The original LMD likely outweighs the remix in all components. I can only think it's the version that was most streamed, is being played plus its % of the 157k, while the John version only has its % of its sales.
My recommendation for Maroon 5 management team is to wait until Sugar's airplay aligns with UF's airplay. That week, they can perform the single on the Voice and do a 69 cents discount to boost its sales.
And STILL lose to Uptown Funk! because of streaming.
I think 45S has peaked, but will stick around in the Top 10 for a couple more months.
The original LMD likely outweighs the remix in all components. I can only think it's the version that was most streamed, is being played plus its % of the 157k, while the John version only has its % of its sales.
That didn't stop Britney from being credited for S&M Rihmix and Ke$ha & Nicki Minaj for Till the world ends.
Uhm, LMD has 6.2M streams. The Red Nose video helped like 2.2M. The other streams are coming from music video (Sam solo) and On-Demand (where the solo version was streamed more)
That's my thought, although I'm going to ask because a lot of sales of the Rihmix contributed to overall sales, despite Streaming numbers, that's weired
That didn't stop Britney from being credited for S&M Rihmix and Ke$ha & Nicki Minaj for Till the world ends.
That was 4 years ago though... And I'm pretty sure back then it was simply if one version sold more, it got credited.
Now with streaming added and constant revisions of the formula, credit is probably across the board. With that, the solo LMD is the correct credit. Ger's streaming breakdown shows it got at least 50%+ there and like I said I'm sure all the airplay is the original version. Those combined and the little bit that helped the 157k was probably just slightly above the weight the remix had overall.
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