iTunes Thread

[Dylan :)]

This is an odd question but I'm not sure where else to ask. Is anyone able to find Goodbye by Who Is Fancy on iTunes? I just searched it to buy it but the only song from Who Is Fancy that is coming up is Boys Like You. Goodbye only comes up in the album Pride Jams, which would be fine but it is only available if you buy the whole album too and I'm not paying €8.99 for a whole album just for one song I care about

[rimetm]

itunes.apple.com/us/album/goodbye-single/id962854261?app=itunes&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

I'm not sure whether it works in other countries, but the single appears to still be up in the US.

[Dylan :)]

Aug 26, 2017 17:22:27 GMT -5 rimetm said:

itunes.apple.com/us/album/goodbye-single/id962854261?app=itunes&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

I'm not sure whether it works in other countries, but the single appears to still be up in the US.

When I click that, it only gives me the option to listen to it on Apple Music (which I don't have). Oh well :/ Thank you for helping me, anyway :)

[areyoureadytojump]

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Sunday, August 27

1. Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do
2. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee - Despacito (feat. Justin Bieber) [Remix] $
3. Liam Payne - Strip That Down (feat. Quavo) $
4. Niall Horan - Slow Hands $
5. Charlie Puth - Attention $
6. Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still
7. Demi Lovato - Tell Me You Love Me
8. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back $
9. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry $
10. Imagine Dragons - Believer

[forg]

Thunder has entered top 10, it's discounted

Pink's What ABout Us is rising again after VMAs

[forg]

1-800-273-8255 had the best VMA boost, #4 now

[fhas]

Aug 28, 2017 0:19:24 GMT -5 forg said:

1-800-273-8255 had the best VMA boost, #4 now

I don't know in what planet I was that I'd never heard that song. It's really good and deserves the boost.

[areyoureadytojump]

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Monday, August 28

1. Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do
2. Logic - 1-800-273-8255 (feat. Alessia Cara & Khalid) $
3. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee - Despacito (feat. Justin Bieber) [Remix] $
4. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry $
5. Liam Payne - Strip That Down (feat. Quavo) $
6. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back $
7. Niall Horan - Slow Hands $
8. Charlie Puth - Attention $
9. P!nk - What About Us
10. Imagine Dragons - Thunder $

[ry4n]

So I guess the key to going top 10 on iTunes in 2017 is to discount (8/10 are discounted)

[kacpe3]

Could 1-800-273-8255 become a hit after all that waiting outside top 40?

[areyoureadytojump]

Aug 28, 2017 10:02:33 GMT -5 ry4n said:

So I guess the key to going top 10 on iTunes in 2017 is to discount (8/10 are discounted)

They should lower the price of all songs to 99 cents then then they could do away with discounts?

[Au$tin]

Aug 28, 2017 11:07:18 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Aug 28, 2017 10:02:33 GMT -5 ry4n said:

So I guess the key to going top 10 on iTunes in 2017 is to discount (8/10 are discounted)

They should lower the price of all songs to 99 cents then then they could do away with discounts?

Nah. It wouldn't do the same thing. People need to feel like they're getting a great deal in order for a sale to work. If it's always that way, then people lose interest.

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

It feels like "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back", "Attention" and "Slow Hands" are discounted since 2003.

[forg]

Aug 28, 2017 6:53:07 GMT -5 fhas said:

Aug 28, 2017 0:19:24 GMT -5 forg said:

1-800-273-8255 had the best VMA boost, #4 now

I don't know in what planet I was that I'd never heard that song. It's really good and deserves the boost.

I've been seeing that song on Spotify but I dismissed it because of the title (I'm not from the US so I didn't know it was the suicide hotline) and it was really the VMA performance that introduced me to the song, really lovely. I hope it becomes a smash hit

[forg]

1-800-273-8255 is now #2! Sorry Not Sorry #4 and What About Us #5. VMA

[rainie]

Young Dumb and Broke is also at #19...was it performed at the VMAs or has it always sold this well and I'm just blind?

[singingrulebritannia]

Aug 28, 2017 22:18:49 GMT -5 rainie said:

Young Dumb and Broke is also at #19...was it performed at the VMAs or has it always sold this well and I'm just blind?

Khalid was a pre-show performer and won Best New Artist

[areyoureadytojump]

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Tuesday, August 29

1. Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do
2. Logic - 1-800-273-8255 (feat. Alessia Cara & Khalid) $
3. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee - Despacito (feat. Justin Bieber) [Remix] $
4. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry $
5. P!nk - What About Us
6. Liam Payne - Strip That Down (feat. Quavo) $
7. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back $
8. Niall Horan - Slow Hands $
9. Imagine Dragons - Thunder $
10. Charlie Puth - Attention $

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Wednesday, August 30

1. Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do
2. Logic - 1-800-273-8255 (feat. Alessia Cara & Khalid) $
3. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee - Despacito (feat. Justin Bieber) [Remix] $
4. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry $
5. P!nk - What About Us
6. Liam Payne - Strip That Down (feat. Quavo) $
7. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back $
8. Niall Horan - Slow Hands $
9. Imagine Dragons - Thunder $
10. Charlie Puth - Attention $

No change from yesterday...

[rainie]

Woah, thought 1-800 would be free falling within a day or two of the performance but it's actually holding very well on iTunes, and with streaming being solid this appears to be headed top 10 on the H100. Didn't see that coming O.o

[atg]

Aug 30, 2017 21:10:30 GMT -5 rainie said:

Woah, thought 1-800 would be free falling within a day or two of the performance but it's actually holding very well on iTunes, and with streaming being solid this appears to be headed top 10 on the H100. Didn't see that coming O.o

Well it's a message to prevent suicide and also it's got 3 upcoming mainstream artists on it

[rainie]

Aug 30, 2017 23:17:32 GMT -5 atg said:

Aug 30, 2017 21:10:30 GMT -5 rainie said:

Woah, thought 1-800 would be free falling within a day or two of the performance but it's actually holding very well on iTunes, and with streaming being solid this appears to be headed top 10 on the H100. Didn't see that coming O.o

Well it's a message to prevent suicide and also it's got 3 upcoming mainstream artists on it

Don't get me wrong I think it's a great, meaningful song, but sales weren't great before the performance and I didn't think it would connect with the GP the way it has.

[Au$tin]

Aug 30, 2017 23:46:18 GMT -5 rainie said:

Aug 30, 2017 23:17:32 GMT -5 atg said:

Well it's a message to prevent suicide and also it's got 3 upcoming mainstream artists on it

Don't get me wrong I think it's a great, meaningful song, but sales weren't great before the performance and I didn't think it would connect with the GP the way it has.

The performance was beautifully crafted to really connect the message with the audience. It really felt like a moment.

[Deleted]

Who got started with the discounts? I started noticing this last year with songs like IHUILU and Gold but that must have been done before that

[Dylan :)]

I remember Should've Been Us been discounted for quite a while in 2015. I think it was around then that a member on here (I think rimetm) started compiling a list of discounted songs

[rimetm]

There were extended length discounts at least as far back as 2014; I recall that being the core tenet of Really Don't Care's single promo, happening both at the same time as the radio push and music video launch and lasting a good 2-3 months.

2016 was the year it really began to go into overload, with a rotation of songs being on discount for half of the year, including:

-Hymn for the Weekend
-Gold
-I hate u, I love u
-Hide Away
-Sit Still, Look Pretty
-Never Be Like You
-Broccoli
-Unsteady

In a lot of these cases, the discount being applied got each song the momentum it needed for radio to take to it and the discounts sustained all the way to their peaks.

2016 was also the start of the jockey for #1/top 10 strategy, with songs like these strategically going on discount at just the right time to land that killer week:

-Cheap Thrills
-Starboy
-Side to Side (Ariana put all of her post-album singles on discount once they got their radio push, did anyone else notice that?)
-Let Me Love You (aimed for a peak after staggering in the top 20, then kinda played the long game)

We've seen both strategies at play this year, except now we've gone from nobodies who became somebody (Daya, Kiiara) to also A/B-tier major acts doing the extended strategy (Shawn Mendes, Charlie Puth, Liam Payne, Niall Horan) and the jockeyers being dominant acts looking to secure longevity in the top 10 zone (Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee, Taylor Swift/Zayn, Kendrick Lamar) with the occasional exception like Million Reasons, whose peak jockey depended on its performance and discount coinciding.

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Thursday, August 31

1. Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do
2. Logic - 1-800-273-8255 $
3. Maroon 5 - What Lovers Do
4. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee, Bieber - Despacito $
5. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry $
6. Liam Payne - Strip That Down $
7. P!nk - What About Us
8. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back $
9. Niall Horan - Slow Hands $
10. Imagine Dragons - Thunder $

[areyoureadytojump]

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Friday, September 1

1. Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do
2. Logic - 1-800-273-8255 $
3. Maroon 5 - What Lovers Do
4. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee, Bieber - Despacito $
5. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry $
6. Liam Payne - Strip That Down $
7. Niall Horan - Slow Hands $
8. Imagine Dragons - Thunder $
9. P!nk - What About Us
10. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back

[Choco]

Bye bye There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (got the discount removed).

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

I thought There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back would be forever discounted.