[LostInStereo100]

Percentages only move if the number one song increases or decreases. The colors have nothing to do with the number one song.

[Cz!]

Originally posted by Almighty Gaga

What's strange about getting a red update even if the chart was a 24 hours rolling one? Red updates just mean a song is slowing down compared to the #1 song.

If Focus sold 24 copies in the last 24 hrs and Hello sold 100, then it's at 24%, 2 hours later, Hello sold 105 copies in the previous 24hrs while Focus sold 25 copies, it's at 23.8%

In that case both songs would be green, most likely.

[Almighty Gaga]

Originally posted by Cz!

In that case both songs would be green, most likely.

Colors have nothing to do with % gains and losses. Someone was saying a while ago that the top 90 always consists of exactly 18 dark green, 18 light green, 18 white, 18 light red and 18 dark red in every update.

Even if the whole top 100 is gaining sales like crazy, the slowest gainers of them would have dark red updates.

[LostInStereo100]

Originally posted by Almighty Gaga

What's strange about getting a red update even if the chart was a 24 hours rolling one? Red updates just mean a song is slowing down compared to the #1 song.

If Focus sold 24 copies in the last 24 hrs and Hello sold 100, then it's at 24%, 2 hours later, Hello sold 105 copies in the previous 24hrs while Focus sold 25 copies, it's at 23.8%

If that were the case, both would be green but Adele would be darker green, and Ariana's percentage would drop slightly

[Jet]

Originally posted by Almighty Gaga

Red updates just mean a song is slowing down compared to the #1 song.

No it doesn't

[LostInStereo100]

Wait is the 18 thing true? I never knew that

[Rentboy]

Originally posted by umich

So who's going to make the "Is "Focus" flopping?" thread first?

I think I did actually

http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=891556

*proud*

[Jeiboy]

Ariana free falling

[simmnfierzig]

Originally posted by LostInStereo100

Wait is the 18 thing true? I never knew that

I just counted a couple of updates and it seems true

What the hell

But you are still more likely to get green when your sales are increasing with that. Just not guaranteed depending on what the other songs are doing.

[Cz!]

Originally posted by Almighty Gaga

Colors have nothing to do with % gains and losses. Someone was saying a while ago that the top 90 always consists of exactly 18 dark green, 18 light green, 18 white, 18 light red and 18 dark red in every update.

Even if the whole top 100 is gaining sales like crazy, the slowest gainers of them would have dark red updates.

I know that, but it is not the case right now. That is what happens in busy sales weeks like Christmas.

If it's a 24 hours rolling chart, then all the sales a song gains in its first 24 hours add up to the total. That means it can't decrease/get a red update.

However there is a slight possibility that Ariana could get a red update, but for that to happen, there should be 54+ songs in the top 90 gaining sales like crazy, which is rather improbable...

Edit: Actually +72 songs, since she's getting dark red updates.

[Almighty Gaga]

Originally posted by Cz!

I know that, but it is not the case right now. That is what happens in busy sales weeks like Christmas.

If it's a 24 hours rolling chart, then all the sales a song gains in its first 24 hours add up to the total. That means it can't decrease/get a red update.

However there is a slight possibility that Ariana could get a red update, but for that to happen, there should be 54+ songs in the top 90 losing sales like crazy, which is rather improbable...

Edit: Actually +72 songs, since she's getting dark red updates.

That just means that these 72 songs are either picking up, stable or slowing down but at a slower pace than Focus. But honestly, I'm sure iTunes/Pop bars' algorithm is much more complicated than just that.

I'm sure Kworb can explain that better than me.

[Cz!]

Originally posted by Almighty Gaga

That just means that these 72 songs are either picking up, stable or slowing down but at a slower pace than Focus. But honestly, I'm sure iTunes/Pop bars' algorithm is much more complicated than just that.

I'm sure Kworb can explain that better than me.

You quoted me before I edited my post.

[MusicTalker]

#GetAriTo30Percent

[simmnfierzig]

Originally posted by Almighty Gaga

That just means that these 72 songs are either picking up, stable or slowing down but at a slower pace than Focus. But honestly, I'm sure iTunes/Pop bars' algorithm is much more complicated than just that.

I'm sure Kworb can explain that better than me.

But how can Focus be slowing down when the bars show sales for the last 24 hours. It can only increase until is has been out for 24 hours.

[Mr.Link]

No matter what a (dark) red update means, Focus should NOT be getting 3 of them consecutively when it was just released after a month of hype all over social media.

[Cz!]

The only plausible explanation I find is that 72+ songs are picking up in sales right now, and sharply.

[highwind44029]

Originally posted by GoneHome

Applause trying to catch up to Roar and failing teas

Stop reminding them.

[Truffle.]

Ari will fall a bit but then regain momentum.
At least I hope so

[shelven]

The colour system is basically just a ranking system of all the songs in the Top 90 (#91-#100 don't get colours). They have nothing to do with whether or not the song is actually increasing or decreasing in sales - they're merely just a comparison to all the other songs in the Top 90. There will ALWAYS be 18 of every colour in the Top 90, so even if every song increases in sales or every song decreases in sales, the 5 colours will all appear equally because the colours just separate the songs into 5 comparative tiers.

Obviously a song that actually is increasing in sales is more likely to get a green update than a song that's decreasing in sales. But if the entire Top 90 is increasing in sales, then the ones that are increasing the least will get red updates, even though they're still technically increasing.

[Tristan]

I'm anxious on how this week will turn out

Originally posted by Mr.Link

No matter what a (dark) red update means, Focus should NOT be getting 3 of them consecutively when it was just released after a month of hype all over social media.

Calm down