Former One Direction member Zayn Malik's first solo single, "Pillowtalk" (credited simply to Zayn), appears headed for perhaps 250,000 downloads sold in its first week, according to industry forecasters, while Drake's "Summer Sixteen" could arrive with 210,000-220,000. The former was released Jan. 29 and has already opened atop this week's Billboard + Twitter Top Tracks chart. The latter was released Jan. 30.
Based on such strong sales projections, along with expected streaming and airplay sums, "Pillowtalk" and "Summer Sixteen" each appear headed for top 10 debuts on next week's Hot 100 (dated Feb. 20), with the former almost certain to start in the top five and challenge for No. 1 upon its entrance.
Beyond sales projections (and with the Hot 100 encompassing sales, airplay and streaming), "Pillowtalk" has drawn 5.9 million in all-format radio audience in the first three days of the Hot 100's airplay tracking week, according to Nielsen Music; "Sixteen" has garnered 3.4 million. Based on streaming data collected through Feb. 3, "Pillowtalk" has tallied 17 million U.S. streams for the week; an estimated streaming total for "Sixteen," an Apple Music exclusive, is still being tabulated.
(21) Hide Away || iTunes: #20 || Radio: #19 || Spotify: #16 (+3)
(22) Jumpman || iTunes: #45 || Radio: #24 || Spotify: #10 (-2)
(24) When We Were Young || iTunes: #14 || Radio: #11 || Spotify: N/A (+5)
(25) I Know What You Did Last Summer || iTunes: #23 || Radio: #44 || Spotify: #13 (=)
(31) Stand By You || iTunes: #22 || Radio: #26 || Spotify: N/A (+6)
(34) 7 Years || iTunes: #15 || Radio: #124 || Spotify: #25 (+23)
(39) Out Of The Woods || iTunes: #58 || Radio: #18 || Spotify: N/A (+5)
(40) I Took A Pill In Ibiza || iTunes: #24 || Radio: #85 || Spotify: #15 (+19)
Notes.
-Still v hesitant predicting that Zayn will debut at #1, idk why. if not deff #2 or #3.
-Really hoping that Drake DOESN'T debut top 10, idk. I mean it's only charting on iTunes (it was just put on Spotify). If it doesn't debut top 10, then definitely top 15 (praying for top 15, not top 10).
-Hands To Myself has a small chance of staying top 10 this week.
it's doing really good on itunes now aswell, but all in all small #'s plus we dunno how long the effect will hold until 15th...
but i'm really pleased if it gets top 20 next week!
Now 'Work' is on spotify, what will it be next week? (predictions)
Really rough and all but I'd say she has a shot at top 5. She got the biggest update on radio today, sales are still relatively stable, so streaming increasing will be a huge help to her. It's a lot more likely now that she'll make it to #1 soon.
Wait like 2 more hours and I will post them But I definetely can picture Zayn debutting at #1, "Love Yourself" is just not a strong number-one right now
I will post my updated numbers soon, but Zayn is easily #1. No question about that.
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Originally posted by Ger-55
Wait like 2 more hours and I will post them But I definetely can picture Zayn debutting at #1, "Love Yourself" is just not a strong number-one right now
But I definetely can picture Zayn debutting at #1, "Love Yourself" is just not a strong number-one right now