Stay pressed, babe. Ariana is here to stay with 4 Top 10 debuts.

no is a cute song but im already over it. i like the late 90's teen pop feel but that may be a curse. the song sounds really dated. she reminds me of all the other blonde pop stars that came out after britney was on top of the world.

I wonder how Nicki would have fared in the top ten with Starships with YouTube being included in the Hot 100.

*5 top 10 debuts.

Oop. Forgot about "Bang Bang".

even though a top 10 debut is a good thing, the massive decrease from the sales of problem is pretty unimpressive, especially since my everything was such a hugely successful era. i think people can give as many reasons for this as they want, and i won't judge it immediately as a flop because of this (especially since i just posted that you shouldn't do that...), but it's not a good sign at all, and i'm definitely not impressed.

i think if she had released the right song that would catch on the way problem did, she would have had at least somewhat better of an opening week. i don't expect a HUGE one, but being over 300k less is pretty dire. (i guess you could say focus was the next single directly after the album, but it debuted with even less...) i mean, let's compare with some of the songs after strong eras that did end up being big hits from artists with previously good initial sales weeks:

roar --> 557,000
shake it off --> 544,000
boyfriend --> 521,000
not afraid --> 380,000 (i guess relapse wasn't that strong of an era, but it was still ok)

and that's not counting the ones who weren't previously known for high sales weeks.

NO will go Top 10 next week

then again sales are dead

This sounds kinda shady
I see you Billboard

i guess sales are weak, but not nearly enough for 400,000 to decrease to 100,000 : P

Omg!

Roar 2013
Shake It Off 2014
Boyfriend 2012
Not Afraid 2010

Totally different sales climates. Almost incomparable.

ok if debut week sales are down so much, why did adele sell over 1 million recently? : P debut weeks for major artists are actually not down nearly as much as overall sales.

Ariana's streaming

The next Riri. She will easily be #1 on the Billboard 200 when her album comes even if Blake gets more pure sales.

Sales decreased 12.5% in 2014, 12% in 2015, and 25% so far this year. That, plus the fact that Ariana's fanbase skews younger and thus streams disproportionately (compared to someone like Eminem, who has many adult fans) explains a lot. It doesn't explain everything for sure, but it's a huge factor.

I agree that the hype for DW was lower than the hype for Focus. That + her lack of an adult fanbase + sales' precipitious decline + the song being very different for her were the main factors imo.

Weeks in Top 10

21: Sorry
18: Love Yourself
12: Stressed Out
8: My House & Work
7: PILLOWTALK & Me, Myself & I
5: Cake By The Ocean
3: 7 Years
1: Dangerous Woman

lol, I'm sure you can't.

does Love Yourself have some kind of record? i've never seen a song 18 weeks near the top

LY will def beat that top 10 debut-record or w/e it was

First Sorry will break it next week, but yeah LY will break it again