Everything posted by markivj
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Someone For Me ● 3rd single
I've honestly given up figuring out what works these days to make a single chart. It sounds like something has to go viral or be a fan favourite (Taylor, Sabrina) for a song to chart. The merit or airplay or top playlists or top position on NMF doesn't seem to matter so much. The Little mix girls for instance have had everything thrown at them and still the singles didn't perform to expectations.
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Someone For Me ● 3rd single
I liked what I heard in the preview. It's not a major departure but kind of almost reminds me of the "single upgrade" that "Come into my world" got on Fever. Whilst I love the original, it wouldn't have made for a single the way the updated/radio edit version did.
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Someone For Me ● 3rd single
It's obvious the record label didn't want to throw a lot of money on this but I'm still so happy we're getting something.
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Tension II Survivor Round 3
Lights camera GOODBYE!
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Tension II Survivor Round 2
This t2 survivor is making me rediscover the album again . What a joy! It’s holding on so much better than tension did, where I only ever listen to PP and Vegas high
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Tension II Survivor Round 2
I don't love MOM but it doesn't annoy me as much as LCA
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Someone For Me ● 3rd single
Even if she had the most amazing single, I doubt it would make a dent on the UK charts with rather low streaming numbers and little radio support, so quality doesn't matter much (PP was once in a lifetime, in this streaming era for a senior artist).
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Someone For Me ● 3rd single
Still baffles me that PP just didn't chart on the German chart. I would've thought it woudl've made an appearance during Pride month at least. Are German charts also a mix of sales and streaming like the UK?
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Tension II Survivor Round 2
I know we're only in round 2 but the T2 Survivor round is way harder than the Tension survivor series! with Tension, there were highs and then there were the low-lows. But with T2, it's a fairly consistent album (barring the collabs) which makes the choices harder. I'd stopped listening to Tension 2-3 months after release but still listen to T2 quite often.
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Padam Padam ● 1st single
Is PP considered a Pride or a gay classic now? Like ymca, I will survive, vogue, BTDYK, or does it need more time?
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Tears On My Pillow ● 35 years on
Awful then, awful now. Plus, culturally the PWL backlash had started (they had a big sudden drop in terms of chart entries between 89 and 90) so the song doesn't bring back the best memories
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Someone For Me ● 3rd single
Sounds bizarre! Strategy that is, not the song! Either way, I’m all in for more promo, sales and streams
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Dannii Minogue ● APPRECIATION Thread
Both their peaks and their chart runs always baffles me. "all I wanna do" sounds so grand, even to this day!
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Tension II ● album discussion
From memory, I think it was: UK: Bruce no1, Madonna no2 US: Madonna no1, Bruce no2
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Tension II Survivor Round 1
I'm a bit soft to "Dance to the music" because it kind of reminds me of PWL in a good way. almost like in a 2024 way (if Pete was producing, this would be the sound).
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Tension II ● album discussion
Exactly, both have fanbases that have invested in the said artists through the years. Yes, on the UK chart it's kind of surprising that both 2015 Rebel Heart and 2019 Madame X didn't get to no1. Kylie, post-Golden has been really lucky by signing to a record label that knows how to milk the fanbase's spending power ;)
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iTunes, Streaming & YouTube
Random thought: at the time (2010), I genuinely genuinely thought this song would be bigger than its peak. I recall Kylie wasn't arsed promoting it. And despite the Kylie versions being sent to European and Aus radio (whilst USA got the Travis McCoy version), Radio 1 etc decided to play the Travis version itself.
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Tension II ● album discussion
So true. Infact, was talking to a friend about Madonna's new album (whenever it's released) and if she still has the UK fanbase to buy enough physicals to send it to no1 given she hasn't released a studio albums in over 5 years. Again, this comment wasn't meant to be a comparison or anything, just a casual thought that came up that I thought I'd share.
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iTunes, Streaming & YouTube
"Edge of Sat night" finally hit 10mil! I'm surprised that My Oh My isn't picking up streams considering it's fanbase of 3 artists, 2 of whom are younger than K and I'd assume have fans of the streaming generation.
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Padam Padam ● 1st single
It just randomly played on Spotify the other day and it sounds SO good! 1.5 yrs removed.
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iTunes, Streaming & YouTube
Congrats to Higher : 100mil streams! 3rd Kylie non-Xmas track to do so. IYE coming up next at 95mil.
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Tension II Survivor Round 1
I’m the culprit who voted for LCA as I find it most annoying on the album, even more than my oh My. I always start T2 at Taboo.
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Kylie to feature on Katy Perry remix album?
If the idea of a Bebe duet was bad, this is even worse. Kylie should Collaborate with hit makers in 2024/25, not has-beens
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BBC “In conversation with Kylie”
Let’s use this thread for all updates related to the upcoming interview I wonder if she’ll still be talking Padam and Vegas residency, or something else
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Tension II ● album discussion
Who's still totally addicted to "Someone for me" and "Good as gone"? I listen to each at least 5x daily.