July 9, 20178 yr TBH as much as I love Taylor I dunno whether she will wasn't IDWLF released to Spotify that didn't go top 10 week 1 and when it finally peaked wasn't it barely top 5 so it would have to be huge Little mix could if they use similar tactics to SOTME and it's from a new album / new stand alone Jess Glynn hopefully unless she does a ES 1. IDWLF wasn't added to Spotify straightaway. 2. It was a soundtrack single which often don't perform as well as lead singles, not to mention it wasn't 'just' her song, if anything it was more like Zayn's considering how much he was over it compared to her.
July 9, 20178 yr And let's not forget the massive Shake It Off WAS available on Spotify initially yet didn't make #1. Came very close but held off by All About That Bass, so it's entirely possible her new single will come up against another huge track we may not have heard yet...
July 9, 20178 yr And let's not forget the massive Shake It Off WAS available on Spotify initially yet didn't make #1. Came very close but held off by All About That Bass, so it's entirely possible her new single will come up against another huge track we may not have heard yet... :drama: SIO Digital Release: August 18th SIO Spotify Release: September 19th
July 9, 20178 yr Streaming favours males due to the demographics of users of streaming services like Spotify. It's just a fact. It's sad what the music industry has become. This. Grown men liking pop brat Bibber and crap rapper Drake now because 'they are cool now', after one was LITERALLY a walking joke, biggest on planet, have only further skewed music to the tastes of teenage girls. It is like a chart full of Westlifes. Unfortunately, for NOW and the considerable future it is over for women getting to no.1. Edited July 9, 20178 yr by MoistSummerFruit
July 9, 20178 yr Ah fair enough, memories not up to scratch. No wonder it had such a bizarre chart run then...
July 9, 20178 yr This. Grown men liking pop brat Bibber and crap rapper Drake now because 'they are cool now', after one was LITEREALLY a walkig joke, biggest on planet, have only further scewed music to the tastes of teenage girls. It is like a chart full of Westlifes. Unfortunately, for NOW and the considerable future it is over for women getting to no.1. I've been thinking this for months. Streaming and Spotify have made the charts sexist.
July 9, 20178 yr It's a shame streaming seems to be people listening to pretty much what they're dictated to :lol: It feels like a lot of hits have a barrier of like low top 10 and most of above that is the same sort of few styles or artists, particularly Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber and Drake who seem to be able to release virtually anything and make it a Spotify smash... Plus once a song is up there, that's it for what feels like an eternity. People are just lazy, they won't listen to stuff unless it shows up on Hot Hits or the spotify chart :/ I think Taylor could if the song is right (ik you could say that about any artist) as she's back on board with Spotify this time. Little Mix as well I imagine with their next standalone whether it's frm the next album or a re-release, they're the two I'd think most able to be a female #1 but I could equally see Taylor stallling at like #4 but being massive and being in the chart for ages.
July 9, 20178 yr Its a bit depressing, especially when all the best artists are female as teen vogue put it the future of music is female, in a perfect world Lorde- Green Light, Julia Michaels- Issues, Selena Gomez- Bad Liar and Paramore- Hard Times would have all been number ones, much superior to this dull Ed Sheeran stuff etc
July 9, 20178 yr Lets not forget the best song of the year Lana del Rey - Love peaking at @41 :/ Well that's definitely subjective.
July 9, 20178 yr I've been thinking this for months. Streaming and Spotify have made the charts sexist. Behave.
July 9, 20178 yr This is interesting although 3 years old https://musicmachinery.com/2014/02/10/gende...ific-listening/ MAle artists have always had more support from both genders than female artists and now in consumption era it shows more than ever Edited July 9, 20178 yr by SKOB
July 9, 20178 yr I imagine if that survey was taken again now Justin Bieber would feature very highly for both males and females, says a lot about how much has changed over the past 3 years.
July 9, 20178 yr Drake and Bruno Mars are also definitely the ones who are benefitting, also The Weeknd.
July 9, 20178 yr Its a bit depressing, especially when all the best artists are female as teen vogue put it the future of music is female, in a perfect world Lorde- Green Light, Julia Michaels- Issues, Selena Gomez- Bad Liar and Paramore- Hard Times would have all been number ones, much superior to this dull Ed Sheeran stuff etc Agreed with all except for Paramore.
July 9, 20178 yr Rihannas next lead single will surely go number 1-or if not very close. How is Rihanna really the only female who is huge on Spotify and shes been going 12 years (and Ariana Grande to a lesser extent)? Also how does streaming favour males due to the demographic of its users? Do females not use Spotify/listen to music? Spotify really has hindered females, older acts and fanbase acts like The Vamps/Britney who could get a top 10 hit when downloads were top, now they barely chart
July 9, 20178 yr I'm pretty sure females use Spotify and stream a lot of male artists (Justin Bieber, Drake, Bruno Mars, etc.), it's not as if females only stream female artists and vice versa anyway.
July 9, 20178 yr Yeah I don't know the exact demographic breakdown of Spotify but I'd be pretty confident that females probably use it more & DEFINITELY stream Drake, Bieber etc. more than males.
July 9, 20178 yr Rihanna is simply the only highest profile female artist who's releasing music on current trends right now. That's why she's still doing well. Also helped out by her having developed a 'cool' image so that guys will listen to her too. That's why I stand by my Ellie Goulding statement, she has the same cool girl credentials going on that can appeal to guys and girls. Less so since she switched to mainly releasing ballads as singles, but she can still pull off an uptempo and lots of different genres if she chooses to. Selena Gomez and all that lot are still seen as B-tier so have to strike it lucky to get big success. They can't just rely on their name yet. And all the other women of Rihanna's calibre have decided to do their own thing and not follow trends, so have seen less chart domination with their recent releases. Even so, if Beyonce had released right onto Spotify she would probably have seen a lot more success with her last album.
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