iTunes:
#1 Denmark
#1 France
#1 Mexico
#1 Netherlands
#2 United States
#2 Canada
#2 Norway
#2 Spain
#3 Belgium
#3 Brazil
#4 United Kingdom
#5 New Zealand
#7 Switzerland
#9 Ireland
#12 Australia
#15 India
#16 Italy
#22 Japan
#27 Germany
#28 Indonesia
#37 South Africa
#73 Austria
#99 Russia
it's been out for 20 hours in most of these
It'll continue climbing in the next following weeks and then become a sales and streaming monster, like a lot of his hits do
iTunes:
#1 Denmark
#1 France
#1 Mexico
#1 Netherlands
#2 United States
#2 Canada
#2 Norway
#2 Spain
#3 Belgium
#3 Brazil
#4 United Kingdom
#5 New Zealand
#7 Switzerland
#9 Ireland
#12 Australia
#15 India
#16 Italy
#22 Japan
#27 Germany
#28 Indonesia
#37 South Africa
#73 Austria
#99 Russia
Why can The Weeknd do such huge numbers out of the gate based on hype, and Bruno Mars (who is more known, whose latest hit is much bigger, whose latest album is much bigger, whose latest tour was much bigger) needs more time for his songs to take off? I'll never understand
Pretty simple. The Weeknd has a devoted fanbase and Bruno Mars is a GP/radio artist
Just the Way You Are spent 50 days to go #1 on iTunes, Locked out of Heaven spent 65 days to go #1 on iTunes (blocked for a while by Gangnam Style, Diamonds, I Knew You Were Trouble etc.). And now he's going #1 on release date.
Wait. I definitely think this will be his biggest era now more than ever. I'm legit hyped for this campaign
At least he has all that massive Spotify payola.
