will we ever get another held-back release make #1? |
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24th March 2016, 09:34 PM
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🔥🚀🔥 Posts: 74,564 Joined: 30 August 2010 User: 11,746 Flag: England Gender: Male Favourite Artist / Group: Avicii |
It seems now that only the really huge hits [and big fanbase buys like Pillowtalk] make it to #1, and they all seem to be OA|OS.
Songs with a delayed download release can still do well though, just look at 'In2', 'Sweet Lovin', 'Say You Do' and 'Lush Life', but it's only a matter of time before these release strategies are a complete thing of the past. Are we done with held back #1s for good then? Your thoughts;; |
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24th March 2016, 09:59 PM
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#38BBE0 otherwise known as 'sky blue' Posts: 16,170 Joined: 27 October 2008 User: 7,561 Flag: Scotland Gender: Male |
I'd say with the continuing decline of the download (down 15% last year), coincident with the rapid growth of streaming (up 82% last year) we will see ever decreasing impact made from held back releases and #1s seem pretty unlikely. KDA likely to be the last with that strategy potentially!
Ministry of Sound will probably carry on with it though - next stop pre-ordering a stream! |
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24th March 2016, 10:24 PM
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3:23 Posts: 10,781 Joined: 18 January 2008 User: 5,269 Flag: England Gender: Male Favourite Artist / Group: Avicii |
yeah, with streaming becoming ever more dominant at the expense of downloads, which have nosedived back down to mid-00’s levels, it’s going to become increasingly difficult for that particular outdated hyping technique to succeed to any degree...
not sure we’ve seen the last held-back #1, there’s always an outside chance without a clear leader on spotify something could potentially sneak through, but they’re definitely an endangered species~ |
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24th March 2016, 10:27 PM
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Shakin Stevens Posts: 46,150 Joined: 29 December 2007 User: 5,138 Flag: Ireland Gender: Male Favourite Artist / Group: Christmas Charts |
Great to see I would say!
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24th March 2016, 10:28 PM
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Shakin Stevens Posts: 46,150 Joined: 29 December 2007 User: 5,138 Flag: Ireland Gender: Male Favourite Artist / Group: Christmas Charts |
What was the Craic with Lush Life? It rise like an OAOS release and was playlisted in that way but was it already premiered before the 15/1?
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24th March 2016, 10:30 PM
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#38BBE0 otherwise known as 'sky blue' Posts: 16,170 Joined: 27 October 2008 User: 7,561 Flag: Scotland Gender: Male |
Lush Life was planned to be released in late February but brought forward with a 'soft release' coincident with its to-air release date on UK radio - hence it had a normal chart run.
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