No Sleeep

Yeah of course it’s great but there are valid criticisms to be made about this album’s (and even Tension 1’s) rollout. I just hope for the next era she really plays into her strengths, which will always be the British market

I think it’s more that us British fans feel frustrated about her focus on America the past 2 years and this comment really rubbed us the wrong way, especially when it is so evidently not true. Kylie is just such a part of British culture in a way that she never was or will be in America, and all of this promotion in America only got Tension to chart 5 spots higher than Disco (not to mention Tension II, “distribution problems” or not).

Yeah, not enough fans wanted it distributed to their houses!

In her biggest market!? Who could’ve seen that coming? :rolleyes:

144 vinyls seems shockingly low for this point, they could easily shift more if they wanted to.

Jesus, not gonna sugarcoat it that’s a disaster.

Have BMG really deluded themselves into thinking America is her biggest market?

Agreed. She’s somewhat stable from Smile’s performance, which is what matters (definitely better than the Prism > Witness > Smile drop off). Wouldn’t really call it a “bomb”, it was never expected to be very successful

I also think people are less inclined to buy the vinyl variants now that there’s no sense of scarcity anymore (quite the opposite). With Tension and Disco they just pressed as many as they thought would sell (and then some) but Kylie fans are collectors and want it to feel rare

Jesus that makes me want to release a single (lol) and pull a Kamilyah

I do want to go but considering I’ve seen them 3 times in the past 2 years, and also have to buy Alanis and Kesha tickets this week (+ Kylie a few weeks ago), I don’t think I can justify the cost. I’ll probably get tickets closer to the time

It is a pretty weak lead single tbh, the album has much better to offer

It’s good to not have to worry about getting the #1 anymore at least!

I’m surprised it took so long to get any info!

They should’ve learnt that from Disco as well!

Taboo feels very Hung Up

The ending of Someone For Me bumps it from a 6/10 to an 8/10 for me I know iTunes sales mean nothing but I’m shocked Tension II is only #4

I’m surprised What Makes You Beautiful hasn’t made an appearance, I would’ve thought it was their biggest hit

I don’t really think it’s a big deal though? M. Night Shyamalan’s latest movie is literally just a vehicle to promote his daughter’s music and she’s nowhere to be seen on any charts anywhere lol. I have literally never heard any Gracie Abrams song ever but if it’s catching on then that’s fair enough.

Those are anomalies, as there have always been. How many albums debut top 10 just to drop out of the top 100 (or 200) the next week? Even Kylie’s ‘Tension’ didn’t have the longevity of Golden and Dancing despite having her two biggest hits in over a decade.

I meant more the state of the charts in general :lol: Every artist is having less longevity on the albums chart (besides the streaming behemoths obviously)

Even Smile managed 4 weeks in the top 100, and with lower opening sales, can’t quite believe how much worse it’s gotten in just 4 years.

It was incredibly stupid of them not to co-ordinate the physicals with the release week. I mean, it took how long to get a Padam vinyl, so it’s kind of expected. They saw how well it worked for Tension (miraculously getting a #19 peak rather than the usual few weeks spread out in the 50s) and decided never to do that again

I think it would’ve been better to just release it as a double album combined with Tension instead of this mini-era they seem to be going for. Like Taylor with the surprise 17 extra songs or however many with her album. It would put less pressure on her to reach #1 with this release considering Tension already got there

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:)