The US rules are so confusing.

 

Like Nicki getting her first #1 through this song is so mad! Same as S&M remix being a #1 for Britney lol.

 

Are the sales for the original and remix combined for this to be #1 but the remix sold more for Nicki to get credited?

 

I’m a fan of the track though. Prefer the original but as far as female rap goes it’s one of the better tracks of the last few years in that genre definitely. I actually like that Doja can really sing too!

Yeah they are combined and whichever "sold" more gets credited, I think it mainly depends on which version is sent to radio and Kworb has it as the remix on the radio charts

Billboard's stated rules are that they use the artist credits for the version that contributes the most to the total 'chart points' (i.e. sales, streaming and airplay combined under whatever ratio Billboard are using at that time). So yes, the original and remix are combined and apparently the Nicki version contributed more than the solo version at least this week.

Even though the remix is technically what got to #1 this week I’m pretty sure that, like S&M, the original will be the one that’s remembered in years to come and the remix will kinda be forgotten by non-stans

Even though the remix is technically what got to #1 this week I’m pretty sure that, like S&M, the original will be the one that’s remembered in years to come and the remix will kinda be forgotten by non-stans

 

I agree.

 

Tbh I feel like the song is big enough to have gotten to #1 without the remix as well.

 

 

It wasn't big enough to even be top 3 without the remix... :P

Nicki being on this remix definitely helped it go to number 1 . Say So had just felt out the top 5 the week before and was starting to slip so the remix definitely helped !

Some predictions are saying Say So is very close to staying #1 this week in America which would be good cause it almost felt like it only got to #1 because of the competition and bundles last week so longevity would help it feel more like a #1

Also her biggest competition is 6ix9ine so she needs to be #1

It looks from the replies to Simon Falk's predictions that he's basically guessing at Ariana & Bieber's bundle sales, he was initially way off predicting the bundles for 'Say So' last week so given how close his figures are I think they probably still have a very strong chance at #1. Let's not have 6ix9ine get there please lol ~

 

Surprised this is still being projected to stay ahead of 'Savage' anyway though. Was expecting it to drop to #4 or #5 again this week (and it may still do as there isn't a lot between the top 5 in those predictions).

Say So only falls to #2 and managed to hold above 6ix9ine in the US! Might be coming back to #1 next week when Justin and Ari fall

I'm kind of expecting 'Blinding Lights' to be back at #1 next week but maybe I'm just underestimating Doja's staying power given she managed to hold up at #2 this week. (I think the release of the 'original' remix + the massive takeover on iTunes was actually part of this week's tracking week so that might explain why she held up better than I expected but who knows xx)

Blinding Lights seems to be starting to fall on radio whilst Say So is still making decent gains, but either way I’m glad it’s not collapsing down the chart like I thought it might have done after the remix peak wore off

oh yay at this managing to have held off 6ix9ine even if Ariana/Justin didn't release!

Doja is currently getting cancelled on Twitter after a video has apparently resurfaced that shows her in a video chat with supposed white supremacists and laughing at racist jokes.

 

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Large yikes.

 

Honestly though after reading into this a bit I kind of just feel sorry for her more than anything else. It seems she has some pretty serious self-loathing issues and she can't be mentally well to still be associating with those kind of people (not that it would ever have been ok for her to do so but the evidence here seems to be from as recently as this week which is crazy, I was assuming at first this was the usual case of Twitter dragging up old comments to cancel people but apparently not).

 

Doja has already been cancelled for a while for those who were paying attention so this isn't really that surprising but this is so much worse than I thought it'd be ~

I was aware of her use of f*ggot and I’d KIND OF overlooked it knowing it wasn’t her intent to be homophobic (doesn’t make it not wrong obviously) but this is...dodgy af :mellow: We were rooting for you, we were all rooting for you. I agree with Bré, if she has these attitudes it’s AWFUL but I hope she’s okay.

Okay she really is disgusting for that, I can't forgive her tbh :/

She went on live and addressed everything . I’ve got to say props to her for doing this she came across really genuine here and explained and cleared everything up really well !

 

Edited May 26, 20205 yr by troylovesmusic

Like That now has a video

 

Is there any news on if 'Cyber Sex' will be pushed? Like all her songs it's all over TikTok and has a really accessible sound (which I imagine has been produced by Dr. Luke). I reckon it'd get her another top 40 hit.