February 22, 20214 yr I'm so glad it's smashing! This album has been a real slow burner for me. 'Alone Again' is only now starting to hit!!
March 8, 20214 yr Blinding Lights has just become the first song in the history of the US Billboard Hot 100 to spend a year in the top ten, what a smash! :wub: @1369024166481981440
March 9, 20214 yr thats crazy, 52 weeks in the top 10 but the crazy thing is how the song is still top 10 on Airplay
March 9, 20214 yr That is an impressive achievement but I do think that's just a sign of the times and eventually one song had to be the first to inevitably achieve it. Loads of songs will be doing that soon.
March 9, 20214 yr Ehh I don't think so. It's become a lot more commonplace for the biggest megahits to have runs that rival what the record number of weeks in the top 10 used to be (i.e. 30-33 weeks, with 'Circles' in a second tier of its own with 39 weeks), but even compared to those 'Blinding Lights' is light years ahead (and it's still as high as #3, could continue this run for quite a bit longer). I'd say it's feasible we might start seeing ""loads"" of songs (i.e. maybe 1 or 2 per year) having runs similar to 'Circles' but I think 'Blinding Lights' will probably remain unique. I believe it's well on the path to being the most successful song in Billboard chart history if it isn't already (the mark for that is Chubby Checker's 'The Twist' which was a huge hit in 2 separate years, I'm not sure exactly how it's measured but Billboard does keep an all-time list that they update every few years or so).
March 9, 20214 yr Maybe loads was a bit of an exaggeration but I do feel when I see these achievements, they always sound impressive at the start but then after a few years it's commonplace e.g. all the streaming records/most YT views in a day/month/year and so on. Of course it's still a huge achievement to be the first to achieve or break [insert random record] but the only truly impressive ones can't be judged until a good few years afterwards. Obviously then chart rules can change in the time since so this sort of thing can always be open to interpretation.
March 12, 20214 yr The Weeknd 'will no longer submit music to Grammy Awards' after snub The Weeknd has said he will boycott future Grammy Awards after being snubbed in this year's nominations. The Canadian pop star, whose single Blinding Lights was the biggest-seller in the world last year, was not shortlisted for a single award. He later called the lack of recognition "an attack". In a new statement ahead of Sunday's ceremony, the singer said: "I will no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys." He said he would remain absent from the event until the Recording Academy, which organises the awards, got rid of the "secret committees" that decide many of the nominations. Full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56370876
April 19, 20214 yr Author A new remix of "Save Your Tears" featuring Ariana Grande is being teased. @1384206199084621833
April 19, 20214 yr Anything that gives the song more attention is fine by me. I think Ari will sound gorgeous on it too :wub:
April 20, 20214 yr Save Your Tears wreaks of Stock Aitken and Waterman. The simplistic melody (not a negative thing) is exactly their style. But it's better than almost anything they ever side. Edited April 20, 20214 yr by Colm
April 21, 20214 yr bit tired of Save your tears by now so I'd rather they would do a new song but guess they really want a new peak in the US now that BL is finally out of the top 10 after like a million weeks, there's no strong #1 in the US right now so this could easily climb to#1
April 21, 20214 yr Really hope this has a shot at #1 in the US next week then! It seems likely that it'll go onto ACR here this week though which is really annoying but hopefully a reset is possible if the remix is big enough
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