Madonna's verse is so good!! Or maybe our bar is so low lol either way, I like it!

Number 20 in the midweeks

Pleased it held on to the Top 20 for the Monday update. Will have to see if it holds up throughout the week.

 

I have to be honest... although this is an amazing result to have Madonna back in the charts, I kind of thought that a The Weeknd track would actually been a teeny bit higher.

It’s sold 6,059 so far - Number 19 is on 6,155 and 21 on 6,022.

Feel like it's about time I commented on this!

 

There's been rumours for ages about a collaboration between The Weeknd and Madonna (for at least two years actually, as I remember it being rumoured Madonna would join The Weeknd for his Super Bowl performance and they'd release a song together soon after). I did notice the rumours started circling again recently and it turns out there was actually truth to it! I think the song is good and I agree Madonna sounds better than she has in recent years, but I've not really been that inclined to return to it and I'm not sure I can see that changing. Happy to see Madonna with another Top 40 to her name but - and I am only comparing them because I'm huge fans of them both - it doesn't feel quite as much of an achievement when I see Kylie managing a genuine smash all on her own. I feel like Madonna could not be on this song and it wouldn't make a difference to its chart performance.

 

I like that The Weeknd is up for making a full album with Madonna (and I appreciate that he acknowledges it would be a co-produce as Madonna is always involved in that side of things), I'd be very interested to hear what they could create together.

Feel like it's about time I commented on this!

 

There's been rumours for ages about a collaboration between The Weeknd and Madonna (for at least two years actually, as I remember it being rumoured Madonna would join The Weeknd for his Super Bowl performance and they'd release a song together soon after). I did notice the rumours started circling again recently and it turns out there was actually truth to it! I think the song is good and I agree Madonna sounds better than she has in recent years, but I've not really been that inclined to return to it and I'm not sure I can see that changing. Happy to see Madonna with another Top 40 to her name but - and I am only comparing them because I'm huge fans of them both - it doesn't feel quite as much of an achievement when I see Kylie managing a genuine smash all on her own. I feel like Madonna could not be on this song and it wouldn't make a difference to its chart performance.

 

I like that The Weeknd is up for making a full album with Madonna (and I appreciate that he acknowledges it would be a co-produce as Madonna is always involved in that side of things), I'd be very interested to hear what they could create together.

I agree with what you have said, and again im not pitting them against each either but Padam Padam just feels like a bigger achievement as Kylie is doing it alone, but isnt it great seeing both back in the Top 20. Its not something we would have predicted for 2023. I think Madonna and The Weeknd working together on an album has the potential to be great and think they could come up with something very interesting, I haven't really enjoyed anything from Madonna for a good few years now so id be happy to get that changed.

I feel like the reaction even from Madonna's fans have been muted - hell, I'd argue you can see that with the iTunes performance; her audience is mostly older (35+) and the fact that it couldn't get into the top 3 there makes me think they aren't really here for it. It's another hit to her name, but one that she really can't use to launch anything from (unless she ends up recording a solo version that gets popular on its own).

 

 

Also, I f***ing hate Abel, so I hope she stays far away from the walking red flag.

 

Agree Popular is doing that well because of The Weeknd and his trainwreck TV series, but I'm fairly sure that if/when Madonna releases her new lead single, it'll do better in streams globally than PP has so far. Even Medellin peaked at 922,248 streams on Spotify and was considered a flop or at least underperformance.

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Has anyone watched this series is it available in the UK?

 

Do we think a video will be made?

#19 in today’s midweeks, it’s risen a bit. 9,802 sales. Probably going to be her highest charting single since Celebration?

Edited June 7, 20232 yr by No Sleeep

Downloads are so low, if only the fanbase had got behind it we would’ve been looking at top 15 at least. I don’t understand why they haven’t

Downloads are so low, if only the fanbase had got behind it we would’ve been looking at top 15 at least. I don’t understand why they haven’t

 

I think Vulgar will be more appealing as Madonna features more. Not to my taste though ha

I think Vulgar will be more appealing as Madonna features more. Not to my taste though ha

 

I’ll be surprised if Vulgar troubles the top 100 tbh

Agree Popular is doing that well because of The Weeknd and his trainwreck TV series, but I'm fairly sure that if/when Madonna releases her new lead single, it'll do better in streams globally than PP has so far. Even Medellin peaked at 922,248 streams on Spotify and was considered a flop or at least underperformance.

 

I’d be shocked if she didn’t - her main markets are not confined to the UK & Australia, by default with the American market she will ‘beat’ PP not that it holds any relevance

Medellin and Faz Gostoso did actually relatively well in Latin America, but the music biz is so Anglo centric, that no one cared sadly.

#22 in todays mids

#22 in todays mids

11,235 units, including 829 downloads.

 

Also jumps 34-22 on UK Spotify!

Wonder where it's going to chart today! It'll be good to see her back in the top 40 regardless ^_^

#21!

Her highest since Celebration! :o