They're not gonna change s*** tho

1. "Industry Baby" debuting at No. 2 marks Lil Nas X's second top two launch of 2021, following the No. 1 bow of "Montero." Two years after a breakout hit so large that seemed like it could be an albatross in "Old Town Road," is he just a pop star full stop at this point, even apart from "Road"?

Andrew Unterberger: Yep, he's there. The success of "Montero" may have seemed largely hype-driven at first, but the song has stuck around -- spending 14 of its 18 weeks on the Hot 100 in the chart's top 10 -- and now "Industry Baby" looks on its way to following a similar trajectory. (As long as BTS is going to sell as many copies as they need to stay on top each week, No. 2 debuts are basically the new No. 1 debuts.) He's got the hits, he's got the videos, he's got the live performances, he's certainly got the personality and the social media presence -- that adds up to a pop star in 2021, and a rather important one.

billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9609602/lil-nas-x-industry-baby-five-burning-questions

Of course they’re not gonna change it

Theyre song sales regardless of how bullshitty they are

LNX with another hit under his belt. Bro is shooting like Zion from the field

Lil Nas X still a one hit wonder?

not a big enough nerd to know whats going on with BTS and LNX

charts that chart how effective/expensive companies can be with their money are making companies upset because they can't spend enough for take #1 spot

I got you

Notice the streams and sales for butter vs every other song under it

What is there to change tho? BTS still selling singles and labels are making money

Bundles were a clear bypass issue that had to be altered a bit but BTS fans are just buying the song. We gonna limit pure sale rules now?

interesting cos people were saying for a while that streaming wasn't as meaningful as sales but here we have a clear case of songs being propped up by sales and not actually being listened to and topping charts as a result. seems less representative of listening habits than anything.

#ARMY

What are they doing?

Bieber and kid laroi are going #1 next week. BTs are done with mass buying for now

What

They're mad

The #1 song in the country

US Spotify: #54
US Apple Music: OUT (even though the chart goes all the way to 1400)
US Youtube: #32
US Itunes: #48 (discounted)
US Shazam: #62
US Deezer: OUT

that is accctually pretty crazy lol

radio play is not bad but streams almost non existent comparatively

i thought BTS was huge not just the most dedicated fans

huh what's this got to do with anything?

not a top 30 song being played but the #1 song in the country

pretty interesting

mental illness

the butter MV does have like 500 million plays tho

At the end of the day tho they're still selling singles. You're listing very relevant sites to stream and buy music yeah but thats now where they're going.

They buy it here: store.bts-butter.us

Like should they create a rule to discount or limit sales from artist shops? I don't really find fans teaming up to support their artists as that bad of a thing. If it ain't them its gonna be the labels

Nas really going crazy this year

hmm but what does it mean to be a "#1 song in the country on billboard"?

Probs to bts for selling that much

So stan purchases are the new bundles?