January 15, 20233 yr I guess turning a #2 into a #1 with CDs like with Before You Go, or turning a Too 20 into a Top 10 like with Celestial, felt on a different scale to turning something that would be nowhere near #1 into a #1 like with Pointless. That’s why it felt a bit unprecedented, not that there was necessarily anything wrong with it. I do think the record company being able to roll up CDs ordered over several weeks while a single is already available and then have them all credited in 1 week is slightly unsatisfactory as the chart is meant to reflect sales / consumption within 1 week and the man on the street would say those sales weren’t all in the same week. But hey ho.
January 15, 20233 yr but actually that was 100% what itunes was doing with pre-orders back in the day, you would accumulate pre-orders for weeks even months and then all counted for week 1.
January 15, 20233 yr RAYE is ahead combined. I do think Miley could continue to increase and snatch it though!
January 15, 20233 yr Such an exciting week, mainly because I love all songs in contention for the top spot. I am rooting moreso for Miley - what a beautifully triumphant return <3 I too think she's only going to grow (excuse the pun) and get it this week or next!
January 15, 20233 yr I do think Miley could continue to increase and snatch it though! Fingers crossed she does. She ain’t had a #1 for 10 years
January 15, 20233 yr It's not quite 10 years ago until the end of the year, I refuse to classify it as such just yet. :lol:
January 16, 20233 yr Almost an all female top 6 (give or take a goddard.) in this First Look! Miley definitely looks to have a lot of momentum on her side with the big 2nd day rise on Spotify and rising to #1 on Apple today so would not surprise me if she does snatch #1 by the end of the week at this rate. Oops SZA looking destined to end up with a #3 peak again now though - even if it never really had much hope of #1, I was really hoping for #2 so it'd at least outpeak 'Kiss Me More', ah well. Yay at Metro Boomin being top 10 today albeit not nearly comfortably enough.
January 16, 20233 yr Interested to see how close Miley is to Raye. Think this early in the week it’ll be about 6k.
January 16, 20233 yr Surprised you all like the Metro Boomin track, what's the point of doing a nearly identical cover of the Mario Winans track without adding a thing? at least Enya gets more $$$ for her pension fund.
January 16, 20233 yr but actually that was 100% what itunes was doing with pre-orders back in the day, you would accumulate pre-orders for weeks even months and then all counted for week 1. Similar, but not exactly the same. In these cases, the song wasn't (usually, especially pre-streaming era) available elsewhere. In a 'sales' model, it's completely fair game, in a 'consumption' model, probably less so. (ok, maybe not completely fair, having all songs OA/OS would leave the least room for manipulation) This is where it gets messy though: if pre-orders should count when the person orders the CD, what happens if they cancel their order in a later week? What would be the point in ACR if OCC are trying to measure exactly how popular a song was each week? The fact is, OCC will never discourage dubious loss leading single releases in this era. They like a fresh looking number one. More number ones makes the chart more marketable, and if someone has to release 22,500 CDs that may or may not have been sold to achieve that, all the better (in their eyes)! More reasons why I don't think the current hybrid consumption/purchasing model really works... But I won't go into that again. 🤣
January 16, 20233 yr I loved going into HMV or Virgin in Oxford Street London, used to sell the imported cds and have big stickers over them. Spent most my money on cds back then.
January 16, 20233 yr Surprised you all like the Metro Boomin track, what's the point of doing a nearly identical cover of the Mario Winans track without adding a thing? at least Enya gets more $$$ for her pension fund. I think it's a lot better than the original (better production, better singer, better rap feature) but even if it was identical what exactly is wrong with enjoying covers?
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