[onething]

Coldplay almost top 5!

[Cz!]

Originally posted by abrahamjmr

He's already huge here.

He's somewhat huge here too, but only preteen girls care for him.

[Cz!]

Here's to hoping Adele tops the former Flo Rida record again.

[abrahamjmr]

Originally posted by Cz!

He's somewhat huge here too, but only preteen girls care for him.

And that won't change in Latin America. He built that image himself and young adult or adult people won't give him the chance.

[NEUTRON]

Arianna needs to just move on.

She should have taken a break. Her last era just ended.

[abrahamjmr]

Originally posted by NEUTRON

Arianna needs to just move on.

She should have taken a break. Her last era just ended.

Exactly. That's the main reason her single didn't pull huge numbers. She had to make people miss her.

[Jeiboy]

14 DAYS UNTIL METEOR 25 CRASHES SO NEAR!

[fridayteenage]

Originally posted by Chanel.

Exactly.

Expectations of a very strong sales debut and of strong sales in general are double misguided, both because they're based on an outlier (Problem) and because of the state of sales compared to when that song debuted.

Didn't One Direction just get a new high despite "the state of sales compared to" last year?

The Way's first week sales were pretty strong, and Bieber's decline from 2012 wasn't nearly as steep going from Boyfriend to What Do You Mean.

[Superpower]

#1 in 40 countries even with the big competition
Im still scared of Adele's 3rd week

[Harrys Hairflip]

"History" is coming

iTunes UK

17 Perfect
30 History +9
58 Infinity +5
72 Drag Me Down
101 Drag Me Down +12

iTunes USA

28 History +2
34 Perfect +1
42 Drag Me Down
112 Home +1
117 Infinity +2

[Ger-55]

Originally posted by MusicTalker

Ariana's lack of sales also have to do with her not being likeable or relatable, but streaming is surely taking some of a chunk. ME is one of the most streamed female albums on Spotify.

It's the most streamed female album of all-time http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=859427

[Stoner]

Focus nosediving out of the top 30

[Jeiboy]

1. Adele - Hello 1.0000
2. Chris Stapleton - Tennessee Whiskey 0.6479

[Eóghan Scherzy]

Originally posted by Superpower

#1 in 40 countries even with the big competition
Im still scared of Adele's 3rd week

You betta be, she's gonna serve 500k

[Cz!]

The weekend effect is about to show up. I wonder how hard it will hit Adele.

[YR.]

Predicting 500k for Hello's third week

x

Wait, why the hell is Coldplay not #2? What the **** America?

[One Nation]

Originally posted by abrahamjmr

Exactly. That's the main reason her single didn't pull huge numbers. She had to make people miss her.

Rihanna the legendary exception

[jose168]

Originally posted by Chanel.

It's 2015, so I don't know why a single one of you expected much of anything from a new single debut in sales.

Convenient how everyone can call the sales a "flop," but ignore the great streaming numbers that are going to give the song a Top 10 (and if she's lucky with how local they were, Top 5) debut on the Hot 100.

Maybe we should all remember that despite the record-destroying legend-in-the-making at the top of the charts today, sales ARE virtually dead, and nobody will likely cross 100k digital sales again after Q4 2016.

Overall sales being down doesn't explain why the song is out of the top 20 in one week

[Superpower]

Originally posted by Eóghan

You betta be, she's gonna serve 500k

#BoycottAdele from December 4th to December 11th

[Ady.]

Originally posted by jose168

Overall sales being down doesn't explain why the song is out of the top 20 in one week

This!