ovocrew

5y

I understand that but he hit #1 like we expected him to lol you gotta keep in mind how much blinding lights has blown up, song is a monster right now

The6ixer

5y

I agree, underachieve maybe but even that might be the wrong word. I personally think Drake’s most commercially underachieving song is Feel No Ways. How did that song only peak at #16? Arguably his greatest pop song ever and it doesn’t even enter the top ten? No doubt in my mind if he releases a song like that as a lead single it’s going number 1.

Sunny Sun

5y

And you know what they call you ? A brainless sheep incapable forming any opinion that doesn’t please the other sheep

Now run along sis

The6ixer

5y

I agree, underachieve maybe but even that might be the wrong word. I personally think Drake’s most commercially underachieving song is Feel No Ways. How did that song only peak at #16? Arguably his greatest pop song ever and it doesn’t even enter the top ten? No doubt in my mind if he releases a song like that as a lead single it’s going number 1.

iHype

5y

It was an album track. They really can't be hits at all unless they go pretty viral, let alone in 2016 when streaming hadn't fully taken force.

I would say his most underachieving song is Signs (I remember people saying his hype was over after it flopped ) or I'm Upset given it was fudged in the middle of 3 humongous #1 hits.

Both songs were not of the best quality though, so I'm fine with them not being hits.

The6ixer

5y

I agree, underachieve maybe but even that might be the wrong word. I personally think Drake’s most commercially underachieving song is Feel No Ways. How did that song only peak at #16? Arguably his greatest pop song ever and it doesn’t even enter the top ten? No doubt in my mind if he releases a song like that as a lead single it’s going number 1.

thegreatdivine

5y

Amongst everyone here, you're the one with the stupid opinion, dummy. Only a fool would expect a loosie to perform like a lead single. Even when the song debuted at #2, Drake called it a warm up ting. The song was never serious to begin with and anyone who heard it would know that. Only an idiot would be mad that a song that's viewed like that by it's creator didn't spend multiple weeks at #1. It didn't have to. Even if it didn't debut at #1, it still wouldn't have been a flop or an underperformance. You have no grasp on how singles work and that's why you came in here with tears in your eyes, crying that the new Drake song didn't spend as many weeks at #1 as you'd have liked. I don't even know why you brought your stupid self in here 3 weeks later. It left #1 2 weeks ago. Move on.

Sunny Sun

5y

I’m referring to the biggest artists on the planet

T Swift, Drake, Adele, Ed Sheeran should all have an easy time locking down #1 easily

quadra

5y

Also it’s about time we let this thread fizzle
We can’t let this get to 100 lol

The6ixer

5y

Ed Sheeran only has 2 number 1s. Both in 2017. He couldn’t lock down the number one spot even with Justin Bieber on his lead single “I don’t care”. Taylor Swift doesn’t have a number 1 since 2017 either. I think Adele would have the easiest time locking down a #1 with ease but she drops so infrequently that she always comes correct. Also Adele is bigger than Drake, didn’t she sell like 3 million first week?

Sunny Sun

5y

This era’s dominating by streaming lol

Those artists do better pure sakes but have weak streaming audiences, regardless if they’re struggling to go #1 despite having massive canvases then that’s a flop to me 🤷🏽‍♀️

ovocrew

5y

Album thread deserves more numbers maybe after we get news or single drops

ovocrew

5y

Fam, you’re aware you can say something is debatable and not agree with it right? It’s being open minded

Sunny Sun

5y

This era’s dominating by streaming lol

Those artists do better pure sakes but have weak streaming audiences, regardless if they’re struggling to go #1 despite having massive canvases then that’s a flop to me 🤷🏽‍♀️

quadra

5y

Views album thread did like 25 pages a day

The6ixer

5y

Just checked the numbers, “I Don’t Care” has the number 2 spot for most streams in a day on Spotify (and was number 1 before being dethroned by “All I Want For Christmas Is You” 5 months ago. Nobody said Sheeran flopped. Anyways everyone is getting too worked up on this thread lmao y’all relax. No need to attack Sunny, everyone’s entitled to their opinions.

quadra

5y

Also it’s about time we let this thread fizzle
We can’t let this get to 100 lol

ovocrew

5y

My favorite thread ever tbh

thegreatdivine

5y

I'll lock the thread when a new single gets announced/released. Until then, it's still doing well enough on every metric to keep the thread open. All I even do is post radio updates.

Sunny Sun

5y

All I implied was the worlds biggest artists should have no trouble maintaining #1, the song was marketed with a viral dance lol but it clearly couldn’t beat BL the second week

In my opinion it’s a flop, you’re entitled to believe whatever lol

The6ixer

5y

Just realized Views turns 4 in 24 hours. Damn

thegreatdivine

5y

My thing is this: calling a song, ANY SONG, that not only debuted at #1, but managed to only drop one position to #2 in it's second week and hold on to that position in it's third week an underperformance, is ridiculous.

In her last era, Taylor Swift debuted two songs at #2 that had more points than Toosie Slide but because they didn't debut at #1, people called them a flop. They didn't reach #1 because Old Town Road was a monster of a single and no song was topping it. Didn't matter who dropped.

People need to understand these things. If you drop an album that sells 500K the same week another artist dropped another album that sold 600K, guess what? You won't get the #1 album. Does it mean your album flopped or underperformed? NBA Youngboy is about to get a #1 debut with less than 80K. Nav scored a #1 album with 70K. In another week, that's a #5 album debut. Party dropped an album in a separate week that moved 50K and he debuted at #8.

If Blinding Lights was a strong #1, Toosie Slide wouldn't even have debuted at #1. That's why this idea that anytime any major artist drops, they must debut at #1 and stay there for months, is stupid. The record for most #1 debuts is 3 songs. A record only Drake and Mariah Carey hold. A lot about songs debuting at that position has to do with timing and how strong the charts are at the time you drop a song. Drop when there's a monster song at #1 and you won't debut at #1, regardless of how big of an act you are. The main reason why Toosie Slide dropped to #2 is because of his unsteady streams are. It debuted with solid streams, but lost a bunch in it's second week. Same thing will most likely happen to the new Travis/Cudi song. Blinding Lights is low on streaming, but it's the #1 song on radio and that's what's giving it the edge. It takes months to peak that high on radio, so a new song spending multiple weeks at #1 right now with how low streams are, is unrealistic, for anyone. Only older songs that have gained enough on radio are doing that, which is exactly what Blinding Lights is doing. Say So got into the top 10 because of it's radio gains. None of this is hard to understand, but some people just want to be stupid trolls.