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Post by imbondz on Aug 14, 2020 6:27:18 GMT -5
I swear what's taking Anna Kendrick so long 😭 She already told you. You're gonna miss her when she's gone. Lol. That was funny!
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Post by dremolus - solarpunk on Aug 14, 2020 7:09:01 GMT -5
Spotify Week: 08/13/20
1(debut) Cardi B - WAP 17,268,995 2(debut) Juice WRLD - Smile 9,169,173 3(-2) DaBaby - ROCKSTAR 8,183,876 4(-1) Juice WRLD - Wishing Well 7,793,528 5(+1) Juice WRLD - Come & Go 7,039,867 6(+1) Jack Harlow - WHATS POPPIN Remix 7,039,867 7(+2) Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar 5,950,325 8(+5) Pop Smoke - For the Night 5,884,373 9(+2) The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 5,783,211 10(+22) Pop Smoke - Mood Swings 5,673,598
WHATS POPPIN Combined: 9,600,285 Rags2Riches Combined: 6,850,100
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Post by dremolus - solarpunk on Aug 14, 2020 7:45:36 GMT -5
Spotify 08/10/20
1(=) Cardi B - WAP 2,735,926 (+33,678) 2(=) DaBaby - ROCKSTAR 1,158,289 (-6,656) 3(=) Juice WRLD - Wishing Well 1,117,708 (-12,319) 4(=) Juice WRLD - Smile 1,066,994 (-45,529) 5(=) Juice WRLD - Come & Go 1,011,192 (-18,971) 6(=) Jack Harlow - WHATS POPPIN Remix 985,364 (+1,654) 7(=) Pop Smoke - For the Night 908,722 (-18,971) 8(=) Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar 837,737 (-15,732) 9(=) Pop Smoke - Mood Swings 824,138 (-735) 10(=) The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 812,013 (-4,796)
Others: 11(=) Lil Mosey - Blueberry Faygo 790,979 (-713) 12(=) Pop Smoke - The Woo 714,214 (-22,374) 13(+2) Jawsh 365 - Savage Love 699,426 (-2,256) 14(+10) 24kGoldn - Mood 698,875 (+113,074) 15(-1) Taylor Swift - exile 687,129 (-20,562) 16(-3) Taylor Swift - cardigan 678,544 (-43,513) 18(-1) Billie Eilish - my future 617,385 (-12,449) 19(=) StaySolidRocky - Party Girl 613,182 (-4,042) 21(+1) SAINt JHN - Roses (Imanbek Remix) 601,565 (+2,744) 21(-1) DJ Khaled - POPSTAR 599,774 (-5,761) 24(-1) Chris Brown - Go Crazy 586,291 (-5,878) 25(=) DJ Khaled - GREECE 546,565 (-7,571) 28(-2) Lil Baby - We Paid 528,150 (-8,019) 29(+1) powfu - death bed 521,459 (-935) 30(-1) Gunna - DOLLAZ ON YA HEAD 502,682 (-23,747) 34(+1) Kane Brown - Be Like That 473,251 (-192) 35(-1) Machine Gun Kelly - my ex's best friend 468,860 (-6,826) 36(-3) Rod Wave - Rags2Riches 2 466,641 (-12,341) 37(=) Rod Wave - Rags2Riches 465,894 (-2,485) 41(-5) J. Balvin - UN DIA (ONE DAY) 449,069 (-23,392) 51(+5) Conan Gray - Heather 430,233 (+13,419) 53(-1) Saweetie - Tap In 417,742 (-10,218) 55(=) Jack Harlow - WHATS POPPIN 415,805 (-1,539) 57(+4) BØRNS - Electric Love 408,129 (+5,370) 59(+1) Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go 404,800 (-2,166) 61(-8) iann dior - Prospect 397,627 (-30,182) 62(+1) Pop Smoke - Got It On Me 397,109 (-1,448) 65(+2) Megan Thee Stallion - Girls in the Hood 390,631 (+758) 70(+1) Lil Baby - The Bigger Picture 377,525 (-1,833) 72(=) Topic - Breaking Me 372,012 (-6,835) 73(+4) Curtis Waters - Stunnin' 369,677 (+3,842) 74(-1) Dua Lipa - Break My Heart 367,193 (-6,159) 76(-2) Wallows - Are You Bored Yet? 365,629 (-5,425) 77(-2) NLE Choppa - Narrow Road 352,128 (-17,539) 94(+5) Tate McRae - you broke me first 312,157 (+6,709) 95(-6) Maroon 5 - Nobody's Love 311,607 (-17,931) 98(+17) NextYoungin - 3 Musketeers 306,396 (+17,631) 99(+1) Kendrick Lamar - Money Trees 306,303 (+1,902)
102(-8) DaBaby - BLIND 305,103 (-13,151) 107(-3) Money Man - 24 300,372 (-752) 109(+9) Labrinth - Still Don't Know My Name 297,223 (+10,829) 140(+8) Joel Corry - Head & Heart 255,743 (+4,204)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2020 8:10:54 GMT -5
Taylor really fizzled out, huh? Cardigan hit number one, fell to number eight in week two and will be between 23-27 week three. Its radio gains are slow, not terrible, but small. At this rate, it'll be out of the Hot 100 by week 15.
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Post by jayhawk1117 on Aug 14, 2020 8:14:27 GMT -5
Lmao WAP is still increasing on Spotify. Yeah this is gonna be number one for a bit.
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Post by rosalina4812 on Aug 14, 2020 8:51:08 GMT -5
Spotify Week: 08/13/20 1(debut) Cardi B - WAP 17,268,9952(debut) Juice WRLD - Smile 9,169,1733(-2) DaBaby - ROCKSTAR 8,183,8764(-1) Juice WRLD - Wishing Well 7,793,5285(+1) Juice WRLD - Come & Go 7,039,8676(+1) Jack Harlow - WHATS POPPIN Remix 7,039,8677(+2) Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar 5,950,3258(+5) Pop Smoke - For the Night 5,884,3739(+2) The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 5,783,21110(+22) Pop Smoke - Mood Swings 5,673,598WHATS POPPIN Combined: 9,600,285Rags2Riches Combined: 6,850,100Will Rags2Riches 2 be considered a remix by Billboard?
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Post by phieaglesfan712 on Aug 14, 2020 9:25:11 GMT -5
Taylor really fizzled out, huh? Cardigan hit number one, fell to number eight in week two and will be between 23-27 week three. Its radio gains are slow, not terrible, but small. At this rate, it'll be out of the Hot 100 by week 15. Just like most of the other #1 debuts this year. Even the ones that stay in the Top 10 in Week 2 fall out of there in Week 3.
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Post by whales10268 on Aug 14, 2020 9:36:37 GMT -5
Yeah, what’s up with that honestly? It’s longevity is worse than Me!.
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Post by iamsorare on Aug 14, 2020 9:47:15 GMT -5
I'm tired of Drake.and I'm sure many other people are..he needs to take a break cause his successful run will end soon..
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Aug 14, 2020 10:07:58 GMT -5
Yeah, what’s up with that honestly? It’s longevity is worse than Me!. Because it’s not really a pop song. The song will do well enough because it’s attached to Taylor’s name but as a single it’s not going to have the longevity that most of her previous ones would have. I’d be surprised if it did. I’d also be surprised if, when that happens, people had the capability of looking beyond the singularity of the Hot 100 before deeming it or the era a flop but we’ll see.
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Post by 13 on Aug 14, 2020 10:13:04 GMT -5
Yeah, what’s up with that honestly? It’s longevity is worse than Me!. Didn't have the massive radio deal that ME! did, in fact it didn't have any radio deal
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Post by thegreatdivine on Aug 14, 2020 10:13:34 GMT -5
I can't believe a song about wet ass p*ssy is doing so well. I feel so empowered.
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Post by Mayman on Aug 14, 2020 10:15:25 GMT -5
Yeah, what’s up with that honestly? It’s longevity is worse than Me!. Didn't have the massive radio deal that ME! did, in fact it didn't have any radio deal Radio deals only last one day, not weeks into a songs chart run.
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Post by 👑 Eloquent ™ on Aug 14, 2020 10:15:33 GMT -5
People acting like folk Taylor should be performing the same as pop Taylor, songs literally tailored for commercial viability. Really? Anyone who heard Folklore knew this album wasn't going to be burning up the Hot 100 charts as it isn't geared for that. As usual, people don't temper their expectations for Taylor. lol
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Post by Baby Yoda Hot100Fan on Aug 14, 2020 10:24:19 GMT -5
Yeah, what’s up with that honestly? It’s longevity is worse than Me!. Me! had a lot of help from its video on YouTube, digital song sales and radio early on. Cardigan pretty much has only gotten help during its first week from the folklore release and the single bundles. Radio support for the latter has been OK, but not as good as for her pop songs.
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Post by KeepDeanWeird on Aug 14, 2020 10:28:15 GMT -5
Pulse Members thirsty to find the tiniest crack to criticize the #1 'single' from TS's million-selling indie, folk lockdown album.
I'm always impressed that stuff like this usually comes from ppl who claim to 'support' female artists or rush to slam conservatives. Look in the mirror. There's no objective metric Folklore + individual track sales/chart position can be deemed anything but an overwhelming success.
Will be interesting if radio gets behind WAP. I'm still perplexed by radio's lagtime. Good grief this song, which I hate, IS huge out of the gate. Radio should be dropping in hot for at least 10 days - people clearly want to hear it based on streaming. Oh, well, another reason I abandoned radio 8 years.
Back to streaming "Circles" - my safe place.
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Post by whales10268 on Aug 14, 2020 10:33:05 GMT -5
Yeah, what’s up with that honestly? It’s longevity is worse than Me!. Because it’s not really a pop song. The song will do well enough because it’s attached to Taylor’s name but as a single it’s not going to have the longevity that most of her previous ones would have. I’d be surprised if it did. I’d also be surprised if, when that happens, people had the capability of looking beyond the singularity of the Hot 100 before deeming it or the era a flop but we’ll see. It’s basically a piano ballad, plenty of those have had longevity on the charts. I’m not shocked it’s not huge but it could do better I think. It’s not completely non commercial. I think Exile could do better though.
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Aug 14, 2020 10:42:07 GMT -5
Because it’s not really a pop song. The song will do well enough because it’s attached to Taylor’s name but as a single it’s not going to have the longevity that most of her previous ones would have. I’d be surprised if it did. I’d also be surprised if, when that happens, people had the capability of looking beyond the singularity of the Hot 100 before deeming it or the era a flop but we’ll see. It’s basically a piano ballad, plenty of those have had longevity on the charts. I’m not shocked it’s not huge but it could do better I think. It’s not completely non commercial. I think Exile could do better though. But it’s still not really a pop song. A piano ballad would be one like Someone Like You or All Of Me, both of which have soaring choruses that are more instant to the listener. Cardigan doesn’t really have that, nor does it have a particular singular hook, as is akin with many low-tempo folk songs. It’s a genre that often relies more on overall mood and atmosphere rather than a single refrain or melodic hook.
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Post by tuna on Aug 14, 2020 11:36:55 GMT -5
It’s basically a piano ballad, plenty of those have had longevity on the charts. I’m not shocked it’s not huge but it could do better I think. It’s not completely non commercial. I think Exile could do better though. But it’s still not really a pop song. A piano ballad would be one like Someone Like You or All Of Me, both of which have soaring choruses that are more instant to the listener. Cardigan doesn’t really have that, nor does it have a particular singular hook, as is akin with many low-tempo folk songs. It’s a genre that often relies more on overall mood and atmosphere rather than a single refrain or melodic hook. Just to be clear, Exile IS a straight piano ballad with a single soaring chorus. I don’t know why that wasn’t the lead single
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Post by Baby Yoda Hot100Fan on Aug 14, 2020 11:51:33 GMT -5
According to the latest Top 40 radio callouts, I Hope's version with Charlie Puth has the net positive score, with Coffee for your Head, Blinding Lights and Adore You and Roses now has the second worst score, behind Savage.
kworb's Billboard Radio Songs Estimates 2020/08/14
1(=) The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 140.34(-0.01) 2(=) DaBaby - ROCKSTAR (feat. Roddy Ricch) 121.99(+0.12) 3(=) Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar 121.76(+0.22) 4(=) Harry Styles - Adore You 120.74(+0.36) 5(=) Dua Lipa - Break My Heart 115.80(-0.10) 6(=) SAINt JHN - Roses (Imanbek Remix) 107.09(+0.11) 7(=) Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go 106.95(+0.73) 8(=) Post Malone - Circles 91.16(+0.37) 9(=) Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now 79.51(-0.94) 10(=) Jack Harlow - WHATS POPPIN (Remix) [feat. DaBaby, Tory Lanez & Lil Wayne] 77.72(-0.43)
11(=) Gabby Barrett - I Hope (feat. Charlie Puth) 76.09(+0.91)
13(=) Chris Brown & Young Thug - Go Crazy 68.03(+0.76)
16(=) Maddie & Tae - Die From A Broken Heart 63.06(+0.96)
22(+2) Jawsh 685 X Jason Derulo - Savage Love (Laxed-Siren Beat) 52.98(+1.48)
34(=) DJ Khaled - POPSTAR (feat. Drake) 41.37(+0.75) 36(+2) Luke Combs - Lovin' on You 40.70(+0.85)
41(+1) Kane Brown - Cool Again (feat. Nelly) 38.15(+0.81) 76(+4) Cardi B - WAP (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) 23.25(+2.83)
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Post by 85la on Aug 14, 2020 11:59:53 GMT -5
Because it’s not really a pop song. The song will do well enough because it’s attached to Taylor’s name but as a single it’s not going to have the longevity that most of her previous ones would have. I’d be surprised if it did. I’d also be surprised if, when that happens, people had the capability of looking beyond the singularity of the Hot 100 before deeming it or the era a flop but we’ll see. It’s basically a piano ballad, plenty of those have had longevity on the charts. I’m not shocked it’s not huge but it could do better I think. It’s not completely non commercial. I think Exile could do better though. Yeah, and though the album is definitely more folk-skewed, it was marketed and intended as a full-blown, mainstream studio release, so let's not pretend like this is some completely obscure, indie side-project, and as mentioned, there have been other more acoustic, folky-type songs that have had better staying power (though many of them, such as Shallow, take a while to build up, so it's still early and Cardigan might eventually follow that route), but I do think it's completely fair to say that so far, as far as #1 debuts go (like many others this year), it's not holding up as well as could be desired.
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Post by chebad on Aug 14, 2020 12:14:49 GMT -5
Lmao WAP is still increasing on Spotify. Yeah this is gonna be number one for a bit. Only if streams and sales keep up. It’ll gain on radio but not by much because pop stations aren’t playing it. It’s only being played on Urban radio stations.
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Post by shayonce on Aug 14, 2020 12:29:02 GMT -5
Apple Music USA Top 100 - 8/13 Thursday - 1.(=) Cardi B - WAP (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) 2.(=) Pop Smoke - Mood Swings (feat. Lil Tjay) 3.(=) Pop Smoke - For the Night (feat. Lil Baby & DaBaby) 4.(+1) DaBaby - ROCKSTAR (feat. Roddy Ricch) 5.(+1) Lil Baby & 42 Dugg - We Paid 6.(+2) Pop Smoke - The Woo (feat. 50 Cent & Roddy Ricch) 7.(=) Rod Wave - Rags2Riches 2 (feat. Lil Baby) 8.(-4) Juice WRLD & The Weeknd - Smile 9.(=) Rod Wave - Letter from Houston 10.(=) Chris Brown & Young Thug - Go Crazy
11.(=) Juice WRLD & Marshmello - Come & Go 12.(+1) Moneybagg Yo - Said Sum 13.(-1) DJ Khaled - POPSTAR (feat. Drake) 14.(+6) 24kGoldn - Mood (feat. iann dior) 15.(-1) Jack Harlow - WHATS POPPIN (Remix) [feat. DaBaby, Tory Lanez & Lil Wayne] 16.(-1) Pop Smoke - Something Special 17.(-1) Rod Wave - Rags2Riches (feat. ATR Son Son) 18.(-1) Juice WRLD - Wishing Well 19.(-1) Rod Wave - Freestyle 20.(-1) Pop Smoke - Got It on Me
21.(+1) Pop Smoke - Dior 22.(-1) Lil Durk - 3 Headed Goat (feat. Lil Baby & Polo G) 23.(+2) Roddy Rich - The Box 24.(-1) Lil Baby - The Bigger Picture 25.(+1) Megan Thee Stallion - Girls in the Hood 26.(-2) Taylor Swift - the 1 27.(=) DJ Khaled - GREECE (feat. Drake) 28.(+1) Juice WRLD & Marshmello - Hate the Other Side (feat. Polo G & The Kid LAROI)
31.(-3) Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo - Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) 35.(-5) Taylor Swift - cardigan 36.(=) Gunna - DOLLAZ ON MY HEAD (feat. Young Thug) 38.(-1) Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar 40.(-1) Kane Brown, Swae Lee, Khalid - Be Like That 41.(+5) Morgan Wallen - Chasin' You 42.(+9) YoungBoy Never Broke Again - All In 43.(-2) Rod Wave - Sack Right (feat. Yo Gotti) 44.(-2) Rod Wave - Through the Wire 50.(-7) Dababy - Peep Hole 51. YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Kacey Talk 52.(-5) Taylor Swift - exile (feat. Bon Iver) 54.(-2) DaBaby - BLIND (feat. Young Thug)
61.(-1) Saweetie - Tap In 66.(-8) Rod Wave - To My Grave 68.(-2) City Girls - Pussy Talk (feat. Doja Cat) 74.(-1) iann dior - Prospect (feat. Lil Baby) 83.(-14) Billie Eilish - my future 89.(-6) Taylor Swift - the last great american dynasty 91.(-5) Future & Lil Uzi Vert - Patek 93.(-16) Rod Wave - Smile 97.(-3) DaBaby - NO DRIBBLE (feat. Stunna 4 Vegas) 98.(-2) Taylor Swift - my tears ricochet
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Aug 14, 2020 12:40:21 GMT -5
Lmao WAP is still increasing on Spotify. Yeah this is gonna be number one for a bit. Only if streams and sales keep up. It’ll gain on radio but not by much because pop stations aren’t playing it. It’s only being played on Urban radio stations. Urban AND Rhythmic.
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Post by 👑 Eloquent ™ on Aug 14, 2020 13:19:19 GMT -5
It’s basically a piano ballad, plenty of those have had longevity on the charts. I’m not shocked it’s not huge but it could do better I think. It’s not completely non commercial. I think Exile could do better though. Yeah, and though the album is definitely more folk-skewed, it was marketed and intended as a full-blown, mainstream studio release, so let's not pretend like this is some completely obscure, indie side-project, and as mentioned, there have been other more acoustic, folky-type songs that have had better staying power (though many of them, such as Shallow, take a while to build up, so it's still early and Cardigan might eventually follow that route), but I do think it's completely fair to say that so far, as far as #1 debuts go (like many others this year), it's not holding up as well as could be desired. It was marketed as mainstream and intended as a full-blow studio release? Bruh. The surprise album that was dropped in hours without notice or any kind of advanced promotion? Mainstream? What is "mainstream" about this album other than Taylor being the artist? Any and every review speaks of the shift in style and sound of the album and how it largely leans alternative/indie. It is in no way crafted for mainstream success in the way Lover was and sounds nothing like/is the antethisis of everything that is popular atm. You must be listening to a completely different album. Interesting the only comparison you have to draw a parallel to is "Shallow", a song that was a phenomenon all its own, backed by a huge push via the film and music industry, award season buzz, and mumerings of an alleged romance between its artists. Even still "Shallow", with all its success, crawled up radio and failed to hit big on pop peaking just within the top 20 at #18 (right where "Cardigan" is now,funnily enough). Not to mention "Cardigan" isn't backed by a hugely successful film and blockbuster, consistent promotional train. Let's not even mention the fact that "Cardigan" outpeaked every single from Lover despite that and streaming for Folklore has vastly been more stable and consistent than her last release as well despite this all. The fact that a song like "Cardigan" hit #1 to start with and Taylor brought a folk album to the summit of the yearly album sales chart 15 years into her career after two weeks is a testament to her success, yet some try to paint it is a sign of her struggling/under-performance. Y'all crack me up.
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Post by chebad on Aug 14, 2020 13:31:19 GMT -5
Only if streams and sales keep up. It’ll gain on radio but not by much because pop stations aren’t playing it. It’s only being played on Urban radio stations. Urban AND Rhythmic. When I say “urban” I mean black radio stations - stations that predominantly cater to Hip Hop audiences. It’s a given WAP would be played on stations then in both categories. But, the lack of radio play on pop stations could be a hindrance to its long-term chances at maintaining its current position.
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Post by amid on Aug 14, 2020 13:39:50 GMT -5
We’re entering Autumn, the season most people associate “Circles” with. Hopefully this means it will continue to be immortal in the top 20.
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Aug 14, 2020 13:48:41 GMT -5
It’s basically a piano ballad, plenty of those have had longevity on the charts. I’m not shocked it’s not huge but it could do better I think. It’s not completely non commercial. I think Exile could do better though. Yeah, and though the album is definitely more folk-skewed, it was marketed and intended as a full-blown, mainstream studio release, so let's not pretend like this is some completely obscure, indie side-project, and as mentioned, there have been other more acoustic, folky-type songs that have had better staying power (though many of them, such as Shallow, take a while to build up, so it's still early and Cardigan might eventually follow that route), but I do think it's completely fair to say that so far, as far as #1 debuts go (like many others this year), it's not holding up as well as could be desired. Why would her label, whose job it is to make money, not market it as a full-blown, mainstream studio release? Obviously the people whose job it is to market something are going to do their job regardless of what they're marketing, but they're going to do so with expectations that match what it is they're trying to sell. When you're selling a pop album by a pop artist, you're going to get different results than when you're selling a folk album by a pop artist, even when the tactics are the same. In this case, the marketing has expanded to include audiences who wouldn't have been interested in pop Taylor but who may be interested in folk Taylor, as long as the positive reviews are there, and they are. Maybe Cardigan, or something else from the album, will take off and have longevity like Shallow did, or maybe not. Let's not pretend Shallow is the common example because it really isn't. It's the exception, and while that had longevity, its peak and chart performance (depending on where you look) certainly don't tell the whole story of the song's success.
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Post by After Minutes on Aug 14, 2020 14:16:51 GMT -5
The only event singles mentioned here were ‘Bad Guy’ and ‘The Box’ and both had an organic rise to that status because they were nowhere as big upon release ala. #WAP. ’Senorita’, ‘GOOBA’, ‘HIGHEST IN THE ROOM’? S•C•R•E•A•M•I•N•G! 💀 Senorita was kinda massive 21 weeks in the top 5.
Gooba? The only thing it's become a meme for is being at #100 ten weeks into its run and missing the year end list.
Yeah but am I saying that it was a big hit or a big event? Or are you saying that it wasn't a massive talking point of internet culture to the point that even people that don't usually have to do anything with music were talking about it?
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Post by After Minutes on Aug 14, 2020 14:43:37 GMT -5
not you saying "Gooba" was a bigger event than "WAP" lmao No way highest in the room was bigger either. I define a big event as a) influencers outside of music critics/reactors/etc talking about it or b) my grandma and my neighbour's baby sister knowing the song. A song cannot reach the latter in a week, and for the prior it has to have something "special" about it, like Gooba which inspired many, many parodies and re-launched 6ix9ine into the public concious for those fifteen minutes of fame, while laso making it break the record for most-watched rap music video within the first 24 hours (which WAP couldn't break). Highest in the Room on the other hand literally debuted with almost twice the amount of streams of WAP and kept the numbers high throughout the week so saying that it wasn't big just isn't true, especially since it was also discussed because of Travis' breakup with Kylie Jenner. I am not saying that WAP won't be as big as those songs in some time, but saying that it is the biggest event since OTR is just plain wrong. However, I do hope that it will reach those levels, since I really enjoy the song.
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