[santos]

Originally posted by Kworb

Break Free not being there could mean that instant grat tracks indeed don't count anymore and so the Complete My Album effect already happened last week when everyone pre-ordered the album.

shouldn't it count for this week, when everyone is completing the album?

[SpinThatShhh]

Urgh. Billboard is now tagging onto that "complete my album rule"
That can stay in the UK.

[santos]

wait so the song can't chart cause it's a pre-order track?

[Ger-55]

2,364,000 is the total for Sam, selling more than the 6-week-number-one-smash

[KareBear]

First WANEGBT and now Shake It Off... why do her worst possible songs go #1
Slay though Lord

[Monky_2405]

Wasn't Break Free a pre order track last week too? It charted..

[GoneHome]

Originally posted by santos

shouldn't it count for this week, when everyone is completing the album?

It's the same thing that happened when Lady Gaga's "Dope" was released. The Complete My Album effect takes place and it effects the week that the album comes out.

Lady Gaga's "Dope" storms onto the Hot 100 at No. 8, fueled most heavily by its No. 1 arrival on Streaming Songs (marking her first leader on the list) with 8.2 million first-week streams; 95% of that sum stems from YouTube (non-VEVO) views of the live video of Gaga performing "Dope" at the YouTube Music Awards on Nov. 3. The ballad also begins on Digital Songs at No. 60 with 31,000 downloads sold.

That took place Nov. 13, which was 2 days after ARTPOP was released, and we all know it had a bunch of pre-orders.

[Kworb]

Originally posted by santos

shouldn't it count for this week, when everyone is completing the album?

That's how it used to be, cause then the single sales were "converted" into album sales. But maybe from now on they will never even count as a single sale in the first place, and so this conversion can already happen when people pre-order, rather than when the album is actually out.

[Artemisia]

544k ensures a number 1, right?

[MusicTalker]

Great #s for Taylor!

[Skin&Bone]

gwen aproves this

[Ger-55]

Originally posted by Kworb

Break Free not being there could mean that instant grat tracks indeed don't count anymore and so the Complete My Album effect already happened last week when everyone pre-ordered the album.

But for Hot 100 purposes will still count all the sales, right? How much do you think it should sell this week?

[santos]

Originally posted by Kworb

That's how it used to be, cause then the single sales were "converted" into album sales. But maybe from now on they will never even count as a single sale in the first place, and so this conversion can already happen when people pre-order, rather than when the album is actually out.

makes sense.. but wasn't SIO a pre order track too? Or it sold all those copies as a single sale alone?

[UpAllNight]

Originally posted by Nialler

The decline, even less than Roar.

Taylor is able to open with over 500K with her singles AND albums.

[fridayteenage]

Originally posted by Fred Perry

Why did her debut sales decline since WANEGBT?

Because she's peaked, obviously. Poor her, down 13%.

When this year's digital sales are down 13% from last year. And last year was down 6% from the previous year, when WANE came out.

[Ger-55]

Originally posted by Artemisia

544k ensures a number 1, right?

Yep, she is comfortable at #1 with a lead of over 25-30% tbh

[Dämon]

Originally posted by Artemisia

544k ensures a number 1, right?

no. Roar opened with like 550k and it didn't go #1 its first week
Bu it's pretty sure she will. She has good airplay + streams.

[cheryl81]

nick better slay

[Wonderland]

Taylor

[Bentley13]

Originally posted by Bahjat

Taylor is able to open with over 500K with her singles AND albums.

Tell ha!