‘Blinding Lights’ was like The Weekends ‘Thriller’!

JADE back over 100k streams! :wub:

The Weeknd debuting at #11 with a highly anticipated lead single is definitely an underperformance. No one is saying it can’t catch on but that’s not a particularly strong start

I’d personally say it’s a fine start for both The Weeknd and Tâte McRae to be honest. I think the songs will be moderate hits for both artists whilst not being their biggest ones.

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#29 Tate McRae

#37 Nines

#45 Charli xcx & Troye Sivan

#59 Playboy Carti

#74 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams

#101 The Weeknd

AM seems stuck, no way The Weeknd is #101

On the Apple Music app's chart The Weeknd isn't even in the top 200 and hasn't been for the past 24 hours :lol: Definitely a glitch but idk why Kworb are saying that it's at #101 when there is no evidence to suggest that at all lol

The Weeknd debuting at #11 with a highly anticipated lead single is definitely an underperformance. No one is saying it can’t catch on but that’s not a particularly strong start

I don't understand this viewpoint personally, because he truly has no precedent for doing any better than this on debut.

The criticism of Abel's debut is just simply non-sensical to me. To reiterate what others have said, Abel is not an artist with notoriously huge debuts. For 'Dancing In The Flames' to debut with 34K more streams than 'Take My Breath' is a big success for a song that was never really meant to be the lead single ('Wake Me Up' was and that sounds a bit more commercially friendly imo). Yes, The Weeknd is the 2nd biggest artist globally on Spotify (I assume he'll overtake Billie to be the #1 in the coming days) but this is by no means an underperformance and to suggest that it is would be ridiculous.

Doesn't help that the video is awful! Shot on an iPhone....you can tell! Looks like a school project.

Despite his global streaming numbers, The Weeknd doesn't strike me as the sort of act that has a really die-hard pro-active fanbase, the type who could put on several dates at Wembley and crash the ticket servers for example. I'm sure he does have a big fanbase who devour everything he does, but I doubt it's as big an active fanbase as many of the other artists in the global top ten on Spotify.

 

A large part of him being the global top artist (or second) on Spotify is surely because he has had a lot of mega hits over a sustained period of time that were globally successful and still being played a lot now by many different demographics. But almost all of those hits built and got stronger over time, who could have predicted Blinding Lights' success based on its first few chart weeks?

 

Imo, just because an artist has a lot of huge hits, doesn't mean they should instantly be expected to debut at No.1. It totally depends on the type of artist it is. A lot of those who do manage No.1 debuts have big, loyal and often younger fanbases who will very actively seek out music the minute it comes out, and where the music is likely to very quickly go viral on TikTok etc. I feel like The Weeknd has cross generational appeal, so sure he'll get enough instant streams from fans to do respectably on day one, as he has done, but then he's more likely to build as the song is picked up by radio stations catering to all the wide demographics he appeals to and the rest of his audience starts to hear it.

Wow linkin park dropped 7 places to 15 with 272,940 streams

Talk talk down 43 places to 75 with 117,090 streams having heard the song I’m not surprised one of the worst from Charli this year a, a whole lot of unpleasant noise. Who is this troye individual? Talentless. Guess was a million times better

Who is this troye individual?

:tearsmile: :tearsmile:

Spotify Chart Update (14/09)

 

01 01 Sabrina Carpenter – Taste 640,483

02 02 Chappell Roan – Good Luck, Babe! 496,908

03 04 Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso 444,738

04 03 Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER 433,540

05 05 Sabrina Carpenter – Please Please Please 389,623

06 06 Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars – Die With A Smile 351,681

07 07 Sabrina Carpenter – Bed Chem 331,017

08 13 Benson Boone – Beautiful Things 312,066

09 09 Chase & Status, Stormzy – BACKBONE 308,533

10 12 Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy) 287,093

 

11 15 BL3SS, CamrinWatsin, bbyclose – Kisses (feat. bbyclose) 284,923

12 17 Chappell Roan – HOT TO GO! 284,376 [*PEAK*]

13 14 Hozier – Too Sweet 282,036

14 16 Charli xcx, Billie Eilish – Guess featuring Billie Eilish 276,063

15 08 Linkin Park – The Emptiness Machine 272,940

16 21 Myles Smith – Stargazing 262,900

17 18 Gigi Perez – Sailor Song 260,717

18 19 Noah Kahan – Stick Season 258,846

19 20 Teddy Swims – Lose Control 258,651

20 22 Dasha – Austin (Boots Stop Workin') 252,055

 

21 23 Gracie Abrams – I Love You, I'm Sorry 235,410

22 25 Post Malone, Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help (Feat. Morgan Wallen) 223,902

23 26 Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club 210,179 [*PEAK*]

24 27 Benson Boone – Slow It Down 201,285

25 30 Adam Port, Stryv, Keinemusik, Orso, Malachiii – Move 196,397

26 28 Charli xcx – Apple 195,605

27 29 The Killers – Mr. Brightside 195,072

28 33 Jordan Adetunji – KEHLANI 188,407

29 11 The Weeknd – Dancing In The Flames 187,872

30 24 Tate McRae – It's ok I'm ok 186,638

 

31 38 Oasis – Wonderwall - Remastered 179,834

32 31 Sabrina Carpenter – Good Graces 175,825

33 34 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy, D.O.D – Somedays 174,821 [*PEAK*]

34 48 *NSYNC – Bye Bye Bye - From Deadpool and Wolverine Soundtrack 170,565

35 35 Michael Marcagi – Scared To Start 168,725

36 42 Taylor Swift – Cruel Summer 167,576

37 37 The Goo Goo Dolls – Iris 167,480

38 10 Playboi Carti – ALL RED 163,060

39 39 The Kid LAROI – NIGHTS LIKE THIS 162,309

40 40 Oasis – Don't Look Back In Anger - Remastered 159,087

 

42 49 Chappell Roan – Red Wine Supernova 156,254

43 43 Teddy Swims – The Door 153,155

45 81 Ndotz – Embrace It 152,135 [*PEAK*]

52 52 Hanumankind, Kalmi – Big Dawgs 145,316

70 65 Addison Rae – Diet Pepsi 126,443

71 86 Jimin – Who 121,272

75 32 Charli xcx, Troye Sivan – Talk talk featuring troye sivan 117,090

83 76 Alex Warren – Carry You Home 111,327

 

107 85 Lost Frequencies, Tom Odell – Black Friday (pretty like the sun) 101,937

109 105 JADE – Angel Of My Dreams 100,856

144 136 Gracie Abrams – Close To You 90,460

145 64 Nines – Tony Soprano 3 90,373

160 173 Coldplay – feelslikeimfallinginlove 87,214

173 191 PAWSA – TOO COOL TO BE CARELESS 84,299

191 NE Odetari – KEEP UP 82,717 [*PEAK*]

Lol at Odetari potentially getting a crossover hit now, he's an EDM producer / rapper who's had a fair amount of obnoxious songs making the American Dance chart recently

Who is this troye individual? Talentless.

 

Oh get bent :manson:

Talk talk down 43 places to 75 with 117,090 streams having heard the song I’m not surprised one of the worst from Charli this year a, a whole lot of unpleasant noise. Who is this troye individual? Talentless. Guess was a million times better

You're just jealous let's face it

Why is Benson back up to #8 :mellow:

 

All of this weeks new entries plummeting :kink:

Chappell continuing to slay :cheeseblock:

I thought All Red would be more stable than that.