Charts Discussion - ANOTHER BATTLE FOR THE #1 stream and buy US monsters!

[IAmNotHere1997 25,824]

2 minutes ago, FRANZGA said:

131k?? 

Nevermind, it's actually 162k 

[ArtGagaPop 61,940]

the US should do it like the UK, where ROM hasn't left the top 2 since debut 

[LGMonster95 13,704]

4 minutes ago, FRANZGA said:

131k?? 

It debuted with 162.000 sales 

[BenG 19,908]

Let me just say a few things about comparing albums, be it using pure numbers or percentage changes. They are actually bad metrics for the performance of an album.

1. The number of tracks directly affects pure numbers.
2. The number of official/promo singles affects the percentage decrease, especially if there is promo.

Hence, a fairer comparison would be to remove top 3 and bottom 3 songs, then take the average of the remaining tracks. This gives a better picture of how much the album as a body of work is being consumed because it removes outliers and normalise the number of tracks across albums.

Due to the front-loaded nature of streams, be it a new track or a new album, it is best to analyse the downward slope and stable region separately. This is because they mean very different things. The peak represents the introduction of new music to the GP, the downward slope represents how fast interest is lost and the stable region represents returning listeners.

In the grand scheme of things, the rate of decline is not really an important factor because longevity ultimately relies on the number of streams in the stable region. That said, a continuous big % decrease could be worrying because it indicates that the stabilisation has yet to be achieved.

I'm pretty sure streaming services look at the % decrease between the peak and stable streams for an artist's past music when deciding which songs should be play-listed. Playlists introduce a song to a new audience and hence they would choose a song that can continue to bring in streams (hence revenue) when it's removed from playlists. This could be one of the reasons why Gaga might have poorer play-listing when compared to some of her peers but this has slowly improved because the ASIB era has shown that Gaga can retain interest among listeners. We will see Chromatica's effect during her next album release.

TLDR: Number of tracks and number of singles distort album streams. Longevity of album relies on stable streams, not necessarily steepness of decline.

[ANTI WP 19,825]

SPOTIFY ( WW )

4) Rain On Me (with Ariana Grande) by Lady Gaga      3,979,972

19) Sour Candy (with BLACKPINK) by Lady Gaga       2,204,908

75) Shallow by Lady Gaga        1,070,810

85) Stupid Love by Lady Gaga         964,306

183) 911 by Lady Gaga       641,926

 

 

[Bt1 5,213]

1 hour ago, ANTI WP said:

911 | 12.237.498  (+662.364)   keeps on winning 

haters can

 

I'm scared that this will be the next single. It's the only one who got worse and worse with every listen. 

[Andreu 37,216]

67k for 10M

[ANTI WP 19,825]

Just now, Florin said:

I'm scared that this will be the next single. It's the only one who got worst and worst with every listen. 0

No 911 slander is allowed in chart thread ( its only track floating in WW charts so respect it ) 

[Andreu 37,216]

why am i getting so excited about an audio hitting 10M

makes no sense

[Bt1 5,213]

1 hour ago, zoldyck said:

Spotify Day 9

Lover: 20.7M (-20.5%)

Changes: 17.2M (-15%)

FN: 16.2M (-7%)

Chromatica: 13.1M (-10.5%)

Rare: 10.1M (-19.5%)

Via ATRL' Starkboy

Overdramatics over something that every album went through 

 

@Swallow can u calm down now? 

[La Rosalia 9,906]

Y’all are tasteless sometimes.

[FRANZGA 13,920]

The way the streaming in general plummeted in the US tho since the lockdown 

[TheCureinMalibu 45,913]

Just now, La Rosalia said:

Y’all are tasteless sometimes.

Hey king do you have early access to Chromatica's number on Billboard 200? higi

[La Rosalia 9,906]

Just now, TheCureinMalibu said:

Hey king do you have early access to Chromatica's number on Billboard 200? higi

No, I don’t have it.

[maesta3 25]

26 minutes ago, ViviLittleM said:

UK midweek

Lady Gaga's Chromatica looks set for a second week at #1.

One week to go in uk 🇬🇧 till shops will be open, it’s gonna stay on top for the next 4 weeks 👍👍