No, not for Soko.
They watched the parody video because it was a parody of Miley's video and song.
And Anaconda's situation is slightly different than those two examples. It is a music video not an ad or a parody and there was hype for it due to the teaser. People who watched the music video were indeed going to see her dance on Drake, see her shake her ass, etc. You don't watch music videos for the music but instead for the visuals so...
But...your argument that it's legitimate because all music videos are meant for visuals>music works perfectly well for both Soko and the Wrecking Ball parody. And the fact that there were a lot of views implies there was hype for those as well; plus I don't know if hype necessarily legitimizes something in the first place.
Your rant is too long. I was talking about weekly % for T10s,
At its peak, Harlem Shake had 103 million streams, 262k downloads. So it had 393 times as many streams as downloads.
Soko's song had 11.5 million streams, 10k downloads. So it had 1150 times as many streams as downloads.
1150 is bigger than 393. So Soko has the most streaming-fueled T10 week.
Sorry, I know I tend to get wordy (I just started grad school for journalism/reporting). I am thinking about an overall Chart life, and for that, "Harlem Shake" wins. Honestly, I did not remember Baauer getting over 170k in downloads, but that fact is a moot point in this comparison.
#1 "Shake It Off", Taylor Swift, 1,00
#2 "Anaconda", Nicki Minaj, 0,88
#3 "All About The Bass", Meghan Trainor, 0,67
#4 "Stay With Me", Sam Smith, 0,50
#5 "Rude", MAGIC!, 0,50
Sorry, I know I tend to get wordy (I just started grad school for journalism/reporting). I am thinking about an overall Chart life, and for that, "Harlem Shake" wins. Honestly, I did not remember Baauer getting over 170k in downloads, but that fact is a moot point in this comparison.
Honey, the song was close to sell 300k in one week.
Babe, I love your chart predictions but why you have to sound so bitter...
Sorry It's just that people keep discussing about Harlem Shake's impact which was undeniably huge and I'm happy Billboard opened the eyes and started tracking Streaming. But people keep discrediting Harlem Shake's sucess. The song is pure instrumental and still sold almost 2x Platinum
Streaming needed to be a factor because it's consumer-driven. It's a way to kill Airplay's high weight on the formula
Sorry It's just that people keep discussing about Harlem Shake's impact which was undeniably huge and I'm happy Billboard opened the eyes and started tracking Streaming. But people keep discrediting Harlem Shake's sucess. The song is pure instrumental and still sold almost 2x Platinum
Streaming needed to be a factor because it's consumer-driven. It's a way to kill Airplay's high weight on the formula
1. Shake It Off
2. Anaconda
3. All About That Bass
4. Stay With Me
5. Rude
6. Black Widow
7. Break Free / Bang Bang
8. Break Free / Bang Bang
9. Chandelier
10. Fancy/Bang Bang
Sorry It's just that people keep discussing about Harlem Shake's impact which was undeniably huge and I'm happy Billboard opened the eyes and started tracking Streaming. But people keep discrediting Harlem Shake's sucess. The song is pure instrumental and still sold almost 2x Platinum
Streaming needed to be a factor because it's consumer-driven. It's a way to kill Airplay's high weight on the formula
I agree to a point Video streaming should be included, but I think five Vevo/You-Tube streams should equal one On Demand stream. I may have come across as a bit bitter (probably even more so in my anti-MTV rant), and I am sorry. I love to write about topics that interest me, and when I have migraines constantly like I am right now, I guess I get grouchy. Once again, I am sorry.