“The Fate of Ophelia” to become the 1st single ever to debut at #1 without pure sales

[insight 2,457]

Just now, River said:

it is 

it's not x ♾️

[River 118,387]

46 minutes ago, insight said:

it's not x ♾️

It is 

[salty like sodium 2,049]

how is this the first time this has ever happened? i swear cd singles are a dying medium... didn't she do it for anti-hero as well? i'm so confused.

[jacs vs looser 4,471]

The fact that her lowest song still has 308 points when most No. 1 hits this year have been below 300 

Taylor's chart competition is truly only herself.

 

[Bronco 12,773]

37 minutes ago, salty like sodium said:

how is this the first time this has ever happened? i swear cd singles are a dying medium... didn't she do it for anti-hero as well? i'm so confused.

Yeah I'm very surprised this has taken until 2025 to happen.

[Lord Mayhem 1,379]

So youre telling me this song that JUST came out beat the viral hit Abracadabra???

I find that extremely hard to believe...

[JazmineRice 871]

Fashowwwwwwww. Leading us into the future. The successful business people learn to adapt to changing times (streaming) while knowing or to honor classic practices (vinyls). 💿🪩🔮

[nATAH 50,978]

6 hours ago, Teletubby said:

album sales do not count toward the Hot 100

but what if someone bought just the one song off itunes or whatever?

highly unlikely, i know but her fanbase is huge enough for someone to be that unlikely

[nATAH 50,978]

26 minutes ago, JazmineRice said:

Fashowwwwwwww. Leading us into the future. The successful business people learn to adapt to changing times (streaming) while knowing or to honor classic practices (vinyls). 💿🪩🔮

if she's leading us into the future of music consumption, we are doomed

[nATAH 50,978]

1 hour ago, salty like sodium said:

how is this the first time this has ever happened? i swear cd singles are a dying medium... didn't she do it for anti-hero as well? i'm so confused.

to be fair, how many mainstream albums have released without a lead single release beforehand?

the only ones i can think of in recent memory are beyonce's visual albums

[Teletubby 151,909]

6 minutes ago, nATAH said:

but what if someone bought just the one song off itunes or whatever?

her songs are not available for purchase separately on iTunes

[RAMROD 110,471]

5 hours ago, Decodekid said:

I’ll never forgive y’all for not getting abracadabra into the top ten hit yet the deek gogo i’m horny travis song just debuted up there at number 5

wbk monsters are lazy and entitled for their own good. 

Each time new songs and albums come out, it's always divisive in the fanbase 

[JazmineRice 871]

1 hour ago, nATAH said:

if she's leading us into the future of music consumption, we are doomed

#hateration #haterade #badpressisstillpress

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1 hour ago, nATAH said:

to be fair, how many mainstream albums have released without a lead single release beforehand?

the only ones i can think of in recent memory are beyonce's visual albums

 but the lead singles are often released to streaming and radio only, who still sells cds of their lead singles?

[nATAH 50,978]

11 minutes ago, salty like sodium said:

 but the lead singles are often released to streaming and radio only, who still sells cds of their lead singles?

digital sales are still sales, so they would be available to purchase before the album

however there hasn't been many opportunities for an album release day lead to debut at #1 without pure sales, hence why it hasn't happened sooner