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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Mar 31, 2021 15:20:33 GMT -5
I’d be curious to see what numbers might be over time. Like, even if 1% of the population hears the number one song in a given week (across all mediums), that’s something like 3 million people. 10% would be 33 million. Whatever the actual number is, I wonder how it would compare to consumption of the number one song back in 2011, or 2001, or 1991? I’d be willing to bet the proportion of the population who hear the top hits is much lower now than any of those years. I'd bet the same, only because the options are greater. It's just like with TV. Ratings are down across the board for singular shows/channels, but it's because people have so many options. Exactly. Ratings are way down but I’ve read that tv/film consumption went way up last year. Like with music, there are more ways to consume what’s out there and more choice in what you watch and what to ignore. It’s easier to ignore the hits if you’re just not interested. |
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Post by mgkjn11 on Mar 31, 2021 15:21:30 GMT -5
I know I’m going to get lynched for speaking on this but here it goes. The big elephant in the room is Drake being at #8 after debuting just a few weeks ago, meanwhile The Weeknd is at #6 with a song that’s been in the top 10 for over a year. (Not to mention his other song that’s been in the top 10 now for 2 months). Yea, I think I’d be concerned if I was Drake. His streaming power is dwindling down. I think this is what happens when you over saturate yourself. It’s pretty evident he’s never going to repeat the success of 2018 with his new album. Maybe he should go away for a while and make the general public miss him. It wont be long before these 1 week splashes start becoming #2 or #3 debuts, which would deflate his ego (or at least the fanbases ego). You: Drake will never repeat what he did in 2018! Drake: ok bet *drops his album and 8 of his songs debut in the top 10 on billboard |
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Post by degen on Mar 31, 2021 15:23:28 GMT -5
I know I’m going to get lynched for speaking on this but here it goes. The big elephant in the room is Drake being at #8 after debuting just a few weeks ago, meanwhile The Weeknd is at #6 with a song that’s been in the top 10 for over a year. (Not to mention his other song that’s been in the top 10 now for 2 months). Yea, I think I’d be concerned if I was Drake. His streaming power is dwindling down. I think this is what happens when you over saturate yourself. It’s pretty evident he’s never going to repeat the success of 2018 with his new album. Maybe he should go away for a while and make the general public miss him. It wont be long before these 1 week splashes start becoming #2 or #3 debuts, which would deflate his ego (or at least the fanbases ego). You: Drake will never repeat what he did in 2018! Drake: ok bet *drops his album and 8 of his songs debut in the top 10 on billboard There you go again relying on the 1 week splash bit. He’s going to have to start dropping an album every 6 months at the rate his singles have been disappearing. Or maybe, just maybe...take a year off bro. |
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Post by jaffery on Mar 31, 2021 15:35:51 GMT -5
Call me by your name and Peaches are just dominating right now. I wonder which song will be bigger after a year. I personally think peaches will be bigger globally but I'm not so sure in the US. A good sign for peaches is that Bieber pretty much did the opposite for Peaches as he did for Yummy and it's still smashing, whereas lil nas x's song has ALOT of controversy surrounding it.
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Post by Enigma. on Mar 31, 2021 15:49:31 GMT -5
What are the numbers for Apple Music, Tidal, Pandora, etc? Pandora has usually 10k daily, but for Drake 3.5 million :kii: |
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Post by degen on Mar 31, 2021 15:52:37 GMT -5
Call me by your name and Peaches are just dominating right now. I wonder which song will be bigger after a year. I personally think peaches will be bigger globally but I'm not so sure in the US. A good sign for peaches is that Bieber pretty much did the opposite for Peaches as he did for Yummy and it's still smashing, whereas lil nas x's song has ALOT of controversy surrounding it. “Peaches” is the safer, more radio friendly song so I have no doubts it will last longer. “Montreo” is riding off the wings of a contrived controversy, so I’m not sure how long that will last. I mean even WAP’s controversy didn’t last that long, and after a couple of months the song did fade (even though it remains a pop culture staple). I think these kind of controversial songs don’t last long because radio doesn’t work in their favor, and after a while people move on from the music video. With this being said, are we assuming that Lil Nas X’s YouTube lead is going to make up for Bieber’s radio lead? Both leads seem very distant so at this point I’m kind of confused as to who is coming out on top next week. |
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Post by jenglisbe on Mar 31, 2021 16:05:11 GMT -5
I like "Leave the Door Open," but Mayer Hawthorne did that style better 10+ years ago.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Mar 31, 2021 16:11:54 GMT -5
Call me by your name and Peaches are just dominating right now. I wonder which song will be bigger after a year. I personally think peaches will be bigger globally but I'm not so sure in the US. A good sign for peaches is that Bieber pretty much did the opposite for Peaches as he did for Yummy and it's still smashing, whereas lil nas x's song has ALOT of controversy surrounding it. “Peaches” is the safer, more radio friendly song so I have no doubts it will last longer. “Montreo” is riding off the wings of a contrived controversy, so I’m not sure how long that will last. I mean even WAP’s controversy didn’t last that long, and after a couple of months the song did fade (even though it remains a pop culture staple). I think these kind of controversial songs don’t last long because radio doesn’t work in their favor, and after a while people move on from the music video. With this being said, are we assuming that Lil Nas X’s YouTube lead is going to make up for Bieber’s radio lead? Both leads seem very distant so at this point I’m kind of confused as to who is coming out on top next week. totally cool if Montero debuts at #1, and then Peaches returns to #1 the week after. |
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Post by starlord on Mar 31, 2021 16:56:47 GMT -5
I know I’m going to get lynched for speaking on this but here it goes. The big elephant in the room is Drake being at #8 after debuting just a few weeks ago, meanwhile The Weeknd is at #6 with a song that’s been in the top 10 for over a year. (Not to mention his other song that’s been in the top 10 now for 2 months). Yea, I think I’d be concerned if I was Drake. His streaming power is dwindling down. I think this is what happens when you over saturate yourself. It’s pretty evident he’s never going to repeat the success of 2018 with his new album. Maybe he should go away for a while and make the general public miss him. It wont be long before these 1 week splashes start becoming #2 or #3 debuts, which would deflate his ego (or at least the fanbases ego). You: Drake will never repeat what he did in 2018! Drake: ok bet *drops his album and 8 of his songs debut in the top 10 on billboard Understand Peaking on charts is not a problem for Drake. He could have 15 more number 1 hot 100. But can he sustain that song in top 5/10 for weeks, that's the question. Best Example - Taylor Swift in 2020, 2 number one's + 5 Top 10 songs but total weeks in top 10 would less than 10/15 combined(idk exactly). In Drake's defense, all songs sounded like 2018/19 rap. Imagine Drake doing fresh Pop smoke/Lil Tjay inspired sound, this could do numbers. |
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Mar 31, 2021 17:03:37 GMT -5
Drake Is fine. We all just saw what he did with a 3pack. Plus, he's Top 20 with Yung Bleu.
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Post by iHype. on Mar 31, 2021 17:04:04 GMT -5
I know I’m going to get lynched for speaking on this but here it goes. The big elephant in the room is Drake being at #8 after debuting just a few weeks ago, meanwhile The Weeknd is at #6 with a song that’s been in the top 10 for over a year. (Not to mention his other song that’s been in the top 10 now for 2 months). Yea, I think I’d be concerned if I was Drake. His streaming power is dwindling down. I think this is what happens when you over saturate yourself. It’s pretty evident he’s never going to repeat the success of 2018 with his new album. Maybe he should go away for a while and make the general public miss him. It wont be long before these 1 week splashes start becoming #2 or #3 debuts, which would deflate his ego (or at least the fanbases ego). I get what you're saying, but this is the worst comparison ever literally lol. Blinding Lights is the biggest song ever on Hot 100. Why is that the song you're comparing performance to in order to look good? "Driver's License" debuted #1 on arrival, and is now #4 after three months while "Blinding Lights" is #6 after fourteen months. Should we be concerned for Olivia? (Obviously not -- point is any song looks underwhelming compared to the best performing song ever) |
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Post by thegreatdivine on Mar 31, 2021 17:04:40 GMT -5
I know I’m going to get lynched for speaking on this but here it goes. The big elephant in the room is Drake being at #8 after debuting just a few weeks ago, meanwhile The Weeknd is at #6 with a song that’s been in the top 10 for over a year. (Not to mention his other song that’s been in the top 10 now for 2 months). Yea, I think I’d be concerned if I was Drake. His streaming power is dwindling down. I think this is what happens when you over saturate yourself. It’s pretty evident he’s never going to repeat the success of 2018 with his new album. Maybe he should go away for a while and make the general public miss him. It wont be long before these 1 week splashes start becoming #2 or #3 debuts, which would deflate his ego (or at least the fanbases ego). The last person who should be worried about being commercially viable is Drake. |
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Post by degen on Mar 31, 2021 17:09:49 GMT -5
I know I’m going to get lynched for speaking on this but here it goes. The big elephant in the room is Drake being at #8 after debuting just a few weeks ago, meanwhile The Weeknd is at #6 with a song that’s been in the top 10 for over a year. (Not to mention his other song that’s been in the top 10 now for 2 months). Yea, I think I’d be concerned if I was Drake. His streaming power is dwindling down. I think this is what happens when you over saturate yourself. It’s pretty evident he’s never going to repeat the success of 2018 with his new album. Maybe he should go away for a while and make the general public miss him. It wont be long before these 1 week splashes start becoming #2 or #3 debuts, which would deflate his ego (or at least the fanbases ego). The last person who should be worried about being commercially viable is Drake. My point was, if he continues to overexpose himself it’s going to hurt him in the long run. |
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Post by jenglisbe on Mar 31, 2021 17:12:58 GMT -5
The last person who should be worried about being commercially viable is Drake. My point was, if he continues to overexpose himself it’s going to hurt him in the long run. In the long run of what? Drake had his first hit in 2009 and just hit #1 in 2021. He's already had a long run. |
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Post by thegreatdivine on Mar 31, 2021 17:26:01 GMT -5
The last person who should be worried about being commercially viable is Drake. My point was, if he continues to overexpose himself it’s going to hurt him in the long run. I get where you're coming from but Drake has been pretty good with managing overexposure in the last 12 years. He's never really "taken a break." A "break" to him is not dropping a new song in maybe 6 months but still having multiple other songs charting and on the radio in that time. This is a short list of acts who have spent at least 30 weeks in the top 10 so far this decade: The Weeknd - 65 Drake - 57 DaBaby - 53 Roddy Ricch - 51 Justin Bieber - 46 Dua Lipa - 32 Ariana Grande - 32 24kGoldn - 30 ianndior - 30 Every other act has released at least 1 studio album this decade [save for Drake/iann dior] (Bieber has released 2!). Drake hasn't even started his album era officially yet and he has spent almost 60 weeks in the top 10 so far this decade. He also has the most top 10 hits (10) and top 5 hits (7, which all peaked somewhere in the top 3) so far this decade. He was the most-streamed act in the US last year, the second most-streamed act on Spotify and placed at #3 on IFPI's Global Artist Chart last year. Again, all of this when his album era hasn't started. So again, I get where you're coming from but he's the last person anyone should worry about when it comes to chart/commercial success. |
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Post by phieaglesfan712 on Mar 31, 2021 17:31:04 GMT -5
“Peaches” is the safer, more radio friendly song so I have no doubts it will last longer. “Montreo” is riding off the wings of a contrived controversy, so I’m not sure how long that will last. I mean even WAP’s controversy didn’t last that long, and after a couple of months the song did fade (even though it remains a pop culture staple). I think these kind of controversial songs don’t last long because radio doesn’t work in their favor, and after a while people move on from the music video. With this being said, are we assuming that Lil Nas X’s YouTube lead is going to make up for Bieber’s radio lead? Both leads seem very distant so at this point I’m kind of confused as to who is coming out on top next week. totally cool if Montero debuts at #1, and then Peaches returns to #1 the week after. Would be even better if Leave the Door Open went to #1, to match last summer's feat of 6 different #1's in 6 weeks (drivers license -> What's Next -> Up -> Peaches -> Montero -> Leave the Door Open). |
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Post by kimberly on Mar 31, 2021 17:31:55 GMT -5
Drake has been "overexposed" since like 2018, but people do welcome his new songs all the time. His career has clearly plateaued, but that's kind of bound to happen when you're one of if not the biggest artist in the history of the Hot 100. "Laugh Now Cry Later" already became his first #2 upset following his string of #1 hits (mainly because of timing, too—most other weeks in 2020 he would have landed a strong lead at #1). However it performed decently on radio and streaming and ended up being a bigger hit than half the 2020 #1s, so I doubt he's ever going to be mourning that loss. "What's Next" is definitely underperforming in terms of longevity compared to the lead single, but it still was an easy #1 for him. I don't think he has much reason to worry yet. (Though I don't get the "his album era hasn't started" argument thegreatdivine keeps making—that is just denial lol. As far as we know, "LNCL" is his lead single, however where the three recent songs go is unclear. He has also released a full-length project in 2020, let's not pretend he didn't.) |
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Post by Gary on Mar 31, 2021 17:49:04 GMT -5
My point was, if he continues to overexpose himself it’s going to hurt him in the long run. I get where you're coming from but Drake has been pretty good with managing overexposure in the last 12 years. He's never really "taken a break." A "break" to him is not dropping a new song in maybe 6 months but still having multiple other songs charting and on the radio in that time. This is a short list of acts who have spent at least 30 weeks in the top 10 so far this decade: The Weeknd - 65 Drake - 57 DaBaby - 53 Roddy Ricch - 51 Justin Bieber - 46 Dua Lipa - 32 Ariana Grande - 32 24kGoldn - 30 ianndior - 30 Every other act has released at least 1 studio album this decade [save for Drake/iann dior] (Bieber has released 2!). Drake hasn't even started his album era officially yet and he has spent almost 60 weeks in the top 10 so far this decade. He also has the most top 10 hits (10) and top 5 hits (7, which all peaked somewhere in the top 3) so far this decade. He was the most-streamed act in the US last year, the second most-streamed act on Spotify and placed at #3 on IFPI's Global Artist Chart last year. Again, all of this when his album era hasn't started. So again, I get where you're coming from but he's the last person anyone should worry about when it comes to chart/commercial success. I think the discussion was referring to the high volume of short term singles. Where they will peak at wherever and disappear in a couple weeks. Not the overall number of them or his awards, Of the 10 top 10s- only 3 hung around and one of those he was not the lead artist |
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Post by thegreatdivine on Mar 31, 2021 18:29:45 GMT -5
kimberly at this rate, Laugh Now Cry Later will likely be relegated to a bonus track on his album at best, smh. You have a long history of insisting that any project Drake drops, regardless of what it really is, be equated to actual albums by other artists. You made the same argument when I said Beyoncè's the Gift flopped back in 2019 and you brought up Care Package (a collection of previously released songs every Drake fan has heard simply compiled together and made available on DSPs which still managed to debut with 109K) as a flop as well. Dark Lane Demo Tapes is something close to what Care Package was. About half the songs from the mixtape were leaked/previously released unofficially beforehand, the other half were unfinished songs he put together because fans kept asking for them to be released officially. Neither of those releases should be compared to actual album eras. I'm also not in denial about anything, lol. He announced that his album would be dropping "sometime in 2021" back in January. A few weeks ago, he releases a 3-track EP that he doesn't associate in any way to the album, doesn't give any updates on when the album might be dropping - just that he's still working on it and passes off the EP as just an offering of new music for fans (he's done this numerous times in the past, even before the streaming era, where he would release 3/4 songs not attached to his current/forthcoming album as a kind of fan service). So yeah, regardless of the success the songs have had, I doubt any of them are attached to his album. I also don't see him releasing an album he's delayed multiple times and has spent so much time working on as a surprise so I assume he'll push some singles off it before it eventually drops and save for Laugh Now Cry Later which he called a lead single (and I still have doubts about), nothing he's done since then has indicated that he has actually started his album era (back in 2016, he released a song titled Summer Sixteen, announces that it'll be on Views and everyone assumes it's the lead single. It debuts at #6 on the Hot 100. Views drops and the song is nowhere to be found). So far, it just feels like he's dropping random songs to pacify fans while he figures out how/when to release the album.
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Post by Mayman on Mar 31, 2021 18:34:20 GMT -5
I see LNCL and WN being included on the album in some way, in the same way Started From The Bottom was for NWTS, Hotline Bling was for Views, and God's Plan was for Scorpion.
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Post by thegreatdivine on Mar 31, 2021 18:36:16 GMT -5
I get where you're coming from but Drake has been pretty good with managing overexposure in the last 12 years. He's never really "taken a break." A "break" to him is not dropping a new song in maybe 6 months but still having multiple other songs charting and on the radio in that time. This is a short list of acts who have spent at least 30 weeks in the top 10 so far this decade: The Weeknd - 65 Drake - 57 DaBaby - 53 Roddy Ricch - 51 Justin Bieber - 46 Dua Lipa - 32 Ariana Grande - 32 24kGoldn - 30 ianndior - 30 Every other act has released at least 1 studio album this decade [save for Drake/iann dior] (Bieber has released 2!). Drake hasn't even started his album era officially yet and he has spent almost 60 weeks in the top 10 so far this decade. He also has the most top 10 hits (10) and top 5 hits (7, which all peaked somewhere in the top 3) so far this decade. He was the most-streamed act in the US last year, the second most-streamed act on Spotify and placed at #3 on IFPI's Global Artist Chart last year. Again, all of this when his album era hasn't started. So again, I get where you're coming from but he's the last person anyone should worry about when it comes to chart/commercial success. I think the discussion was referring to the high volume of short term singles. Where they will peak at wherever and disappear in a couple weeks. Not the overall number of them or his awards, Of the 10 top 10s- only 3 hung around and one of those he was not the lead artist What does him not being the lead artist on one of those songs have to do with anything? Have you all of a sudden forgotten how many 1-week-in-the-top-10 non-album bomb singles we had last year? That he even scored 3 songs that had longevity in the top 10 is impressive so I don't get how you're trying to turn that into some sort of negative. |
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Post by thegreatdivine on Mar 31, 2021 18:43:55 GMT -5
I see LNCL and WN being included on the album in some way, in the same way Started From The Bottom was for NWTS, Hotline Bling was for Views, and God's Plan was for Scorpion. I could definitely see that as well but then again, I wouldn't be surprised if he left them off the album. He's left several successful songs off parent albums before so it wouldn't be the first time, lol. We'll just have to wait and see what he ends up doing. |
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Post by Gary on Mar 31, 2021 18:44:11 GMT -5
I think the discussion was referring to the high volume of short term singles. Where they will peak at wherever and disappear in a couple weeks. Not the overall number of them or his awards, Of the 10 top 10s- only 3 hung around and one of those he was not the lead artist What does him not being the lead artist on one of those songs have to do with anything? Have you all of a sudden forgotten how many 1-week-in-the-top-10 non-album bomb singles we had last year? That he even scored 3 songs that had longevity in the top 10 is impressive so I don't get how you're trying to turn that into some sort of negative. I am not doing anything at all. I know you get defensive about this stuff. I was trying to help you figure out what they were talking about and why they brought it up. I could be wrong but I don't think they were referring to initial peak positions, # top 10 hits and artist of the year awards. I think they were noting something along the lines of what I posted. The 3 releases that peaked high and will fizzle quickly is part of a trend I think that prompted the comments, that may be what they were referring to and if I am wrong I am sure someone will correct me. |
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Post by kimberly on Mar 31, 2021 18:53:59 GMT -5
kimberly at this rate, Laugh Now Cry Later will likely be relegated to a bonus track on his album at best, smh. You have a long history of insisting that anything project Drake drops, regardless of what it really is, be equated to actual album by other artists. You made the same argument when I said Beyoncè's the Gift flopped back in 2019 and you brought up Care Package (a collection of previously released songs every Drake fan has heard simply compiled together and made available on DSPs which still managed to debut with 109K) as a flop as well. Dark Lane Demo Tapes is something close to what Care Package was. About half the songs from the mixtape were leaked/previously released unofficially beforehand, the other half were unfinished songs he put together because fans kept asking for them to be released officially. Neither of those releases should be compared to actual album eras. lmao. I didn't say it was an album. I just think it's funny that you used "he spent so many weeks in the top ten without dropping any albums" rhetoric and equated him to Iann Dior. Drake has a large fanbase and he dropped a full length project, with a lead single and all. It's not an album but it's also not like he didn't release anything. Your attempt to make it seem that way is deplorable. my long history? you were the one trying to treat The Gift as if it were Beyoncé's 7th studio album. by that logic, Scary Hours 2 EP must be Drake's worst-performing album, it didn't even chart on the Billboard 200. I'm not saying your analysis and prediction are wrong. But from where we stand, he has announced a new album, dropped the lead single, and has been active in the music landscape for the past several months. He's clearly in a new album era. Maybe our definitions of what an "era" means are different. I'd include "Focus" in Ariana's Dangerous Woman era, "Formation" in Beyoncé's Lemonade era (even though we didn't know about the album until it dropped), "Nightmare" in Halsey's Manic era etc. Even if "LNCL" is scrapped, it is a part of Drake's Certified Lover Boy era. It was announced as such. |
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Post by thegreatdivine on Mar 31, 2021 19:01:29 GMT -5
What does him not being the lead artist on one of those songs have to do with anything? Have you all of a sudden forgotten how many 1-week-in-the-top-10 non-album bomb singles we had last year? That he even scored 3 songs that had longevity in the top 10 is impressive so I don't get how you're trying to turn that into some sort of negative. I am not doing anything at all. I know you get defensive about this stuff. I was trying to help you figure out what they were talking about and why they brought it up. I could be wrong but I don't think they were referring to initial peak positions, # top 10 hits and artist of the year awards. I think they were noting something along the lines of what I posted. The 3 releases that peaked high and will fizzle quickly is part of a trend I think that prompted the comments, that may be what they were referring to and if I am wrong I am sure someone will correct me. I'm not being defensive and I can read. I understood what the user was talking about. I didn't need you to spell it out for me, lol. The user literally said "his streaming power is dwindling down" based on the performance of his most recent songs and mentioned that they felt he was overexposed/oversaturated. Everything I wrote was to offer some context to the things they mentioned. Even other users chimed in and quietly disagreed with the user. Why should Drake be worried when he has scored more hits than anyone and is still the strongest streaming artist so far this decade? Those are the points I tried to make with my response and then your response to me pointing out that he had spent the second-most weeks in the top 10 so far this decade was "Of the 10 top 10s- only 3 hung around and one of those he was not the lead artist". How else is anyone supposed to take that? Especially when you know that more than half the songs released last year which peaked in the top 10 served no longevity at all? Smh. |
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Post by Gary on Mar 31, 2021 19:15:07 GMT -5
I am not doing anything at all. I know you get defensive about this stuff. I was trying to help you figure out what they were talking about and why they brought it up. I could be wrong but I don't think they were referring to initial peak positions, # top 10 hits and artist of the year awards. I think they were noting something along the lines of what I posted. The 3 releases that peaked high and will fizzle quickly is part of a trend I think that prompted the comments, that may be what they were referring to and if I am wrong I am sure someone will correct me. I'm not being defensive I will disagree with that part The rest of it, I don't care that much. I am not trying to argue one point or another. The points that started this discussion at the top of the page and at the end of the prior page were the "1 week splashes" If I misinterpreted that then I apologize. But for reference this is what I thought was what started the whole Drake discussion: |
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Post by spoons on Mar 31, 2021 19:19:52 GMT -5
The last person who should be worried about being commercially viable is Drake. My point was, if he continues to overexpose himself it’s going to hurt him in the long run. does he even care? Hes already made tapes that will be considered classics for years to come. He has enough money to last him for over 10 more lifetimes. |
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Post by thegreatdivine on Mar 31, 2021 19:23:32 GMT -5
kimberly but that's just it. I never said he didn't release anything. I said he hasn't released an ALBUM yet - the point being that his albums always perform better than his side projects do. How was I incorrect in that statement? How does that even work? Scary Hours 2 wasn't eligible to chart and if it was, it would have debuted at #1, with more units than The Gift debuted with and from only 3 songs. The Gift, was, by every conceiveable metric, a flop. I wasn't the only one who thought that so it wasn't like I had some agenda out for Beyoncè and I never quite understood why you'd counter with confusing remarks about Drake's own releases, lol. I even said Homecoming shouldn't be acknowledged as a new release because it was basically a live album of her older songs and those don't necessarily perform well. The difference, however, was that the Gift was ALL BRAND NEW SONGS, marketed and released as a soundtrack album by Beyoncè. She announced the album, shared it's tracklist on her website/social media platforms (so fans could anticipate it's release) and not counting the interludes on it's standard version, she appears on 10/14 of the actual songs off the album. Yes, it wasn't an official solo Beyoncè studio album and I didn't expect it to perform as well as those usually do, but for a new project with all-new Beyoncè music, it flopped and that's a fact.
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Post by Skibidi Bop Bop on Mar 31, 2021 19:37:40 GMT -5
The public must be migrating to other audio media, such as podcasts. I for example have been listening to more podcasts than music while working. Same and also Asmr. |
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dann
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Post by dann on Mar 31, 2021 19:37:51 GMT -5
Please create a thread whenever you talk about Drake, it will always generate a huge discussion.
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