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  • gooddelta
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    Yeah, it is getting much harder even for established artists, to debut high, as you need to factor in time to go viral on TikTok now. Seven of 12 No.1 singles in 2021 debuted at No.1, including four

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  • Hassaan
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    He's not had a single that has really been pushed since then either, to be fair.

Sounds like Peru to me

Album Is called Play, i believe

On 19/03/2025 at 22:15, 777666jason said:

We shall see nothing been huge since eyes closed

He's not had a single that has really been pushed since then either, to be fair.

On 19/03/2025 at 20:46, Tafty said:

Sounds like a dull version of 'Youngblood' by 5SOS.

I knew it reminded me of something and that’s exactly it

On 19/03/2025 at 15:46, Jessie Where said:

I'm actually quite liking that preview!

Reminds me a bit of The Lion Sleeps Tonight modernised though 🤣

If you mention that song 3 times in a mirror Tight Fit will have another top 40 hit!

Even if it does sound like a hit it’ll be interesting to see if he gets a hit as there’s a feeling there’s no demand for music from him like there was pre 2022!

It will be interesting to see how this does for sure I saw a clip on TikTok it sounded good

5 hours ago, Steve201 said:

Even if it does sound like a hit it’ll be interesting to see if he gets a hit as there’s a feeling there’s no demand for music from him like there was pre 2022!

Agreed

Physicals out Apr 30 (I think)

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16 hours ago, Jessie Where said:

Yeah, people keep saying this but I'll believe it when I see it!

Agreed people are forgetting he come of 2 albums that haven't exactly set the world on fire, and Eyes open only did well for a week because of physicals ,

5 minutes ago, 777666jason said:

Agreed people are forgetting he come of 2 albums that haven't exactly set the world on fire, and Eyes open only did well for a week because of physicals ,

No, I meant that he really is "over"

It seems a bit too good to be true.

This sounds a lot more like a hit than anything from - did, or what I heard of Autumn Variations (never did hear the full album), so I wouldn't be shocked to see it do well despite a bumpy run post-Eyes Closed (and even that wasn't huge on the level of his past few leads).

26 minutes ago, Jessie Where said:

No, I meant that he really is "over"

It seems a bit too good to be true.

Oh I see , na i don't think he over , but not sure whether it will be humongous yet

I can see this being a hit of a decent magnitude but maybe not the multi-week No.1s he used to enjoy. It certainly sounds catchy enough, if a bit late 2010s in the production style.

Equals was only four years ago and spawned two mega No.1s (plus the two Christmas single No.1s later that year too), but may as well be a lifetime ago for the goodwill he squandered by putting out Subtract (which I still love tbf - very underrated album) and Autumn Variations (which wasn't very good, and a bad idea that damaged his brand a bit imo).

But Eyes Closed did get 10 weeks in the top 10 only two years ago, so it's not like that single in itself was a flash in the pan despite the No.1 week having a big physical push.

I would envisage a long-running chart hit for Azizam that maybe peaks in the mid top ten, but it's impossible to tell and only a fool writes off Ed tbh, so it could well go higher. Who knew that his Tour Collection album would eventually go to No.1? He finds a way through, and the re-release in the quietest week of the year was genius. Ed knows how the charts work better than any other major artist imo and makes full use of that knowledge.

I think Ed's problem on the singles chart going forwards is going to be his popularity with age groups that will increasingly drive TikTok and therefore the charts. He was a popular artist with late millennials and older Gen Z, but I doubt very much that he is massively popular with Gen Alpha. Not sure it's just a getting older thing either (all pop artists naturally lose some fanbase as their audience get older too and move on), because Taylor is older than Ed and is loved by many kids, I just don't think he managed to make that transition fully (yet, anyway) - and squandered some critical time away in helping make that transition with those two poorly received albums. Had he released another pop album in 2023 when the goodwill was enough to even get Eyes Closed to No.1, then I think it may have been a different story.

But he'll always be massive on the tour circuit - he could tour massive venues for the rest of his life just singing his 2011-2023 hits if he wanted to.

Edited by gooddelta

6 hours ago, Bjork said:

Physicals out Apr 30 (I think)

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Oh wow an old-fashioned "B-side" exclusive to physicals! (although I'm sure it will make its way onto streaming eventually)

Edited by Mangø

I'm hesitant to use his 2023 albums as a marker. They seem like they were passion projects for him. He didn't push them as hard as Equals either.

His fanbase may not be heavy on "stans" but I think that's a good thing. He still has a significant amount of people streaming his stuff.

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