Nope, the only reason it got to #2 on BB was because of the streams from the Grammy performance
No. The performance still hasn't been officially uploaded to Youtube. The 3rd party ones are swiftly taken down before amassing a lot of views. If you mean it got a lot of streams because it was just promoted on the biggest music show of the year, then yes. Otherwise, no.
The reason it peaked at #2 was because they manipulated the streaming rule by using her Grammy performance as a commercial on YouTube. Just like Gaga did with Dope. They were false streams. The song certainly didn't sell enough to go #2 that week. It's a moderate hit for sure but no way did it smash.
I mean the song wasn't even top 20 or top 30 best selling singkes in it's year and didn't go number one in more than one country, I mean the reversed standards
The reason it peaked at #2 was because they manipulated the streaming rule by using her Grammy performance as a commercial on YouTube. Just like Gaga did with Dope. They were false streams. The song certainly didn't sell enough to go #2 that week. It's a moderate hit for sure but no way did it smash.
Oh... I always thought it went to #2 fairly. What would it have been then if it wasn't for this "manipulation"?
Oh... I always thought it went to #2 fairly. What would it have been then if it wasn't for this "manipulation"?
Not sure. I remember thinking it might not even go top ten because it only peaked at #5 on iTunes after her Grammy performance. I'm not sure what her airplay was like though.
The reason it peaked at #2 was because they manipulated the streaming rule by using her Grammy performance as a commercial on YouTube. Just like Gaga did with Dope. They were false streams. The song certainly didn't sell enough to go #2 that week. It's a moderate hit for sure but no way did it smash.
Artpop or R8?
Aren't we talking about DiL? Which is a single?
What kind of failed logic
The hive desperately trying to defend her fave with anything DIL wasn't a hit period. Beyoncé doesn't have a proper hit since Singles Ladies, and that was 6 years ago
Not sure. I remember thinking it might not even go top ten because it only peaked at #7 on iTunes after her Grammy performance. I'm not sure what her airplay was like though.
It would have been #5-8 (without the Grammy performance). It had the Airplay to sustain it.
I mean for [what was initially] an urban single that was mostly backed by that format in airplay, 1 performance and a video, it did extremely well It wasn't a "huge" smash but it was a hit.
Um, the streams increased because it skyrocketed on Spotify (along with Dark Horse that same week). There was no commercial that DrIL was plugged into to boost its streams