Gaga fans will be happy

Bruno/Gaga up to #14 now, and up to #1 in the US, why the much better performance in the US?

 

They're both US artists and have gotten more support on streaming and such. The song also started going viral on TikTok which usually impacts the US quickly first. Plus it has a massive format appeal on radio in the US so I expect it'll likely be a big airplay hit which will help it challenge for #1 at some point.

 

If they were on HHUK from day 1 I think their UK numbers would've been a bit better. On the plus side the music video views have been good so far which has helped lift the songs initial UK start despite a slow start on Spotify and Apple. I need to double check Amazon later but I do know it started quite strongly there Saturday when I checked.

 

Edit: Managed to look at Amazon and they are #14 which is really good! Will likely be top 10 on there soon.

Edited August 21, 2024Aug 21 by Envoirment

Shame they waited this long for icdiwabh video… could’ve pushed single 3 by now ugh

I would rather have a 3rd single in Autumn with a spooky theme music video for who's afraid of little old me to tie in with Halloween.

Spotify:

 

 

New Peak:

 

14. Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars- Die With A Smile It still isn't flopping

20. Hanumankind, Kalmi- Big Dawgs

58. Sonny Fodera, Jazzy, D.O.D- Somedays

177. Lana Del Rey- Young and Beautiful

 

Re-Entries:

 

178. Ella Henderson, Rudimental- Alibi

186. Tame Impala- The Less I Know The Better

187. Train- Drive By

189. Tems- Love Me JeJe

192. Noah Kahan- Northern Attitude

195. Zerb, The Chainsmokers, Ink- Addicted

196. Bryan Adams- Summer of '69

197. Tyla- Water

199. AC/DC- You Shook Me All Night Long

200. The Script ft will.i.am- Hall of Fame

Happy to see Gaga climbing!

 

 

with such low streams, sure Sabrina can go to #1 with her next single/focus track on Friday

 

I wonder if with the help of low streams and Burna Boy, Coldplay can do well with 'We Pray' next week?

See numbers like this and it makes me wanna re-evaluate the whole chart run, as well as a lot of other hits. Is the Marcagi snap to reality coming next?

(still on Hot Hits UK & Today's Top Hits)

 

Also noticed some very odd behaviour on Spotify's monthly listener stats. Two days in a row (almost) every artist was down, and now they're all back up, but way over-compensating for that, and with seemingly no logic to who's been boosted the most. All the while, nothing drastic on the Global chart. Re-calibration I guess?

See numbers like this and it makes me wanna re-evaluate the whole chart run, as well as a lot of other hits. Is the Marcagi snap to reality coming next?

(still on Hot Hits UK & Today's Top Hits)

 

Also noticed some very odd behaviour on Spotify's monthly listener stats. Two days in a row (almost) every artist was down, and now they're all back up, but way over-compensating for that, and with seemingly no logic to who's been boosted the most. All the while, nothing drastic on the Global chart. Re-calibration I guess?

 

Yes I noticed that Ellie Goulding was in the 90s most listened to in the world with 38.5 mill now she's 65th with 43.6 mill

See numbers like this and it makes me wanna re-evaluate the whole chart run, as well as a lot of other hits. Is the Marcagi snap to reality coming next?

(still on Hot Hits UK & Today's Top Hits)

 

Also noticed some very odd behaviour on Spotify's monthly listener stats. Two days in a row (almost) every artist was down, and now they're all back up, but way over-compensating for that, and with seemingly no logic to who's been boosted the most. All the while, nothing drastic on the Global chart. Re-calibration I guess?

 

I noticed it suddenly dropped about 20 places on Monday after being very stable. What does that number relate to exactly?

I noticed it suddenly dropped about 20 places on Monday after being very stable. What does that number relate to exactly?

The number I highlighted is the day-by-day change for the 7-day rolling total. In simpler terms, it's how many streams it got compared to 7 days prior. Tends to be a better measure of momentum than just the daily change since different days of the week tend to fluctuate and miss the bigger picture.

The number I highlighted is the day-by-day change for the 7-day rolling total. In simpler terms, it's how many streams it got compared to 7 days prior. Tends to be a better measure of momentum than just the daily change since different days of the week tend to fluctuate and miss the bigger picture.

 

Ah right thank you. The loss would make sense if it had been taken off HHUK or something, but where on earth is it coming from.

 

Another song that I'm very convinced is being artificially boosted currently is Unwritten. It had started to drop off and then had a sudden boost to recover a lot of that loss.

 

I am starting to think the Spotify chart is almost completely fraudulent, as it seems any song, old or new can have its streams inexplicably massively inflated or deflated without any clear reason behind it.

Spotify Chart Update (20/08)

 

01 01 Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER 486,130

02 02 Chase & Status, Stormzy – BACKBONE 467,537

03 03 Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe! 465,372

04 04 Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso 378,034

05 05 Sabrina Carpenter – Please Please Please 368,409

06 06 Charli xcx, Billie Eilish – Guess featuring Billie Eilish 341,187

07 07 Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy) 331,221

08 08 Hozier – Too Sweet 322,387

09 12 Post Malone, Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help (Feat. Morgan Wallen) 311,140

10 09 Myles Smith – Stargazing 303,398

 

11 10 Noah Kahan – Stick Season 289,894

12 11 Benson Boone – Beautiful Things 285,976

13 13 BL3SS, CamrinWatsin, bbyclose – Kisses (feat. bbyclose) 272,323

14 19 Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars – Die With A Smile 270,924 [*PEAK*]

15 14 Dasha – Austin (Boots Stop Workin') 268,510

16 18 Teddy Swims – Lose Control 248,179

17 16 Charli xcx – Apple 245,230

18 17 Chappell Roan – HOT TO GO! 243,485

19 20 Taylor Swift – Cruel Summer 224,752

20 21 Hanumankind, Kalmi – Big Dawgs 216,742 [*PEAK*]

 

21 24 Adam Port, Stryv, Keinemusik, Orso, Malachiii – Move 215,370

22 22 *NSYNC – Bye Bye Bye - From Deadpool and Wolverine Soundtrack 214,509

23 23 Jordan Adetunji – KEHLANI 206,934

24 25 Benson Boone – Slow It Down 206,381

25 27 Michael Marcagi – Scared To Start 197,670

26 26 Taylor Swift, Post Malone – Fortnight (feat. Post Malone) 190,865

27 15 Jimin – Who 188,633

28 28 Charli xcx – 360 186,687

29 29 Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us 182,182

30 32 Eminem – Houdini 179,650

 

31 34 Taylor Swift – I Can Do It With a Broken Heart 178,566

32 37 The Killers – Mr. Brightside 177,088

33 31 Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten 176,597

34 36 Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club 175,573

35 35 Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners – Evergreen 171,418

36 33 The Kid LAROI – NIGHTS LIKE THIS 170,435

37 30 Tommy Richman – MILLION DOLLAR BABY 168,906

38 39 Chappell Roan – Red Wine Supernova 164,932

39 38 Gracie Abrams – I Love You, I'm Sorry 164,038

40 40 Gigi Perez – Sailor Song 156,358

 

41 45 David Guetta, OneRepublic – I Don't Wanna Wait 155,976

44 44 Post Malone, Luke Combs – Guy For That (Feat. Luke Combs) 149,726

47 47 Billie Eilish – WILDFLOWER 140,889

55 58 The Blessed Madonna, Clementine Douglas – Happier (feat. Clementine Douglas) 128,008

56 60 Teddy Swims – The Door 126,192

58 79 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy, D.O.D – Somedays 125,496 [*PEAK*]

60 61 Dominic Fike – misses 125,124

63 65 JADE – Angel Of My Dreams 120,011

65 76 Zach Bryan – Pink Skies 118,229

82 124 Lost Frequencies, Tom Odell – Black Friday (pretty like the sun) 105,010

89 106 Alex Warren – Carry You Home 103,125

92 98 Post Malone, Blake Shelton – Pour Me A Drink (Feat. Blake Shelton) 102,817

 

117 112 Ice Spice, Central Cee – Did It First (with Central Cee) 94,653

130 167 CYRIL – Stumblin' In 92,278

141 126 Pharrell Williams – Double Life - From "Despicable Me 4" 90,700

149 141 Gracie Abrams – Close To You 88,446

155 180 Coldplay – feelslikeimfallinginlove 87,873

Yes I noticed that Ellie Goulding was in the 90s most listened to in the world with 38.5 mill now she's 65th with 43.6 mill

 

Outside is charting in several countries, not sure if that explains it? It has over 1.1M streams daily.

Ah right thank you. The loss would make sense if it had been taken off HHUK or something, but where on earth is it coming from.

 

Another song that I'm very convinced is being artificially boosted currently is Unwritten. It had started to drop off and then had a sudden boost to recover a lot of that loss.

 

I am starting to think the Spotify chart is almost completely fraudulent, as it seems any song, old or new can have its streams inexplicably massively inflated or deflated without any clear reason behind it.

I reckon the numbers are legitimate in the sense that the songs were listened to (a lot of the odd behaviour shows up on last.fm stats and they're not faking that). But it feels like the differential of agency for the streams is less important than ever. The chart gives off the impression that there are a lot of people who pick and choose their current faves to listen to, or have current hits playlists they cycle through, but it's too farfetched on a greater level. I don't entirely doubt that these songs got popular in the first place from user input & curiosity, but at some point they just get taken over by the reaper of algorithmic stream allocation. Makes it hard to get invested in the month to month movement when it doesn't seem to mean as much.

 

The biggest bummer of it all though is the way it just guts the local flavour. The Australian festival circuit is falling apart at the moment. A lot of people are blaming bad line ups, but it feels like they're just being steered away from local artists on discovery platforms, so there's no value to get from reinforcing line ups beyond headliners anymore. I fear the flow-on effects will only get worse.

Spotify update:

 

1. BIRDS OF A FEATHER - 485,416

2. Good Luck, Babe! - 460,605

3. BACKBONE - 444,766

Bruno/Gaga up to #13

 

big re-entry for Taylor-Florida, guess cos of the London show with Florence showing up to do the song

sad to see C&S losing so much steam :/

sad to see C&S losing so much steam :/

2 weeks at number 1 is great and I’m sure they’ll be happy with that. It’ll be nice now for Chappel or Billie to get a #1.

 

Hopefully Sabrina doesn’t gain +100K with the release of her new album on PPP/Espresso gets reset.

Edited August 22, 2024Aug 22 by BellyClarkson

Sabrina is pushing ‘Taste’ next as it has a (seemingly) big budget video premiering tomorrow alongside the albums release. Espresso and PPP may be back on SCR but ‘Taste’ will probably be number 1!

Queue Sabrina having 1,2 and 3 on the chart next Friday with espresso and PPP reset lol

I’m not convinced the Sabrina impact is going to be as big as some people are predicting tbh

Edited August 22, 2024Aug 22 by Maestro