November 4, 20205 yr Shocked Diamonds has gone that high! Seems like it's been a gradual increase on album week so perhaps it could hold up well next week? Would be nice for it to sneak a week top 10. Still a successful era for Sam in the end! Also Levitating needs to get a move on into the top ten! One of the best tracks in the chart atm and the release strategy is going perfectly so far!
November 4, 20205 yr Great to see the top 4 sales being so strong, top 2 easily over 20-25k and Cliff and Bruce looking at 15-20k. Monster Mash likely to drop out by Friday now
November 4, 20205 yr If Positions clears 30k by the end of the week, I’m sure her camp would take that as a disappointing result... a near enough 50% drop from Thank U, Next, released just 20 months ago. I’m an Ariana fan by the way, and have mellowed to the album after some initial resistance. I’m just analysing the stats and 30k in quarter four is for sure disappointing for an artist of her calibre. All of the above also applies to Sam Smith as well considering The Thrill Of It All opened with close to 100k three years ago, with just one big hit preceding it. Also, any idea where King Harry is with Golden? Edited November 4, 20205 yr by Cognizant
November 4, 20205 yr I think any artist this year will find it hard breaking 50k that Lady Gaga got so you have to place it in context.
November 4, 20205 yr I think any artist this year will find it hard breaking 50k that Lady Gaga got so you have to place it in context. I mean Bruce did it last week? I would have thought Ariana would have been the artist to knock it out of the park tbh. Edited November 4, 20205 yr by Cognizant
November 4, 20205 yr But I guess there was a lot less preorders with the quick release campaign compared to the others. Of the singles are popular maybe it’ll sell well over a few weeks/months.
November 4, 20205 yr We can't forget that this Ariana album has had a 1 week build-up. thank u, next had a 3 month build-up, it's really quite different when there's been less time to grab attention. The fact Ariana's on track for ~30k with only one week of hype is impressive, it's only a fraction of the time TUN had!
November 4, 20205 yr We can't forget that this Ariana album has had a 1 week build-up. thank u, next had a 3 month build-up, it's really quite different when there's been less time to grab attention. The fact Ariana's on track for ~30k with only one week of hype is impressive, it's only a fraction of the time TUN had! I agree with you Joseph but 30k is still disappointing considering Ariana has quite the name now and has hype from her name alone!
November 4, 20205 yr I agree with you Joseph but 30k is still disappointing considering Ariana has quite the name now and has hype from her name alone! 30k is a great amount for what is almost entirely name power! 30k exactly would be enough for #1 on all bar 9 weeks of the year so far, so it's actually a really strong total in its own right. TUN had two #1 hits out pre-album (both bigger than positions the song, which has still been big of course), and the sales of TUN are pretty much unmatchable. There's nothing to be disappointed about!
November 4, 20205 yr I agree with you Joseph but 30k is still disappointing considering Ariana has quite the name now and has hype from her name alone! And a build up to pre order streams? 🤭
November 4, 20205 yr I agree with you Joseph but 30k is still disappointing considering Ariana has quite the name now and has hype from her name alone! And a build up to pre order streams? 🤭
November 4, 20205 yr I mean is 30k THAT bad for Ariana? Sweetener manager 44k with a lot more promotion and a hit song (I know positions has gone to number 1 but NTLTC was around longer is what I’m saying). I’m also aware thank u, next had 65k (and 3 numbers 1 helped!) but this album was released without hype, it’s a different sound to her more pop albums and is doing just fine. She’s hardly a big album seller anyway and it’s doing better than my everything which also had a number one single to boast. Disclaimer: I’m a fan and have heard the album
November 4, 20205 yr I feel like it’s hard to comment on the success yet without the full picture - there are 0 physical sales from her official store verified at the moment which could be costing thousands of sales :( usually acts with large fanbases attract significant buys this way - I think Selena Gomez for example only clinched #1 because of them being added at the last minute. Little Mix and Kylie are already looking at strong sales next week because both have gone to town with formats to pre-order on their stores during the past couple of months (good on them!) Two of my sales for Ari are currently in the abyss :lol:
November 4, 20205 yr Ari is doing incredible! Some clueless comments on here. If she wants to release a more pop sounds, she can...that will sell more but this is great. Stop bloody knocking artists when an album isn't to your taste.
November 4, 20205 yr How many physical sales did tun debut with? 21k pure sales, some will have been downloads obvs x I don’t think it has to be black or white whether Ari’s doing well or underperforming. I’d say the album’s performance chart wise, by her standards is...ok. Not good given it’s Q4 and she’s following on from TU,N but not bad at ALL. Obviously!
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