For the last week in November, it will come down to whether Starboy's album releass boost will cancel out Closer's lead on YT and sales- the latter lead coming because of the song's upcoming AMAs performance. The songs should be very close in airplay by then.
At that point they should discount the song, perform it everywhere, get a rent-a-rapper. Do whatever they have to do.
Keep in mind people that "Work" got #1 out of nowhere from her random sales and streaming. My point is there is 6 weeks left, and we don't know what's going to happen between then. Remember "See You Again"? Remember "Hello"?
Keep in mind people that "Work" got #1 out of nowhere from her random sales and streaming. My point is there is 6 weeks left, and we don't know what's going to happen between then. Remember "See You Again"? Remember "Hello"?
weeks to tie and 7 weeks to break. That's almost 2 more months and Closer is actually peaking at radio (it lost spins today for example).
At that point they should discount the song, perform it everywhere, get a rent-a-rapper. Do whatever they have to do.
This song deserves to break Mariah's record.
No it does NOT. It is a monotonous, hook-less, soulless throwaway track with one of the most uninspired EDM drops ever. Its impact is nowhere near its chart success and has ZERO business even approaching Mariah's record.