Madonna - "Living For Love"

[Wolfy]

Feb 28, 2015 10:22:02 GMT -5 divasummer said:

Is Madonna really num #16 in the UK?
I thought she was huge through out Europe?

It's been underperforming worldwide:

Living For Love
#17 United Kingdom
#19 Ireland
#26 Brazil
#27 Taiwan
#35 Argentina
#35 Italy
#35 Macau
#40 Israel
#40 Spain
#42 Ecuador
#42 Poland
#44 Portugal
#48 Bulgaria
#52 Czech Republic
#55 Belize
#56 Lebanon
#58 Lithuania
#60 Finland
#61 Germany
#68 Peru
#70 France
#70 Ukraine
#71 Mexico
#74 Malta
#76 Jordan
#79 Austria
#87 Hong Kong
#88 Turkey
#95 Malaysia
#103 Luxembourg
#103 Switzerland
#109 United Arab Emirates
#124 Belgium
#126 Norway
#128 Egypt
#132 Thailand
#140 Singapore
#155 Slovakia
#167 Saudi Arabia
#169 Australia
#170 Russia
#172 Venezuela
#180 Paraguay
#190 Belarus
#191 United Kingdom
#196 Latvia
#197 Denmark
#199 Qatar
#1074 United States

[HoldTight]

Feb 28, 2015 11:34:59 GMT -5 skizzo said:

Radio 1 were bumming her not long ago, why the sudden backlash?

They stopped playing after "Celebration."

[howardessex]

Feb 28, 2015 9:34:37 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

So, after the first seven-day push out of the picture, and after most big stations (mostly iHeart) didn't continue playing it thereafter, it had 691 spins in the last week- could be a lot worse (look where it was at before the push). The rolling total is still being measured against that big week, but with each day, those days will drop out of the LW numbers.

howard- the Ross program airs Saturday, the 14th, so it probably won't have a big impact for that particular week. Currently at 16 on UK iTunes (with the standalone at 193).

Yep, just watched J Ross show and NO Madonna , but we had Kanye West singing another one of his c**p songs .
She had recorded the interview after the Brits assumed it would be shown tonight , how odd ?? . 

[botoxic]

A few iHeart stations continued to spin through last Saturday and Sunday, so I expect the next two updates to reflect spin losses, but much less severe. When all the dust has settled, by my count LFL will be spinning on around 50 stations and should stabilize near 600 spins.

I don't think the label is going to push this anymore, so major regrowth appears unlikely at this point.

Feb 25, 2015 15:31:41 GMT -5 Libra said:

Feb 25, 2015 12:36:52 GMT -5 botoxic said:

It is on a good number of small market indicator stations and is starting to pick up a lot of the medium market stations on the pop panel as well.

This week's BDS chart report would suggest otherwise; it still hasn't cracked the Indicator Top 40. Wasn't among the most added songs of the week, either.

Reports indicate a good number of small-market stations are spinning LFL regularly:

KAZX Four Corners
KCDD Abilene
KKBR Billings
KKDG Durango
KKOY Chanute
KMGJ Grand Junction
KQID Alexandria
KQKY Kearney
KTXY Columbia
KUUL Quad Cities
KZIA Cedar Rapids
WAZO Wilmington
WBIZ Eau Claire
WCIR Beckley
WDAY Fargo
WEOW Key West
WJYY Concord
WNUZ Greencastle
WPVL Dubuque
WQGN New London
WQKX Sunbury
WQZX Cumberland
WSKS Utica-Rome
WSOY Decatur
WTOK San Juan
WVAQ Morgantown
WXZO Burlington
WYSX Ogdensburg
WZNS Fort Walton Beach

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks, botox- don't forget WBHT in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, pa. ;)

Wolfy, it's currently 275 on U.S. iTunes, not 1,075. (it had dropped to the 600s mid-week).

I do wonder how much impact album-release week will have on streaming. When MDNA was released, both GMAYL and GGW ranked among the top 100 On-Demand Songs.

[seaguy27]

When will early predictions of first week album sales come out?

[Wolfy]

Feb 28, 2015 20:33:08 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Wolfy, it's currently 275 on U.S. iTunes, not 1,075. (it had dropped to the 600s mid-week).

You're right, are there two versions of LFL charting in the U.S.? I'm pretty sure I saw it at 1075. I either confused it with another RH song, or two versions are charting. Two versions are charting in the UK. I'm guessing in the US also.

[chartfreak]

Official music video has finally hit 6 million views. :)

[Deleted]

The ONLY thing that can save this era is if somehow magically the album debuts with over 500,000 copies sold in the first week. If she has a huge Drake/Beyonce like interest in the first week then radio and people will be back on board. Don't underestimate the power of her old mature audience going out and buying the CD the week it comes out, plus months of pre-orders. I hope it can reach those high numbers.

[jumpb4uthink]

This era is already slaying.

[cause_for_celebration]

Mar 1, 2015 8:01:12 GMT -5 ephelia said:

The ONLY thing that can save this era is if somehow magically the album debuts with over 500,000 copies sold in the first week. If she has a huge Drake/Beyonce like interest in the first week then radio and people will be back on board. Don't underestimate the power of her old mature audience going out and buying the CD the week it comes out, plus months of pre-orders. I hope it can reach those high numbers.

Lol well theres a 0% chance of that occurring, so so much for that!

[HolidayGuy]

The large daily declines have ceased.

Top 40
34 46 MADONNA Living For Love 655 1447 -792 1.952

-36 Spins
+15 Bullet
-0.362 Audience

Wolfy- unlike the UK, there is no standalone for LFL. When the remixes were released, a few charted in the top 1,500 for a time, but that wqas only in their first few days.

Quick-Cut Airplay
2.22m (-0.367m)

[pnobelysk]

She doesn't need to debut with 500k for success . With the way album sales are nowadays , a total of 375kish wouldn't be bad for her . She isn't always going to get gold albums , and many artists would love 300k+ total

[badrobot]

I think it's unlikely, but given that BB has a lot of madonna fans, I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to make all the Brit "madonna falls" videos count for streaming to just get her a week on.

[Deleted]

I'm not saying it will happen or it wont what I'm saying is that if there's a surprising huge amount sold in the first week it will make the industry heads take a second look at the album and era and it will spark interest into keeping it going longer...if they smell money...

However, if it debuts 70,000-100,000 the era will be D.O.A. 

[Juan Carlos]

Debuts at #26 in the UK, becoming her 71st Top 40 there.

[HoldTight]

Mar 1, 2015 11:18:48 GMT -5 ephelia said:

I'm not saying it will happen or it wont what I'm saying is that if there's a surprising huge amount sold in the first week it will make the industry heads take a second look at the album and era and it will spark interest into keeping it going longer...if they smell money...

However, if it debuts 70,000-100,000 the era will be D.O.A. 

The album had already sold 60,000 iTunes preorders over a month ago.

[HolidayGuy]

br- lots of videos of the fall indeed have the LFL audio. But, I can't see how Billboard would obtain info on the stuff not categorized as "Music," unless it specifically requested it from YouTube (and other outlets).

[badrobot]

Mar 1, 2015 12:16:42 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

br- lots of videos of the fall indeed have the LFL audio. But, I can't see how Billboard would obtain info on the stuff not categorized as "Music," unless it specifically requested it from YouTube (and other outlets).

I do think it's unlikely, but I would imagine it's not a major technical challenge if they were able to get streaming numbers for the thousands of Harlem Shake videos out there.

[parkerricky]

Madonna had better think of something Kelly Clarkson is having an album release party



that will be streamed across iheart radio stations Monday for her Album due Tuesday.



If Madonna doesn't do anything Kelly will have a number 1 Album 2 weeks straight! :ohmy:

[HolidayGuy]

^How so? Clarkson's not expected to debut with HUGE numbers, and second-week declines usually are 70% or more (even with streaming and TEA in the mix).

br- I inquired about it. Whether I get a response or not remains to be seen. :)

[parkerricky]

Mar 1, 2015 12:30:01 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

^How so? Clarkson's not expected to debut with HUGE numbers, and second-week declines usually are 70% or more (even with streaming and TEA in the mix).

br- I inquired about it. Whether I get a response or not remains to be seen. :)

I am truly guessing!! I have seen her in interviews and promotions. This morning she did an interview

on CBS highly rated 'Sunday Morning Show' plus there was multiple commercials that aired during the show.

It is truly about promotion,she may surprise everyone and do better than expected.

That wouldn't be a total shock she is hardly an unknown commodity!

Madonna needs her own album release party,tv commercials,the whole gambit,right about NOW! 

[HolidayGuy]

^If Clarkson's album opens with 150K, that would be quite solid. Looking at how her last few albums have opened, and that the first single isn't huge, her album's not likely to sell 250K or more in its first week.

In any event, take a sedative and just enjoy the music. :)

[howardessex]

Mar 1, 2015 12:08:03 GMT -5 Juan Carlos said:

Debuts at #26 in the UK, becoming her 71st Top 40 there.

Disappointing , after being at  # 2 on I tunes . Have they counted the two remix versions that are  also charting on I tunes ? .

[HolidayGuy]

^It became available sometime on Wednesday, so it wasn't a full week. But, the single's seen disappointing results in most markets, with the UK placement probably being one of its highest rankings. The handling of the release hasn't helped, either.

Madonna posted an image of her from the Brits (just as she's ready to fall back), on a board, with the text "I believe I can fly." Love the sense of humor.

[Juan Carlos]

Mar 1, 2015 13:49:24 GMT -5 howardessex said:

Mar 1, 2015 12:08:03 GMT -5 Juan Carlos said:

:tweet from the Official charts:

Debuts at #26 in the UK, becoming her 71st Top 40 there.

Disappointing , after being at  # 2 on I tunes . Have they counted the two remix versions that are  also charting on I tunes ? .

I don't think so (re: disappointing). I mean, the track was available for only four days in the UK, as HolidayGuy mentioned, and a Top 40 peak there was expected.

However, I thought this was mentioned before, but the fact that it reached at #2 with the version included on Rebel Heart on iTunes wasn't a guarantee that this was going to reach the Top 20 or, even, the Top 10 on the Official Singles Chart. As far as I know, instant grats aren't eligible for the singles charts, unless you purchase the song by itself there. The suddenly jump from the track on Wednesday before the performance was because the song was added on the pre-order and it wasn't because people were purchasing the track by itself. However, the reason why it stayed until Friday or Satuday (I don't know which day exactly) in the Top 10 was because either people were buying the track or people were pre-ordering the album. As a consequence, if you bought "Living for Love" from the album version (spending the £0.99), it benefitted the track, but if you pre-ordered the album and you got instantly the track, it benefitted the album instead.

In this case, the best scenario was people buying the standalone release instead, but I think it didn't do too much besides breaking into the Top 100 on iTunes. By the way, all the remixes are counted too.

[skizzo]

Can we just move on to "Ghosttown" now?

[Deleted]

Hey, I'm delighted with#26! Wish she had that in the US!

[Snowbeast]

Mar 1, 2015 16:25:22 GMT -5 skizzo said:

Can we just move on to "Ghosttown" Devil Pray now? Then Ghosttown as 3rd single.

[Deleted]

Ghosttown is radio-friendly, though. D-Pray is not....