Billboard Hot 100: 01/22/2022

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

What's Up up to #5 at iTunes because of being on sale.

[TakeMe]

Is Wildside over with???

[dremolus - solarpunk]

US Spotify - 01/08/22

The Weeknd - Dawn FM
1(=) Sacrifice 1,512,608 (-437,470)
3(-1) Gasoline 1,210,804 (-631,194)
4(+2) Is There Someone Else? 1,174,180 (-336,848)
5(-1) How Do I Make You Love Me? 1,152,128 (-583,149)
6(-1) Out of Time 1,151,991 (-377,278)
7(+1) Take My Breath 1,022,048 (-410,390)
8(-1) Here We Go… Again 1,013,456 (-455,011
10(-1) Best Friends 945,770 (-391,068)
12(-9) Dawn FM 938,179 (-811,764)
13(+3) Less Than Zero 927,314 (-203,254)
14(-3) I Heard You’re Married 923,867 (-324,844)
20(-8) Starry Eyes 836,237 (-368,142)
24(-9) A Tale By Quincy 706,431 (-430,350)
25(-6) Don’t Break My Heart 697,905 (-301,513)
26(-8) Every Angel is Terrifying 671,476 (-349,428)
40(-11) Phantom Regret by Jim 540,492 (-253,880)
Total Streams: 15,424,886 (-30%)

Gunna - DS4EVER
18(-4) pushin P 849,439 (-324,844)
22(-5) thought i was playing 779,423 (-262,803)
31(-6) 25k jacket 591,267 (-226,432)
32(-4) alotta cake 590,430 (-204,489)
33(-12) mop 586,101 (-270,266)
38(-8) how you did that 552,632 (-235,676)
39(-15) poochie gown 540,905 (-294,516)
51(-10) too easy 460,590 (-116,384)
55(-16) idk that bitch 430,161 (-161,189)
56(-19) south to west 423,976 (-176,327)
61(-30) private island 397,497 (-377,445)
62(-24) livin wild 396,843 (-199,759)
74(-29) you & me 364,362 (-194,188)
79(-29) flooded 351,181 (-154,514)
86(-19) too easy (Remix) 327,583 (-65,618)
Total Streams for too easy: 788,173
Total Streams: 8,636,524 (-30%)

Others:
2(+8) Carolina Gaitán - La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz, Encanto Cast - We Don't Talk About Bruno 1,258,363 (-2,398)
9(+4) Lauren Spencer-Smith - Fingers Crossed 964,078 (-218,220)
11(+9) Glass Animals - Heat Waves 944,444 (+26,541)
15(+8) Lil Nas X - INDUSTRY BABY 866,872 (+30,177)
16(+6) Jessica Darrow - Surface Pressure 854,345 (+1,381)
17(+9) The Kid LAROI - STAY 852,581 (+36,282)
19(+8) Kodak Black - Super Gremlin 844,444 (+43,212)
21(+11) GAYLE - abcdefu 792,910 (+21,556)
23(+10) Adele - Easy On Me 711,660 (-4,709)
27(+7) Imagine Dragons - Enemy 665,972 (+22,943)
28(+7) Doja Cat - Need to Know 648,925 (+21,290)
29(+7) Drake - Knife Talk 609,147 (+5,036)
30(+16) Elton John, Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) 596,202 (+41,769)
34(+8) Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u 577,446 (+5,175)
35(+5) Lil Durk - Broadway Girls 575,152 (-6,828)
36(+7) SZA - I Hate U 572,011 (-40)
37(+7) Doja Cat - Kiss Me More 567,555 (+112)
41(+8) Doja Cat - Woman 519,174 (+11,869)
42(+5) The Walters - I Love You So 508,384 (-16,920)
43(+10) Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Merediz, Encanto Cast - The Family Madrigal 508,018 (+18,157)
44(+7) Ed Sheeran - Shivers 507,567 (+6,234)
45(+7) NEIKED - Better Days 506,178 (+6,861)
46(+9) Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz - What Else Can I Do? 486,263 (+7,090)
47(+11) Post Malone - One Right Now 472,812 (+5,569)
48(=) Steve Lacy - Dark Red 472,235 (-37,533)
49(+7) THE ANXIETY, WILLOW, Tyler Cole - Meet Me At Our Spot 470,228 (-3,409)
50(+9) Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic - Smokin Out The Window 465,017 (+1,809)
52(+2) Baby Keem - family ties 458,533 (-22,139)
53(+4) Taylor Swift - All Too Well (10 Minute Version) 434,375 (-35,239)
57(+4) Playboi Carti - Sky 423,841 (-10,284)
58(+5) Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits 408,069 (+3,889)
63(+3) Sebastian Yatra - Dos Oruguitas 392,625 (-4,651)
65(+8) Nardo Wick - Who Want Smoke?? 391,035 (+4,069)
66(-4) Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 389,392 (-17,091)
69(+8) Stephanie Beatriz - Waiting on a Miracle 382,202 (+3,843)
73(+16) ACRAZE, Cherish - Do It To It 367,590 (+26,303)
75(+1) Doja Cat, The Weeknd - You Right 363,556 (-15,034)
76(+6) Justin Bieber - Ghost 358,456 (+3,003)
78(+1) Rod Wave - By You Side 355,970 (-6,232)
80(+6) Emmy Meli - I AM WOMAN 349,177 (+4,798)
81(+4) Adele - Oh My God 349,103 (-3,711)
83(+5) Lil Nas X - THATS WHAT I WANT 341,425 (-586)
87(+16) CKay - love nwantiti (ah ah ah) 322,811 (+15,994)
89(+2) Surf Curse - Freaks 316,784 (-16,997)
91(+6) Juice WRLD - Already Dead 315,310 (-2,100)
94(+6) Jaymes Young - Infinity 308,991 (-338)
98(-14) ERNEST - Flower Shops 297,615 (-55,382)

101(+19) Kodak Black - Love & War 293,304 (+4,439)
106(+22) Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Merediz, John Leguizamo, Adassa, Maluma, Encanto Cast - All of You 287,504 (+6,451)
107(-6) Beach House - Space Song 285,688 (-22,847)
109(+5) Juice WRLD - Burn 284,516 (-11,301)
110(+15) Jordan Davis, Luke Bryan - Buy Dirt 283,690 (-522)
112(+17) David Kushner - Miserable Man 281,200 (+2,435)
117(-11) Vundabar - Alien Blues 277,384 (-26,404)
119(+7) Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) 275,220 (-7,903)
121(+12) BoyWithUke - Toxic 273,259 (+2,482)
128(+19) Oliver Tree - Life Goes On 263,123 (+3,346)
130(+11) A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - Man in the Mirror 261,906 (-459)
132(+33) Latto - Big Energy 257,891 (+15,059)
138(+13) Amaarae - SAD GIRLZ LUV MONEY Remix 253,491 (-686)
139(+9) Summer Walker - No Love 253,092 (-3,085)
147(-2) Juice WRLD - Wandered To LA 247,227 (-12,656)
151(-9) The Rare Occasions - Notion 244,085 (-17,160)
163(+12) Morgan Wallen - Sand in My Boots 236,740 (+1,178)
164(-21) The Neighbourhood - Softcore 235,681 (-24,875)
166(-7) Giveon - For Tonight 233,571 (-14,932)
167(-56) Maren Morris - Circles Around This Town 233,405 (-64,143)
168(+24) Tiësto, Ava Max - The Motto 231,150 (+9,205)
169(-7) Joy Again - Looking Out For You 229,860 (-14,628)
177(-8) Shawn Mendes - It'll Be Okay 226,429 (-14,220)
179(-25) 2 Chainz - Million Dollars Worth of Game 225,159 (-27,529)
186(debut) Muni Long - Hrs and Hrs 219,470
188(debut) Carlos Vives - Colombia, Mi Encanto 215,442
195(re-entry) Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever Edit 211,458
198(=) Ruth B. - Dandelions 209,656 (-7,904)

Total Streams of Happier Than Ever: 600,850

Not a terrible drop for Abel, especially since he still has 8 out of the Top 10 songs on Spotify.

[Choco]

Easy on Me should have an easy time staying at #1 them.

[nathanalbright]

Looks like it so far unless someone has seen some really high sales numbers for anything else.

[JukeboxJacob]

Jan 9, 2022 7:09:59 GMT -5 After Minutes said:

Jan 9, 2022 5:58:00 GMT -5 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 said:

What they said

The most baffling thing for me is that genuinely it seems as if people are more interested in the soundtrack than the movie

there's an entire fandom for the movie at this point, you're just not getting exposed to it... yet

[JukeboxJacob]

Jan 9, 2022 7:37:48 GMT -5 Abbaschand said:

So. I finally had time to listen to Dawn FM, and all I gotta say is...I like it.

The concept of hearing the album as if I'm listening to a radio broadcast is actually a really neat idea. Reminds me of Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" broadcast. But, let's be honest, Abel is no Welles, and the album had some flaws.

The songs are all good, but it's kinda forgettable, unlike the songs in After Hours. Maybe it's because of The Weeknd's overexposure, but I barely find a song that I instantly found as a favorite, maybe Take My Breath or Sacrifice.

About the features, Tyler's verse is mediocre, Wayne's verse is alright, and I like Quincy and Carrey's monologues.

Songs I see sticking around at the charts: Sacrifice, I Heard You're Married

Overall, it's a nice album. 7.75/10

How DARE you give negative feedback on Dawn FM!?

[singingrulebritannia]

Jan 9, 2022 13:22:33 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

US Spotify - 01/08/22

186(debut) Muni Long - Hrs and Hrs 219,470

It lives!

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Jan 9, 2022 15:30:15 GMT -5 JukeboxJacob said:

Jan 9, 2022 7:37:48 GMT -5 Abbaschand said:

So. I finally had time to listen to Dawn FM, and all I gotta say is...I like it.

The concept of hearing the album as if I'm listening to a radio broadcast is actually a really neat idea. Reminds me of Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" broadcast. But, let's be honest, Abel is no Welles, and the album had some flaws.

The songs are all good, but it's kinda forgettable, unlike the songs in After Hours. Maybe it's because of The Weeknd's overexposure, but I barely find a song that I instantly found as a favorite, maybe Take My Breath or Sacrifice.

About the features, Tyler's verse is mediocre, Wayne's verse is alright, and I like Quincy and Carrey's monologues.

Songs I see sticking around at the charts: Sacrifice, I Heard You're Married

Overall, it's a nice album. 7.75/10

How DARE you give negative feedback on Dawn FM!?

Lol, why are you so sensitive tho

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

He’s just embarrassing himself at this point

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Funny to see how Hrs and Hrs is already up available all Dawn FM songs on Apple Music.

[fridayteenage]

Encanto is already back ahead of Weeknd on iTunes.

Generally I would say 'well weeknd's physicals are probably good,' but there aren't any. Mayhap the first 2 days of sales were good.

[magik]

I know this isn't the Billboard 200 thread, but based on those individual track streams, I'm wondering if The Weeknd's doing around 150k first week?

[atg]

Jan 9, 2022 9:40:59 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Jan 9, 2022 5:54:23 GMT -5 magik said:

Still lower. I would like to see how well it holds up throughout the week, but I remember people here and other places saying how "disappointing" Adele's streams were for the first day.

I mean Adele was the one expected to demolish every single record with her comeback lol. The fact she did numbers that Weeknd is doing in a career fluke after consecutive duds of Take My Breath, One Right Now, etc does not make her numbers look better…

I wouldn’t call One Right Now a dud if it’s predicted to jump back to the 20-25 range next week and Take My Breath already made the 2021 year end and will be back for the album bomb. We just need to stop comparing everything he does to the After Hours era because we know that was his peak on the charts and he’s got nothing left to prove, and it was released almost 2 years ago. I don’t think he even cares because of this tweet:

If he truly cared about the charts still he would’ve probably waited longer before releasing Dawn FM but he knows he has the biggest song of all time title for at least a couple decades. He knows that he can’t top his own song, and him still having all the Dawn FM songs in the Spotify top 40 and AM top 50 is still a stunning achievement in the current state he’s in right now. I’m surprised this is something people don’t get…

PS: As for Adele, she’s literally got the biggest album of the century, a Year end #1 song and the biggest digital sales opener of all time, also got nothing else to prove either so this era for her is basically a Victory lap.

[iHype.]

Jan 9, 2022 20:44:52 GMT -5 atg said:

I wouldn’t call One Right Now a dud if it’s predicted to jump back to the 20-25 range next week and Take My Breath already made the 2021 year end and will be back for the album bomb. We just need to stop comparing everything he does to the After Hours era because we know that was his peak on the charts and he’s got nothing left to prove, and it was released almost 2 years ago. I don’t think he even cares because of this tweet:

If he truly cared about the charts still he would’ve probably waited longer before releasing Dawn FM but he knows he has the biggest song of all time title for at least a couple decades. He knows that he can’t top his own song, and him still having all the Dawn FM songs in the Spotify top 40 and AM top 50 is still a stunning achievement in the current state he’s in right now. I’m surprised this is something people don’t get…

PS: As for Adele, she’s literally got the biggest album of the century, a Year end #1 song and the biggest digital sales opener of all time, also got nothing else to prove either so this era for her is basically a Victory lap.

For a current A-list music superstar, a pre-album lead single that falls out top 10 after debuting and never returns is usually an objective underperformance. Has nothing to do with high expectations following Blinding Lights. The same discussion was had with Yummy, ME!, Stupid Love, etc all immediately plummeting after debut week.

One Right Now is a collab between two A-list superstars and also fell out top 10 immediately after debuting and never returned. Again, objectively an underperformance to majority expectations.

And LOL if we are truly about to have a discussion on if The Weeknd is concerned about charts....


Obviously he's not going to tell his fans that successful numbers is one of the objectives of an album/era, but that is in mind with every big name and is discussed during the label meetings. Waiting longer and continually dragging out this era when it's clear the sound has already fatigued with many would make no sense. 

[atg]

Jan 9, 2022 21:04:03 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Jan 9, 2022 20:44:52 GMT -5 atg said:

I wouldn’t call One Right Now a dud if it’s predicted to jump back to the 20-25 range next week and Take My Breath already made the 2021 year end and will be back for the album bomb. We just need to stop comparing everything he does to the After Hours era because we know that was his peak on the charts and he’s got nothing left to prove, and it was released almost 2 years ago. I don’t think he even cares because of this tweet:

If he truly cared about the charts still he would’ve probably waited longer before releasing Dawn FM but he knows he has the biggest song of all time title for at least a couple decades. He knows that he can’t top his own song, and him still having all the Dawn FM songs in the Spotify top 40 and AM top 50 is still a stunning achievement in the current state he’s in right now. I’m surprised this is something people don’t get…

PS: As for Adele, she’s literally got the biggest album of the century, a Year end #1 song and the biggest digital sales opener of all time, also got nothing else to prove either so this era for her is basically a Victory lap.

Objectively for a current A-list music superstar, a pre-album lead single that falls out top 10 after debuting and never returns is an underperformance. Has nothing to do with high expectations following Blinding Lights.

One Right Now is a collab between to A-list superstars and fell out top 10 after debuting and never returned. Again, objectively an underperformance.

And LOL if we are truly about to have a discussion on if The Weeknd cares about charts


Obviously he's not going to tell his fans that successful numbers is one of the objectives of an album/era, but that is in mind with every big name and is discussed during the label meetings. Waiting longer and continually dragging out this era when it's clear the sound has already fatigued with many would make no sense. 

First of all, none of the media from the pic are from the new era so i’m saying he doesn’t care about the charts right now. One Right Now is an underperformance in the context of 2 A listers but its proven to have its longevity outside of the fact. His featured track record isn’t that great at all so we can’t compare that to his solo work. We know what happened to TMB was just the cause of it being overshadowed by the 2 behemoth smashes from AH, and if it was released right now it would’ve probably done better.


He’s been in the mainstream spotlight for about 8 years now. He could’ve faded out after Starboy, and just underperform as we saw in the short period between 2017-2019. AH could’ve turned out differently but instead became his biggest era of all time. He’s had #1s prior to this, including songs that are at least among the 500 biggest songs of all time.

[iHype.]

Jan 9, 2022 21:13:23 GMT -5 atg said:

First of all, none of the media from the pic are from the new era so i’m saying he doesn’t care about the charts right now.

Because he can no longer do bundle gimmicks.

Take My Breath had 3 versions during release week to drive up store sales and was discounted to 69 cents.


One Right Now is possibly his most generic single ever and was done with the simple purpose to be an easy mainstream hit.

But yes, we will pretend he does not care about charts right now because he made a tweet to save face....

[singingrulebritannia]

Jan 9, 2022 20:44:52 GMT -5 atg said:

Bro made mrpop so ashamed he nuked his tweet lmao

[kcdawg13]

Less Than Zero not being the most streamed track from the album is a crime

[After Minutes]

Jan 9, 2022 21:18:24 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Jan 9, 2022 21:13:23 GMT -5 atg said:

First of all, none of the media from the pic are from the new era so i’m saying he doesn’t care about the charts right now.

Because he can no longer do bundle gimmicks.

Take My Breath had 3 versions during release week to drive up store sales and was discounted to 69 cents.


One Right Now is possibly his most generic single ever and was done with the simple purpose to be an easy mainstream hit.

But yes, we will pretend he does not care about charts right now because he made a tweet to save face....

It isn't his single. Post is the lead artist and the one engaged in the marketing of the song. One Right Now is performing similarly to the other superstar collab he's done that was a single, You Right.

Those were also the only two of his collabs released between the Save Your Tears remix and Dawn FM that were meant to be hits. If you're telling me that, for example, a song done by The Weeknd's friend Belly, when probably like 9 out of 10 pulse users don't know who that is, was meant to be some massive top 10 hit then I have to tell you that you're not exactly good at setting expectations. Moth to a Flame is probably the one with the strongest run, it's at 160 milion streams on Spotify in two months, about to become SHM's second biggest song on the platform - it is also by far the biggest single off their new album. Hurricane is at 190 milion streams, the most out of all songs from Donda, despite getting little promotion from the artists.

It should be clear that The Weeknd's features should be looked at through the lens of the lead artist, and expectations should be set based on their commercial performance.

Even if we're talking about only Take My Breath - I'd argue that it performed better than the hits from After Hours that weren't the biggest songs globally of their respective years. It's run is definitely comparable to Heartless, and better than In Your Eyes', despite that one getting a remix by one of the biggest female artists on the planet, Doja Cat.

Even if we're comparing Dawn FM to After Hours, it seems it'll perform similarly, despite having essentially 3 songs less. I want to remind you that After Hours debuted no song in the top 10 and 1 in the top 20, while Dawn FM is looking to outdo that decently.

I knew that a record-shattering debut wouldn't be most likely. Abel is a powerhouse commercially, pulling globally over 80 milion streamers monthly. His strength, however, lies in longevity and consistency. Even Blinding Lights didn't really have a crazy peak, it was just universally beloved and it's been enjoyed for a really, really long time since dropping. That's also how Abel has almost 30 milion more monthly listeners than Drake and Dawn FM got to #1 on AM in more countries than CLB - despite the latter still having 2 singles smashing and a much bigger debut.

If Abel gets a #1 this era, his tour is one of the 10 biggest this year (if it happens) and the album is YE-top 10 on the billboard 200 he should be fully satisfied.

[dovahduck]

^This is it. Abel's always had had great but not necessarily record smashing debuts. Just look at how all his last albums performed, he has consistency in that regard, similarly to Bruno. The differences between the two being that the former has better streams and sales intially during releases than the latter. I kinda see the 'Dawn FM' being a repeat of '24K Magic' in which a highly successful musician who has just come off a big era and recording breaking hit, is given way too high of expectations to be met. The album has a lot of single-worthy songs, as long as they don't mismanage the rest of era and give up trying to get hits like they did with 'Starboy', all will be ight for Abel.

[dovahduck]

If anything at all, these high expectations are just flattery and a testimont to the successful career that the Weeknd has had so far. Kinda like the expectations we've given to other artists like Adele.

[degen]

^^I agree with all this. It should be noted that up until now even, his base is still growing globally, while other veteran acts like Taylor, Bieber, Drake are seeing diminishing numbers. Going back to “Beauty Behind the Madness,” his first leap into commercial pop stardom, he has always been the slow burn. To expect rapid consumption of his album releases seems misguided.

In the US, I think he might be peaking commercially, but nothing to be worried about. He abandoned his Urban base pretty much. Some will argue it happened A while back, but I think this era officially cut that cord. His dive into this kind of music is not something a base like the one he started with, would find appealing. But this kind of music is more consumed globally, so it makes sense to me why this trajectory is occurring.

Having critical acclaim in his pocket, I think the era can still have strong legs. He will just have to play his cards right.

[atg]

^^ I still find it astonishing how After Hours managed to surpass BBTM in terms of his commercial peak and that era was pretty big lasting 2.5 years and having 3 huge singles. If you asked me in like mid 2019 if he ever would surpass his huge first mainstream era, I would be hesitant yet still hopeful that he could learn from his short lived Starboy and MDM eras to prolong an era once again. I’m glad to see that he managed to not only get to its level with AH, but manage to be 10x more bigger. It also felt like a reboot of Abel, the same way BBTM was like a reboot of where he was being in the mainstream spotlight for the first time. If history repeats itself, Dawn FM is clearly the Starboy of this new version of him. I just hope this era gets the proper rollout it deserves.

[Future Captain]

Jan 9, 2022 15:28:37 GMT -5 JukeboxJacob said:

Jan 9, 2022 7:09:59 GMT -5 After Minutes said:

The most baffling thing for me is that genuinely it seems as if people are more interested in the soundtrack than the movie

there's an entire fandom for the movie at this point, you're just not getting exposed to it... yet

For reference, there's already nearly 3000 fanfiction works for Encanto, the vast majority made and posted after its D+ release. This is probably the biggest phenomenon that a Disney animated film has been since the first Frozen

[After Minutes]

Jan 10, 2022 3:57:11 GMT -5 Future Captain said:

Jan 9, 2022 15:28:37 GMT -5 JukeboxJacob said:

there's an entire fandom for the movie at this point, you're just not getting exposed to it... yet

For reference, there's already nearly 3000 fanfiction works for Encanto, the vast majority made and posted after its D+ release. This is probably the biggest phenomenon that a Disney animated film has been since the first Frozen

Yeah so I've acquainted myself with the Encanto fandom now...

:(

[Enigma.]

"Bruno" is #1 on Spotify again

[otaviohmg]

3 (+1) Is There Someone Else? by The Weeknd 871,931 (-280,060)
4 (+2) Out of Time by The Weeknd 865,750 (-308,430)

Sunday Updates always get me thinking some things... 

[thegreatdivine]

Jan 9, 2022 23:48:35 GMT -5 After Minutes said:

Jan 9, 2022 21:18:24 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Because he can no longer do bundle gimmicks.

Take My Breath had 3 versions during release week to drive up store sales and was discounted to 69 cents.





One Right Now is possibly his most generic single ever and was done with the simple purpose to be an easy mainstream hit.

But yes, we will pretend he does not care about charts right now because he made a tweet to save face....

It isn't his single. Post is the lead artist and the one engaged in the marketing of the song. One Right Now is performing similarly to the other superstar collab he's done that was a single, You Right.

Those were also the only two of his collabs released between the Save Your Tears remix and Dawn FM that were meant to be hits. If you're telling me that, for example, a song done by The Weeknd's friend Belly, when probably like 9 out of 10 pulse users don't know who that is, was meant to be some massive top 10 hit then I have to tell you that you're not exactly good at setting expectations. Moth to a Flame is probably the one with the strongest run, it's at 160 milion streams on Spotify in two months, about to become SHM's second biggest song on the platform - it is also by far the biggest single off their new album. Hurricane is at 190 milion streams, the most out of all songs from Donda, despite getting little promotion from the artists.

It should be clear that The Weeknd's features should be looked at through the lens of the lead artist, and expectations should be set based on their commercial performance.

Even if we're talking about only Take My Breath - I'd argue that it performed better than the hits from After Hours that weren't the biggest songs globally of their respective years. It's run is definitely comparable to Heartless, and better than In Your Eyes', despite that one getting a remix by one of the biggest female artists on the planet, Doja Cat.

Even if we're comparing Dawn FM to After Hours, it seems it'll perform similarly, despite having essentially 3 songs less. I want to remind you that After Hours debuted no song in the top 10 and 1 in the top 20, while Dawn FM is looking to outdo that decently.

I knew that a record-shattering debut wouldn't be most likely. Abel is a powerhouse commercially, pulling globally over 80 milion streamers monthly. His strength, however, lies in longevity and consistency. Even Blinding Lights didn't really have a crazy peak, it was just universally beloved and it's been enjoyed for a really, really long time since dropping. That's also how Abel has almost 30 milion more monthly listeners than Drake and Dawn FM got to #1 on AM in more countries than CLB - despite the latter still having 2 singles smashing and a much bigger debut.

If Abel gets a #1 this era, his tour is one of the 10 biggest this year (if it happens) and the album is YE-top 10 on the billboard 200 he should be fully satisfied.

I agree with most of your post, except the bolded part. 

While yes, the Weeknd did in fact ''dominate'' 2020 in terms of monthly Spotify Listeners, it should be noted that the entire ''Spotify Monthly Listeners'' chart is as flawed and as meaningless as Billboard's Artist 100 chart. Pulling more actual streams on Spotify month after month doesn't always guarantee you end up with the most monthly listeners. In fact, it rarely does and people make the big mistake of equating monthly listeners to monthly streams when that couldn't be further from the truth. 
chartmasters.org/2020/05/why-spotifys-monthly-listeners-stat-is-irrelevant/

You'd think The Weeknd would end 2020 as the most streamed artist on Spotify since he had the most monthly listeners for most of the year, but nope. He came in at #5.

The exact same thing is happening right now with Justin Bieber, who is currently ranked as the #1 artist on Spotify based on monthly listeners but in actuality, isn't pulling nearly close to the most streams daily, weekly or monthly. 

Also, reaching #1 in more countries on Apple Music doesn't hold any real weight because each country doesn't average the same number of streams and an album that dominates in the countries that average a higher number of streams but reaches #1 in fewer total countries will easily outdo an album that reaches #1 in more countries but doesn't dominate as much in the countries which average a higher number of streams. The perfect example of this is CLB compared to Donda. Donda reached #1 in more countries on Apple Music than CLB but CLB easily dominated over Donda and has done so every week since it's release.

The same thing applies to IFPI's Global Artist Chart. Since it's inception in 2013, it's been dominated by acts most successful in the US because music consumption activity from the US is much more than from any other country and as a result, numbers from the US weigh more. That's why Bad Bunny can be the most streamed artist on Spotify in 2020 and still miss the top 10 of IFPI's list while Post Malone who didn't make the top 10 of the most streamed artists on Spotify in 2020, made the top 10 of IFPI's list.

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Jan 9, 2022 9:04:13 GMT -5 After Minutes said:

Jan 9, 2022 7:17:21 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Have they released the 'ratings' from Disney Plus? I could be wrong, but I think the songs started taking off once the movie was available there. Maybe it's doing better there than it did at the box office.

I'm mostly referring to the discussion online. If you're to peep on twitter, most of the activity related to Encanto is related to the soundtrack (...or Bruno). While the digital release definitely did help and it had to perform well, I think that what stuck with most people are the songs, not the movie itself

Every mom I know has said that they’ve had to watch that movie fifty times over the Christmas break. Kids are loving it. Very similar to Moana’s run from 2016.