Charts Discussion

[Thrasher 22,980]

Deutschland, do something please. That #8 peak ruins Shallah’s line in Gaga’s discography on Wikipedia. We want Top 3s only. 

[Thrasher 22,980]

OMG good sis @Stef has been permabanned for real? 

[TheCureinMalibu 45,913]

if Z100 put it on Power Rotation tomorrow. Shallow will definitely go for 60m Nielsen 

[Doncho 27,241]

40M views 

 

[TheCureinMalibu 45,913]

Mediabase ALL STATIONS (except Spanish):

Pop: 9.851

HAC:21.098

AC: 15.079

Total: 46.028m 

[ARTGOD 3,266]

ARUTW should be a single, I can’t with y’all denying an obvious hit.

Shallow already peaked, it’s finally now gaining on radio but it probably won’t ever have enough force to reach the #1 again unless something happens. It will slowly stabilize and gracefully fall off the Hot 100 over many weeks.

Besides, what makes you think she can’t have two songs slaying at the same time? Other artists release new singles while their current one is still number one, Ariana is out there pumping god knows how many singles and y’all think having two singles at the same time is gonna hurt Gaga? At her peak?.

She can rest and work on LG6 and Enigma while Bobby and Interscope handle the rest. Huge artists can get hits without moving a finger, Gaga probably won’t need to grind like she did with Million Reasons.

[emig09 24,701]

8 minutes ago, ARTGOD said:

ARUTW should be a single, I can’t with y’all denying an obvious hit.

Shallow already peaked, it’s finally now gaining on radio but it probably won’t ever have enough force to reach the #1 again unless something happens. It will slowly stabilize and gracefully fall off the Hot 100 over many weeks.

Besides, what makes you think she can’t have two songs slaying at the same time? Other artists release new singles while their current one is still number one, Ariana is out there pumping god knows how many singles and y’all think having two singles at the same time is gonna hurt Gaga? At her peak?.

She can rest and work on LG6 and Enigma while Bobby and Interscope handle the rest. Huge artists can get hits without moving a finger, Gaga probably won’t need to grind like she did with Million Reasons.

I prefer longevity over a new single that could flop?

[Bad Monster Kid 13,140]

What was Million Reasons peak audience on radio?

[Spanish Eyes 2,279]

I might be the minority here, but I don’t think she should release ARUTW (or really any other song) as the second single. I think she should ride the success and hype of Shallah into the lead single of LG6, which, let’s face it, is probably coming this year.

Here’s my rationale. Here me out:

If we do a cost/benefit comparison of the two situations (second single vs. no second single), the answer becomes clearer. 

 

The benefit of releasing a second single is that it *probably* will have great momentum and could potentially milk the rest of the intangible hype of ASIB for all it’s worth. In other words, we have enough going right at the moment that a second single could do well. But here’s the thing. That’s all it will do - well. It may help extend sales of the soundtrack / DVD, but nothing significant.

 

The cost of this situation is much greater. First, we risk expending all of the momentum that Shallow / ASIB has built in terms of her overall popularity. Check Google Trends (search her name and look a the big picture timeline). Her google searches have skyrocketed recently. Unless ARUTW smashes (it won’t because radio won’t push it, the video is out already, and we have no more promotional moments that could actually make a big difference), it will produce a net reduction in her popularity. 

 

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The benefit of holding off is that we have literally tons of positive feedback and fame pouring in for Gaga right now, and if she rides that into the LG6 lead, and assuming it’s not a big week in music, she can easily score a top 10 debut, if not top 3. Think about it. The LG6 lead will more than likely be more radio friendly, she would have a radio deal, her streaming is being repaired right now, and her sales are usually quite dependable. If you throw in her general acclaim / popularity of 2019, it provides an excellent boost to make LG6 into a career defining album era.

 

The costs of this route are minimal. If she holds off, then ARUTW, Shallow, and ASIB will go recurrent naturally with no boost in sales at the end or extension of charting. Which....let’s face it...did we *need* that? All great soundtracks have the ONE song that defines the moment. Ours is “Shallow.” We did what we needed to do to solidify her slayage this era. Anything else is icing on the cake, and I, for one, am fine with holding off on the icing so that the next cake is MASSIVE.

[BenG 19,908]

Put ARUTW on LG6 and make it the lead then

Problem solved

[BuzzcutSeason 3,307]

This discussion is lowkey getting tired. There’s a one percent chance ARUTW becomes a single in the US. and that’s fine! Shallow will serve the longevity, and Gaga isn’t out here promoting. All this success is organic.

[dit 46,482]

13 minutes ago, Bad Monster Kid said:

What was Million Reasons peak audience on radio?

I believe it was 73M

[Gypsy Life 118,907]

12 hours ago, Bloody Grammys said:

@TheCureinMalibu @Arturo @ViviLittleM @Gypsy Life

Are yall team ARUTW or team LG6?

- A guaranteed smash from a solidified smash album (also the best song of all time)
- A single from an album we know nothing about (also in danger of being produced by the worst producer of all time, Sophie)

I'm on the winning team.

[BuzzcutSeason 3,307]

Sophie isn’t even confirmed on lG6. It sounds like they tried it, and nothing worked out.

[BenG 19,908]

Low-key think that she wants Bradley's name tattooed hence the omission of any clefs

OT: ARUTW can smash harder than Shallow if radio gives it a chance. It's a complete earworm