That's so ****ed up that Problem didn't debut at #1
Can someone please explain why streaming is making #1 debuts harder? I thought it would make it easier
That's so ****ed up that Problem didn't debut at #1
Can someone please explain why streaming is making #1 debuts harder? I thought it would make it easier
The top two songs are juggernauts in airplay and streaming (Happy and All of Me).
Same when Roar when against Blurred Lines last summer. It just so happens that the #1 hits have been quite strong.
Will All of Me officially become the new Poker Face? It's only the 2nd song to be the #2 seller for 8+ weeks, and PF managed to eke out #1 while squeezed between two smash reigns...
Didn't "Poker Face" only go #1 for that one week bc her label paid of Flo Rida's label to take "Right Round" off iTunes for a week? Maybe John will do the same with "Happy".
Streaming makes it harder to debut at #1 because streaming kind of works like radio in the sense that it builds overtime as songs gain exposure, whereas digital sales can work in the opposite manner for certain songs like Problem - starting big and getting smaller. But for songs like Happy & AOM, that don't debut in the digital Top 10 but build up into it. They get the most chart advantage because all three aspects: digital, airplay and streaming - build up, peak and fall at generally similar times.
Didn't "Poker Face" only go #1 for that one week bc her label paid of Flo Rida's label to take "Right Round" off iTunes for a week? Maybe John will do the same with "Happy".
There's a bunch of stuff about it online. Some people say it's because of Gaga's label wanting the song to go #1 for at least a week, others say they took it off so Flo Rida's album could debut with bigger sales ().