Will there be some meltdowns? Now with all the huge hype and video releasing the same day it should go #1, even if I wanted her to release the video a little bit later.

There's no reason to consider this.

But if it happened, ATRL would be a digital hell on earth and there would be bans left and right.

You mean Applause by Lady Gaga (which comes out August 19th with ARTPOP pre-order happening the same day)? It will debut at #1. Y'all can either deal with it now or deal with it when it happens, but y'all will deal.

Lady Gaga will probably get dropped by Interscope if that happens.

You'll be jumping all over the place, of that I'm sure.

You can never really know.

This. They better swallow the cold, lumpy truth.

I like Gaga, I don't understand why y'all always have to be so offensive.

Then it won't go on number one?
No song besides Harlem Shake debuted at #1 with the new rules

It wont debut at #1.

It won't go number one first week b/c of the billboard rules. Not with 3 days worth of radio airplay .

Doesn't mean anything.

The rules did not change how sales were factored in. It simply took influence from radio and gave it to streaming. Which means that it is certainly easier to debut at #1 now than it was before.

There have simply not been any hyped released between the rule change and now. 1D is a good example debuting at #2 with LOWER sales than their last lead single which charted at #3.

I guess not. But what I do know is that you will all be slayed August 19th (when Applause comes out and ARTPOP is available for pre-order). Have I already mentioned that Applause comes out August 19th?

Tell it sis

Then it will go #1 in its second week.

If it doesn't reach #1, then it doesn't go #1. It ain't the end of the world. But I'd here for them meltdowns.

I didn't know that 312k copies in the first week and they debuted at #2?

With a full week of sales and radio?