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It's definitely a soundtrack in the most traditional sense. The difference is that Barbie is less of a musical compared to the other ones (it still could be classified as a musical though since it has musical sequences).

lol guys, are you for real? I am going for 450k+

I am 100% certain she will have no issue whatsoever outselling Abba.

Adele is CONSIDERABLY more popular than Ed Sheeran. No way she's doing 200k or anything close to what he opened to. Curious about Abba's numbers though.

Not surprised at all at Ed's underperformance. "Bad Habits" first week numbers showed he didn't really have a huge built-in fanbase anymore. Yeah, the song eventually did well in the UK (as did "Shivers") because both songs were perfectly made for British radio + were heavily promoted but there was no real excitement. His WW numbers will probably be even more disappointing, considering how his first two singles had a lukewarm reception all around the world. I can't understand people thinking Adele should be worried lol. I mean, her case was the complete opposite: her song had HUGE first day/week numbers, showing that UNLIKE ED she has a huge fanbase that's still faithful. Not only in the UK and specific European markets either, her song did well literally everywhere. There's obviously huge excitement for her, which is a contrast to what happened to Sheeran. I mean, obviously her debut week won't compare to "25" because the physical market has shrank a lot since then but no way she'll disappoint.

I see. It's a theory but a fairly believable one considering few artists care as much about charts and breaking records as Ed Sheeran. I think him and Taylor Swift are the most chart-obsessed acts in the Western world.

The song was pushed back? Had no clue. As for his underperformance, it's not really a surprise to me because, as I said, the social media engagement for his comeback announcement were shockingly low. Clearly he doesn't really have a faithful fanbase or anything like that. I am a bit surprised at the UK results though solely because I though in the UK market that'd be an exception and he'd actually have a base. Still, the UK results were much better than anywhere else. "Shape of You" was an instant #1 in the entire Europe and this comeback is basically registering in European Spotify for now.

Dude, that's literally a failure though lol. Of course it's not a failure if you compare to a random popstar but for his own standards, that's WAY below expectations and that's not on Buzzjack, are you kidding me? Ed Sheeran's previous era was one of the most successful eras of all time. His current single is immediately in a high position in pretty much every single big Spotify playlist. He is being promoted hardcore on TikTok. He gave over 200 interviews on his first day. That was supposed to be the easiest #1 of all time. Instead, he debuted at #7 WW with less streams than Lorde's first day. And #2 on the UK, which is his home market and somewhere where he always had the easiest ride ever. Lol. That's like Adele debuting at #2 on the album charts or Taylor Swift failing to top the US album charts. It's obvious WAY BELOW what the industry was expecting of him (even though that was easy to predict considering the lack of engagement on any of his announcement posts on social media), no reason to pretend otherwise. It's a very commercial, made for radio song though and it'll be obviously shoved everyone's throat because Sheeran's marketing budget is probably humongous so of course it can still have a decent run but its first day was clearly bad. Pretending as if Sheeran, his team or the industry aren't scared shitless of these mediocre results on the first day (for his standards) isn't very honest lol.

Think their reign will be much shorter than people expect.

I think it'll have an underwhelming result. Good first 24 hours but the buzz won't last very long. The song sounds dated as hell.

I thought it was quite obviously a hyperbolic statement but lol, guess it needs to be explained. Anyway, in your opinion what's the % of the public that consumes individual singles through streaming vs. through digital sales? I mean, I think it's laughable y'all honestly believe "Sweet but Psycho" is a bigger song right now among the GP than "Thank U, Next" but last time I had a discussion here people were legitimately arguing Rita Ora was a popstar the GP was very interested in so I guess we're all in different realities tbh.

So are you sis. But next time try to go for a reasonable argument instead of the dumb personal attack.

Honestly, I think the charts give too much weight to digital sales when 99.9% of the population is exclusively streaming. So if Ariana is getting more streams than Ava then she is more popular imo. But anyway, the user who pointed the most popular song is neither Ariana nor Ava but Mariah Carey is correct. She should be #1 tbh.

I guess I'm the only one who was hoping for Ariana to top the Xmas charts. I mean, "Thank U, Next" is clearly the more popular song and the single charts should be a representation of what's popular right now but alas....

The fact 6ix9ine is a criminal is part of his appeal. It's disgusting but there's a huge segment of people that want to look hard and glamourize this messed up lifestyle. It's arguably a pretty big streaming hit. It just didn't get much radio support. It's also pretty huge on streaming in the US, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands. I think the UK is one of the only European countries where it didn't went top 10.