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Originally posted by Celestial
I don't get why this chart takes so long to reflect popularity, it's much slower than it used to be. WRWWR and Firework have been the most popular songs for the past few weeks but their updates do not reflect that.
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I guess some songs just sell well even when their radio is quite low. If a song has promo or an initial boost, I guess it can spark sales and keep them consistently high despite low airplay.
It's odd but I guess it supports longevity. The only impact it has is on its BB Hot 100 position, which doesn't really matter if it doesn't have the sales to back it up - Peaks may look nice but I like the behind the scene numbers better, a la "Bad Romance".
And lmao @ that degenerate trying to bring up WW stats when we're talking about the performance of said songs in the U.S. Desperate.