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Post by Glove Slap on Apr 23, 2018 8:42:00 GMT -5
This is actually getting better updates at this point than DW did. That one started getting 500+ and 600+ updates in the last three days of the first week.
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Post by Az Paynter on Apr 23, 2018 8:48:44 GMT -5
The updates are fine; about what can be expected from a well-received release with hype. I'd have liked to see something closer to LWYMMD/CSTF levels, but those aren't the norm for first-weekers.
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Post by deepston on Apr 23, 2018 10:02:36 GMT -5
The streams for this are incredible though!
Spotify Global: #2 (+1) (4.725m, only 300k behind Drake) Spotify US: #9 (+2) (1.4m)
This will probably debut at #3 on Billboard Hot 100.
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Post by kcdawg13 on Apr 23, 2018 10:10:38 GMT -5
The streams for this are incredible though! Spotify Global: #2 (+1) (4.725m, only 300k behind Drake) Spotify US: #9 (+2) (1.4m) This will probably debut at #3 on Billboard Hot 100. That's what I'm thinking too, I just hope it doesn't have a huge drop second week.
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Post by Choco on Apr 23, 2018 10:13:27 GMT -5
I think the radio updates are fine.
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Post by KeepDeanWeird on Apr 23, 2018 10:58:08 GMT -5
You can buy the song on her website for $0.69 an unlimited amount of times. I am not sure what Billboard’s rules are for it but I have seen fans on Twitter by it ten times in one purchase, as well as making multiple purchases. I hope she can cross 100,000! I'm getting Lamb 'deja vu!' They should be streaming it 24/7 instead of wasting their coin or at least saving it for the album release.
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Post by gbaby on Apr 23, 2018 11:11:06 GMT -5
I like this fine, but it sounds like something that would've been left off of her "Dangerous Woman" album - and that's not necessarily a compliment.
I couldn't understand half of what she was saying, so I made myself look up the lyrics. They don't really make much sense to me.
Her most confusing release, imo.
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Apr 23, 2018 11:18:39 GMT -5
You can buy the song on her website for $0.69 an unlimited amount of times. I am not sure what Billboard’s rules are for it but I have seen fans on Twitter by it ten times in one purchase, as well as making multiple purchases. I hope she can cross 100,000! I hope all the chart tracking sites choose not to count any purchases by those chart spammers!!
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Post by kcdawg13 on Apr 23, 2018 13:03:58 GMT -5
^ Billboard probably won’t count it, they didn’t count Rihanna’s one million albums bought by Samsung.
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Post by Taylor. on Apr 23, 2018 13:05:21 GMT -5
^ Billboard probably won’t count it, they didn’t count Rihanna’s one million albums bought by Samsung. That's a bit different than fans buying multiple copies of a song.
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Post by kcdawg13 on Apr 23, 2018 13:07:40 GMT -5
It’s still chart manipulation though, right? Isn’t there some rule against that?
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Post by Taylor. on Apr 23, 2018 13:21:28 GMT -5
No more so than fans buying multiple copies of an album, which Billboard counts.
It's not like they're advertising it, I doubt that many people are buying multiple copies.
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Post by Exclusive on Apr 23, 2018 13:31:37 GMT -5
It’s still chart manipulation though, right? Isn’t there some rule against that? I wouldn't go as far as to say chart manipulation, but a way to inflate sales. Billboard didn't count the one million sales for "Anti" but the RIAA did.
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Post by NeRD on Apr 23, 2018 13:35:33 GMT -5
Skinny streaming queen :’( #3 debut would be on par with Problem! Still at her peak 4 years later. That's an interesting and very optimistic way of looking at it!
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Post by NeRD on Apr 23, 2018 13:37:48 GMT -5
From what I understand for singles, Billboard only counts purchases made from different accounts, and for albums, they have to be separate transactions, but may be from the same purchaser. Can someone confirm this?
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Post by Dylan :) on Apr 23, 2018 14:59:55 GMT -5
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Post by Dylan :) on Apr 23, 2018 15:15:28 GMT -5
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Post by Dylan :) on Apr 23, 2018 17:22:58 GMT -5
36 million views on YouTube :) I wonder what it will finish at for the week. 50 million?
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Post by deepston on Apr 23, 2018 17:28:18 GMT -5
Already my most played song of the year!
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Post by kcdawg13 on Apr 23, 2018 18:50:41 GMT -5
Really cool video, I hope she gets a VOTY nomination at this years VMAs because this is one of her first videos that I think really deserves it.
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Post by ilikemusic on Apr 23, 2018 19:13:30 GMT -5
Ariana can compete with Mariah vocally imo :kii: Maybe if we were to compare both of their vocal states now, but come on, prime Mariah obliterates Ariana. It’s like saying Beyonce’s a better vocalist than Whitney Houston. Both are good, but one is not like the other. Mariah had more resonance, proper enunciation, and actual support in her low and mid range whereas Ariana is noticeably weak in all of those areas.
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Post by Glove Slap on Apr 23, 2018 20:45:32 GMT -5
#2 UK Midweeks with less than 1k separating this and One Kiss. This doesn't include Spotify and AM for Sunday though, both of which favor OK, which has also gone back to #1 on iTunes.
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Post by Bwol on Apr 23, 2018 21:50:53 GMT -5
What lol I can enjoy the voices that I enjoy. Imo means imo.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Apr 24, 2018 0:38:56 GMT -5
I love that both Dua Lipa and Ariana Grande release great singles within a few weeks of each other and this is when their fanbases have mixed reactions
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Post by Az Paynter on Apr 24, 2018 7:58:36 GMT -5
POP: -- 29 ARIANA GRANDE No Tears Left To Cry 2823 0 2823 24.583
+458 Spins +458 Bullet +3.571 Audience
HOT AC: -- 45 ARIANA GRANDE No Tears Left To Cry 178 0 178 1.352
+40 Spins +40 Bullet +0.265 Audience
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Post by Normi on Apr 24, 2018 8:01:56 GMT -5
Slayage Also its 3rd day on Spotify was somehow more successful than its first
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Post by Fat Ass Kelly Price on Apr 24, 2018 9:23:25 GMT -5
What lol I can enjoy the voices that I enjoy. Imo means imo. Next time say “I prefer Ariana’s voice over Mariah’s”. That’s subjective. That’s an opinion. Slapping “imo” onto something doesn’t make your statement one grounded in subjectivity. For example, saying “The moon is hollow imo”. There are objective metrics to singing and assessing vocal ability, which is why people responded the way they did to your post. Just letting you know for future reference.
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Post by leonagwen on Apr 24, 2018 9:37:56 GMT -5
Ariana can compete with Mariah vocally imo :kii: Maybe if we were to compare both of their vocal states now, but come on, prime Mariah obliterates Ariana. It’s like saying Beyonce’s a better vocalist than Whitney Houston. Both are good, but one is not like the other. Mariah had more resonance, proper enunciation, and actual support in her low and mid range whereas Ariana is noticeably weak in all of those areas. Ariana is better than most female vocalists today.Obviously Whitney and Mariah in their primes were the best of all time but in 2018 Ariana is at least in the top 5 for todays female vocalists.
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Post by Oprah on Apr 24, 2018 9:51:03 GMT -5
If I were her management I'd be very pleased that she's doing so well on streaming. Bodes well for the future given where the industry is heading.
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Post by Fat Ass Kelly Price on Apr 24, 2018 9:51:51 GMT -5
Maybe if we were to compare both of their vocal states now, but come on, prime Mariah obliterates Ariana. It’s like saying Beyonce’s a better vocalist than Whitney Houston. Both are good, but one is not like the other. Mariah had more resonance, proper enunciation, and actual support in her low and mid range whereas Ariana is noticeably weak in all of those areas. Ariana is better than most female vocalists today.Obviously Whitney and Mariah in their primes were the best of all time but in 2018 Ariana is at least in the top 5 for todays female vocalists. How does that address anything he stated in his post? She’s top five in young popular female vocalists. The standards are quite lowered today.
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