August 24, 20205 yr I knew it would be on High Expectations as soon as I saw she was a lead not a feature :lol: her label are smart i guess?!! Polydor is notorious for using this trick. They have also expanded the albums of Becky Hill & Jax Jones.
August 24, 20205 yr Interesting to note that about 1/3 of BTS' streams on Spotify were discounted on suspicion of being attempts of chart manipulation by their fans, so there has been some discounting of their sales for the purposes of the chart. They're so gonna hit the roof when they find out they've wasted all that time and energy.
August 24, 20205 yr Interesting to note that about 1/3 of BTS' streams on Spotify were discounted on suspicion of being attempts of chart manipulation by their fans, so there has been some discounting of their sales for the purposes of the chart. What I found more eye opening from that article is how massively moderated down Ariana’s streams were for 7 rings. BTS’s streams being lowered isn’t really a surprise and if it allows Mariah to keep the record, I’m all in favour of it.
August 24, 20205 yr Interesting to note that about 1/3 of BTS' streams on Spotify were discounted on suspicion of being attempts of chart manipulation by their fans, so there has been some discounting of their sales for the purposes of the chart. To be fair that article is only saying that the Spotify algorithm subtracted 1/3 of their streams due to their charts capping the number of streams any individual can contribute in 24 hours, that's not necessarily anything nefarious, just a sign that BTS fans listen to their music an ungodly amount on their release days.
August 24, 20205 yr If Erasure maintain a Top 5 position it will be their first since 1992 although they came close in 2017 with World Be Gone which achieved a Number 6 debut.
August 24, 20205 yr The Killers are 3.3k ahead of what Gaga had in the Monday midweek of her release date and their sales are likely to be more frontloaded than hers since they don't have nearly as much streaming presence - I think they'll end up having a pretty similar opening week to Gaga (so around the low 50s) unless there's something coming to significantly boost their sales. Looks like they'd have easily got the biggest first week sales of the year by a comfortable margin if their vinyl release had been this week, and they still might get it even without that! (BTW I'm pretty sure The Killers were never scheduled to release the same week as Gaga, that was Gerry Cinnamon wasn't it? A Killers vs. Gaga chart week would have been pretty interesting looking at these numbers though!)
August 25, 20205 yr They were! Imploding The Mirage was originally releasing on May 29th. It was Gaga vs Gerry before both of those got pushed back from April
August 25, 20205 yr They were! Imploding The Mirage was originally releasing on May 29th. It was Gaga vs Gerry before both of those got pushed back from April Sounds like a technicality but I’m pretty sure the Killers announced their album was delayed and would not be released on May 29th before Gaga chose that as her new release date. Edited August 25, 20205 yr by j80
August 25, 20205 yr Sounds like a technicality but I’m pretty sure the Killers announced their album was delayed and would be released on May 29th before Gaga chose that as her new release date. Ah you're right, ITM was delayed about a week before Chromatica's new release date was announced (Sorry bre! :lol:)
August 25, 20205 yr crazy they're doing so well without vinyls, that could easily have added an extra 10K
August 25, 20205 yr ☕️ Maybelline adding every single song to her album is making a mockery out of an "album" concept most of all. Just shows how painfully little credibility she has as a musician and an artist. It's ALL about money and charts and promotion... to get more money :magic: Meh.
August 25, 20205 yr There was an interesting Music Week article about this trend of adding tracks to albums: https://www.musicweek.com/labels/read/polyd...strategy/080657 It's apparently something Polydor does to 'create album stories' for artists who wouldn't otherwise have them.
August 25, 20205 yr ☕️ Maybelline adding every single song to her album is making a mockery out of an "album" concept most of all. Just shows how painfully little credibility she has as a musician and an artist. It's ALL about money and charts and promotion... to get more money :magic: Meh. To be fair she's only between album one and two so this success may give her the opportunity to show more artistic abilities in the future.
August 25, 20205 yr Where does it stop though? I mean it's fine to add whatever to whatever (who am I to tell them it's wrong~) but I won't call that an album. Compilation, greatest hits, everything including a kitchen sink. Also you can make good sounding music on your iPhone these days so lack of money doesn't quite work as an excuse for me. As an example, iamamiwhoami also struggled big time but their music spoke for itself and they found bigger commercial success in the end after 3 whole albums. Edited August 25, 20205 yr by n'tAlice
August 25, 20205 yr I thought the vinyl release of Dermot’s ‘Giants’ would have got it into the Top 40 this week especially as the track has been added to song 1 on his album on streaming sites - looks like he’ll miss by some distance and maybe not even get a new peak :nocheer:
August 25, 20205 yr There was an interesting Music Week article about this trend of adding tracks to albums: https://www.musicweek.com/labels/read/polyd...strategy/080657 It's apparently something Polydor does to 'create album stories' for artists who wouldn't otherwise have them. Becky Hill, Mabel, Sigala, Jonas Blue etc., never would have had certified album if it wasn’t for track adding and stream placement. Mabel and Becky Hill could both achieve a few weeks but nothing like either of them have experienced - can’t blame the record company for taking advantage I guess and creating ‘gold selling’ album acts
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