iTunes Popularity Bars

 

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Im suprised they've kept Tinie Tempah on RIP, considering he only had one major hit and that was last year. I really thought that they would put Drake on

Dont understand why NBC cut so many of the songs out of the Closing Ceremony, show it all or don't do it at all!

Dont understand why NBC cut so many of the songs out of the Closing Ceremony, show it all or don't do it at all!

Was Emeli Sande's "Read all about it" one of the songs cut? Cos I see her climbing the UK and Oz iTunes but no sign of her on US iTunes.

Im suprised they've kept Tinie Tempah on RIP, considering he only had one major hit and that was last year. I really thought that they would put Drake on

Me too! and it's hardly like Rita's a star herself. But was there a version with Drake on it? I always thought Drake just wrote it, and didn't even do backing/demo vocals?

 

Oh, and LOL @ mariah!

Edited August 14, 201212 yr by jmarkiv

I think it's fair to say Taylor Swift is eventually guaranteed her first Us number one and will no doubt break billboard records as she has a 80% lead on Phillip Phillips.

 

25. Demi Lovato - Give Your Heart A Break

29. Train - 50 Ways To Say Goodbye

34. Kelly Clarkson - DarkSide

75. B.o.b & Taylor Swift - Both Of Us

90. Rita Ora & Tinie Tempah - R.I.P

 

Excerpts from Billboard:

"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,"

the first single from Swift's fourth studio album "Red," due Oct. 22, appears headed for the upper reaches of next week's Billboard Hot 100 chart, thanks to its immediate acceptance across multiple radio formats and a projected record first-week digital sales total.

 

After being serviced to radio late yesterday (Aug. 13) jointly by Big Machine and Universal Republic Records,

"Never"

has accrued approximately

30 million

in all-format radio audience in less than 24 hours, according to Nielsen BDS. With that audience total, "Never" is already among the last seven days' 40 most-played titles across all formats.

 

Also commercially released to iTunes and Google Play late yesterday, and to other digital retailers today (14),

"Never"

has the retail record books in its sights. Industry sources suggest that the song may sell between

450,000 to 500,000

downloads by the end of the Nielsen SoundScan tracking week on Sunday (19). That large a sum could earn "Never" the biggest sales debut for a digital song by a woman, as well as a career-high sales week for the country/pop superstar.

 

(While pop and country versions have been released to appropriate radio formats, only the pop edit of "Never" is currently available digitally for consumers.)

 

If it surpasses 448,000, "Never" will earn the largest debut for a digital song by a female artist.

Lady Gaga

's

"Born This Way"

holds the mark among women, having launched at No. 1 on Billboard's Digital Songs chart dated Feb. 26, 2011. (Impressively, "Born" racked

448,000

after only

three days

on sale, having bowed Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. (The SoundScan tracking week ends on Sunday each week). Swift's "Never" will start with a little more than six days' worth of sales.

 

As for Swift, her best sales week was tallied with

"Love Story,"

which sold

360,000

over Christmas week of 2008 (on the Digital Songs chart dated Jan. 10, 2009). Her highest debut week came courtesy of "

"Today Was a Fairytale,"

which sold

325,000

on the Feb. 6, 2010, Digital Songs chart.

 

While the sales of "Never" will not factor into this week's Hot 100 - highlights of which will be revealed tomorrow morning on Billboard.com and Billboard.biz - as it was released following the chart's sales tracking period (which ended Sunday), the Hot 100's airplay tracking week runs on a Wednesday-through-Tuesday cycle. Thus, the song's approximate 30 million in audience so far should enable a debut in the chart's lower half this week before its first sales frame helps propel it to the upper ranks of next week's Hot 100.

 

Could "Never" soar to No. 1 on the Hot 100 next week? Possibly. As a comparison,

Justin Bieber

launched at

No. 2

the week of April 14 with

"Boyfriend,"

thanks to

521,000

in first-week sales and

49 million

in opening-week audience. As "Never" could debut with a similar, if slightly less, sales sum and a likely higher audience total, a top five Hot 100 rank, at least, next week appears possible.

http://www.billboard.com/news/taylor-swift...007830352.story

 

 

 

I don't think that Bieber ever had such a lead on iTunes.. or he did?

He briefly did iirc, but he didn't keep it up for very long at all so it wasn't enough.

I'm not a fan of Swift at all but I'm happy to see something exciting happening to the long stagnant Hot 100...

Taylor Swift has already debuted on the Hot 100 tomorrow! :o I guess from airplay only. It means she won't be the first artist to debut at #1 on the Hot 100 post-streaming after all, but I'm pretty confident she'll get the #1 at least, which is what most people REALLY care about. :lol:

So in the end the battle for #1 between Katy, Ellie and Carly was won by... Flo Rida :manson:

 

Ellie stays #2 and Carly drops to #3. Mumford & Sons #23, Taylor #72.

Edited August 15, 201212 yr by Umi

Oh dear god, that's so annoying! I was really optimistic that Ellie might do it even though her sales were slightly down because of her advantages on airplay and streaming :( Whistle of all songs as well!

 

At least it should only get one week, unless it returns after WANEEGBT if Taylor's sales don't hold up (which with airplay they should do I think).

The power of Taylor Swift :o :o

Taylor is now heading for 600,000 :D as I predicted :D

 

Industry sources now suggest the track -- released late on Monday, Aug. 13 -- will probably easily move more than 500,000 downloads by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, Aug. 19. It even has a pretty decent shot of surpassing the 600,000 mark.

 

Source: http://www.billboard.com/news/taylor-swift...rce=most_recent

 

Seriously INSANE.

Some Nights #3

 

Pound The Alarm #12

Taylor is now heading for 600,000 :D as I predicted :D

Seriously INSANE.

Definitely another platinum (probably multi-platinum) single then!

 

I was looking it up either, and she has these certifications:

Tim McGraw - Platinum

Teardrops On My Guitar - 2x Platinum

Our Song - 3x Platinum

Picture To Burn - Platinum

Should've Said No - Platinum

Love Story - 5xPlatinum (2nd best selling country single ever!)

White Horse - Platinum

You Belong With Me - 4x Platinum

Fearless - Gold

Today Was A Fairytale - Platinum

Mine - 2x Platinum

Back To December - Platinum

Mean - Platinum

Sparks Fly - Platinum

Safe & Sound - Platinum

 

I know this was a Taylor loon post but it's just incredible! Must be a few records in there somewhere? Her only uncertified single is The Story Of Us (her lowest peaking single), not including soundtrack singles etc., she also has album tracks Forever & Always (Platinum) and Jump Then Fall (Gold) certified, also Two Is Better Than One with Boys Like Girls Platinum and Half Of My Heart with John Mayer and Both Of Us with B.o.B. both gold!

 

I just never realised she was THAT big, I knew she was huge in America but god!

Definitely another platinum (probably multi-platinum) single then!

 

I was looking it up either, and she has these certifications:

Tim McGraw - Platinum

Teardrops On My Guitar - 2x Platinum

Our Song - 3x Platinum

Picture To Burn - Platinum

Should've Said No - Platinum

Love Story - 5xPlatinum (2nd best selling country single ever!)

White Horse - Platinum

You Belong With Me - 4x Platinum

Fearless - Gold

Today Was A Fairytale - Platinum

Mine - 2x Platinum

Back To December - Platinum

Mean - Platinum

Sparks Fly - Platinum

Safe & Sound - Platinum

 

Fifteen Platinum

Ours Platinum

YOU'RE NOT SORRY gold

I'M ONLY ME WHEN I'M WITH YOU gold

Olly's up to #108, finally coming for that top 100.

 

That Gangnam Style thing is at #107 somehow, future Hot 100 smash?

 

Marina #224, at least she's not falling!

predictions saying 615-635 for Taylor :o