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Post by Naos on Feb 21, 2019 21:46:37 GMT -5
"The Sound of Silence" continues on its late week upward sales trend. It started at the 40s on iTunes and is now in the Top 20 at #19. It probably won't chart (no matter how much I hope it does), but I'm impressed it's holding so well, and actually is far higher nearing Friday than it was when it came out.
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Post by Mayman on Feb 21, 2019 21:50:03 GMT -5
"The Sound of Silence" continues on its late week upward sales trend. It started at the 40s on iTunes and is now in the Top 20 at #19. It probably won't chart (no matter how much I hope it does), but I'm impressed it's holding so well, and actually is far higher nearing Friday than it was when it came out. Isn't that song like 3 years old? What's with the resurgence? |
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Post by Naos on Feb 21, 2019 21:58:00 GMT -5
"The Sound of Silence" continues on its late week upward sales trend. It started at the 40s on iTunes and is now in the Top 20 at #19. It probably won't chart (no matter how much I hope it does), but I'm impressed it's holding so well, and actually is far higher nearing Friday than it was when it came out. Isn't that song like 3 years old? What's with the resurgence? The Pentatonix version that just came out. I mentioned it on the last page. Although, the Disturbed cover is actually getting a boost due to Pentatonix's version, it's climbed to #121 on iTunes. That song just won't die. |
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Post by cassiuscasanova on Feb 21, 2019 22:00:34 GMT -5
If Adele's comeback single is a Drake collab, ooof rip the charts I feel like the lead single for her next album will have a massive debut regardless, but for some reason, I feel like it might perform like Taylor Swift's Look What You Made Me Do: debut with high numbers, but quickly fall off (granted, Taylor has never been one to score long-running #1 singles, but still). I hope I'm wrong. I think her manager or someone close to her said not too long ago to some publication that she "took chances on her next album", whatever that means. I'm guessing it won't be mostly ballads like her albums usually are. A Drake collab would be amazing. I completely adore the both of them. I’d be scared what that even would be. In a good way |
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Post by Mayman on Feb 21, 2019 22:40:19 GMT -5
Isn't that song like 3 years old? What's with the resurgence? The Pentatonix version that just came out. I mentioned it on the last page. Although, the Disturbed cover is actually getting a boost due to Pentatonix's version, it's climbed to #121 on iTunes. That song just won't die. Now how was I supposed to know that |
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Post by Az Paynter on Feb 21, 2019 23:54:26 GMT -5
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Post by renaboss on Feb 22, 2019 7:59:56 GMT -5
So, am I the only one who feels like "7 Rings" is such a non-event?
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Post by thegreatdivine on Feb 22, 2019 8:06:53 GMT -5
So, am I the only one who feels like "7 Rings" is such a non-event? I wouldn't say it's a non-event. It just came after thank u, next, which was the single that had a more solid cultural impact along with it's success. God's Plan and Nice for What both had cultural impact. Or at least, their videos did. By the time In My Feelings, the single with the biggest cultural impact amongst the three #1 singles dropped, it felt like a natural progression of things. If In My Feelings had come first, the remaining #1 singles wouldn't have felt like an event, too. On another level, though, I kinda get what you're saying. |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Feb 22, 2019 8:48:10 GMT -5
7 Rings is not a non event. Stop.
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Post by owenlovesmusic on Feb 22, 2019 9:21:34 GMT -5
I would call 7 Rings a non-event
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Post by Kris on Feb 22, 2019 10:03:12 GMT -5
7 Rings is definitely a non-event. It's only where it is because there's really no big push for anything else right now. Someone needs a major comeback.
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Post by Mayman on Feb 22, 2019 10:16:37 GMT -5
Y'all will do anything to tear down Ariana's success. The #1 song in the country is a "non-event"? Quit trolling.
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Post by Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ on Feb 22, 2019 10:18:17 GMT -5
7 Rings is definitely a non-event. It's only where it is because there's really no big push for anything else right now. Someone needs a major comeback. Event or not, this at least has over 40k points unlike some #1s in 2018. |
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Post by renaboss on Feb 22, 2019 10:22:57 GMT -5
Y'all will do anything to tear down Ariana's success. The #1 song in the country is a "non-event"? Quit trolling. I adore Ariana and she has been in my personal top 10 with at least one song ("7 Rings" included) for months now, so I am definitely not trying to tear her down. I just feel like "7 Rings" is very obscure for a 4-week #1, I never hear it anywhere. "Thank U, Next" was all over the place. |
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Post by Mayman on Feb 22, 2019 10:41:08 GMT -5
Y'all will do anything to tear down Ariana's success. The #1 song in the country is a "non-event"? Quit trolling. I adore Ariana and she has been in my personal top 10 with at least one song ("7 Rings" included) for months now, so I am definitely not trying to tear her down. I just feel like "7 Rings" is very obscure for a 4-week #1, I never hear it anywhere. "Thank U, Next" was all over the place. Okay so you not hearing it at the grocery store makes it a non-event? |
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Post by Raccoon on Feb 22, 2019 10:45:04 GMT -5
Lol y’all are delusional. 7 Rings is def an event
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 10:58:00 GMT -5
I'm sure it's the fact that her singles are just shooting instantly to the top and wasting no time building, that some people feel like it's a non-event. 7 Rings is barely 5 weeks old, it's just been dominating since it's been out lol.
I think people aren't used to seeing a popstar chart like this in the streaming era because it never really happened like this before. They're still going by the old metrics when it comes to pop females maybe, that's the only rationale I can think of. Her team struck gold because songs aside, "Ariana Grande" is literally an event right now. Anything released after TUN single was going to be huge because this era is being handled like how rappers handle theirs.
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Post by kimberly on Feb 22, 2019 11:36:42 GMT -5
I'm sure it's the fact that her singles are just shooting instantly to the top and wasting no time building, that some people feel like it's a non-event. 7 Rings is barely 5 weeks old, it's just been dominating since it's been out lol. I think people aren't used to seeing a popstar chart like this in the streaming era because it never really happened like this before. They're still going by the old metrics when it comes to pop females maybe, that's the only rationale I can think of. Her team struck gold because songs aside, "Ariana Grande" is literally an event right now. Anything released after TUN single was going to be huge because this era is being handled like how rappers handle theirs. Going off of this, her personal life was the biggest event of 2018. And now that her music reflects on her life more than it used to with Dangerous Woman or even Sweetener, anything she sings will be huge because of the insight it gives into the Mac/Pete relationships. Her beats are dope and that helps, too. She is not only releasing like a rapper, her songs have nearly the same level of personality a rapper's diss tracks would have (except Cardi lol—but that's tea for another time) without the negativity a feud could bring to the song. "7 rings" is definitely an event, it just faded a bit for the album to shine, but you can't call occupying #1, #2 and #3 a "non-event" PERIODT |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 11:49:40 GMT -5
I'm sure it's the fact that her singles are just shooting instantly to the top and wasting no time building, that some people feel like it's a non-event. 7 Rings is barely 5 weeks old, it's just been dominating since it's been out lol. I think people aren't used to seeing a popstar chart like this in the streaming era because it never really happened like this before. They're still going by the old metrics when it comes to pop females maybe, that's the only rationale I can think of. Her team struck gold because songs aside, "Ariana Grande" is literally an event right now. Anything released after TUN single was going to be huge because this era is being handled like how rappers handle theirs. Going off of this, her personal life was the biggest event of 2018. And now that her music reflects on her life more than it used to with Dangerous Woman or even Sweetener, anything she sings will be huge because of the insight it gives into the Mac/Pete relationships. Her beats are dope and that helps, too. She is not only releasing like a rapper, her songs have nearly the same level of personality a rapper's diss tracks would have (except Cardi lol—but that's tea for another time) without the negativity a feud could bring to the song. "7 rings" is definitely an event, it just faded a bit for the album to shine, but you can't call occupying #1, #2 and #3 a "non-event" PERIODT This too. The combination of several things just being manifested perfectly. Her hits are also running into each other now and they're all equally shining together so maybe it's just adding to one collective event for her? I'm just playing devil's advocate here so everyone can be right. Maybe "Break Up..." might be a better argument to use since it's technically the single that's being sandwiched between its two predecessors that are still going strong. |
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Post by gabe on Feb 22, 2019 11:51:19 GMT -5
7 rings is an event, break up is an event, thank u next has been an event for 3 months now. no need to play devil's advocate when one person is completely wrong
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Post by Gary on Feb 22, 2019 12:01:18 GMT -5
7 Rings may or not be an “event”. However the previous chart week certainly was
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Post by renaboss on Feb 22, 2019 12:02:17 GMT -5
I adore Ariana and she has been in my personal top 10 with at least one song ("7 Rings" included) for months now, so I am definitely not trying to tear her down. I just feel like "7 Rings" is very obscure for a 4-week #1, I never hear it anywhere. "Thank U, Next" was all over the place. Okay so you not hearing it at the grocery store makes it a non-event? Exactly, thank you. It's the same with "Sicko Mode", 28 weeks in the top 10 and nobody knows it. |
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Post by Mayman on Feb 22, 2019 12:16:54 GMT -5
Okay so you not hearing it at the grocery store makes it a non-event? Exactly, thank you. It's the same with "Sicko Mode", 28 weeks in the top 10 and nobody knows it. Omg you're so delusional. If nobody has heard Sicko Mode, how come it's been in the top 10 for over half a year? Again, it is YOUR fault that you haven't heard Sicko Mode that much. You're choosing not to listen to it. As for 7 rings, you're delusional if you think it's a non-event. |
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Post by owenlovesmusic on Feb 22, 2019 12:22:52 GMT -5
I feel like the only reason 7 Rings even hit #1 was because Ariana was extremely popular at the time and had a TON of promo for it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 12:28:51 GMT -5
I feel like the only reason 7 Rings even hit #1 was because Ariana was extremely popular at the time and had a TON of promo for it. Uhm that's sort of how the charts work, or do you think Drake got all his #1's because he delivered musical masterpieces? |
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Post by rimetm on Feb 22, 2019 13:05:54 GMT -5
What we define as an "event single" kinda varies based on our personal limits and the circumstances surrounding, including a definitive cause of a gain or the overall level of lead/chart points, but here's my personal stance on the leaders of recent to give a picture of my take:
Perfect - HALF AND HALF. The Beyonce remix did give the securing blow to get to #1, but it was already on its way up and was a pretty old track.
Havana - NOT AN EVENT. Too late in the promotion and it wasn't joined by a brigade of album songs to aid in the feeling.
God's Plan - WAS AN EVENT. A surprise traditional single, a hype music video that led to ludicrous streaming, I'd say this definitely represents an event.
Nice for What - HALF AND HALF. Rides off the hype of God's Plan to get to #1, never really has those crazy big weeks that God's Plan had. It topped on the album bomb week, but it had already led for 7 weeks at that point, so the eventness of it was dead.
This is America - WAS AN EVENT. Surprise drop with multimedia spectacle, got the news talking, got the memesters talking, no question.
Psycho - NOT AN EVENT. See "Havana", and in this case it didn't even lead on the week of the album bomb, it led afterwards...
Sad! - WAS AN EVENT. While the song was out for a long time at that point, the meteoric rise and the circumstances of the impetus did give this song a weight that made it seem an event.
I Like It - NOT AN EVENT. Hype start and good top 10 longevity, but it just spent too long gaining traction and by the time it led its points just weren't there.
In My Feelings - WAS AN EVENT. Fan-favorite from the album launch, came in to take the crown on week 2, and the memes ran rampant, and while the music video didn't have staying power, it did provide fuel for some ridiculous streaming weeks too.
Girls Like You - NOT AN EVENT. See "I Like It".
Thank U, Next - WAS AN EVENT. Played with the multitude of narratives in the public consciousness, was Ariana's biggest launch at the point, and the music video sent it to ridiculous heights.
Sicko Mode - NOT AN EVENT. See "I Like It".
Without Me - NOT AN EVENT. See "I Like It".
Sunflower - HALF AND HALF. Not very good points-wise, but getting in with the impetus of the Golden Globe win did give it a fair bit of weight.
7 Rings - HALF AND HALF. See "Nice for What".
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Post by jamatthews83 on Feb 22, 2019 13:19:31 GMT -5
I've heard 7 Rings because of The Comeback. Multi-generational smash.
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Post by Gary on Feb 22, 2019 13:23:32 GMT -5
I always thought an "event single" was a single release tied to an actual "event"
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Post by Mayman on Feb 22, 2019 13:24:58 GMT -5
I always thought an "event single" was a single release tied to an actual "event" You know what we mean, don't play dumb. |
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