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Post by 85la on Oct 30, 2015 17:34:06 GMT -5
True, and mistakes can be made and can happen to anyone. PRISM could've been much bigger had other decisions been made. What if ADELE releases her Unconditionally next instead of a more sure-fire one? I'm not that sure of that. People blame Unconditionally, but the truth is Unconditionally was only a mistake because people wanted Black Horse. If they would release Black Horse as second single, probably (at least it's what i think) would do better, anyway, Unconditionally did better than Birthday and This is how we do. Big big eras are difficult to follow, Prism sold well (and Katy is not that big on albums). Match 21 is almost impossible, anyway Adele has an advantage, if think go well, i'm pretty sure she'll promote this album better. She spent a lot of time without releasing a video for Someone like you, and never took the effort to make one for Set fire to the rain. 21 had more legs, Turning tables would be a top 10 hit (or at least top 20 hit) for sure, and there were a good bunch of songs of that album that could keep it selling for a good while. Of course she didn't need the effort, because the album continued selling even with her retired from the spotlight. It will be very difficult to match or even get close to that, but she started on a great note. Now it seems impossible, but if Hello failed we could be talking about something very different right now, and it's not that difficult to fail the shot It's difficult with artists coming off of mega-selling albums that are beyond phenomenons, like Thriller and 21, as most likely the follow-ups are going to come up short. When you have an album that sells more than twice as much as even the second best seller from the same year, you are not going to replicate that. Just looking at how the follow ups to monster albums did by themselves, like Bad and Born this Way, they were very big hits, both being among the top 3 sellers of their release years and producing multiple ton ten hits. It's just because they didn't do nearly as well as their predecessors, which come like once in only 5-10 years, they were sort of seen as failures. |
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Oct 30, 2015 17:35:23 GMT -5
Focus' video honestly is one of the best I've ever seen but that chorus though.....someone should be fired for that. Am I the only one that thinks the chorus sounds good and cute? It's just much higher-pitched than Problem and that's actually a blast and a great plus imo Focus sounds MUCH BETTER than Problem, and its music video is enough to stand out among everything released this year: Bad Blood, Hotline Bling & Focus are the trio of best vids of the year imo. |
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Post by felipe on Oct 30, 2015 17:38:44 GMT -5
What is the consensus on the quality of Hello, guys? I've seen a lot of positive comments, but honestly I don't think it holds a candle to Rolling in the deep and Someone like you (but that maybe people are just too excited for Adele's return to mind that).
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Post by brucelover on Oct 30, 2015 17:55:48 GMT -5
They were smart to release the single only a month before, those airplay updates are insane. It will probably peak around album release, and then they can have a second single out by the time 2016 rolls around.
"Hello" is performing overall like "Born This Way" would have performed had it not been an embarassing, horribly-written, career-derailing single (no shade).
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Post by brucelover on Oct 30, 2015 17:57:33 GMT -5
One thing though is that this is Adele's absolute peak. That isn't to say it's all downhill from here, but I think with the absolute hype from post-21 plus the excitement built from this song's instant and massive success, these next few months will be all about Adele until it simmers a bit and she settles into a more regular position as a pop star. There's something about the kickoff of a new era following a monster last era that brings a pop star to extreme highs. Nah, her next lead single will be like this too. The only comparison for her at this point is Michael Jackson, and if "Hello" is her "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (except much better received and more successful), the next lead single will be her "Black or White", which was a huge, instant global #1 too. She is trascending normal pop star status to become a larger than life figure (no shade). |
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Post by Verisimilitude on Oct 30, 2015 18:34:24 GMT -5
Spotify Weekly Top 20 10/24/2015 - 10/30/2015
1 (DEBUT). Hello 15,934,473 - Record Breaker
2 (-1). Hotline Bling 9,288,771 (+1,202,993 from last week)
3 (DEBUT). Sorry 9,263,223
4 (-1). Jumpman 5,605,364 (-66,468)
5 (-1). What Do You Mean? 5,318,933 (+188,961)
6 (-4). The Hills 5,087,757 (-849,065)
7 (=). Stitches 4,262,378 (+392,222)
8 (-3). Can't Feel My Face 4,041,240 (-44,946)
9 (-1). 679 3,783,300 (-22,191)
10 (-1). Same Old Love 3,426,781 (+339,173)
11 (+3). Here 3,326,106 (+593,960)
12 (-2). On My Mind 3,254,944 (+266,107)
13 (-2). Again 3,008,505 (+29,727)
14 (+2). Lean On 2,993,657 (+277,196)
15 (-2). Trap Queen 2,948,445 (-20,696)
16 (+2). White Iverson 2,764,832 (+261,826)
17 (-5). Good For You 2,761,860 (-212,910)
18 (-3). Back To Back 2,679,550 (-47,313)
19 (-2). Locked Away 2,661,199 (+114,995)
20 (-14). Perfect 2,660,337 (-1,287,031)
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21 (-2). Downtown 2,633,538 (+161,434)
22 (-2). Big Rings 2,414,380 (+39,175)
So Hello has 12 million other streams from Apple Music & others, impressive!
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Oct 30, 2015 18:45:23 GMT -5
Someone's prediction of Hello's streaming (30m) is too low!!!
Its on-demand alone rings up 15m and its vid had those lofty 140 million views in one-week period world wide
So all told, I'm calling for at least 50m streams this week (only after Harlem Shake in 2013)
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Oct 30, 2015 18:55:34 GMT -5
They were smart to release the single only a month before, those airplay updates are insane. It will probably peak around album release, and then they can have a second single out by the time 2016 rolls around. "Hello" is performing overall like "Born This Way" would have performed had it not been an embarassing, horribly-written, career-derailing single (no shade). seriously what are you talking about? "Born This Way"'s lyrics is much more meaningful than Adele's cliched lyrics imo. This is not trolling, because I'm not a fan of either of them, all I'm saying is Adele's lyrics is what's really embarrassing ("I'm in California dreaming" "When we're younger and free" "To tell you I'm sorry" "sorry for everything I've done"...) it's a See You Again wannabe but only Adele sounds much less grating than Charlie Puth. Born This Way debuted weaker than Hello, but imo BTW had potential society-transforming resounding impact (at least she tried) while Hello is... uh... just another Adele styled song? |
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Post by felipe on Oct 30, 2015 19:12:46 GMT -5
I have to agree with you that Hello's lyrics are terribly chichéd.
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Post by jenglisbe on Oct 30, 2015 19:43:12 GMT -5
What is the consensus on the quality of Hello, guys? I've seen a lot of positive comments, but honestly I don't think it holds a candle to Rolling in the deep and Someone like you (but that maybe people are just too excited for Adele's return to mind that). I think it was a smart single in that it's the type of song people love and expect from Adele, so it makes sense as a return single (especially with the "Hello, it's me" beginning). She also sounds like she's in great vocal condition on the track, so that's another reminder for people. With that being said, I agree it isn't up to the quality of her best singles. To me the chorus is too much by the end of the song; her belting is great, but I wish there were more dynamics at play because it ends up being too much belting for me. I also think the lyrics are a mixed bag. I like the general idea of the song (especially the 1st verse being about her, and then her acknowledging that in verse 2) and some of the individual lines "I've forgotten how it felt before the world fell before our feet" and "It's so typical of me to talk about myself"), but then other lines are clunky and cliche (the repetitive "They say time's supposed to heal ya but I ain't done much healing" and "that town where nothing happened"). But, really, not being as good as her best singles doesn't mean it isn't good in general. And it's not like the other songs on the charts, so she's still got her own thing going on and is standing out. |
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Post by popstop on Oct 30, 2015 21:00:43 GMT -5
They were smart to release the single only a month before, those airplay updates are insane. It will probably peak around album release, and then they can have a second single out by the time 2016 rolls around. "Hello" is performing overall like "Born This Way" would have performed had it not been an embarassing, horribly-written, career-derailing single (no shade). seriously what are you talking about? "Born This Way"'s lyrics is much more meaningful than Adele's cliched lyrics imo. This is not trolling, because I'm not a fan of either of them, all I'm saying is Adele's lyrics is what's really embarrassing ("I'm in California dreaming" "When we're younger and free" "To tell you I'm sorry" "sorry for everything I've done"...) it's a See You Again wannabe but only Adele sounds much less grating than Charlie Puth. Born This Way debuted weaker than Hello, but imo BTW had potential society-transforming resounding impact (at least she tried) while Hello is... uh... just another Adele styled song? When it comes to lyrics, I love BTW, but I don't think they are Gaga's finest moment - I'd probably give that to "Bad Romance," which has all the subtlety and novelty that BTW lacked. BTW was just as, if not more, cliche in this day and age of selfie pop when you really think about all the empowerment anthems we've had to endure over the years. Listen, my ego is HUGE now that Pink has told me I'm perfect, Katy has told me I'm a firework, Kelly has told me what doesn't kill me makes me stronger, and Meghan has told me I'm perfect from bottom to top (Pinkalready beat you to it, Meghan.). Now I appreciate the gay subtext in Gaga's song, but so many songs out there ask you to embrace and bring forth your inner diva that I wouldn't call her lyrics earth-shattering in any respect. Furthermore, I don't think it was Gaga's song that was society-transforming so much as her ability to back it up with her very vocal support. Lyrics are a bit overrated when it comes to pop anyhow - the point is to sell records after all, so you can't straddle too far over the line of controversy or you risk alienating listeners. There are many elements that allow a pop song to transcend the lyrics. Where Adele's music shines is her delivery. The emotion are so raw in the way she interprets a lyric. She not only has the ability to reach into the soul of the song and translate that for her listener, she has the incredible vocal chops to back that up. |
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Oct 30, 2015 21:32:06 GMT -5
One thing though is that this is Adele's absolute peak. That isn't to say it's all downhill from here, but I think with the absolute hype from post-21 plus the excitement built from this song's instant and massive success, these next few months will be all about Adele until it simmers a bit and she settles into a more regular position as a pop star. There's something about the kickoff of a new era following a monster last era that brings a pop star to extreme highs.
Not so sure
Conventional wisdom suggests that "lightning in a bottle" type albums like "21" and "Thriller" and others happen once per artist. Then after the once in a career album happens, the slide starts.
With Adele, I have learned to set aside conventional wisdom.
Of course it's not wise to blindly base present and future events on the past and it's entirely possible that Adele could see periods in the future where she's even bigger than she is at this moment. The Beatles may be an example of that (though I can't say for certain since I wasn't there). But Adele's stature at this very moment in time is perhaps the biggest I've seen for any one artist in over 20 years. You had events and anticipated albums from Alanis Morissette and Lady Gaga, for example, that had tons of hype but Adele definitely surpasses both. Since you mentioned MJ though, I'm curious to know what the lead-up was like going into Bad after the monster success of Thriller. Was there a ton of hype for that one and if so, what happened afterward? Obviously that album did quite well itself. And then how was Dangerous hyped up prior to its release? |
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Post by erzo01 on Oct 30, 2015 21:34:17 GMT -5
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Post by felipe on Oct 30, 2015 22:08:29 GMT -5
Not so sure
Conventional wisdom suggests that "lightning in a bottle" type albums like "21" and "Thriller" and others happen once per artist. Then after the once in a career album happens, the slide starts.
With Adele, I have learned to set aside conventional wisdom.
Of course it's not wise to blindly base present and future events on the past and it's entirely possible that Adele could see periods in the future where she's even bigger than she is at this moment. The Beatles may be an example of that (though I can't say for certain since I wasn't there). But Adele's stature at this very moment in time is perhaps the biggest I've seen for any one artist in over 20 years. You had events and anticipated albums from Alanis Morissette and Lady Gaga, for example, that had tons of hype but Adele definitely surpasses both. Since you mentioned MJ though, I'm curious to know what the lead-up was like going into Bad after the monster success of Thriller. Was there a ton of hype for that one and if so, what happened afterward? Obviously that album did quite well itself. And then how was Dangerous hyped up prior to its release? Hype for HIStory was quite huge as well, wasn't it? Then again, I was quite young at the time, but that's what I remember. |
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Oct 30, 2015 22:10:28 GMT -5
Hype for HIStory was quite huge as well, wasn't it? Then again, I was quite young at the time, but that's what I remember. There was a TON of promo for it, surpassed probably only by the insane amount of promo for Born This Way, but the album wasn't everywhere and the only singles/hits were Scream, You Are Not Alone and Earth Song, none of which were major hits. |
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Oct 30, 2015 22:14:51 GMT -5
seriously what are you talking about? "Born This Way"'s lyrics is much more meaningful than Adele's cliched lyrics imo. This is not trolling, because I'm not a fan of either of them, all I'm saying is Adele's lyrics is what's really embarrassing ("I'm in California dreaming" "When we're younger and free" "To tell you I'm sorry" "sorry for everything I've done"...) it's a See You Again wannabe but only Adele sounds much less grating than Charlie Puth. Born This Way debuted weaker than Hello, but imo BTW had potential society-transforming resounding impact (at least she tried) while Hello is... uh... just another Adele styled song? When it comes to lyrics, I love BTW, but I don't think they are Gaga's finest moment - I'd probably give that to "Bad Romance," which has all the subtlety and novelty that BTW lacked. BTW was just as, if not more, cliche in this day and age of selfie pop when you really think about all the empowerment anthems we've had to endure over the years. Listen, my ego is HUGE now that Pink has told me I'm perfect, Katy has told me I'm a firework, Kelly has told me what doesn't kill me makes me stronger, and Meghan has told me I'm perfect from bottom to top (Katy already beat you to it, Meghan.). Now I appreciate the gay subtext in Gaga's song, but so many songs out there ask you to embrace and bring forth your inner diva that I wouldn't call her lyrics earth-shattering in any respect. Furthermore, I don't think it was Gaga's song that was society-transforming so much as her ability to back it up with her very vocal support. Lyrics are a bit overrated when it comes to pop anyhow - the point is to sell records after all, so you can't straddle too far over the line of controversy or you risk alienating listeners. There are many elements that allow a pop song to transcend the lyrics. Where Adele's music shines is her delivery. The emotion are so raw in the way she interprets a lyric. She not only has the ability to reach into the soul of the song and translate that for her listener, she has the incredible vocal chops to back that up. Perhaps Born This Way just can relate to me more than Kelly Clarkson or Meghan Trainor. Anyway, I agree the different ways lyrics can shine, and that's why Hello still sounds much better than See You Again (haha I'm just a big hater of this song!) to me. Adele's vocal indeed can make me warm though I still sniff at some cliched stuff in it.. Speaks of good lyrics this year, imo these songs can win the trophy: Die a Happy Man (intimate and moving), Here (independent and smart), the Hills (twistedly dark and on-point), Style (ostensibly inconsistent but extraordinarily brimmed with trimpuh), Ghost Town (just beautiful and touching..), Take Me to Church (heart-wrenching and painfully attractive), fourfiveseconds (just... beautiful), Elastic Heart (heroic and siren-like), Riptide (poetic and gripped with cult) |
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Post by 85la on Oct 30, 2015 22:33:00 GMT -5
They were smart to release the single only a month before, those airplay updates are insane. It will probably peak around album release, and then they can have a second single out by the time 2016 rolls around. "Hello" is performing overall like "Born This Way" would have performed had it not been an embarassing, horribly-written, career-derailing single (no shade). "an embarrassing, horribly-written, career-derailing single" but "no shade"??? I hope you're being sarcastic! I don't think Born This Way was one of her best, most original songs, nor one of her biggest hits, but it was #1 for 6 freakin weeks, not exactly a career-derailing failure. I also think it had a very joyous, inspiring social message that a lot of people could relate to. And I never completely got the whole Express Yourself ripoff thing. After listening to both closely several times, they did sound similar, but I really had to try to find the similarities. When I first listened to BTW, I wasn't at all like, "whooa, this is totally an Express Yourself ripoff!!" |
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Post by jenglisbe on Oct 30, 2015 22:46:49 GMT -5
Lyrics are a bit overrated when it comes to pop anyhow - the point is to sell records after all, so you can't straddle too far over the line of controversy or you risk alienating listeners. There are many elements that allow a pop song to transcend the lyrics. Where Adele's music shines is her delivery. The emotion are so raw in the way she interprets a lyric. She not only has the ability to reach into the soul of the song and translate that for her listener, she has the incredible vocal chops to back that up. I agree that there are other elements to the writing of a song (melody, chords, general song construction), but that doesn't mean lyrics aren't open to criticism. There are still ways to give a new spin on familiar topics, or more so at least avoid sentences/metaphors that have been used in a lot of songs. I mean, do we really need another song telling us to throw our hands in the air, rhyming zero with hero, saying a couple will go down in history, or comparing a heart to a drum? |
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Post by THINKIN BOUT YOU on Oct 30, 2015 23:57:18 GMT -5
They were smart to release the single only a month before, those airplay updates are insane. It will probably peak around album release, and then they can have a second single out by the time 2016 rolls around. "Hello" is performing overall like "Born This Way" would have performed had it not been an embarassing, horribly-written, career-derailing single (no shade). "an embarrassing, horribly-written, career-derailing single" but "no shade"??? I hope you're being sarcastic! I don't think Born This Way was one of her best, most original songs, nor one of her biggest hits, but it was #1 for 6 freakin weeks, not exactly a career-derailing failure. I also think it had a very joyous, inspiring social message that a lot of people could relate to. And I never completely got the whole Express Yourself ripoff thing. After listening to both closely several times, they did sound similar, but I really had to try to find the similarities. When I first listened to BTW, I wasn't at all like, "whooa, this is totally an Express Yourself ripoff!!" I'm with you, dude!!! |
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Post by Ravi on Oct 31, 2015 1:28:47 GMT -5
Based on Kworb's popbars and some estimations, Friday sales (weekly projection in brackets):
Hello - 140k (800k)
Focus - 35k (150k)
Sorry - 27k (150k)
Hotline Bling - 22k (130k)
Focus didn't set the charts on Fire (it was already set on fire last week and it's still raging :) ). I doubt it debuts in Top-3. And if it doesn't get sufficiently high streaming, it may even miss Top-5.
Preliminary prediction for next week:
1 - Hello - 800 - 80 - 25.0 = 102,500
2 - Hotline Bling - 130 - 140 - 15.0 = 41,500
3 - The Hills - 75 - 135 - 18.0 = 39,700
4 - Focus - 150 - 30 - 18.0 = 35,500
5 - Sorry - 150 - 40 - 15.0 = 33,200
6 - What Do You Mean - 65 - 115 - 14.0 = 32,500
7 - Stitches - 80 - 120 - 11.0 = 31,000
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Post by jjose712 on Oct 31, 2015 6:26:12 GMT -5
What is the consensus on the quality of Hello, guys? I've seen a lot of positive comments, but honestly I don't think it holds a candle to Rolling in the deep and Someone like you (but that maybe people are just too excited for Adele's return to mind that). Well, i never liked Someone like you (in fact i think it's my less favourite Adele's single behind Skyfall). Rolling in the deep is sinply too much (i can't understand why it was not number one on UK). That song changed everything, now it seems difficult to believe but Adele's arriving in the USA wasn't that easy, she was not Sam Smith that only needed one performance to establish himself. 19 sold well, but even with all the awards and fantastic reception to her performances, none of her singles had an impact (not even the amazing Chasing pavements which barely was top 20 on hot ac and didn't impacted on pop). Rolling in the deep changed everything, she suddenly was not only a woman capable to sell a lot of albums (19 did very well despite of radio reception), she was a force of nature, a hit maker and a pop diva. And i doubt any other single could do that for her. Apart of that is an amazing song, so amazing that it sounds great in every cover people make I think Hello is a great ballad with an amazing chorus, we'll see if pass the test of time |
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Post by ry4n on Oct 31, 2015 6:35:52 GMT -5
"Rolling In The Deep" may have been the song to kickstart "Adele-mania" in the US, but I'd say "Someone Like You" was the song to do it in the UK. The latter has outsold the former by a pretty comfortable margin there. The BRIT Awards performance was the the turning point. And RITD peaked at #2 behind "Grenade"; you can't forget just how huge Bruno was during that era.
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Post by jjose712 on Oct 31, 2015 6:59:19 GMT -5
"Rolling In The Deep" may have been the song to kickstart "Adele-mania" in the US, but I'd say "Someone Like You" was the song to do it in the UK. The latter has outsold the former by a pretty comfortable margin there. The BRIT Awards performance was the the turning point. And RITD peaked at #2 behind "Grenade"; you can't forget just how huge Bruno was during that era. I don't think so. In Uk she did pretty well from the beginning, Chasing Pavements was a big hit peaking at two. Maybe at that time she was a little under the shadow of Duffy, who was doing amazingly well on singles and albums, and both were compared a bit for their retro sound (it's simply amazing how Duffy's second album flopped big big time). Someone like you had a big amazing life performance which catapulted the sales and it's her biggest hit on Uk, but by the time it was released 21 was already very very big. In UK, at least till now, she continues to be more focused on albums than singles. She only released three singles from 21 on uk and Set fire to the rain was not even top 10. She didn't release any other single and it didn't matter because the album continued to sell like there's no tomorrow even without the promo of having a song in the radio |
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Post by ry4n on Oct 31, 2015 7:54:20 GMT -5
"Rolling In The Deep" may have been the song to kickstart "Adele-mania" in the US, but I'd say "Someone Like You" was the song to do it in the UK. The latter has outsold the former by a pretty comfortable margin there. The BRIT Awards performance was the the turning point. And RITD peaked at #2 behind "Grenade"; you can't forget just how huge Bruno was during that era. I don't think so. In Uk she did pretty well from the beginning, Chasing Pavements was a big hit peaking at two. Maybe at that time she was a little under the shadow of Duffy, who was doing amazingly well on singles and albums, and both were compared a bit for their retro sound (it's simply amazing how Duffy's second album flopped big big time). Someone like you had a big amazing life performance which catapulted the sales and it's her biggest hit on Uk, but by the time it was released 21 was already very very big. In UK, at least till now, she continues to be more focused on albums than singles. She only released three singles from 21 on uk and Set fire to the rain was not even top 10. She didn't release any other single and it didn't matter because the album continued to sell like there's no tomorrow even without the promo of having a song in the radio What I'm saying is that, while RITD was the song to open doors for Adele in the US, it doesn't have that status in the UK. She broke through with "Chasing Pavements", but SLY turned her into a household name that everyone and their mother talked about. At least, that's the impression I get. And I don't know if I'd say she's strictly an albums artist there either - Skyfall did way better in the UK than it did in the US. And 21 may have had only 3 singles in the UK, but it only had 4 in the US. And post-album singles rarely peak that high there anyway. SFTTR did well for a song with no video, no major promo push that I can remember, and being on an album that already sold a lot by then. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2015 8:44:53 GMT -5
1. I think this is the first time I've ever seen the thread reach page 5 by Saturday (except for maybe that time with zombie)
2. Hello is not only going to break the record set by Right Round nearly 7 years ago for the most weekly digital sales, it may very well sell over a million in a single week.........talk about a highly anticipated return!
3. How foolish of them not to put the Hotline Bling video on Vevo/YouTube the previous week, almost as though Drake was destined to never get his own #1...
4. I hope Hotline Bling stats behind The Hills this week so it won't feel as bad...
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Post by balletgirlmom on Oct 31, 2015 9:20:24 GMT -5
I even heard it on a station that usually only plays urban/r&b/rap music so its sort of crossing over to everywhere now.
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Post by Envoirment on Oct 31, 2015 10:59:44 GMT -5
I don't think so. In Uk she did pretty well from the beginning, Chasing Pavements was a big hit peaking at two. Maybe at that time she was a little under the shadow of Duffy, who was doing amazingly well on singles and albums, and both were compared a bit for their retro sound (it's simply amazing how Duffy's second album flopped big big time). Someone like you had a big amazing life performance which catapulted the sales and it's her biggest hit on Uk, but by the time it was released 21 was already very very big. In UK, at least till now, she continues to be more focused on albums than singles. She only released three singles from 21 on uk and Set fire to the rain was not even top 10. She didn't release any other single and it didn't matter because the album continued to sell like there's no tomorrow even without the promo of having a song in the radio What I'm saying is that, while RITD was the song to open doors for Adele in the US, it doesn't have that status in the UK. She broke through with "Chasing Pavements", but SLY turned her into a household name that everyone and their mother talked about. At least, that's the impression I get. And I don't know if I'd say she's strictly an albums artist there either - Skyfall did way better in the UK than it did in the US. And 21 may have had only 3 singles in the UK, but it only had 4 in the US. And post-album singles rarely peak that high there anyway. SFTTR did well for a song with no video, no major promo push that I can remember, and being on an album that already sold a lot by then. "Someone Like You" didn't make Adele a household name, she was one already. "Make You Feel My Love" became a big hit just before the release of the album (thanks to frequent use on X-factor and was still top 20 when "Rolling In The Deep" went to #2) and then "Rolling In the Deep" was a very big hit in its own right (sold over 1 million copies in the UK). 21 opened with 208k sales in the UK, which was huge and that was a few weeks before her performance on the BRITs. By the time "Someone Like You" was performed on the BRITS, the album had sold ~478k copies in 3 weeks. Adele was already set up for a huge selling album. Not to take away from "Someone Like You" and its amazing success/what it did for the album though. Adele was sort of an album artist up until "Make You Feel My Love"/"Rolling In The Deep". Then she became a single and album seller. If "Set Fire To The Rain" had a video, it would've likely sold a bunch more. It peaked at #11 in the UK but had very good longevity and has sold 700k+ I believe. It may even pass 1 million sales if 25 is huge (which looks to be the case). |
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Post by BlueSwan on Oct 31, 2015 13:56:49 GMT -5
Funnily enough, while Adele obviously has an outstanding voice, the Glee Cast actually made a pretty amazing medley cover of Someone Like You and Rumour Has It. Probably one of the only Glee covers that I really enjoyed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcc6G9fqOeY |
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Post by jenglisbe on Oct 31, 2015 14:28:22 GMT -5
Whether or not she was already known, that Brit Awards performance of "SLY" definitely took her to another level there.
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Post by ry4n on Oct 31, 2015 14:31:25 GMT -5
Whether or not she was already known, that Brit Awards performance of "SLY" definitely took her to another level there. This what I was trying to say; but not in the best words lol. |
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