With sales that low, maybe The Chainsmokers could get a week in at number one before Major Lazer release in 2 weeks.

 

Would certainly seem odd having them at number one when the likes of Calvin, Sia and JT couldn't make it, but it would be well deserved.

 

Would be a relief for Now too, as the track is set to appear on Now 94.

 

Fingers crossed its streams ramp up a lot over the next week.

Drake sales are going to drop somewhat. He's below 400k for first time on spotify since god knows when

 

to be fair the whole streaming market contracted sharply yesterday, which might have something to do with the wimbledon and euro16 finals~

to be fair the whole streaming market contracted sharply yesterday, which might have something to do with the wimbledon and euro16 finals~

 

Or likely it's just the weekend effect wearing off :P

Or likely it's just the weekend effect wearing off :P

 

spotify daily streaming totals

last sunday 03/07 vs yesterday 10/07

 

01 445,579 x 392,155 -12%

02 320,828 x 295,188 -8%

03 293,900 x 268,858 -9%

04 279,541 x 243,432 -13%

05 261,171 x 231347 -11%

 

100 40,547 x 36,157 -11%

200 24,946 x 22,638 -9%

 

how does 'just the weekend effect wearing off' explain yesterday's streaming totals being uniformly ~10% lower than a week ago~ :P

Is Drake not on Now 94 then?

He is but with the year old Hotline Bling :lol:

 

One Dance does not make an appearance.

Ah what a bizarre choice. The people who playlist the Now series do make some odd choices sometimes though for sure

How would the Now cd affect one dance?

Whilst the Now 94 compilation doesn't contain any number 1 singles at the moment, it is of course possible that a few tracks could go on to become number 1s in the near future..

 

It would have been far more sensible however for Now to move over to bi-annual releases like they used to have in the 80s and early 90s.

Edited July 11, 20169 yr by Doctor Blind

Ah what a bizarre choice. The people who playlist the Now series do make some odd choices sometimes though for sure

 

Without wishing to sound like a Jenny Fisher apologist (though I sometimes think she needs one!), I would imagine the compilers did everything in their power to try and get One Dance, but were told it's a no go area until it has started to slip down the charts, and were perhaps offered Hotline Bling as a consolation. It does seem odd seeing it on there so late but it's happened a few times in the past, better late than never I suppose.

 

Whilst the Now 94 compilation doesn't contain any number 1 singles at the moment, it is of course possible that a few tracks could go on to become number 1s in the near future..

 

It would have been far more sensible however for Now to move over to bi-annual releases like they used to have in the 80s and early 90s.

 

While this would maintain the series' reputation to only feature huge hits, I guess they'd lose a lot of income. They will start to damage the brand though if the charts stay at this pace, the comments on iTunes for the last album were all along the lines of 'so many songs I've never heard' etc...still, there's not much they can do if they want to keep to the current format I suppose, there have probably only been just over 20 top ten hits since the last edition.

Without wishing to sound like a Jenny Fisher apologist (though I sometimes think she needs one!), I would imagine the compilers did everything in their power to try and get One Dance, but were told it's a no go area until it has started to slip down the charts, and were perhaps offered Hotline Bling as a consolation. It does seem odd seeing it on there so late but it's happened a few times in the past, better late than never I suppose.

While this would maintain the series' reputation to only feature huge hits, I guess they'd lose a lot of income. They will start to damage the brand though if the charts stay at this pace, the comments on iTunes for the last album were all along the lines of 'so many songs I've never heard' etc...still, there's not much they can do if they want to keep to the current format I suppose, there have probably only been just over 20 top ten hits since the last edition.

 

They'll lose far more money if they continue to sell compilations with filler flops dominating the tracklisting IMO and driving sales into the ground.

 

Now 93 despite massive 1st week sales has only totalled 353,603 so far.

They'll lose far more money if they continue to sell compilations with filler flops dominating the tracklisting IMO and driving sales into the ground.

 

Now 93 despite massive 1st week sales has only totalled 353,603 so far.

 

It's over 750,000 according to the OCC, sales haven't dropped that far (yet).

 

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/t...-so-far__15591/

Now 93 despite massive 1st week sales has only totalled 353,603 so far.

That total for Now 93 is sales from April to June only (don't worry, the MW report confused me too).

In fact 750k is quite reasonable for an Easter Now, they never pass a million so it's done very well in this climate. Definitely can't see them chopping a volume out if sales stay at this level. They do need to cut back on the uninspired spin-offs though, they're more immediately damaging to the brand I'd say.

My mistake, that was the Q2 total I quoted - 750K is actually above 727,604 that Now 90 racked up in its first few months so it seems to be actually increasing sales at the moment. Impressive!

I assume as well as was claimed above that they forgot about Hotline Bling last year even though it became a hit and so added it as the first single from the current album with One Dance to follow later in the year. They normally like to include all an artists hits from an album in order from what I can see.

My mistake, that was the Q2 total I quoted - 750K is actually above 727,604 that Now 90 racked up in its first few months so it seems to be actually increasing sales at the moment. Impressive!

To be fair, with the exception of tracks 19 to 21 on Disc 1 and Something Good, Now 93's songs were still all top 40 hits, and even if the peaks were higher, quite a few songs on Now 90 (Go All Night, Wait On Me, Air Guitar, etc.) had done runs such as 12-34-54-OUT, which isn't much better than peaking at #39 in today's climate.

 

Crucially, though, in Now 90 those songs had been and gone before 2015 had even started, which meant there was no chance their inclusion would provoke any renewed interest in them. Whereas the inclusion of I'm In Control on Now 93 helped it reach that #39 peak, and so it peaked around the release of the album.

Edited July 12, 20169 yr by Taylor Jago

Sorry to sidetrack the mids thread further but IIRC “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” was not on a Now either, but there was a gap from Now 19 to 20 (which to be fair they could have done with this year).

One Dance now has 0.4625 of Don't Let Me Down's sales on iTunes and 0.3797 ahead of it on Spotify. :o

Edited July 12, 20169 yr by zenon

MO is doing so well on iTunes and Spotify but it's #31 on the Update? Disappointing