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Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2
The race has always been tight, but Amazon isn't going to be the referee. People only bring that up when they severely doubt a song. Also it's been predicted by Kworb to do 450k vs WAY 340k. 500k would make it 100%, but with just those numbers and the fact radio is playing this without a deal makes it less tight.
But even then as Jennifer said, 500k is going to happen. If you've kept up with the superior sales source, you could see this.
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First of all, I'm not disagreeing with you. He could very well be #1, but it will be a tight race.
So drop the attitude.
Secondly, I do keep up with iTunes, obviously.
But I keep my eye on Amazon and Goggle Play as well, because they do sell digital music that is counted on the Billboard Hot 100. You'd have to be a fool not to take EVERY digital retailer into consideration.
Also, KWORB's sales prediction does not equate to actual numbers.
So it is still indeed a tight race until we see some actual sales numbers.
And you once again neglect to mention that fun. is going to get the full 10% streaming points (as they have been #1 in streaming for the past 3 weeks), while Beiber will not. That is also going to make an impact.
Again, I am NOT saying he isn't going to be #1.
I'm just saying it's a tighter race than some people think.