Will Smile debut top 5?

[MANiCURE 6 10,295]

I see it debuting at #3 ! 

[Seryabkina 888]

32 minutes ago, SeIena Gomez said:

No, it’s 43 million streams from Facebook US alone I believe 

I find it hard to believe she has 43M views there when her videos since HIH barely have 40M themselves  

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3 hours ago, Brecht said:

That's the worst single she ever released since This Is How We Do and it sounds like This Is How We Do 

You’re pretending as if our Googoo’s dated Sine From Above didn’t get released and that people don’t want it as a single or what

OT: Hope so, she deserves it!

[SeIena Gomez 1,609]

11 minutes ago, Vampyr said:

I find it hard to believe she has 43M views there when her videos since HIH barely have 40M themselves  

Facebook is a bigger platform than Youtube

also YouTube doesn’t really target audiences that might still be interested in Katy Perry so I honestly believe she could have 43M views (not all legit but not like all 900 million shallow views will be 100% clean)

[Hades 27,980]

Harleys In Hawaii deserved. This no.

[Versace 7,973]

I love Katy but Smile the song is just not it for me

[gagaschickens 4]

The album will totally go #1. The song..? I don't think so. It's not a good song. Hopefully she gets that #1 with another song if it'll deserve it, but not with Smile.

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7 minutes ago, gagaschickens said:

The album will totally go #1. The song..? I don't think so. It's not a good song. Hopefully she gets that #1 with another song if it'll deserve it, but not with Smile.

To be honest I would be Happy for Katy to go number one with the album but nothing seems like it will  

[whoresup 2,718]

Surely the Facebook video views is not a legitimate way to get the song up the charts. Will it even be allowed? 

[Sneaky Oliver 22,217]

Are the NRO streams still valid to count as Smile album streams ? Perhaps they can help her debut 

[nodandsmile 10,646]

you know damn well that ain't happening 💀

[hijadeputa 3,972]

No

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44 minutes ago, Sneaky Oliver said:

Are the NRO streams still valid to count as Smile album streams ? Perhaps they can help her debut 

They won't count for this current week (unless they happened in this week but the accumulated streams since 2019 won't inflate the album). They should count for cerfications though, just not for a higher chart debut.

But more OT, I see this question is asked about the song rather than the album and there is not way the song will debut in the top 5. 

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[StrawberryBlond 14,872]

Different country, obviously but I remember when All About That Bass debuted on the UK charts before its official UK release date based on streams alone. This was when international release dates were a thing, but the point stands. It was #75 in its first week, #33 in its second week, with 1.18 million streams, 90% of which were from Spotify. That was also back when I think streams got you higher up the charts than they do now. Just to give comparison as to what official streaming sites can do for your chart position, so what use can be FB be?

I'm still confused as to where a top 5 debut idea is coming from. If FB could give you a debut that high, literally every artist would do it. We'll have to wait around to see this verdict because its interesting at the very least.