No Sleeep

Out an hour early on iTunes in the UK

I’m disappointed Kacey probably won’t be getting a second week and that Justin has overtaken her, even star-crossed managed a second week (barely, at #97). But I guess the albums chart is just even worse now

Well colour me surprised :w00t: I’m shocked by those numbers for Kacey following the lukewarm response to star-crossed, she deserves it though. Also shocked (in a bad way) by Justin’s numbers, I really underestimated how far he’s fallen from grace

I’d be happy with Kacey or Justin getting #1 but would prefer Kacey (unlikely I know :lol: ) I just hope it’s something new and not Ariana again

And I’ve had enough of the “collapse” narrative, but as you’ve told me to do, get over it! I like her but I’m not even a Beyoncé stan, I’ve just noticed the hypocrisy of users like you

Well Beyoncé was 25 years into her career, not to mention she had only 1 very expensive vinyl. I think Ariana has 4 and at half the price I’m not insisting on comparing Ariana with Beyoncé, it’s other people that seem to be desperate to point out Beyoncé’s “collapse” but they’re the same people that staunchly defend Ariana and Dua against the same allegations, when their leads actually did much worse than Beyoncé’s. I just find it odd

I said underwhelming, I never said flop. I think 18k is quite low for for an artist of Ariana’s level, but I suppose she’s never been a great album seller. Her biggest album isn’t even 2x platinum

And Beyoncé!

Which had no vinyls, for full context

The OCC’s fantasy Thursday streams calculator will probably stop that from happening

Oh well that’s not so bad, except Positions didn’t have vinyl that first week while Eternal Sunshine does

18k seems a little underwhelming for Ariana. What was Positions at at this stage?

Seems a bit ageist, this is Beyoncé’s first #1 in 14 years, that’s exciting to me

I hope Beyoncé can hold on this week to make it her longest running #1 ever

Wish they introduced this a year ago so we could see Kylie and Madonna getting one!

It’s good to see We Can’t Be Friends taking off, it’s by far my favourite from the album

Well it’s the absolute worst I can think of :lol: there’s also Jack Harlow for a more recent example

If it’s not Madonna, I’m not interested! And it can’t be because she’s not signed to Sony as far as we know?

I mean haven’t some members been attacked for suggesting Dua and Ariana weren’t doing so great when their comeback singles started falling down the charts? Whereas Beyoncé is still at #1 on the official charts, has been for 3 weeks, still over 500k daily but her decline is being highlighted? I don’t know the exact numbers but I’m pretty sure Houdini and Yes, And quickly dropped by a lot more than 100k but any suggestion they weren’t doing so well was immediately stamped out on this forum (despite the general consensus on social media saying otherwise). It just seems like some artists are given a bit more grace by this forum than others

Exactly I don’t know what hypothetical success has to do with it! I couldn’t give a flying **** what the GP thinks when they’re happy to let trash like Old Town Road go to #1! I suspect some Kylie fans are just being catty about Madonna’s recent output :rolleyes:

Why would anybody possibly say no? I love them both, it would be an iconic moment

That “collapse” is still 150k above Ariana :kink:

To compare it to Positions: 01 Positions 02 34+35 05 Motive (with Doja Cat) 08 Shut Up 09 Off The Table (with The Weeknd) 10 Just Like Magic 15 Safety Net (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) 16 Nasty 17 My Hair 18 POV 19 Six Thirty 23 Love Language 25 West Side 26 Obvious That is quite a decline, and Positions was already considered a big comedown from Thank U, Next

Yeah well let’s wait and compare eternal sunshine’s numbers with positions and thank u, next, shall we? Apple Music seems underwhelming so far

The oldest artist I can find (who’s still alive) is Ray Anthony, who had a #7 hit in 1953 and is now 102. The oldest overall that comes to mind is Vera Lynn (103). Can anybody else find any artists who lived longer?