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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Apr 24, 2018 9:55:24 GMT -5
^ Billboard probably won’t count it, they didn’t count Rihanna’s one million albums bought by Samsung. They didn't count them because they were given away for free to the consumer. Billboard will count any digital single sold for more than $0.39 for the charts, as long as the sales are reported.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Apr 24, 2018 10:26:57 GMT -5
If I were her management I'd be very pleased that she's doing so well on streaming. Bodes well for the future given where the industry is heading. Why wouldn’t she tho? Wasn’t her debut album the biggest streamed female album at the time?
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Post by Au$tin on Apr 24, 2018 10:32:21 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. Why wouldn’t she tho? Wasn’t her debut album the biggest streamed female album at the time? Because of how quickly the tides changed as streaming grew. There was a point when Katy Perry was one of the topped streamed artists, Ellie Goulding had a #1 streaming hit, and Lady Gaga had the most streamed music video of all time. That has since changed as hip-hop and rap became the dominating force on streaming. The fact that Ariana has managed to hold on through that change is good news.
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Post by kcdawg13 on Apr 24, 2018 11:15:24 GMT -5
Why wouldn’t she tho? Wasn’t her debut album the biggest streamed female album at the time? Because of how quickly the tides changed as streaming grew. There was a point when Katy Perry was one of the topped streamed artists, Ellie Goulding had a #1 streaming hit, and Lady Gaga had the most streamed music video of all time. That has since changed as hip-hop and rap became the dominating force on streaming. The fact that Ariana has managed to hold on through that change is good news. I think it's because Ariana has a lot of ties to hip-hop, most of her hits feature a rap verse and she's dated a couple rappers. That's at least my theory of why she's done good on streaming while other pop stars haven't, Rihanna is the same way as she leans urban thus has had an easier time adapting to the change. Also as a straight 18 year old man, I'll tell you this, while in high school the number 1 guilty pleasure artist for all my friends and the straight guys in school was Ariana Grande, they would outright admit it and you would hear them bumping her music in their cars or while playing Call Of Duty. That's probably a good factor in her streaming success as well, because all these guys have her on shuffle alongside Post Malone and Future. Of course we all had a huge crush on her (I still do), but we didn't just listen to her because she's hot, her music is genuinely good. I feel like everyone is sorta an Ariana Grande fan, ask anyone and they could probably name a couple songs they like by her, she's a very universal artist.
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Post by ILLUSION on Apr 24, 2018 12:17:34 GMT -5
Slay it Ari!
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Post by born on Apr 24, 2018 13:08:22 GMT -5
This keeps rising on Spotify. I'm happy for her! Hoping NTLTC will become as big as "Problem"
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Post by allow that on Apr 24, 2018 13:14:01 GMT -5
This keeps getting better and better for me. I've always casually liked her, but other than "Let Me Love You," "Be My Baby," and Cashmere Cat's "Adore" this is the only song og hers that I've ever gone out of my way to listen to. I'm loving the early 00's UK garage influence!
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Post by deepston on Apr 24, 2018 13:16:51 GMT -5
#2 Spotify Global (5.362m - 200k behind Drake) #8 Spotify US (1.6m)
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Post by Caviar on Apr 24, 2018 13:33:15 GMT -5
Shame this would be #1 in the US w/o the J. Cole songs. Let this be a lesson to future streaming divas to plan your release strategically!
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Post by irice22 on Apr 24, 2018 13:43:34 GMT -5
I don't really understand how the YouTube views would not be enough to push this to #1 on the Hot 100. Shouldn't that it put it #1 in streaming?
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Post by survivorqt on Apr 24, 2018 13:43:51 GMT -5
Shame this would be #1 in the US w/o the J. Cole songs. Let this be a lesson to future streaming divas to plan your release strategically! That’s what I was thinking, release in an uncompetitive week
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Post by Az Paynter on Apr 24, 2018 13:45:27 GMT -5
I don't really understand how the YouTube views would not be enough to push this to #1 on the Hot 100. Shouldn't that it put it #1 in streaming? The YT numbers are worldwide; only part of them are from the US, and this is the thing - until and unless Billboard announces the US TY numbers (which will only happen after the song's debut, when they release the week's Hot 100 article) we don't really know how much YT streaming this song's actually getting.
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Post by Glove Slap on Apr 24, 2018 13:46:50 GMT -5
Shame this would be #1 in the US w/o the J. Cole songs. Let this be a lesson to future streaming divas to plan your release strategically! That’s what I was thinking, release in an uncompetitive week This week was supposed to be less competitive. Republic moved her up so she wouldn't compete with Post Malone. J. Cole announced his album less than a week before release. Either way though, she wouldn't have knocked Drake off.
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Post by allow that on Apr 24, 2018 13:51:08 GMT -5
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Post by NeRD on Apr 24, 2018 14:14:16 GMT -5
Shame this would be #1 in the US w/o the J. Cole songs. Let this be a lesson to future streaming divas to plan your release strategically! Nice For What would still be above it.
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Post by Dylan :) on Apr 24, 2018 14:33:01 GMT -5
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Post by wjr15 on Apr 24, 2018 14:49:30 GMT -5
I feel like Ariana is shaping up to be the next biggest pop star in the world. She’s received so much positive feedback from NTLTC and it’s pretty obvious that she is one of the few female pop stars to do really well on streaming.
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Post by greentoo on Apr 24, 2018 15:20:24 GMT -5
I feel like Ariana is shaping up to be the next biggest pop star in the world. She’s received so much positive feedback from NTLTC and it’s pretty obvious that she is one of the few female pop stars to do really well on streaming. I can see the next three bigs being Ariana, Camila and possible Dua Lipa if One Kiss does well and then she has a big lead single from her next album.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2018 15:25:14 GMT -5
As of 4/22/18, the video was the 9th most viewed video in the US with 1.16M views. It lost 362K views since the previous day.
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Post by leonagwen on Apr 24, 2018 15:52:52 GMT -5
Maybe Ariana will sweep the board and get added by all the pop stations today.
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Post by ilikemusic on Apr 24, 2018 17:11:53 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. I agree, but it kinda says something about the state of vocal talent today lmao. She has her moments of impressiveness live and she undoubtedly sounds great on her recordings but like, that’s not very hard when your competition is Selena Gomez, Halsey, Bebe Rexha, Camila Cabello, Dua Lipa, etc. haha Don’t get it twisted, I generally like Ariana and her music though.
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Post by ilikemusic on Apr 24, 2018 17:13:21 GMT -5
Shame this would be #1 in the US w/o the J. Cole songs. Let this be a lesson to future streaming divas to plan your release strategically! That’s what I was thinking, release in an uncompetitive week I feel like Ariana is shaping up to be the next biggest pop star in the world. She’s received so much positive feedback from NTLTC and it’s pretty obvious that she is one of the few female pop stars to do really well on streaming. Shaping up? She already is one of the biggest popstars at the moment lol
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2018 17:14:20 GMT -5
I feel like Ariana is shaping up to be the next biggest pop star in the world. She’s received so much positive feedback from NTLTC and it’s pretty obvious that she is one of the few female pop stars to do really well on streaming. I can see the next three bigs being Ariana, Camila and possible Dua Lipa if One Kiss does well and then she has a big lead single from her next album. Agreed on this And would be happy cause all 3 are major stand outs in what is the very basic female pop climate we live in All 3 also perform really well live
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2018 17:32:56 GMT -5
#3 debut is great as it would make it her strongest debut since Problem's debut at #3 And highest chart position since Bang Bang which peaked at #3
She's killin it
Also god bless her for at least lowering basic fake country/pop filth MTB I stan for my pop legends
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Post by deepston on Apr 24, 2018 17:42:15 GMT -5
The top 3 is currently very strong, debuting at #3 is amazing already! She always comes out in the most competitive times... If the streams don't dip much I can see this reaching #1 once radio catches up.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Apr 24, 2018 18:11:47 GMT -5
Watched the video and it made me like the song less. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Post by jeiboy on Apr 24, 2018 18:11:50 GMT -5
The top 3 is currently very strong, debuting at #3 is amazing already! She always comes out in the most competitive times... If the streams don't dip much I can see this reaching #1 once radio catches up. Not with Drake around... Keep in mind he has a Bad Bunny summer single collab that he may drop just in time for his album in June.
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Post by bornfearless2000 on Apr 24, 2018 19:55:19 GMT -5
Lovin this song so much. The video is cool as wll, even tho it reminds me of Inception
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 24, 2018 21:52:21 GMT -5
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Post by Caviar on Apr 24, 2018 22:25:04 GMT -5
Damn. Did she close out the panel?
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