Ed Sheeran f/ Taylor Swift - "The Joker and the Queen"

[NeRD]

Neither Z100 or KIIS added this week. Weird since they're both iHeart stations which usually automatically show up as adds for songs who have a radio deal.

[Jose Polica]

76 Adds at US Pop Radio.

[Enigma.]

Feb 15, 2022 18:05:59 GMT -5 NeRD said:

I think it's safe for a Top 10 debut next week at least. If it doesn't, that would be embarrassing.

It's not going to be even close if the digital sales are not on Nicki Minaj level.

[jgarbary]

Feb 15, 2022 18:43:32 GMT -5 NeRD said:

Neither Z100 or KIIS added this week. Weird since they're both iHeart stations which usually automatically show up as adds for songs who have a radio deal.

Z100 played it three times on Thursday night. Once at 8pm, then 10pm then 2am.. then that was it.. so strange. KIIS didn’t play it at all from what I could tell. (I was watching both)

Edit:  and then Friday morning I streamed Z100 for a couple of hours expecting to hear it every hour, but instead there was the new Saweetie track "Closer" every hour on the hour instead.  It really does seem there was a very last minute decision by IHeart to pull this..   Question.. are there any IHeart CHR stations actually playing this now?  am wondering if it's the same in the US as in Canada, where the only stations to add TJATQ are non-IHeart stations.

[fearlessarrow]

POP:
-- 32 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 1733 0 1733 5.361

+255 Spins
+255 Bullet
+0.693 Audience

HOT AC:
-- 19 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 1496 0 1496 5.937

+215 Spins
+215 Bullet
+0.587 Audience

AC:
-- 16 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 143 0 143 0.679

+19 Spins
+19 Bullet
+0.073 Audience

[RoseColoredGirl]

Feb 16, 2022 1:36:57 GMT -5 jgarbary said:

Question.. are there any IHeart CHR stations actually playing this now?

Yes, my CHR (which is an iHeart station) has continued to play it. My station switched off between premiering "The Joker and the Queen" and "Closer" at the top of each hour on Friday.

[Hefty Hanna]

I mean, it's a pretty song. It is what it is.

[fearlessarrow]

POP:
-- 32 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 2027 0 2027 6.100

+294 Spins
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+0.739 Audience

HOT AC:
-- 17 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 1752 0 1752 6.605

+256 Spins
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AC:
-- 15 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 166 0 166 0.749

+23 Spins
+23 Bullet
+0.070 Audience

[beeguy19]

I love that the song has strings. Great melody too. It might be slow, but has some very interesting features. Hope it smashes!

[fearlessarrow]

POP:
50 31 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 2160 166 1994 6.264

+133 Spins
-33 Bullet
+0.164 Audience

HOT AC:
46 16 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 1893 146 1747 6.892

+141 Spins
-5 Bullet
+0.287 Audience

AC:
39 15 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 167 22 145 0.736

+1 Spin
-21 Bullet
-0.013 Audience

[Future Captain]

I think their name will carry this to the top 15 and then stops there

[Choco]

At this point top 15 might be too high.

I just it doesn't park itself at #16 to #18 for a month and then we get the avalanche of "this is as far as Taylor can go on Pop these days lol she's over" posts.

[Enigma.]

I wouldn't be surprised if she never went top ten on pop again. She's over 30 and known as independent artist who does her own thing. Pop radio hates them ladies.

[NeRD]

Feb 18, 2022 14:49:42 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

I wouldn't be surprised if she never went top ten on pop again. She's over 30 and known as independent artist who does her own thing. Pop radio hates them ladies.

Independent artist?

[Taylor.]

Debuts at #2 in the UK.

[leonagwen]

This is a real good song. It's really hard for a slow Ballad such as this to get good Pop airplay in 2022. This should easily get to at least #15, after that who knows?

[kcdawg13]

Feb 18, 2022 16:38:12 GMT -5 leonagwen said:

This is a real good song. It's really hard for a slow Ballad such as this to get good Pop airplay in 2022. This should easily get to at least #15, after that who knows?

Didn't Easy On Me just go #1 here? Pop radio loves slow ballads, Someone You Loved is one of the biggest pop hits of all time. 

[fearlessarrow]

8th day effect (it did have a partial day last Thursday but last Friday was when the song got a deal etc.)

POP:
43 31 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 1953 719 1234 4.914

-207 Spins
-760 Bullet
-1.350 Audience

HOT AC:
26 18 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 1642 687 955 5.132

-251 Spins
-792 Bullet
-1.760 Audience

AC:
23 16 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 150 63 87 0.619

-17 Spins
-58 Bullet
-0.117 Audience

[fearlessarrow]

POP:
41 31 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 2024 936 1088 5.159

+71 Spins
-146 Bullet
+0.245 Audience

HOT AC:
24 18 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 1733 894 839 5.016

+91 Spins
-116 Bullet
-0.116 Audience

AC:
20 16 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 159 80 79 0.608

+9 Spins
-8 Bullet
-0.011 Audience

[spiritboy]

I don't care if this flops at this point. It's such a beautiful song and Taylor sounds heavenly on this. Did she even acknowledge the existence of this song though? :kii:

[Taylor.]

^ She posted one Instagram story "congratulating" Ed on the song lol

[Enigma.]

She has the Pitchfork/critical relevance now so she is wise to stay away from highlight her collaborations with Ed lmao

[Future Captain]

Honestly between failing to reach #1 in The UK despite the push and it already plummeting in spotify across the world, I think they might already be planning to cut their losses with this one. Won't be surprised if this missed top 20 in Pop.

[musicspy]

Feb 21, 2022 4:45:32 GMT -5 Future Captain said:

Honestly between failing to reach #1 in The UK despite the push and it already plummeting in spotify across the world, I think they might already be planning to cut their losses with this one. Won't be surprised if this missed top 20 in Pop.

Meanwhile this is not doing terribly across the platforms so far but yeah, seems to be slowly but surely plummeting

[fearlessarrow]

POP:
38 30 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 2071 1246 825 5.262

+47 Spins
-263 Bullet
+0.103 Audience

HOT AC:
22 15 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 1832 1088 744 5.011

+99 Spins
-95 Bullet
-0.005 Audience

AC:
19 16 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 163 97 66 0.603

+4 Spins
-13 Bullet
-0.005 Audience

[NeRD]

If this misses Top 20 on Pop, would it be Taylor's first single to do so?

[Choco]

Not this already getting sub 50 spin gains.

They need to come up with a better song.

Feb 21, 2022 7:37:57 GMT -5 NeRD said:

If this misses Top 20 on Pop, would it be Taylor's first single to do so?

The Story of Us (#21) and those random collabs with HAIM and Big Red Machine although I don't think those got sent to CHR.

[fearlessarrow]

POP:
33 30 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 2156 1478 678 5.360

+85 Spins
-147 Bullet
+0.098 Audience

HOT AC:
20 15 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 1943 1281 662 5.255

+111 Spins
-82 Bullet
+0.244 Audience

AC:
16 16 ED SHEERAN F/TAYLOR SWIFT The Joker And The Queen 162 124 38 0.514

-1 Spin
-28 Bullet
-0.089 Audience

[otaviohmg]

[NeRD]

Yikes.