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Post by fridayteenage on Jun 1, 2021 1:45:52 GMT -5
Army having a lot of experience with the assembly line mass buying has the rules down pat, while there is no such machinery in place for lipa. Her push sales week was below, like, 18 of dynamite's.
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Post by Abbaschand on Jun 1, 2021 1:56:09 GMT -5
Dynamite had 2 remixes released in the middle of week 1 and sold 265k digitals. Butter had 0 remixes in the first week and apparently sold 228k digitals. That's not low at all.  really woke up and chose violence everyday. |
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Post by Enigma. on Jun 1, 2021 2:02:50 GMT -5
So does this mean it's close between G4U and Butter after all?
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Post by nathanalbright on Jun 1, 2021 2:05:10 GMT -5
That's just doing a good deed to help out some clueless army private. |
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Post by phieaglesfan712 on Jun 1, 2021 2:14:26 GMT -5
But in the six years or so since digital downloads stopped being a thing. Has it aged well? Actually weirdly terribly given how big the song was and how successful Believer & Thunder were during the streaming era On Spotify Radioactive was the second song to hit 200,000,000 streams (back in 2014 I think) and it’s only at 249m now On the two other metrics, Radioactive is still doing well. It still gets a lot of radio play, and is a favorite for marching bands at football games. I still hear the song from time to time. A lot of songs have aged worse than Radioactive, like Party Rock Anthem and Somebody That I Used To Know. I know those were big back in 2011-2012, but I honestly can't remember the last time I heard those songs, especially PRA. |
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Post by dremolus - solarpunk on Jun 1, 2021 2:20:46 GMT -5
Actually weirdly terribly given how big the song was and how successful Believer & Thunder were during the streaming era On Spotify Radioactive was the second song to hit 200,000,000 streams (back in 2014 I think) and it’s only at 249m now On the two other metrics, Radioactive is still doing well. It still gets a lot of radio play, and is a favorite for marching bands at football games. I still hear the song from time to time. A lot of songs have aged worse than Radioactive, like Party Rock Anthem and Somebody That I Used To Know. I know those were big back in 2011-2012, but I honestly can't remember the last time I heard those songs, especially PRA. Mans really out here choosing death |
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Post by dremolus - solarpunk on Jun 1, 2021 2:27:28 GMT -5
Amazing group, hope they have a hit again. As someone who likes Radioactive way more than BL, I wish Blinding Lights passed Radioactive though because I don’t think there’s going to be an opportunity to do it again with the recurrency rules change and Blinding Lights hitting timing perfectly with a later peak and then the pandemic causing the slowest fall ever I agree. Pulse honestly needs to stop hating on every little thing when they get the chance. I know half of these people who’s hating on BL still being on the charts either complain about everything, don’t like record smashing achievements or secretly like the song but want to not see it win for some reason. I feel like it should pass Radioactive as a final, cherry on top step as being the absolute biggest hit song of all time. If you're trying to shade me for not liking Blinding Lights still charting, just know that I've literally used the song as a tribute to 2020 music. I like the song lmao, I just want it off the charts. |
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Post by mylo on Jun 1, 2021 3:30:57 GMT -5
I agree. Pulse honestly needs to stop hating on every little thing when they get the chance. I know half of these people who’s hating on BL still being on the charts either complain about everything, don’t like record smashing achievements or secretly like the song but want to not see it win for some reason. I feel like it should pass Radioactive as a final, cherry on top step as being the absolute biggest hit song of all time. If you're trying to shade me for not liking Blinding Lights still charting, just know that I've literally used the song as a tribute to 2020 music. I like the song lmao, I just want it off the charts. If you don't mind me asking, why? We are unlikely to ever see another song with another longevity to come close to Radioactive thanks to the 25/52 rule so why not root for it to beat Radioactive? |
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Post by Enigma. on Jun 1, 2021 3:49:11 GMT -5
We are unlikely to ever see another song with another longevity to come close to Radioactive thanks to the 25/52 rule so why not root for it to beat Radioactive? That's a pretty brave statement considering how old songs there are in current top ten and even I Hope spent over 60 weeks in. |
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Post by dremolus - solarpunk on Jun 1, 2021 3:49:49 GMT -5
If you're trying to shade me for not liking Blinding Lights still charting, just know that I've literally used the song as a tribute to 2020 music. I like the song lmao, I just want it off the charts. If you don't mind me asking, why? We are unlikely to ever see another song with another longevity to come close to Radioactive thanks to the 25/52 rule so why not root for it to beat Radioactive? Because I don't care lmao. Is it just not rational that I find it annoying that a song is still in the Top quarter of the charts, months after it's peaked? Radioactive shouldn't have been on the charts for 87 weeks and neither should Blinding Lights |
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Post by mylo on Jun 1, 2021 3:59:20 GMT -5
We are unlikely to ever see another song with another longevity to come close to Radioactive thanks to the 25/52 rule so why not root for it to beat Radioactive? That's a pretty brave statement considering how old songs there are in current top ten and even I Hope spent over 60 weeks in. There is a 27 week difference between 60 weeks and 87 weeks. That's roughly 6 and a half months. It is a brave statement but I stand by it |
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Post by spiritboy on Jun 1, 2021 5:43:03 GMT -5
Just to see the meltdowns here, i hope the Army will keep on buying the song until beats OTR's record on Hot 100. :kii:
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Post by Limited Edition on Jun 1, 2021 5:58:33 GMT -5
We are unlikely to ever see another song with another longevity to come close to Radioactive thanks to the 25/52 rule so why not root for it to beat Radioactive? That's a pretty brave statement considering how old songs there are in current top ten and even I Hope spent over 60 weeks in. Pandemic tax. Also I Hope was still miles behind Blinding Lights. No song will outchart BL in the next 10 years |
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Post by dremolus - solarpunk on Jun 1, 2021 6:16:17 GMT -5
Just to see the meltdowns here, i hope the Army will keep on buying the song until beats OTR's record on Hot 100.  It already peaked on streaming. ARMY stans are not gonna be able to keep buying the number one because the streams are still dropping |
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Post by ZERO on Jun 1, 2021 7:17:53 GMT -5
Gonna have to agree with drem on that one, BL is way past its prime and although it's still good, the fact that it's this high this late into its run is pretty ridiculous
I don't care that much for Radioactive but I sure as hell don't care for BL either anymore.
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Post by spiritboy on Jun 1, 2021 7:21:00 GMT -5
BL is the better song for me so i hope it'll break the record.
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Post by Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ on Jun 1, 2021 7:26:10 GMT -5
But in the six years or so since digital downloads stopped being a thing. Has it aged well? Actually weirdly terribly given how big the song was and how successful Believer & Thunder were during the streaming era On Spotify Radioactive was the second song to hit 200,000,000 streams (back in 2014 I think) and it’s only at 249m now Radioactive at 249m now? What? Radioactive almost has 1,2 billion streams on Spotify. or maybe I didn't understand what you meant🤷♂️ tbh, I'm happy with BL's 78 weeks, that's exactly one year and a half. |
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Post by phieaglesfan712 on Jun 1, 2021 7:40:16 GMT -5
I wanted Blinding Lights to break the record. However, when Billie announced that her album would be released on BL's 87th week, I began to think that maybe it won't happen. When J Cole and Olivia released their albums (and BTS released Butter), it became clear to me that the record wouldn't be broken. At that point, my focus shifted from breaking the record to just getting the I'm Yours/one-and-a-half year/Sail milestones. BL survived J Cole, Olivia, and Butter to get past I'm Yours and the year and a half, but I've now accepted that Lil Baby and Lil Durk's album is going to be the nail in the coffin.
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Post by jebsib on Jun 1, 2021 8:23:15 GMT -5
Wonder how BL will age.
I have a feeling it will be closely associated with the COVID lockdowns and thus might not be the carefree, nostalgic classic we all anticipate...
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Post by chartfreak on Jun 1, 2021 8:23:53 GMT -5
I'm amazed BB has such a problem with 4 illegal sales from Dua Lipa fans but are ok with the Army mass-buying shenanigans, I'ver seen infinite ads on social media this week saying oh if you don't have $, send us a mail and we'll send you the money... how is that not mass buying? Dua's sales probably didn't originate in the USA, that's the difference. There is no conspiracy. |
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Post by dremolus - solarpunk on Jun 1, 2021 8:29:27 GMT -5
Wonder how BL will age. I have a feeling it will be closely associated with the COVID lockdowns and thus might not be the carefree, nostalgic classic we all anticipate... I don't think that's how it will work. If that was the case, why don't we associate more 80s songs with the AIDS epidemic. Early 2000s music, with the exception of directly political music such as System of a Down and American Idiot (and the gross patriotist country songs), are rarely linked with 9/11 and the War on Terror. The economy crises of 2008 in America, the Asian Economy crisis of the late 90s, the entire civil rights movement of the 60s, even the #MeToo movement, I could go on and on. Blinding Lights will still be remembered as a fun song and the COVID lockdown will still be remembered as a miserable time. Both can coexist. In conversations of culture, none of them need to drag down each other. |
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Post by phieaglesfan712 on Jun 1, 2021 8:31:08 GMT -5
Wonder how BL will age. I have a feeling it will be closely associated with the COVID lockdowns and thus might not be the carefree, nostalgic classic we all anticipate... My gut tells me it won't age as well as Uptown Funk and See You Again. All you have to do is look on the list of Daily YouTube views. UF and SYA are consistently in the Top 100 every day, and ranked ahead of BL (and for that matter, the rest of the top 2020 hits). It makes me wonder just how many weeks UF and SYA would have spent in the Top 10/Hot 100 if they were released 5 years later. That being said, I think BL will age better than the rest of the top 2020 hits (several of which have already been forgotten). |
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Post by gikem on Jun 1, 2021 8:52:43 GMT -5
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Post by Lost In Musical Reverie on Jun 1, 2021 9:01:34 GMT -5
First The Weeknd reposted one of their tweets celebrating "Blinding Lights" ' endless achievements, and now Olivia Rodrigo also featured the account here. Congratulations indeed! Talk Of The Charts has really come a long way since last year to become one of the definitive chart communities. |
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Post by Limited Edition on Jun 1, 2021 9:09:01 GMT -5
Wonder how BL will age. I have a feeling it will be closely associated with the COVID lockdowns and thus might not be the carefree, nostalgic classic we all anticipate... My gut tells me it won't age as well as Uptown Funk and See You Again. All you have to do is look on the list of Daily YouTube views. UF and SYA are consistently in the Top 100 every day, and ranked ahead of BL (and for that matter, the rest of the top 2020 hits). It makes me wonder just how many weeks UF and SYA would have spent in the Top 10/Hot 100 if they were released 5 years later. That being said, I think BL will age better than the rest of the top 2020 hits (several of which have already been forgotten). Blinding Lights has two versions charting in the top 500 on Youtube, the audio and video. They are doing around 1.2M daily views combined which is more than Uptown Funk. Also, using Youtube views as a comparison makes no sense because Youtube is way past its peak. How well are Uptown Funk and See You Again charting on Spotify top 200? They aren't. Blinding Lights on the other hand will stay there forever |
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Post by Lost In Musical Reverie on Jun 1, 2021 9:16:13 GMT -5
^^^ And don't forget the music videos for "Uptown Funk!" and "See You Again" are pretty family friendly, whereas the thumbnail for "Blinding Lights" alone might be a turn off for some (hence why the audio version is also very dominant).
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Post by gikem on Jun 1, 2021 9:38:04 GMT -5
^^^ And don't forget the music videos for "Uptown Funk!" and "See You Again" are pretty family friendly, whereas the thumbnail for "Blinding Lights" alone might be a turn off for some (hence why the audio version is also very dominant). There's also the fact that the official video for Blinding Lights has constant sound effects and at one point completely changes part of the song to match the visuals. That's why the audio version has more views on YouTube. Note to all music video directors: If you want an artist's video for a big hit to be remembered for years to come, don't add loud sound effects, completely change any part of the song, or interrupt the song with dialogue or action! |
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Post by Lost In Musical Reverie on Jun 1, 2021 9:55:51 GMT -5
^^^ And don't forget the music videos for "Uptown Funk!" and "See You Again" are pretty family friendly, whereas the thumbnail for "Blinding Lights" alone might be a turn off for some (hence why the audio version is also very dominant). There's also the fact that the official video for Blinding Lights has constant sound effects and at one point completely changes part of the song to match the visuals. That's why the audio version has more views on YouTube. Note to all music video directors: If you want an artist's video for a big hit to be remembered for years to come, don't add loud sound effects, completely change any part of the song, or interrupt the song with dialogue or action!There are exceptions of course, especially in the 80s where music videos played around being mini movies ("Thriller" comes to mind), but yes, thanks for reminding me of another contributing factor to "Blinding Lights" ' poor performance on YouTube. At least the song was still able to shine to its fullest regardless, which cannot be said for these two pop tunes, whose music videos essentially killed any momentum they had... |
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Post by dremolus - solarpunk on Jun 1, 2021 10:06:59 GMT -5
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Post by jenglisbe on Jun 1, 2021 10:10:27 GMT -5
What am I missing here? Other acts have had higher totals for their debut album (Snoop Dogg comes to mind). |
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