Beyonce's "Break My Soul" debuts at #15 on the Hot 100

[RAMROD 109,109]

That is a good start

Just remember, some people not even able to hit bubbling under chart even when they tried, and they were famous famous in their prime.

[Chromatography 10,186]

10 hours ago, NATAH said:

the way you guys are discrediting it after only 3 days and no video... the clownery comes back to bite 

insert bernie sanders meme where i am yet again asking if a video actually significantly impacts numbers 

[nATAH 48,500]

37 minutes ago, Chromatography said:

insert bernie sanders meme where i am yet again asking if a video actually significantly impacts numbers 

i mean... yes? there's a reason they're standard practice in promotion

[Chromatography 10,186]

1 hour ago, NATAH said:

i mean... yes? there's a reason they're standard practice in promotion

it’s not a dumb question, the impact of a music video nowadays is certainly different than it was 10 years ago, especially in the age of streaming. i was wondering if it’s actually as significant as you think it is.

[StressedOut 653]

Y'all bringing up PI like it didn't have homegirl doing radio interviews, premiering the MV during Scream Queens, and a full week of tracking LOL

Please leave Bey alone and give her her flowers 💐 there's enough spotlight for everybody 

[nATAH 48,500]

24 minutes ago, Chromatography said:

it’s not a dumb question, the impact of a music video nowadays is certainly different than it was 10 years ago, especially in the age of streaming. i was wondering if it’s actually as significant as you think it is.

well we've been in the streaming age for almost a decade and music videos are still the norm for major and indie artists  a music video will help generate hype and noise for a tour, if not a single, which is where the real money is made

[Chromatography 10,186]

2 minutes ago, NATAH said:

well we've been in the streaming age for almost a decade and music videos are still the norm for major and indie artists  a music video will help generate hype and noise for a tour, if not a single, which is where the real money is made

i was just wondering how well it actually helped bolstered numbers. would love to see how it is nowadays. just because it’s the norm doesn’t mean it actually significantly helps anymore, which again, was my actual question with zero intention to be shady. but it seems like no one has the actual answer, so i guess we’ll see with a video. 

[nATAH 48,500]

2 minutes ago, Chromatography said:

i was just wondering how well it actually helped bolstered numbers. would love to see how it is nowadays. just because it’s the norm doesn’t mean it actually significantly helps anymore, which again, was my actual question with zero intention to be shady. but it seems like no one has the actual answer, so i guess we’ll see with a video. 

make a thread! sounds like an interesting discussion tbh

[tyler k 5,330]

will be a #1 after a full tracking week, just wait.

people are LOVING this song, I heard it all Pride Weekend!

It came on at smartbar on Sunday night (they don't typically play mainstream music) and the crowd went absolutely wilddddd for it, it sounds amazing in a club. 

[Teletubby 148,505]

4 minutes ago, tmo13 said:

will be a #1 after a full tracking week, just wait.

it won't be #1 but will be in the top10

 

[tyler k 5,330]

7 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

it won't be #1 but will be in the top10

 

ok well then the following week it will be I'm sure. 

my overall point was that popularity is rising and it'll eventually be a #1

[mightyriverz 2,587]

i honestly don't think beyoncé chose this one to be the lead single because she thought it'd be a major hit, but most likely because it's about the narrative that she wants to tell

i haven't been this excited for a Bey album since lemonade came out

[Guest]

I'm happy for the genre to be brought into spotlight by Beyoncé but I wish people with less following who are masters of that craft received more acknowledgment... hopefully it happens now by her involvement. I know this is some very very old leather and there is enough reasons to not condone her but there is Azealia Banks' music for example that actually is innovative and completely out of the world in that music direction that was made 10 years ago and had an impact where people who were listening to David Guetta type of music suddenly were vibing to it. It's not her music's fault that she isn't where she must have been but I feel like if she was a male artist she got the Kanye West treatment. I don't want to throw Bey under the bus for a social reasoning that has nothing to do with Azealia not being treated like Kanye West but it baffles me that someone like Bey (who now does similar music that is imo more watered down in quality compared to Banks') gets all the attention when there is someone who is a master of doing it and has been doing it for decades now is only getting a recognition by a gossip article that she was an inspiration by her production team when it's literally her that was a pioneer. I wonder if they did this also when she was a male artist. So this is my bitter gay ass that is putting two female artists against each other but it's really not against the two but more against this shitty patriarchal doublestandard that black female artists with mental issues cannot but be a master or genius in artistry but a male is always going to get through ... and there also is that weird feeling I get from Bey that she has a ton of people working for her in order to produce music where the feeling just doesn't get away that the artistic focus is more on what can be trendy now and relevant to her politisized image compared to an artist who works with minimal financial and industry helping hands but still delivers master pieces in that exact same genre but gets cancelled because of the double standard I referenced to before

[StarstruckIllusion 52,460]

19 hours ago, PussOfYonce said:

 

Lmao it really coulda gone #1 if she released it on a Friday… her power… 

[PussOfYonce 3,657]

1 hour ago, StarstruckIllusion said:

Lmao it really coulda gone #1 if she released it on a Friday… her power… 

she could have, but she loves flopping for some reason