BREAKTHETENSION

Phew, wasn't sure if it would make a second week top 10. In hindsight, I really think BMG made a BIG mistake not releasing the album in the summer on the back of Padam. The 6 month wait for the album was ridiculous. I know BMG want the #1 and the headlines, but if they had released the album 2 or 3 weeks after Padam and then staggered the vinyl releases, I think we would've had better longevity. The album also feels like a summer album to me. BMG shouldn't be so focussed on that week 1 debut and instead should be looking at how to keep the album charting in the current market. It's all well and good to say we got #1, but it's not as pretty when the album has left the chart after 5 weeks (which is pretty much what I think is ahead).

Considering the lack of support from Spotify, Tension has actually done pretty well.

Both Kylie and BMG want to make money from this project. As we already know, people don’t buy albums anymore and streaming doesn’t generate huge profit for an artist like Kylie. So it’s not surprising they want to make money from the little sales they will get. It’s a business at the end of the day. Why should she discount her work on week 2 to get 56 more sales.

I went and bought a record player, speakers and of course Tension today. Thought it was time to join the vinyl hype and wow it sounds amazing. Even One More Time is hitting different :lol:

Yeah, they have given Tension a month of pretty good support. It really was the only thing propping Tension up on streaming, so I do expect a free fall next week.

Was #14 and it’s now #56

Tension has been moved way down on Apple Music ‘Today’s Hits’, so I will be surprised if we get a 5th week top 100, without anything else.

Gonna need quite a push to make 60K. Great sales though and who knows what BMG have planned for the next few days ahead. Can’t really fault them this era. I would’ve liked Tension and Padam vinyl’s out this week to get them both top 40. We’ve had so much this era, but we always want more :lol:

https://music.kylie.com/product/122639 New download only version of the album with 2 NEW SONGS!

These are fantastic sales. I had hoped for 70K for Tension, but it’s looking like Tension will do more than DISCO first week, which is great considering the market has collapsed further since 2020. Casual sales really are a thing of the past though, these sales are probably 98% fanbase driven.

3rd single: Hold On To Now (Nov/Dec 23) 4th single: Hands (remix with a feature. February 24) 5th single: Things We Do for Love (Radio 2 promo single. May 24) However, we all know it’s an uphill struggle for post-album singles to gain any traction these days. Kylie clearly loves Hold On to Now, so I would expect we will get a full release and a decent video, but I’m not expecting much else now the album is out.

Will be interesting to see the Vinyl sales for Tension, DISCO did 13.5K, surely Tension will be well over 20K with all the varients.

Enjoy Yourself is Kylie’s worst album and Fever is her best, so well done to them for getting those right.

Yeah, Tension is on life support at this point, even its performance on Apple Music has been disappointing, considering it’s quite high on their biggest playlist.

Delete.

We can only hope they plan to go for it next week, 59p on iTunes, cover of Today’s Hits on Apple, 7’ Vinyl and album boost for streams.

Tension has been removed from the ‘Pop Rising’ playlist on Spotify already, this was basically the biggest playlist Tension was on. Spotify are really not here for Tension. :lol:

The Extended Mix is terrible and I already have it on the Tension CD single, I love the song and Kylie, but I’m not going to buy that rubbish again :lol:

14K videos on TikTok, seems to be gaining some ground on there.

I know, we shouldn’t get used to Padam success for every future release, BUT Tension is just as good as Padam, so it deserves that level of success!

Padam is out of the Spotify top 200 today (for the first time?) Tension era is CANCELLED! :lol:

310,318 streams on Spotify yesterday, it’s on a downward trend now, so sadly Spotify will be unlikely to add it to anymore playlists. We would need a miracle to get it on Hot Hits at this point

I ordered on Wednesday and it was dispatched today, so they’ve at least got 1 sale next week :lol:

The era’s interview with Scott Mills was a bit of a snore… usual topics Locomotion Neighbours SAW Indie Kylie Return to Pop/Spinning Around LGBT Fanbase Can’t Get You Out of My Head Breast Cancer/Cancellation of Glastonbury Glastonbury 2019 Padam Kylie wasn’t giving much away either, her answers were a bit generic. She wouldn’t even answer her favourite Kylie song!

Is it good news? 😂