele won this era in the very first week. Everything else is gravy from here on out. The label made its money, she's made her money, and they will continue making money. Also note that 10 million people in the US already have Send My Love in their music library, so it's going to be an uphill battle when it comes to digital sales. I think it'll be fine tho, as America has a huge market. The only "mistep" they've made this era is not giving WWWY a music video, but who knows, maybe Adele herself was against that idea? Either way, in the long run, not overexposing her will do well for her. She's out there enough where she stays relevant, but no one is getting sick of her to where they begin to dislike her.
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Post by LBTrocks on May 25, 2016 0:13:45 GMT -5
The video makes my eyes hurt.
Still really love the song.
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Post by richardalexander on May 25, 2016 0:44:32 GMT -5
This video is a mess, lol. Someone thought they found a great innovative effect and just ran with it. It just ended up looking cheap, especially since they didn't even try to at least edit out the layering on her face so it didn't look so busy and distracting. I'm surprised by her output for this album. To me it feels like such a let down after having three incredibly strong singles from the last era.
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Post by nightshade on May 25, 2016 1:53:33 GMT -5
This video is a mess, lol. Someone thought they found a great innovative effect and just ran with it. It just ended up looking cheap, especially since they didn't even try to at least edit out the layering on her face so it didn't look so busy and distracting. I'm surprised by her output for this album. To me it feels like such a let down after having three incredibly strong singles from the last era. If this happens to fail she still could have her three incredibly strong singles. She has WUTB and AIA waiting in the wings. Never count out Adele when she has songs of that caliber still waiting to be released.
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Post by Mayman on May 25, 2016 5:59:32 GMT -5
Third most added (tied with "Like I Would") with 35 adds this week on its impact date. Super great hold. Same as last week where it went for adds! I think it can still hold up next week as well!
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Post by Az Paynter on May 25, 2016 7:57:53 GMT -5
POP: 56 36 ADELE Send My Love (To Your New Lover) 1233 299 934 6.431
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Post by JJ on May 25, 2016 8:51:15 GMT -5
This video is a mess, lol. Someone thought they found a great innovative effect and just ran with it. It just ended up looking cheap, especially since they didn't even try to at least edit out the layering on her face so it didn't look so busy and distracting. I'm surprised by her output for this album. To me it feels like such a let down after having three incredibly strong singles from the last era. I don't know if it's because I am a video editor, but I thought the SML music video was extremely well executed, the layering works perfectly IMO and I'm sure it was meant to look just the way it does. The idea IS to not have such clear focus on her face. I assume it's her letting go of her ghosts, as the song says. I know you may not like it and it's cool, but it's not cheap looking at all.
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Post by theflying on May 25, 2016 10:03:38 GMT -5
Intentional or not, an artistic choice shouldn't really be the reason behind making it literally hard to watch.
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Post by Envoirment on May 25, 2016 10:14:59 GMT -5
#12 on iTunes (with 6 The Voice songs ahead of it) and jumps up to #79 on US spotify!
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Post by bat1990 on May 25, 2016 11:10:12 GMT -5
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Post by Mirago on May 25, 2016 16:24:27 GMT -5
I really like the video, I find it poetic. Through all the transfer modes and layers of Adele(s), some of her signature nuances really end up shining through, like her conductor-style wrist flicks and expressive eye(s) towards camera. Overall, I think it presents her very well!
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Post by richardalexander on May 25, 2016 20:28:28 GMT -5
This video is a mess, lol. Someone thought they found a great innovative effect and just ran with it. It just ended up looking cheap, especially since they didn't even try to at least edit out the layering on her face so it didn't look so busy and distracting. I'm surprised by her output for this album. To me it feels like such a let down after having three incredibly strong singles from the last era. I don't know if it's because I am a video editor, but I thought the SML music video was extremely well executed, the layering works perfectly IMO and I'm sure it was meant to look just the way it does. The idea IS to not have such clear focus on her face. I assume it's her letting go of her ghosts, as the song says. I know you may not like it and it's cool, but it's not cheap looking at all. My opinion is that it is cheap looking, but I can respect that you disagree. The layering would have been much stronger by having the top layer less transparent and seeing the other layers behind her. That way the message of letting go of their ghosts and giving him up makes sense since they're literally behind her. The way it is now just looks convoluted.
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Post by ilikemusic on May 25, 2016 22:27:52 GMT -5
The video is absolutely terrible, but the song is great. It's my favorite off of 25 -- I wish there were more upbeat tracks like this one, but oh well.
This will go Top 10 on the Hot 100. They got it right with this one, from releasing the song onto streaming services a LOT more quickly than they did for WWWY and premiering the video (albeit a bad one but still) at the BBMA's. Radio seems to like this a whole lot more than WWWY as well. I can see this being the song of the summer tbh.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on May 25, 2016 23:51:18 GMT -5
The video is absolutely terrible, but the song is great. It's my favorite off of 25 -- I wish there were more upbeat tracks like this one, but oh well. This will go Top 10 on the Hot 100. They got it right with this one, from releasing the song onto streaming services a LOT more quickly than they did for WWWY and premiering the video (albeit a bad one but still) at the BBMA's. Radio seems to like this a whole lot more than WWWY as well. I can see this being the song of the summer tbh. If you mean CHARTING on the "songs of the summer" chart then a big maybe. But SONG of the summer? Really? It's impossible. Drake and JT are way too strong and have too many chart points.
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