The Avicii one was very heavily promoted - on top of Spotify etc. as far as I remember.

You can chuck a fair few factors into it. X's music is very recent, so it'll naturally get more streams, and also his music is very laconic; "?" and "17" can be listened to back to back before you could get through 1 listen of Avicii's debut album. There's probably also the general factor that the people who have gone (not very far) back to his music probably already listened to it on Spotify, but you can't really count how many people are listening to recently deceased artists on iTunes or CDs or records.

dance is less favoured than urban on spotify

 

Is urban a genre though? [/brie]

avicii was super promoted but if you promote something outside the box for the general average spotify kid, sure you'll get streams, but not massive like if it were an urban artist

Hopefully he'll drop like a stone tomorrow. I don't mind him getting a song or two in the Top 40 as a sort of tribute but after what he did he shouldn't be a Top 10 contender.

SAD! is still on ACR this week so only half it's streams will count. FYI.

But with it almost doubling CB on streams it could help a lot

People are vile celebrating him like that.

You can celebrate person music without celebrating the person

I think the problem is the general public aviccii was huge when he died and all his track were recent bit mostly high sales streams already

 

The general public probably don't realise xxx past and just see him as a young rapper who died to young and since most of his music hasn't charted highly people are only discovering it for the first time not knowing his past

 

To me I agree how can people support him if they know but still 20 is young waste of a life too no matter how unforgivable his crimes I wouldn't wish death on someone but I will not be supporting his music either

To answer an earlier question. Avicii had his playlist on the front page of Spotify. X did not probably due to both X's controversial past and the controversy of Spotify having publicly banned his music from their playlists just weeks before (though they did turn back on that policy)

but I think avicii's songs did well after his death

it was far worst when George Michael died, there was barely an effect, for one of supposed most beloved uk artists ever, the highest it got on itunes was a song re-entering at #10 for a few hours and barely nothing happened on spotify

You can chuck a fair few factors into it. X's music is very recent, so it'll naturally get more streams, and also his music is very laconic; "?" and "17" can be listened to back to back before you could get through 1 listen of Avicii's debut album. There's probably also the general factor that the people who have gone (not very far) back to his music probably already listened to it on Spotify, but you can't really count how many people are listening to recently deceased artists on iTunes or CDs or records.

Yeah, X died at the peak of his career. I read someone suggest he's the biggest musician death since The Notorious B.I.G. in terms of current popularity, and I can't think of anyone to refute that with. (Maybe Avicii in parts of Europe, but I don't think his playlist-friendly hits have inspired the same level of devotion, or helped people with their struggles, in the way XXXTENTACION's music has.)

I think with George Michael his death was unfortunate enough to coincidence with the gift card effect and then his fan base would most likely already have owned his albums and the casual fans more likely to buy his greatest hits than stream or download individual songs.

 

Him and X cater to totally different markets generally speaking. So their death effects can't really be compared.

But George Michael didn't die before/at the peak of his popularity; before he'd even had the chance to write the classics that the public know, loved and celebrated at the time. Let's face it- he hadn't had a Top 10 hit for over 12 years! It isn't that much of a surprise really when you consider the music that XXXTENTACION was putting out appeals strongly to the demographic that use and interact with Spotify the most.

Edited June 20, 20187 yr by Doctor Blind

i know, just saying that it sad how things are these days and that a legend dies and theres zero effect

but a kid with barely zero accomplishments gets 700k just cos he's urban :/

It's not really just a genre thing but demographics. After all, Phife Dawg & Prodigy are both hip hop icons who passed away in recent years, but their heyday was some 20-25 years prior, so most of the people reading this thread won't even know what groups they were in, and unsurprisingly, I don't recall any major Spotify bump when they did die.

Spotify Chart Update [19/06]

 

01 [20] XXXTENTACION - SAD! [779,372] [*NEW PEAK*]

02 [35] XXXTENTACION - Jocelyn Flores [618,071] [*NEW PEAK*]

03 [55] XXXTENTACION - Moonlight [480,974] [*NEW PEAK*]

04 [01] Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - One Kiss [411,244]

05 [61] XXXTENTACION - changes [410,685] [*NEW PEAK*]

06 [02] Post Malone - Better Now [382,601]

07 [04] Clean Bandit - Solo (feat. Demi Lovato) [375,268]

08 [69] XXXTENTACION - f*** Love (feat. Trippie Redd) [370,744] [*NEW PEAK*]

09 [03] Drake - Nice For What [367,875]

10 [05] Anne-Marie - 2002 [354,638]

 

11 [74] XXXTENTACION - Everybody Dies In Their Nightmares [*NEW PEAK*]

12 [06] Ariana Grande - No Tears Left To Cry

13 [07] George Ezra - Shotgun

14 [90] XXXTENTACION - the remedy for a broken heart (why am I so in love) [*NEW PEAK*]

15 [08] Jess Glynne - I'll Be There

16 [09] Cardi B - I Like It (feat. Bad Bunny & J Balvin)

17 [10] 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood

18 [12] Selena Gomez - Back To You

19 [15] Years & Years - If You're Over Me

20 [11] EO - German

 

21 [13] Banx & Ranx - Answerphone (feat. Ella Eyre & Yxng Bane)

22 [16] Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams

23 [14] David Guetta & Sia - Flames

25 [17] A$AP Rocky - Praise The Lord (Da Shine) (feat. Skepta)

26 [18] Maroon 5 - Girls Like You (feat. Cardi B)

28 [19] Khalid & Normani - Love Lies

30 [23] AJ Tracey & Not3s - Butterflies

31 [30] Tiësto & Dzeko - Jackie Chan (feat. Preme & Post Malone)

33 [28] Liam Payne & J Balvin - Familiar

39 [36] Jonas Blue - Rise (feat. Jack & Jack)

41 [29] M.O - Bad Vibe (feat. Lotto Boyzz & Mr Eazi)

43 [40] Tom Walker - Leave a Light On

45 [39] Rita Ora - Girls (feat. Cardi B, Bebe Rexha & Charli XCX)

46 [34] Dappy - Oh My (feat. Ay Em)

47 [41] Tyga - Taste (feat. Offset)

48 [37] Shakka - Man Down (feat. AlunaGeorge)

50 [43] Ramz - Family Tree

 

51 [42] Childish Gambino - This Is America

54 [54] Drake - I'm Upset

55 [44] Nicki Minaj - Bed (feat. Ariana Grande)

58 [47] Dennis Lloyd - Nevermind

64 [53] AJ x Deno - London (feat. EO)

67 [56] ZieZie - Fine Girl

68 [60] M-22 - First Time (feat. Medina)

70 [63] Billie Eilish - lovely (feat. Khalid)

76 [73] NOTD - I Wanna Know (feat. Bea Miller)

78 [65] Steel Banglez - Your Lovin' (feat. MØ & Yxng Bane)

79 [71] The 1975 - Give Yourself A Try

82 [72] Swarmz - Lyca

83 [67] Jorja Smith - Blue Lights

89 [193] The Carters - APESHIT [*NEW PEAK*]

95 [86] Martin Garrix - Ocean (feat. Khalid)

 

101 [83] J Hus - Dark Vader

111 [96] James Arthur - You Deserve Better

115 [100] Shawn Mendes - Nervous

117 [94] Jason Derulo - Colors (Coca-Cola® Anthem, 2018 FIFA World Cup™)

120 [106] Loud Luxury - Body (feat. brando)

122 [116] King Princess - 1950

126 [97] Troye Sivan - Dance To This (feat. Ariana Grande)

127 [104] Loski - Forrest Gump

135 [140] Kygo & Imagine Dragons - Born To Be Yours [*NEW PEAK*]

138 [127] Taylor Swift - Delicate

143 [135] OneRepublic - Start Again (feat. Logic)

147 [126] Geko - 6:30 (feat. NSG)

149 [136] Juice WRLD - All Girls Are The Same

150 [131] Rudimental & Major Lazer - Let Me Live (feat. Anne-Marie & Mr Eazi)

 

154 [132] Stefflon Don - Senseless

157 [172] Florence + The Machine - Hunger

170 [149] Belly Squad - Missing (feat. Headie One)

160 [118] One Bit - My Way (feat. Noah Cyrus)

184 [156] Sigrid - High Five

187 [196] Nicky Jam & J Balvin - X

192 [178] One Acen - EIO (feat. Hardy Caprio)

 

OUT [183] Au/Ra & CamelPhat - Panic Room

OUT [186] BLACKPINK - DDU-DU DDU-DU

OUT [197] Sigala - Feels Like Home (feat. Fuse ODG, Sean Paul & Kent Jones)

 

+++

 

XXXTENTACION

01. SAD!

02. Jocelyn Flores

03. Moonlight

05. changes

08. f*** Love (feat. Trippie Redd)

11. Everybody Dies In Their Nightmares

14. the remedy for a broken heart (why am I so in love)

24. NUMB

27. Hope

35. Revenge

36. Look At Me!

52. Carry On

53. Depression & Obsession

60. infinity (888) (feat. Joey Bada$$)

61. ALONE, PART 3

62. Roll In Peace (Kodak Black feat. XXXTENTACION)

65. Save Me

69. going down!

72. before I close my eyes

74. I don't even speak spanish lol (feat. Rio Santana, Judah, Carlos Andrez)

77. Floor 555

84. Orlando

92. Pain = BESTFRIEND (feat. Travis Barker)

94. I Don't Wanna Do This Anymore

96. $$$ (with Matt Ox)

106. Dead Inside (Interlude)

107. Introduction (instructions)

110. love yourself (interlude)

112. SMASH! (feat. PnB Rock)

118. schizophrenia

121. Ayala (Outro)

180. The Explanation

193. Young BrAtZ

 

The Carters

89 APESHIT

153 BOSS

189 SUMMER

Really not here for this X takeover :/

Not that I support any of this but he sure has some interesting song titles :P “I don't even speak spanish lol“ is my fave from that list

Also worth noting that X has nine songs out of the US Spotify top ten, streaming figures for 'SAD!' are insane (4,437,612). Top 3 are over 3 million streams and top 6 over 2 million.

 

Worldwide he holds the entire top 7 and 'SAD!' has 10,415,088 streams.

Christ :rolleyes: