I was thinking of the same the other day and I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s noticed. The UK is her biggest commercial territory but she seems to distance herself from the uk these days, rather since she moved back to Australia. Earlier, she we actually get happy to be considered an honorary Brit, she had assimilated so well and that was endearing. She now seems a lot more aloof on British promo. Sure, the label did the pop up shop and all for tension - so the logistics are there, but she has a bit of a “I’ve made it in America now” since residency. Irony is, she hasn’t!

 

I can’t say if that’s had anything to do with chart success, bur something I’ve noticed

 

Exactly, I don’t mean just with this song in particular but I’ve noticed it over the past few months with her social media presence, her career overall, it’s definitely not as tailored to the UK audience as we’ve become accustomed to especially with the Golden and SBIT eras. I don’t know if that’s a good direction for her career, she’s an adopted national treasure here and doesn’t have quite the same reverence anywhere else. Tension II might be the Body Language to Tension’s Fever (don’t read too much into that comparison please :lol:)

UK Itunes

 

8

48

83

How has she distanced herself from the UK? :unsure: She’s just done a lot of promo here this week, including visiting a few radio stations (that a lot of artists of her generation wouldn’t touch).

 

Some additional focus on the US market =/= Kylie becoming Americanised. What about her has implied that she thinks she’s made it in America, and is now aloof to work in the UK? Genuinely, I don’t understand the perspective.

I think BMG may know that releasing a physical and getting 1.5k sales may not be enough this week so may keep them until another week

 

I love that they are trying different things but I think we know unless it goes viral or ends up in the Top 5 of the biggest playlists that a physical drop in week 2 or beyond won’t give the song chart glory - especially when we have the video, remixes and visulizers already.

 

They may throw out another remix but again, it won’t reverse chart fortunes without streaming.

 

How has she distanced herself from the UK? :unsure: She’s just done a lot of promo here this week, including visiting a few radio stations (that a lot of artists of her generation wouldn’t touch).

 

Some additional focus on the US market =/= Kylie becoming Americanised. What about her has implied that she thinks she’s made it in America, and is now aloof to work in the UK? Genuinely, I don’t understand the perspective.

 

Honestly this.

 

Lots of UK promo and she stopped for fans at the hotel before and after R2 and again in the evening, most American stars don’t want to do radio promo let alone give it up for fans multiple times.

 

I’m sure Kylie is still well aware the UK continues to be her biggest market and money spinner.

104k YouTube views in last 24 hours across all mixes of LCA.

 

833k in total since release

LCA could easily add 2,000 sales if cd & cassette released.

My oh my did 2,150 across both in 1st week.

But that may not be enough this week, they will track and see best chance.

 

Don't waste the physicals

 

My idea

 

3 x 1.99 CDs with orginal and a different remix on each with cover being the different coloured dresses that are on the visualisers.

 

That could get her 7-8k of sales

Tuesday Midweeks

 

40 (NEW) Lights Camera Action

Sales: 5,165

Yesterday's sales: 739 (no. 81)

Digital: 2155

Streaming: 3,010

Number of streams: 292,882

Video streams: 76,369

5,165 sales, she is going to need 12k for top 40 so they would need to release 2 phyiscals probably if they wanted that this week

Oh how I wish it could stay at that position for Friday.

Assuming Top 60 at best will be its outcome on Friday?

 

3010 from streaming… Tension (song) in its first week Tuesday midweek had done 4360 streaming sales. So Lights Camera Action is at 69% of the streaming level that Tension had managed.

 

Lights Camera Action is slightly ahead in terms of downloads: 2155 to Tension’s 1955 (although it was only the main version of Tension available wasn’t it?).

 

Tension sold 4,690 CDs in its first week (there were two of them). Anybody’s guess how well LCA physicals would sell but I feel like if she had them, she’d hold on to the Top 40 this week. :thinking:

I think this week would’ve been the only chance at top 40, it’s even stalled on Apple Music where playlisting is good.

I'd also like to say, in addition to the comments made about it doing worse than Say Something/Dancing etc, is that this doesn't feel like any kind of comeback. Especially to a casual fan.

 

This year alone, she's released 4 songs (as collaborations, sure) so what is there to make this stand out and feel like a lead single if you're not an actual Kylie fan focusing on how this is being marketed? All of those aforementioned 4 songs are also on the album too. I think it's doing about as well as you could expect.

I don't see why 3 physicals on Friday, one more remix.... maybe Joel Corry one :) a reduction in price of all the remixes and single...... could do better than this week......

 

 

But i can't second guess what BMG are doing. They probably will release phyiscals of Edge of Saturday night instead!!

 

I think this week would’ve been the only chance at top 40, it’s even stalled on Apple Music where playlisting is good.

 

Has it? Its at 81 and risen from 88. It has a peak of 79 so its bouncing around that mark and those are all premium streams.

It will hold on Apple next week and may rise if they move it up hot hits (23 this week). If she cab get Amazon streaming to increase next week she may consolidate her position.

An Amazon exclusive mix would be good!!!

 

I don't actually see the song on any Amazon playlists what do ever? No wonder i can't find in the top 1000 most streamed tracks???

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I'm not convinced next week will be better than this week, maybe putting physicals out album release week could be the next best idea.

How has she distanced herself from the UK? :unsure: She’s just done a lot of promo here this week, including visiting a few radio stations (that a lot of artists of her generation wouldn’t touch).

 

She is physically going through the motions, no one said she's not been physically present in the UK. But for the Tension era, it really came across as a formality. There wasn't that genuine enthusiasm, affection and affinity she's had for the UK before. There's a reason she's an adopted treasure in the UK. Other Aussies have also broken the UK market like Jason Donovan, natalie Imbruglia, etc. but the UK hasn't taken to any other Aussie they way they have to Kylie. So I'm not sure why she comes across these days as literally a visitor to the UK on promo, unlike before where she was genuinely at home, happy and authentic on UK promo.

 

I saw her on The One Show - her responses looked guarded and scripted (even the "aaw"s when they read out tweets about a 8yo boy and Flower, etc. for her standards, really looked fake).

 

Again, I'm not saying this is impacting her chart positions or that she isn't showing up for UK promo's. It's just an overall observation I've had in the Tension era.

I mean, she's always been famously guarded in interviews anyway. That probably comes from being media trained to within an inch of your life, I find it's rare she lets that down.

I think it'll be about 20 places higher than that.

 

'No Oh No' was #41 at this point and this is doing better on Apple Music.

 

 

No oh no :lol: