'Petal' by Ariana Grande debuts with 62M, drops 39% on day 2

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Edited August 2 by TaylorSwift

[River 130,144]

It feels like this album just came and went after 24 hours and we are moving on with 2026 

[Auralegends 9,249]

16 minutes ago, River said:

It feels like this album just came and went after 24 hours and we are moving on with 2026 

I know I am

[Controversiaga 17,547]

Are these numbers good or bad ?

[LG10 14,254]

3 hours ago, River said:

It feels like this album just came and went after 24 hours and we are moving on with 2026 

cuz Max Martin is only on like 3 tracks and the rest feels like a filler unlike Eternal Sunshine

[Flippy 14,837]

Well, I loved the album

[andy232000 13,288]

3 hours ago, Controversiaga said:

Are these numbers good or bad ?

They are really good! Most artists debuted below this. I believe only people above her are the likes of Billie, Bieber, Olivia and Taylor. But she pretty much cleared everyone else. Even Gaga who debuted with 40M

[princedeeblebleble 4,041]

1 minute ago, andy232000 said:

They are really good! Most artists debuted below this. I believe only people above her are the likes of Billie, Bieber, Olivia and Taylor. But she pretty much cleared everyone else. Even Gaga who debuted with 40M

Whaat?! How did Mayhem do so much less when she did so much more compared to her?! :o 

[Controversiaga 17,547]

31 minutes ago, andy232000 said:

They are really good! Most artists debuted below this. I believe only people above her are the likes of Billie, Bieber, Olivia and Taylor. But she pretty much cleared everyone else. Even Gaga who debuted with 40M

Ah okay good I hope she is happy and satisfied and in a good place to get help 

[AVeryGagaHolyDick 32,798]

1 hour ago, princedeeblebleble said:

Whaat?! How did Mayhem do so much less when she did so much more compared to her?! :o 

Gaga’s music’s harder to digest 

[Teletubby 165,414]

-38.80% on day 2

[SimonBaetens 9,847]

the album is a snoozefest let’s be honest

[RAMROD 118,596]

1 minute ago, SimonBaetens said:

the album is a snoozefest let’s be honest

I mean, I agree, but first day huge numbers are to be expected before the huge drop regardless, except if you are Katy Perry 

[Anderson123 43,177]

22 hours ago, princedeeblebleble said:

Whaat?! How did Mayhem do so much less when she did so much more compared to her?! :o 

The average Gaga listener is like 30-35 years old, the ones who grew up with her since The Fame and this era has been Gaga’s best streaming numbers coming with the Die With A Smile push.

Billie, Olivia and Ariana’s fans are usually the 20-30 year olds that dominate streaming numbers, Taylor too but the fanbase is much much bigger obviously.

 

[andy232000 13,288]

23 hours ago, princedeeblebleble said:

Whaat?! How did Mayhem do so much less when she did so much more compared to her?! :o 

Mayhem still did pretty good and I believe it’s Gaga’s biggest debut in Spotify so far. Gaga is just a very indigestible artist and her key demographic are not that young. Most probably won’t stay up all night just to listen to the album, they’ll get to it when they can. 
 

Gaga still did much more than Miley, Madonna, Addison Rae, Bruno Mars, Demi Lovato, Raye, etc. 

if you compare her with titans like Taylor, Billie or Ariana sure you’ll think it’s much less, but she’s still outpacing several veteran AND Gen Z artists. Gaga is well within 50-60M reach for her next album if she goes all out like she did for Mayhem (which did 45.3M) 

Edited August 2 by andy232000