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Exactly!! No one, absolutely no one other than chart loons or Kylie fans care about the chart run. All the record books care about is the peak chart position. And Kylie has always been competitive (in the most humble way) and wants to milk it as much as she can. To have 5 no1s after the age of 50 in this ageist world is remarkable.

I think that statement was misrepresented in the article. I read it as purely more cash from a streaming perspective. But I still say uk is her strongest as it’s not just the streaming, but the other channels od revenue such as tour tickets, the umpteen vinyl and CD sales, etc which she doesn’t have in the USA. At least I’m glad this article didn’t gloat about what a global smash PP was.

Whilst Tension is a better song for me, no denying that DA and the Sia name has made her connect to a biradar audience. I still hear DA at the supermarket and the gym in between Taylor and Sabrina. Plus, it kind of looks like those inoffensive tunes that’ll get 40-50K streams a day for a long long time . Kylie is a smart businesswoman if nothing else.

I agree here. Also, as we’ve seen with a lot of artists (the little mix girls come to mind, with their solo songs which were also decent enough pop songs), a paid top placing on NMF and radio A list doesn’t seem to help much. Unless you’re a Taylor or Sabrina, and let’s be honest - Kylie can never reach that level now. I’d rather she be top priority wirh a smaller label than another small fish in a big label. Isn’t that why she split from Rocnation also, after the KMO fiasco?

As a Kylie fan, I'm obvs happy for her but I am shocked that Ragnbone man, her nearest competitor has sold so less!

Doesn't have to be Spring 2026. For all we know, it could happen next year itself (like I posted earlier - Fever campaign started as the OANLT tour wrapped up)

I prefer GAG to this but this one sounds more mainstream. It’s very hands in the air.

Both but I’m kind of a bit bored of emotopop Kylie now as it’s kind of sounding a bit forced (as seen on HOTN). I think she peaked with emotopop with The One and ATL.

I see they’re flogging HMV exclusive yellow vinyls now!

All valid points but I see this album more or less as an "excuse" to get the news of the tour out, and promote the tour instead. Even in the usa interviews, she's either talking about Padam, the legacy or the tour. And when the subject of the new album comes in, it's all only about the duets, which ironically aren't even part of the core album. I'm ok with her not promoting this album that much - I'd rather she saves all the tricks in the bag for the next big album/campagn

I don't want to jinx it but if RagnBone man is the closest competition, safe to say no1 is in the bag. How's it doing in Australia? Do they do mid weeks as well?

I quite agree that I see a new campaign/sound coming in 2025 right after the tour (very much like Fever following the OANLT tour). She seems to be enjoying this phase and is hungry for more. Given her work ethic (and now that she's carrying her studio in her luggage), she also has the flexibility of recording songs given her whirlwind schedule. I believe even Taylor's Poets album was kind of recorded during downtime between her Eras tour, correct? Doesn't seem uncommon these days with the power of technology. Kylie even proudly said in one of her T2 US interviews this week that she didn't record a single of the 4 collabs with the artist in the studio. Edited to add: For all we know, she's probably already gotten a headstart on the new soundscape/concept for the album.

Waiting for the extended versions to come out on Spotify. I'm not wasting money on her website.

Kylie herself keeps talking about Someone for me as her favourite. Not sure why they didn't go with that. It's more endearing (and who knows, could've gone viral?) than LCA.

I was thinking whatever streams EOSN gets, will be from T2. I wasn't expecting her album to do anything at all majorly from the streaming angle.

I truly truly love the album. Nothing groundbreaking but a good expansion of the Tension landscape. I can see why some folks (even my friends not in this group) find this a disappointment ("no standout track", etc.) but it's such a pleasant cohesive album with tip top production and great vocals. I keep teling them not to think of this as a new era/project/campaign but a set of B-sides of the first. LCA 7 Taboo - 8 someone for me - 10 Gone - 10 Kiss Bang bang - 8 Diamonds - 8 (this one has grown on me! And I love the Tension connection) Hello - 4 (why is everyone raving about this one?!) DTTM - 8 (as someone here or Popjustice said, it's like PWL meets Disco. Very nicely done) Should've left ya - 6

She is featured HMV Headliner of the week at HMV Oxford Street, not that anyone is buying CDs. I stood there for at least 45 minutes browsing and not a single person picked up any CD (Taylor, Sabrina, anyone). Totally OT. but how is she doing in Australia?

Very. In today's world, it would still be amazing. But for a 56yo with zero to minimal streaming and mainstream radio support, this is beyond amazing! She's now scored (well, assume it stays this way) the same amount of #1s in the last 6 yrs than she did the first 30 yrs of her career!

950 streams seems low but not shocking!

Haha I feel the same way!!

Is this the 1st Kylie album in a while that hasn’t hit no1 on iTunes yet? I know iTunes doesn’t amount to much these days, but just surprised

Overall the album is really nice, proper dancefloor songs. Only nitpicky complaint might be that she sounds a bit more nasal than usual. But the snippets all sound really good. I just realised the snippets are like 1min 30sec so that's more than half the song! Oh no, why? :(

OK, so I caved in and heard the clips. OH MY GOD "Someone for me" is FABULOUS!! 1st listen of that 1min snippet and it's such an earworm. So anthemic. She should record a whole album with Lostboy!

BMG had quoted her biggest streaming numbers are from the USA. That’s all. It was an interesting article about why they still want to do their best to break in the states and continue USA promotion.

I'm sorry, what comment was misleading? It's obvious maths. Even if she can reach out to 0.001% of its population, it's still a sizeable number.