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#36

Down to #36 on the UK update.

10 million views! I know it had a massive global audience but I didn’t expect that many to rewatch it.

I feel like Bizarre has the potential to increase in streams over the summer even if it’s not officially a single, what with Martin Garrix performing it at his shows. Hopefully more people will learn what the song is and add it to their playlists.

Telegraph have posted an article about ‘Rein Me In’ and the number one not mattering anymore, but it’s behind a paywall: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/how-landing-a-number-one-hit-ceased-to-matter-in-pop/

It’s giving…

I was expecting a bit of a drop this week as sales are so close the further down. Staying Top 40 would be a really solid result for week 4.

Just seen Buzzjack icon Michelle McManus do a video to this on Instagram!

I think the public caring about the #1 extends as far as the headlines and not even regarding the official charts. If they hear a song is #1 on iTunes or the Big Top 40 or even on Spotify, they take it as official.

Says the album has sold 61,624, so 244 sold pre release.

Same here! I pray they do release a full video. I don’t think there’s one specially made waiting but they could put one together with B-roll footage. Also didn’t Bring Your Love end with AI footage of Madonna about to walk into the Danceteria set?

Martin Garrix playing Bizarre at Tomorrowland, one of the biggest dance festivals in the world:

True, there seems to be an appetite for long form interviews/conversations rather than TV chat shows that aim for sound bites and pre-determined questions.

At a friends and they’re watching Love Island… and it’s playing Fragile!

Madonna just put on insta she wanted to ride out onto the pitch on the buggy but “didn’t want to ruin the grass”.

I hope so! Going off last weeks sales it would mean 6k give or take, which is an incredible hold from the 7.8k it did last week.

Same! It was probably last place for me at first but I’ve found myself having a real moment with it. Not sure how far it’ll have ascended in my ranking as the album is just so killer all the way through. Agreed that it is such a thrill to know Madonna can deliver yet another creative masterpiece this far into her career. She continues to set the standard for female pop stars as this sort of critical and commercial success is unprecedented for someone in their 60s.

Seeing a lot of love for ‘School’ online at the moment, including a mention in Pitchfork’s Songs of the Summer:

36k in the US this week, taking its total up to 170k - more than Madame X achieved in the whole of 2019! CONFESSIONS II #1 1st. Week 134,000 #12 2nd. Week 36,000 Total 170,000 units sales. Madame X #1 1st. Week 95,000 #77 2nd. Week 9,700 Total 105,000 units sales. As of December 2019, Madame X sold 169,000 copies in the US. Rebel Heart #2 first. Week 121,000 #21 2nd. Week 26,000 Total 146,000 units sales As of December 2016, Rebel Heart sold 238,000 copies in the US.