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Even if so, it may as well be a lead in terms of the release and its reception. It had a high profile single release from her headline set at the most talked about festival in the world.

Ugh

Predictions for opening numbers of the album? 300k pure? 400?

+10 Needed Me +09 Daddy Lessons +08 Cruel +07 Blow Your Mind (Mwah) +06 That's My Girl +05 Sorry +04 Ain't Giving Up +03 Kill 'Em With Kindness +02 Piece Of Me +01 I'm In Control

Lol. Top 20 eh? :heart: Without Ed Sheeran's unannounced double release, looks like I would've been right.

Spotify has huge market share in Scandinavia. In the UK Apple Music is a significant competitor.

You Don't Know Me is a future #1 SMASH

It hasn't tho? It famously got blocked by Band Aid. There was a massive chart battle that year.

Hopefully there is a push for Last Christmas... Famously only an Xmas #2! And already has huge streams, I would love if it could SOMEHOW be pushed to #1 next week.

Well you're largely on your own there because 95% of the rest of the music industry recognises it's a huge step forward for her as an artist. Love On The Brain is undoubtedly one of her best songs ever, it's just not "on trend" with tropical house or tailored to UK radio... not surprising it flopped. ANTI album sales are worrying for her though. We're a long way from the Loud era... she has essentially lost the UK as a market.

I don't see it for Black Beatles in the UK. Like not being a big hit at least.

Knew this would be a hit when I heard it on Kiss months ago but this SMASHING is really impressive!

Love On The Brain #91 (+90 on yesterday)

True. However the (transactional) album sales market has fallen by about 15-20% since then. So 50k isn't much of a decline!

Omg at the Kings of Leon numbers! That's huge!

Little Mix should go #1 officially next week. I don't think we have to worry about it getting blocked with this kind of lead.

Niall could struggle for top 10 if he keeps free falling on iTunes.

Omg wtf did not knew Aston had a new song! Poor boy

Quite embarrassed for Niall that he has stalled at #2 :whistle:

Okay well fair enough, his name gave it the platform to launch off, I don't mean that every good song ever will shoot to #1. But what I mean is that.. even though nobody I know really cares about or likes James, the reception to the song itself has been incredible.

James Arthur, so impressive! Shows how a good song will ALWAYS do well, no matter how much people think an artist is over.

I absolutely LOVE Sexual, heard it on KISS on Monday and have been playing it all week.

Gaga will unfortunately not the make top 10 the current way things are going... I'm really disappointed at the lack of general public interest other than her obvious fanbase explosion in day 1. She is such a fantastic artist, her career trajectory has been quite unfortunate since being easily the biggest star in the world at the turn of the decade.

Fair enough about the day 1 streams but it's still a harsh fall. PI won't go top 10 this week and public reaction suggests it won't climb in future weeks either.

She has fallen to 45 today. Not looking great to fall on day 2.