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Post by Envoirment on Aug 13, 2022 7:30:17 GMT -5
I hope this can go at least top 5 on pop radio. It has the potential to be a long running #1 on the Hot 100 with its airplay and if a video is released soon.
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Post by Envoirment on Aug 13, 2022 7:18:58 GMT -5
Oo I hope they have videos for every song on the album and release them intermittently - like every few weeks? Would be a good way to keep interest and streams up for the album.
The album has grown on me quite a bit. The tracks I really like so far/will keep in my rotations are:
"Cozy" "Cuff It" (second single please) "Alien Superstar" "Break My Soul" "Virgo's Groove" "Heated" "Thique" "Pure/Honey" "Summer Renaissance"
The album's production is phenonminal across all songs. I do wish "Pure/Honey" were their own fully realised songs though.
In terms of where it sits for me amongst her albums, it's my 4th favourite so far.
1. 4 2. I AM...SASHA FIERCE 3. Beyoncé 4. Renaissance 5. B'Day 6. Lemonade 7. Dangerously In Love
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Post by Envoirment on Aug 8, 2022 18:38:42 GMT -5
So happy to see all her certs updated! "Halo" and "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" are 9x platinum! I wonder how long it'll be before they're diamond? :o
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Post by Envoirment on Aug 8, 2022 18:31:25 GMT -5
The video is really fun. Loving this more and more! Such a great vibe. Can't wait for her next album!
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Post by Envoirment on Aug 8, 2022 18:25:25 GMT -5
Happy to see Kate Bush still getting such good radio updates! Lizzo's airplay is likely to fall quite a bit as she's starting to fall at the same time on multiple formats. I don't think Harry's is going to consistently fall though with how well it's been holding up. Even with his second single still climbing in airplay and a 3rd now being pushed. Although I could hope his current update is the start of many...!
Overall Kate has around 30 million AI potential to gain. I can see her topping out around 100-105 million audience and getting the #1 on radio songs.
I don't think Kate has much of a chance at #1 on the Hot 100 now that Harry is back ahead of her on Spotify/Apple Music unless he starts to fall a lot on radio over the coming weeks and she can create a big gap there (and stay close to his streams/beat him in sales as she has been). Beyoncé will likely fall behind Kate with her sales and streaming falling quite a bit although if she releases the music video that could give her another week or two at #1. Lizzo should also fall behind Kate now her airplay is diminishing quite a bit (she's quite far behind on streaming).
There seems to be a small window for Kate to still get to #1 in 2-3 weeks with her airplay continuing to grow. She just needs the others ahead of her to start falling in airplay more.
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Post by Envoirment on Aug 8, 2022 18:07:39 GMT -5
Hopefully it falling quite a bit will help make room for "2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)". Biggest hit of Lizzo's career globally and perhaps in the US too if it can stick around a bit more!
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Post by Envoirment on Aug 8, 2022 15:49:05 GMT -5
So happy it got to #1! I hope it has a lot of longevity. Still yet to have a music video too (I do hope it gets one!).
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Post by Envoirment on Aug 4, 2022 11:19:47 GMT -5
Excited to hear this and hope it gets pushed/does well on Rhythmic/Urban/Urban AC.
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Post by Envoirment on Aug 4, 2022 11:15:37 GMT -5
I hope they full push this as the second single - including to Pop. Fast becoming my second favourite song on the album (behind "Break My Soul").
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Post by Envoirment on Aug 4, 2022 11:07:25 GMT -5
"2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)" starting to make a dent in the radio chart. Can't wait for it to soar into the top 10 on radio with little resistance!
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Post by Envoirment on Aug 2, 2022 16:39:30 GMT -5
Hope it can help keep the album above 100k+ for many more weeks. Quite amazing how strongly it's been doing without a physical release. Maybe they can release a vinyl at some point near the end of the year to boost sales further? I wonder how big its sales can get. I wouldn't be surprised if it was to become the biggest album since Adele's 25 at this rate. It should do 5 million+ SPS quite comfortably. It's already at ~1.5 million I believe? and still doing 100k+ a week with the physical CD just about to be released.
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Post by Envoirment on Aug 2, 2022 16:27:02 GMT -5
I'm not too sure about Adele winning/sweeping this time round unless they repromote the album with a new single soon, perhaps a reairing of one of her specials and a big boost from the start of her vegas shows with them getting a lot of critical accalim.
Beyoncé, Harry Styles, Lizzo, Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, Rosalia, Bad Bunny and many more have released projects this year that could give her a run for her money in multiple categories. As well as a lot of more left field choices.
25's sweep was aided by its immense commercial success and it managed to have a lot of longevity on the chart. In comparison, 30 is sitting at #127 on the Billboard 200 in its 36th week. The same point in 25's run it was still top 10.
Granted 30 is her most critically acclaim album so far and did have immense commercial success in a small time frame. I guess it depends on exactly who is nominated and how to vote split occurs. If it's Adele vs mainly Hip-hop/R&B/Rap then she'll win mainly because there will be a bigger vote split between those acts vs Adele. For instance Adele vs Kendrick vs Beyonce vs The Weeknd vs Drake vs Future.
It works the other way too if it's a case of Adele vs Harry Styles vs Ed Sheeran vs Taylor Swift vs Elton John vs Beyonce, Beyonce will likely win as there will likely be a number of votes split from Adele to the others.
Certainly doesn't look like it will be completely predictable which is nice (Watch Adele be nominated for 8+ categories and sweep them all and set a new record for most grammy wins in a night lol).
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Post by Envoirment on Aug 1, 2022 14:30:57 GMT -5
Glad to see "Running Up That Hill" gaining so quickly on radio. Whilst we get an idea with mediabase updates, it's nice to see it's gaining fast on the billboard stations (looking at it, it looks like it's gaining faster than mediabase suggests?). I really do hope airplay can give it a week at #1 in a few weeks time.
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Post by Envoirment on Aug 1, 2022 12:33:16 GMT -5
Reaches a new peak of #73 in the UK charts (was #74 last week). Going to be a massive hit here once radio start to play it/music video is released/it starts getting proper playlisting!
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Post by Envoirment on Aug 1, 2022 12:30:04 GMT -5
So now that the album is out and we know it's part one of three, I wonder what the gameplan is. Are they gonna work this for awhile? Or is she gonna be dropping part two in a couple of months. What's Beyoncé up to? I hope they release them yearly (Act II Summer 2023, Act III Summer 2024), giving each album a good amount of time to be promoted and have multiple singles.
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Post by Envoirment on Jul 31, 2022 9:41:20 GMT -5
The numbers are really good. I'm sure it's going to have quite a bit of longevity too - especially with the delayed release of visuals/music videos for the project.
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Post by Envoirment on Jul 31, 2022 9:25:20 GMT -5
Good hold for "Break My Soul" on spotify. I hope its Apple Music numbers are big. If it manages another couple days above 1 million on spotify I think it will have the #1 on the Hot 100.
I don't know if she will have any other songs in the Top 10 on the Hot 100 though. Will depend how quick streams for the other songs fall over the next few days/how big the Apple music numbers are.
What's Beyoncé's song with most weeks in the top 10? I think "Break My Soul" could beat that with how well it's doing in airplay, the album streaming boost (likely lasting a few weeks) and the delayed music video release will likely give it another boost soon.
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Post by Envoirment on Jul 30, 2022 18:20:04 GMT -5
I hope that the reason they are taking so long with the next re-release is due to building up of vinyls etc ready for release in Q4. I hope we get 1989 (Taylor's Version) with a big lead single and massive sales over the Christmas period. I can imagine her outdoing Red with a 700-800k opening week. They should make it a mini-era of its own with how well the Red (Taylor's Version) has done and continues to do.
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Post by Envoirment on Jul 30, 2022 12:39:51 GMT -5
Happy to see "Break My Soul" has a good chance at #1 this week - I hope it doesn't have too big of a drop as the week goes on. It's a shame she didn't release the video it along with the album, as I'm sure it would've cemented the song going to #1!
Kate Bush looks like she might have a good chance of getting to #1 in the next few weeks given that Harry appears to be decreasing in points quicker than Kate currently. Not to mention her airplay continues to gain at a good pace.
It would be amazing if we had Lizzo, Beyoncé and Kate Bush holding the #1 on the Hot 100 for the next 6-8 weeks. I expect "Break My Soul" to have a shot at #1 again in the future when the music video is released if it drops off quite a bit next week. I feel they may release it when the airplay is close to peaking.
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Post by Envoirment on Jul 29, 2022 13:33:50 GMT -5
Another great track. Her album is gearing up to be amazing!
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Post by Envoirment on Jul 29, 2022 8:13:33 GMT -5
I'm quite disappointed with the album :( "Break My Soul" is the best track although I do like "Cozy", "Cuff It" & "Virgo's Groove".
Maybe the rest of the album will grow on me with a couple more listens.
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Post by Envoirment on Jul 28, 2022 13:04:12 GMT -5
I hope this becomes a big sleeper hit in like January 2023.
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Post by Envoirment on Jul 28, 2022 13:01:25 GMT -5
I wonder how high "Running Up That Hill" can go? It looks like it's going to peak at about the same time on Pop/HAC/AC radio. If it goes to #1 on all those formats, it has a good 30-40 million potential AI to gain. She may even get to #1 and pass Lizzo and Harry as they should have fallen a bit by the time Kate peaks.
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Post by Envoirment on Jul 27, 2022 10:58:50 GMT -5
I hope this gets massive radio updates out the gate and speeds its way into the top 10 on Pop radio.
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Post by Envoirment on Jul 26, 2022 14:11:08 GMT -5
The VMAs are happening at the end of August and "Easy On Me" is nominated. Is it wishful thinking of me that she might perform/debut the video for "I Drink Wine" then and push it as a single? Not too disimilar to how they pushed "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" with the video premiering at the BBMAs.
I do hope we get the album promo running again soon in some form. I feel that she has much less of a chance of a Grammys sweep the longer this period of quiet continues on for.
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Post by Envoirment on Jul 26, 2022 13:46:52 GMT -5
I am not here for the "Happier Than Ever" slander. It has over 960 million streams on spotify combined and is still top 100 globally and doing over 1 million streams a day on spotify alone. It's well on its way to becoming one of her most streamed songs (in fact I believe it's already her 5th most streamed song when combining both versions on spotify). Its longevity has been amazing and it's going to continue racking up lots of streams and certifications for years to come.
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Post by Envoirment on Jul 25, 2022 14:46:44 GMT -5
Lizzo #1 and Kate Bush finally getting a new peak at #3! A good week :)
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Post by Envoirment on Jul 25, 2022 12:22:41 GMT -5
Video for "How Do I Make You Love Me?"
Glad to see them still trying to promote the album in some ways.
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Post by Envoirment on Jul 25, 2022 12:21:41 GMT -5
Nice to see them still pushing/promoting songs from the album. Hopefully the video helps give the residual streams of the album a boost a bit. It's one of my favourites off the album too. Maybe they will try to push it as a single?
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Post by Envoirment on Jul 25, 2022 12:15:49 GMT -5
Some good moments in the video. Also Post looks so cute!
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