Taylor Swift - "I Can Do It with a Broken Heart"

[fearlessarrow]

POP:
12 12 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 7533 7276 257 15.587

+104 Spins
-2 Bullet
+0.162 Audience

HOT AC:
8 8 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 4044 3860 184 12.382

+16 Spins
-5 Bullet
+0.013 Audience

AC:
23 22 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 72 56 16 0.202

+2 Spins
-2 Bullet
+0.003 Audience

[85la]

This new Dombresky remix is decent, a quicker and slightly more radio-friendly version than the original, but a bit too generic and I still like the original better. No effect so far on radio (has anyone heard the remix on radio, are they even playing it?), sales/iTunes I'm not sure, and streaming for the original had a slight boost on Spotify, but was the remix included along with the original? Maybe the best that can be hoped for would be to re-enter the '20s of the Hot 100 for a couple weeks. It's interesting, I caught a snippet of the original playing in my gym the other day, and for a second it almost sounded like she was duetting with a male singer, so I was just thinking a male-female duet version of this would've done really well!

As for a possible third single, I actually think something fairly unknown and undiscovered yet from the tracklist, possibly from the anthology section, might have the best chance of taking off randomly, perhaps virally. That's sort of what happened with Delicate from Reputation, from what I remember it was nowhere near a standout or the most-streamed when that album first came up, and only months later did they release it, though it was risky, and it slowly built up into a huge hit. If they were to push something that's already well-known and highly streamed from the album, such as Down Bad, it would face almost the same situation as I Can Do It, so I don't know how well it would work out.

[ObhiDonna]

Sept 15, 2024 10:36:37 GMT -5 fearlessarrow said:

POP:
12 12 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 7533 7276 257 15.587

+104 Spins
-2 Bullet
+0.162 Audience

HOT AC:
8 8 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 4044 3860 184 12.382

+16 Spins
-5 Bullet
+0.013 Audience

AC:
23 22 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 72 56 16 0.202

+2 Spins
-2 Bullet
+0.003 Audience

Oooooo top-ten then? One can hope before Down Bad takes over

[balletgirlmom]

I was Kennedy Airport in NYC, and this was playing and as I glanced at the TV on the wall (no sound, just pic) it showed Trump's orange face with the caption:  I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT! 
Keep in mind the song was just on and coincidentally he was on the TV.  They had nothing to do with the other, yet they did.

Sad how he has to comment on everything and anything.  But posting Hate for a popstar???  Sort of sad and sort of creepy and crazy if you ask me.

All I can say is Go Taylor!!!!  Go Kamala!!!!

[fearlessarrow]

SUNDAY PUBLISHED UPDATE (9/15)

POP:
12 12 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 7563 7276 287 15.610

Chart run: 44-45-49-50-(8 wks)-50-30-18-18-15-13-13-12-12-12

HOT AC:
8 8 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 4048 3860 188 12.387

Chart run: 43-45-(10 wks)-46-24-15-11-9-7-7-7-8-8

AC:
23 21 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 72 56 16 0.202

Chart run: 38-(14 wks)-41-35-34-29-27-23-21

SPOILER: Click to show

{Taylor Swift's Top 40/M peaks to date}#1: "Cruel Summer" (x8)
#1: "I Knew You Were Trouble." (x6)
#1: "Bad Blood" (x6) (Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar)
#1: "Blank Space" (x5)
#1: "Style" (x3)
#1: "Anti-Hero" (x3)
#1: "Shake It Off" (x2)
#1: "Wildest Dreams" (x2)
#1: "Karma" (x2)
#1: "Love Story" (x1)
#1: "You Belong With Me" (x1)
#1: "Look What You Made Me Do" (x1)
#1: "Delicate" (x1)
#1: "Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)" (x1)
#2: "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
#2: "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" (ZAYN & Taylor Swift)
#4: "Fortnight" (Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone)
#5: "Lavender Haze"
#6: "ME!" (Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco)
#7: "Teardrops On My Guitar"
#7: "Two Is Better Than One" (Boys Like Girls feat. Taylor Swift)
#9: "You Need to Calm Down"
#10: "22"
#10: "End Game" (Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran & Future)
#11: "Mine"
#11: "...Ready for It?"
#12: "Fifteen"
#12: "Back to December"
#12: "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart"
#13: "Everything Has Changed" (Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran)
#13: "Out of the Woods"
#14: "Lover"
#15: "Message in a Bottle (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)"
#16: "New Romantics"
#16: "willow"
#17: "cardigan"
#19: "Our Song"
#19: "Today Was a Fairytale"
#20: "Eyes Open"
#20: "The Man"
#21: "The Story of Us"
#22: "Both of Us" (B.o.B feat. Taylor Swift)
#29: "The Joker and the Queen" (Ed Sheeran feat. Taylor Swift)
#34: "All of the Girls You Loved Before" *not an official radio single
#40: "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys" *not an official radio single
#41: "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" *not an official radio single
#41: "Florida!!!" (Taylor Swift feat. Florence + The Machine) *not an official radio single
#42: "Bejeweled" *not an official radio single
#42: "Down Bad" *not an official radio single
#43: "Slut! (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)" *not an official radio single
#43: "But Daddy I Love Him" *not an official radio single
#44: "I Can See You (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)" *not an official radio single
#45: "Gorgeous" *not an official radio single
#46: "I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor's Version)" *not an official radio single
#49: "Christmas Tree Farm"
#50: "Renegade" (Big Red Machine feat. Taylor Swift)
#50: "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (Taylor's Version)" *not an official radio single

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POP:
R R TAYLOR SWIFT Fortnight f/Post Malone 288 367 -79 0.444

HOT AC:
R R TAYLOR SWIFT Fortnight f/Post Malone 291 402 -111 0.841

AC:
10 10 TAYLOR SWIFT Fortnight f/Post Malone 298 292 6 0.934

Chart run: 19-14-13-13-13-14-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-9-7-8-7-8-9-10-10-10

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POP:
R R TAYLOR SWIFT Cruel Summer 2773 2872 -99 6.462

HOT AC:
R R TAYLOR SWIFT Cruel Summer 1878 1930 -52 6.642

AC:
3 3 TAYLOR SWIFT Cruel Summer 2041 1958 83 9.469

Chart run: 48-126-40-26-17-12-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-4-4-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-4-4-2-2-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3

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POP:
R R TAYLOR SWIFT Anti-Hero 753 736 17 1.395

HOT AC:
R R TAYLOR SWIFT Anti-Hero 1022 959 63 2.829

AC:
R R TAYLOR SWIFT Anti-Hero 1172 1205 -33 5.397

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POP:
R R TAYLOR SWIFT Karma 673 590 83 1.529

HOT AC:
R R TAYLOR SWIFT Karma 970 989 -19 2.783

AC:
R R TAYLOR SWIFT Karma 113 95 18 0.390

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POP:
R R TAYLOR SWIFT Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version) 400 456 -56 0.597

HOT AC:
R R TAYLOR SWIFT Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version) 375 388 -13 0.897

AC:
R R TAYLOR SWIFT Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version) 51 53 -2 0.273

[fearlessarrow]

POP:
13 12 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 7585 7349 236 15.626

+52 Spins
-21 Bullet
+0.039 Audience

HOT AC:
8 8 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 4062 3902 160 12.504

+18 Spins
-24 Bullet
+0.122 Audience

AC:
23 21 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 74 63 11 0.203

+2 Spins
-5 Bullet
+0.001 Audience

[fearlessarrow]

1 add on AC this week.

POP:
13 12 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 7697 7364 333 15.849

+112 Spins
+97 Bullet
+0.223 Audience

HOT AC:
8 8 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 4099 3909 190 12.587

+37 Spins
+30 Bullet
+0.083 Audience

AC:
23 22 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 78 66 12 0.211

+4 Spins
+1 Bullet
+0.008 Audience

[Enigma.]

Not this becoming the longer runner on Hot 100 than Fortnight...

[rainie]

Sept 17, 2024 6:35:24 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Not this becoming the longer runner on Hot 100 than Fortnight...

to be fair it charted for a while as a non single which is almost cheating

[shakemaki]

Sept 17, 2024 6:35:24 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Not this becoming the longer runner on Hot 100 than Fortnight...

TTPD is the biggest flop blockbuster era of all time istg. It’s such a fascinating case study in just how far can someone’s star power and star power alone take the music.

[Enigma.]

Well, album sales and Hot 100 hits are two completely different things. She is a master of selling the album again and again to her fanbase, but she cannot force general public to stream songs.

The most interesting thing is that pop radio has been a bit reluctant with the two singles. Cannot wait to hear what her next single sounds like (and no, I don't think the next single is a song from TTPD).

[ificanthaveyou]

I wonder if she’ll have an era like 1989 again. The perfect single choices and release strategy. Now that she’s done 15 weeks at #1 since debut on BB200 I wonder if she’ll gun for a H100 record soon.

[suburbandreams]

Sept 18, 2024 0:49:43 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Well, album sales and Hot 100 hits are two completely different things. She is a master of selling the album again and again to her fanbase, but she cannot force general public to stream songs.

The most interesting thing is that pop radio has been a bit reluctant with the two singles. Cannot wait to hear what her next single sounds like (and no, I don't think the next single is a song from TTPD).

Billboard 200 for TTPD is being carried by album streams not sales. The streaming numbers for the album has an whole been great. Streams re mostly coming from fans but that's the case for most album streams has gp basically only listen to singles in the long run.

Taylor hasn't prioritized radio since lover era.  She had at least a five year stretch post 1989 until anti hero where her songs did not do great on radio and really didn't effect her album sales or career. having anti hero and cruel summer being big pop radio hits was the abnormality not her current performance.

radio doesn't love her slower songs and with cruel summer still being popular on radio, ttpd singles not during great isn't surprising or worrying.

[fearlessarrow]

547 spins from #9, "I Had Some Help" (+169, I don't think it's passing "360" at #10 so I chose to use IHSH instead for the top 10 threshold).

POP:
13 11 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 7804 7402 402 15.853

+107 Spins
+69 Bullet
+0.004 Audience

HOT AC:
8 8 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 4123 3907 216 12.595

+24 Spins
+26 Bullet
+0.008 Audience

AC:
23 22 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 82 67 15 0.235

+4 Spins
+3 Bullet
+0.024 Audience

[Marooned@Midnight]

Sept 18, 2024 0:49:43 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Well, album sales and Hot 100 hits are two completely different things. She is a master of selling the album again and again to her fanbase, but she cannot force general public to stream songs.

The most interesting thing is that pop radio has been a bit reluctant with the two singles. Cannot wait to hear what her next single sounds like (and no, I don't think the next single is a song from TTPD).

LOL, TTPD is the most streamed album of the year by a long shot. Maybe the “general public” aren’t the ones streaming it, but her fan base is so large that it hardly matters. I’m also not sure how one would have any way of knowing who is streaming the album.

[Enigma.]

The album also has 31 songs - the streaming numbers per track are not anything gigantic, compared to Billie or Chappell for instance.

[Marooned@Midnight]

Sept 18, 2024 6:26:12 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

The album also has 31 songs - the streaming numbers per track are not anything gigantic, compared to Billie or Chappell for instance.

That doesn’t change the fact that it is still the most streamed album of the year by a long shot. The other artists that you mentioned could easily have added more tracks to their albums to achieve a similar result if they wanted to feed their fans in that way. However, let’s be real even if all three of these albums had 31 tracks it wouldn’t be a competition.

[rainie]

i also think it's worth taking into account that taylor is a generationally massive artist, with both a huge quantity of fans and a high percent of those fans who are incredibly loyal and will stream anything she puts out. taking that into account, i think we can recognize that a: ttpd is a successful album. b: it would've been literally impossible for her to not put out a successful album at the stage of her career that she's in and c: it underperformed slightly by 2024 taylor swift standards

[Marooned@Midnight]

I honestly don’t see how anyone can possibly look at the performance of TTPD and see “underperformance.” Absolutely wild.

[👑 Eloquent ™]

Sept 18, 2024 20:17:54 GMT -5 Marooned@Midnight said:

I honestly don’t see how anyone can possibly look at the performance of TTPD and see “underperformance.” Absolutely wild.

Exactly. The Tortured Poets Department did exactly what it was supposed to do and isn't an "under-performance" by anyone's standard, least of all Taylor's. People will be quick to cite single performance as the be all end all of an era, but people need to take into account what the intention and purpose of this album was. Tortured Poets wasn't made with radio play in mind. It never had the single commercial viability as say Midnights or 1989. Taylor spoke openly about needing to make this album therapeutically. Her intention with this album was simply to release an extremely personal piece of work that helped her through a traumatic time in her life and see it hopefully connect with her fanbase, which is exactly what it accomplished. It has sold nearly 6 million SPS (with 7 million within reach) and despite not having any songs catered to radio, has still managed moderate success with two singles. Anyone expecting #1s from this album from jump were deluding themsleves. Now if she had made TTPD vying for hit singles and Hot 100 dominance maybe the conversation in terms of singles would be different, but that was never her focus here. It was a personal project, where the album as a whole was the central focus (as we could easily see in how she continually focused on the peformance of the album as opposed to its singles). The singles were a necessity, but a byproduct. There is no way one can look at the peformance of this era and say it didn't accomplish what it intended to. It's intention was much more aligned with Folklore commercially than 1989 or even Midnights. Taylor knows how to write a commercially viable pop hit and she could have easily filled this album with them if she wanted. It wasn't her aim this time around. I swear people are always looking to dismiss or spin any and every accomplishment into a negative with Taylor. It's baffling. Calling an album that's likely gonna be certified 7x platinum "an under-performer" is outrageous. Some of y'all need to wake up and realize that single performance isn't the be all end all metric of success and is NOT even every single artist's focus with every release. What is the point of singles in the first place if not to sell the very album its from? Taylor accomplished the type of sales with this album an artist with a slew of #1 hits wouldn't likely achieve and people wanna say it's performance wasn't up to snuff? I just gotta laugh. 😂

[fearlessarrow]

403 spins from "I Had Some Help" (+144).

POP:
13 11 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 7900 7424 476 15.921

+96 Spins
+74 Bullet
+0.068 Audience

HOT AC:
8 8 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 4162 3928 234 12.503

+39 Spins
+18 Bullet
-0.092 Audience

AC:
23 22 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 82 67 15 0.235

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[fearlessarrow]

252 spins from "I Had Some Help" (+151) which fell to #10 today.

POP:
13 11 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 8044 7402 642 16.036

+144 Spins
+166 Bullet
+0.115 Audience

HOT AC:
8 8 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 4142 3967 175 12.532

-20 Spins
-59 Bullet
+0.029 Audience

AC:
23 21 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 86 69 17 0.237

+4 Spins
+2 Bullet
+0.002 Audience

[Choco]

Radio just has no idea what to do anymore no?

If there's a radio person reading... let's drop it and do "Getaway Car" instead, to force her to drop the TV soon a la "Wildest Dreams". Thanks in advance for your service.

[balletgirlmom]

Was in LAX and the airport stores had Taylor for President merchandise.  Love it!

Go Taylor!  Go Kamala!

[Positive Tension]

While this isn's smashing, it's actually doing pretty solidly overall. It is weird how on some updates, it looked like it was done, while others showed more growth.

Regarding TTPD, there's no denying it's a massive, massive sales success, and I think it outperformed even compared to the more optimistic Swifties' expectations.. Isn't it on pace to outsell Midnights? I don't think a lot of people were expecting that.
That being said, with all the sales success, I don't know if time will be too kind to the era in terms of it having a lasting, memorable impact. It's Taylor at the peak of her powers, but I see eras like 1989, Fearless, and perhaps even Folklore and Midnights being far more impactful and memorable overall. That's only natural at this stage of her career.

[fearlessarrow]

136 spins from #10, "I Had Some Help" (+116).

POP:
12 11 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 8128 7429 699 16.228

+84 Spins
+57 Bullet
+0.192 Audience

HOT AC:
8 8 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 4132 4028 104 12.504

-10 Spins
-71 Bullet
-0.028 Audience

AC:
23 21 TAYLOR SWIFT I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 90 69 21 0.235

+4 Spins
+4 Bullet
-0.002 Audience

[👑 Eloquent ™]

They're clearly going for a top 10 peak. Personally the single portion of this era has been undoubtedly boring to watch, as I knew it would be from jump, as there are just no radio singles on this album. Even "Down Bad" isn't instant and comes across like a grower to me (ala "Delicate"). "MBOBHFT" is probably the "catchiest" out of the bunch, but Idk, I don't feel like it adds anything good to her single roster. Well, neither did this or "Fortnight" either so might as well. lol I hope with her next era radio is an actual priority as it makes the chart eyeing experience a whole hell of a lot more interesting.

[HEADOFTHEPACK]

Sept 20, 2024 18:06:46 GMT -5 Positive Tension said:

While this isn's smashing, it's actually doing pretty solidly overall. It is weird how on some updates, it looked like it was done, while others showed more growth.

Regarding TTPD, there's no denying it's a massive, massive sales success, and I think it outperformed even compared to the more optimistic Swifties' expectations.. Isn't it on pace to outsell Midnights? I don't think a lot of people were expecting that.
That being said, with all the sales success, I don't know if time will be too kind to the era in terms of it having a lasting, memorable impact. It's Taylor at the peak of her powers, but I see eras like 1989, Fearless, and perhaps even Folklore and Midnights being far more impactful and memorable overall. That's only natural at this stage of her career.

Yeah I think this will ultimately be 'forgotten' in comparison. Commercially very successful, but this time will be remembered for Eras. You really need singles to stick out for that lasting impact to be felt. Doesn't take away from the success, but it's not a memorable moment.

[shakemaki]

I will always wonder how stratospheric this era could’ve been with proper mainstream/radio friendly material tbh. It could have been one for all of our lifetimes. And she will never get the chance to have the kind of momentum going into TTPD again (what artist will?), so it’s really a shame.

[Hefty Hanna]

Sept 21, 2024 13:48:15 GMT -5 shakemaki said:

I will always wonder how stratospheric this era could’ve been with proper mainstream/radio friendly material tbh. It could have been one for all of our lifetimes. And she will never get the chance to have the kind of momentum going into TTPD again (what artist will?), so it’s really a shame.

This is how I feel. It’s such a missed opportunity but I understand why she needed to write and record this album.

No matter which way you spin it this was just another notch of success in her belt, but it’s not going to be a memorable era going forward.

Edit: oh and not releasing MBOBHFT was dumb.