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I think he has probably been trying to get as much mileage as possible out of Nice To Meet Ya before the new song is released. He was all over Australian TV and radio this week and didn't mention Put A Little Love On Me at all, so it seemed like he was really trying to keep the focus on Nice To Meet Ya.

I hope he flogs tshirts to fans which say ADORE YOU THE FIRST OFFICIAL SINGLE BY HARRY STYLES to avoid confusion with his LIGHTS UP THE NEW SINGLE BY HARRY STYLES tshirts, which fans are still waiting to receive. Music promotion in 2019 is wild.

Looks like Nice To Meet Ya is still gaining momentum on UK radio, despite being completely shut out by Capital FM. Are there any other artists that high in the UK charts who are also being shunned by Capital?

The insistence that Niall doesn't and will never measure up to Harry is exactly why you have people pointing out where Niall is actually performing better. They're far more evenly aligned than their fans wants to admit. The difference is Harry is perceived as the frontrunner, while Niall is the challenger, fighting for the same level of recognition. Niall's team seems to play the longer game with his single releases, so I'm looking forward to seeing how Nice To Meet Ya builds over time.

If there was a direct correlation between radio play and iTunes sales, we could expect Lights Up to be vastly outselling Nice To Meet Ya in the UK, where it was the most played song on Radio 1 last week, and #11 for UK radio airplay - while Niall's song didn't even make the airplay chart. And yet that's not the case. Meanwhile in Australia, Lights Up got more radio play last week, but is being outsold by Nice To Meet Ya. It would seem that iTunes sales are being driven by factors beyond just radio play. Honestly, I find the comparisons unhelpful because they have quite different approaches to releasing music, but don't shoot the messenger just because you don't like the message they're delivering.