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Post by indyradio80 on Apr 30, 2021 9:18:32 GMT -5
People have been saying this for years, after she moved through two albums within 6 months and had like 7 singles in rotation on Pop radio between 2018-2019 everyone thought she was overexposed and then positions happened not long after and she got 2 more #1 singles on pop that are both still in the Top 10 right now. Whatever this fantasy is about burn out, it hasn't happened yet. My longstanding opinion is that next to her unique voice/range, what distinguishes Ari from her peers are her musical instincts and ability to adapt her preferred “lite pop/R&B” style to current tastes. She felt that the public was ready for a more R&B sounding album in Positions..and she was right. She got Abel for LMH back when he was still just an indie artist. Sample “My Favorite Things” for 7 Rings? Who else would’ve taken that risk? She’s like Madonna from the 80’s to the 2000’s. She just has “it”. Madonna took time between records and didn't jump on every song possible. The f/ era has to end eventually, right? Pop artists used to be able to make hits by themselves. Also, her producers and writers felt the R&B sound was refreshing, not her. The "it" girl disappears very quickly - look at the history of modern pop music.
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Post by allow that on Apr 30, 2021 9:41:35 GMT -5
I do think this is the last single however I wouldn't mind another. After over a year without anything new,* I want new music but with the same dark, moody, retro atmosphere of the After Hours album. I'd love a re-release this summer with four or five new songs, but I'm not holding my breath. I hope we get the lead single from his next era before the end of 2021. By then, it'll have been two years since "Heartless" and "Blinding Lights" were released. *That Calvin non-event last summer, a random Maluma remix, and an Ariana Grande album track do not count
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Post by top40guy on Apr 30, 2021 10:21:51 GMT -5
My longstanding opinion is that next to her unique voice/range, what distinguishes Ari from her peers are her musical instincts and ability to adapt her preferred “lite pop/R&B” style to current tastes. She felt that the public was ready for a more R&B sounding album in Positions..and she was right. She got Abel for LMH back when he was still just an indie artist. Sample “My Favorite Things” for 7 Rings? Who else would’ve taken that risk? She’s like Madonna from the 80’s to the 2000’s. She just has “it”. Madonna took time between records and didn't jump on every song possible. The f/ era has to end eventually, right? Pop artists used to be able to make hits by themselves. Also, her producers and writers felt the R&B sound was refreshing, not her. The "it" girl disappears very quickly - look at the history of modern pop music. You’re definitely ignorant about Ari. The main reason she became a Nickelodeon actress was that she wanted to sing R&B but people told her that no one would listen to a white teen R&B singer so go make a name for herself first. Her 3 singles from Yours Truly were definitely R&B inspired bops. The albums ME, DW and even Sweetener all had Max Martin singles. When she finally had enough success to be free to release what she wants, she released TUN which was mostly produced by Tommy Brown, who she has been working with since even before Yours Truly.
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Post by kcdawg13 on Apr 30, 2021 18:21:16 GMT -5
My longstanding opinion is that next to her unique voice/range, what distinguishes Ari from her peers are her musical instincts and ability to adapt her preferred “lite pop/R&B” style to current tastes. She felt that the public was ready for a more R&B sounding album in Positions..and she was right. She got Abel for LMH back when he was still just an indie artist. Sample “My Favorite Things” for 7 Rings? Who else would’ve taken that risk? She’s like Madonna from the 80’s to the 2000’s. She just has “it”. Madonna took time between records and didn't jump on every song possible. The f/ era has to end eventually, right? Pop artists used to be able to make hits by themselves. Also, her producers and writers felt the R&B sound was refreshing, not her. The "it" girl disappears very quickly - look at the history of modern pop music. Madonna didn't take time between records until Ray of Light, she was consistently releasing albums and in between her cycles she would throw out soundtrack hits like This Used To Be My Playground. Madge has a Top 10 hit almost every year from 1984 to 1998, and you can extend that to 2005 if you wanna put in Top 40 hits. That's crazy. Pop artists can make hits by themselves, Ariana just had a #1 and #2 solo, while Abel has 3 solo hits from his last record. I don't get this sentiment that Pop artists only use remixes to get hits, Save Your Tears has already been in the Top 10 for 12 weeks without a remix.
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Post by fearlessarrow on May 1, 2021 6:12:06 GMT -5
POP: 1 1 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 17698 17122 576 54.827
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HOT AC: 3 2 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 5530 5317 213 20.620
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AC: 14 14 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 280 251 29 1.007
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Post by fearlessarrow on May 2, 2021 6:06:36 GMT -5
Will lock in a second week atop Mediabase tonight.
POP: 1 1 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 17712 17293 419 54.935
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HOT AC: 2 2 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 5536 5369 167 20.662
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AC: 14 14 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 278 258 20 1.024
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Post by fearlessarrow on May 3, 2021 6:08:49 GMT -5
POP: 1 1 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 17692 17352 340 54.902
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HOT AC: 2 2 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 5551 5408 143 20.725
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AC: 14 14 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 277 266 11 1.024
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Post by Dylan :) on May 3, 2021 13:04:49 GMT -5
#1 on the Hot 100 if the post above isn’t obvious enough!
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Post by wjr15 on May 3, 2021 15:44:52 GMT -5
Congrats to both Abel and Ariana on their 6th Hot 100 #1!!!
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Post by HEADOFTHEPACK on May 3, 2021 16:14:58 GMT -5
Yes! Love the song anyway and the remix really grew on me. Immediate favorite when the album was released, feared it wouldn't be released let alone hit #1. But then, I remember being pissed Heartless debuted so high and Blinding Lights much lower and we all know how that turned out...
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Post by spiritboy on May 3, 2021 18:03:01 GMT -5
A well deserved #1. Congrats to Abel and Ariana. Now it's time for Hardest To Love to shine.
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Post by fearlessarrow on May 4, 2021 5:35:54 GMT -5
POP: 1 1 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 17651 17469 182 55.033
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HOT AC: 2 2 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 5621 5415 206 20.956
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AC: 14 14 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 280 267 13 1.008
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Post by BlueSwan on May 4, 2021 13:05:31 GMT -5
Still feels weird that In Your Eyes didn't smash.
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Post by Unhinged on May 4, 2021 16:58:01 GMT -5
Hmm. That’d be 4 Hot 100 #1’s (1 solo, 2 collabs, 1 feature) in 12 months for Ari right? I believe that’s a record, right? Rihanna had 4 Hot 100 #1’s in 2010: - Rude Boy - Love The Way You Lie - What’s My Name - Only Girl (In The World) If we’re talking a 1 year span, one could argue Rihanna has 5: April 24, 2010 - Rude Boy’s final week at #1 April 30, 2011 - S&M’s only week at #1 Add in We Found Love and you can get 4 Hot 100 #1’s between that and What’s My Name one year earlier. Rihanna was a Hot 100 powerhouse at that time. Katy also had 4 Hot 100 #1’s in a 12 month period with either California Gurls - E.T. or Teenage Dream - Last Friday Night. Way late to this conversation but I wanted to add that Michael Jackson had 5 No. 1 hits within’ a 12 month period with the album Bad. “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” through “Dirty Diana” all hit No. 1 between September 19, 1987 and July 2, 1988. That’s actually like 5 No. 1’s within’ 10 months. Also, I kind of like the remix. Brings a fresh vibe to the song after I wore out the original.
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Post by Au$tin on May 4, 2021 17:48:59 GMT -5
Is this a record for lowest audience for a pop radio #1? Probably not. Back in the 2000s before every song in the top ten was over 10000 spins, that used to be the plateau for a #1, often with the #1 peaking somewhere around 55-65 million AI. I'm having flashbacks to when California Gurls broke the spin record with 13k spins lol.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on May 4, 2021 17:55:21 GMT -5
Is this a record for lowest audience for a pop radio #1? Probably not. Back in the 2000s before every song in the top ten was over 10000 spins, that used to be the plateau for a #1, often with the #1 peaking somewhere around 55-65 million AI. I'm having flashbacks to when California Gurls broke the spin record with 13k spins lol. I recall a number of the Teenage Dream singles breaking the spin record. I think Firework and Last Friday Night did, too.
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Post by fearlessarrow on May 5, 2021 6:05:55 GMT -5
#1 on HAC.
POP: 1 1 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 17565 17578 -13 54.678
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HOT AC: 2 1 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 5657 5452 205 21.256
+36 Spins -1 Bullet +0.300 Audience
AC: 14 15 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 275 276 -1 0.991
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Post by fearlessarrow on May 6, 2021 6:04:35 GMT -5
POP: 1 1 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 17502 17719 -217 54.332
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HOT AC: 2 1 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 5714 5491 223 21.617
+57 Spins +18 Bullet +0.361 Audience
AC: 14 15 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 278 280 -2 0.990
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Post by fearlessarrow on May 7, 2021 5:45:38 GMT -5
POP: 1 1 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 17486 17711 -225 54.230
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HOT AC: 2 1 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 5780 5502 278 21.897
+66 Spins +55 Bullet +0.280 Audience
AC: 14 15 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 287 279 8 1.013
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Post by dovahduck on May 7, 2021 14:39:18 GMT -5
Let's gooo! I thought for sure that it was gonna peak at #11. Hopefully the same will occur in New Zealand.
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Post by fearlessarrow on May 8, 2021 5:44:16 GMT -5
POP: 1 1 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 17371 17699 -328 53.966
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HOT AC: 2 1 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 5795 5530 265 22.003
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AC: 14 15 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 290 280 10 1.048
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Post by spiritboy on May 8, 2021 11:29:57 GMT -5
So happy that it reached top 10 in UK.
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Post by #LisaRinna on May 8, 2021 19:52:23 GMT -5
So basically the moment it hit #1 on the Hot 100 radio started dropping it like it was trash. They couldn't be any more obvious.
Pop radio is some legalized manipulated bulls**t. Has been for at least 2-3 years now, at least they used to hide it well before.
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Post by Soundcl🕤ck on May 8, 2021 20:15:46 GMT -5
So basically the moment it hit #1 on the Hot 100 radio started dropping it like it was trash. They couldn't be any more obvious. Pop radio is some legalized manipulated bulls**t. Has been for at least 2-3 years now, at least they used to hide it well before. that's true, but I don't think it's the case with SYT. Hs team knew the song was nearing its radio peak, and that was perfect timing for the remix.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on May 8, 2021 21:17:02 GMT -5
if it was getting -500's i would agree, but -100's isn't anything unusual, imo. I'm surprised it got even this far, so it's been a huge success.
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Post by fearlessarrow on May 9, 2021 6:10:25 GMT -5
Will spend a third week at #1 on pop and first week at #1 on HAC tonight.
POP: 1 1 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 17268 17723 -455 53.788
-103 Spins -127 Bullet -0.178 Audience
HOT AC: 2 1 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 5851 5545 306 22.299
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AC: 14 14 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 290 278 12 1.054
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Post by fearlessarrow on May 10, 2021 6:05:54 GMT -5
POP: 1 1 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 17233 17706 -473 53.825
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HOT AC: 2 1 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 5889 5552 337 22.551
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AC: 14 13 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 295 277 18 1.052
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Post by fearlessarrow on May 11, 2021 6:07:40 GMT -5
POP: 1 1 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 17197 17654 -457 53.740
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HOT AC: 2 1 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 5935 5621 314 22.859
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AC: 14 13 THE WEEKND Save Your Tears 314 280 34 1.176
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