AngelaKD

IMO, the first thing that needs to happen is to get a definitive answer to "What is a single?" Until that happens, it won't matter about changing the streaming ratio or messing with playlists. Either every individual song/track is eligible for the Singles chart or the definition has to be reworked to restrict it to conform with what is thought of as a "single".

You just have to do what we do here in the States--invent award shows! In addition to the Grammys, we have: the American Music Awards, the People's Choice Awards, the MTV awards, the Nickelodeon (Kids and Teens version) awards, the iHeart Radio awards, the Billboard awards. Then the country genre has at least 3 different awards shows, urban music has the BET awards....

The range of the streaming numbers of the individual tracks would indicate that not everyone is streaming the whole album.

VoiceUK alumna Becky Hill

Lea has fans who will show up and front load anything she puts out. It'll disappear off the charts within 24 hours.

Timberlake's song came from a movie called Trolls. Are Smurfs that much less worthy? ;)

Do you mean on general principle or because it was a pile of meh?

Super Bowl is for established hits only. They would never let her sing a new song.

Pre-game: National Anthem--Luke Bryan America the Beautiful--Hamilton original Broadway cast members Halftime: Lady Gaga with Tony Bennett

The song is for a Super Bowl commercial that was previewed. Yes, we get previews of the advertisements playing during the big game, LOL!

I thought the weekend effect referred to the fact that Saturday and Sunday generally have the heaviest traffic on iTunes. So a song that is only T20 on Saturday may actually sell more copies than a song that's T10 on Wednesday.

Emily Warren

I don't think you have to subscribe to SoundCloud to listen to songs on it. The people with SC accounts are the content producers.

The staying power of Rick Astley's album is remarkable.

Mariah's got the highest streaming numbers of all Xmas songs in the US. But streaming is been adapted by fans of urban artists at a much faster pace than every other genre. The middle-aged ladies who love Mariah don't really stream.

The song is listed under Steve Aoki's name in Spotify. Look again.

The ratings for the XF UK in the US are infinitesimal. However, the video of Matt singing his winner's single was trending on YT. That's a more likely source of American interest.

Louis needs other people to tweet. It's one thing for him to appear on XF and dedicate the song to his dead mother. To actually get on Twitter to promote it would be much too crass.

Maybe he wants to perform his next single solo, rather than a contestant duet?

Please let him be Matt Terry's duet partner. :dance:

Is there any reason Leona couldn't pre-tape a performance for XF? They can accomplish a lot through the magic of television, I hear!

That's simply not true. The NOW compilations regularly chart in the Top 5. What they don't do is top the chart on a regular basis. ETA: Debut chart positions of the last 5 NOWs--4,4,7,5,7 All the TEAs from the singles get credited to the original artists, so their pure sales numbers are the same as their SPS numbers.

Would these initial numbers include what has been sold through Metallica's own online merch store? I expect a rather substantial chunk of their sales to be achieved that way.

Looking at AUS and NZ as leading indicators-- Australian iTunes has Metallica #1, LM #9, Bruno #19 NZ iTunes in same order #1, #2, #12

Lady Gaga seems to have written off the UK, cancelling promo spots and not reducing the price of her singles. She crushed the competition in the US.