charts discussion Shallow: longest ever top10 on Digital Songs chart - 32 wks

[Almighty Gaga]

Shallow's chart-run on the Digital Songs chart:

 

14-01-01-01-01-01-02-03-02-04-05-04-09-12-06-03-03-04-02-02-01-02-01-02-01-01-01-01-02-04-05-04-07-09-10

 

It's now the longest charting top 10 on the chart's history, a record that it'll probably keep forever now that digital sales are dwindling

 

 

Most weeks in the top 10:

 

32 Shallow

30 Perfect / Meant To Be
29 Body Like A Backroad
27 Uptown Funk
25 Call Me Maybe / Party Rock Anthem
24 All About That Bass / Despacito
22 Rolling In The Deep / Closer / I Gotta Feeling / Havana / Dark Horse / Royals

 

 

Edited May 20, 2019 by Almighty Gaga

[CakeLikeLG]

smash hits with longevity only, no quick lil singles allowed

Edited May 20, 2019 by CakeLikeLG

[pavi]

7 minutes ago, Almighty Gaga said:

a record that it'll probably keep forever now that digital sales are dwindling

Or maybe it will become easier and easier to break this record, cause even just a few sales will be enough to make something go top10?

 

Great accomplishment tho

[Venus XCX]

The longevity is literally unmatched...

 

[Popboi.]

1 minute ago, pavi said:

Or maybe it will become easier and easier to break this record, cause even just a few sales will be enough to make something go top10?

 

Great accomplishment tho

If iTunes closes down then it will become really easy to break for songs trending on amazon music or so.

[Dolce Vita]

Bradley’s impact!!!! Not from REAL album so it doesn’t count!!!!

[Almighty Gaga]

6 minutes ago, pavi said:

Or maybe it will become easier and easier to break this record, cause even just a few sales will be enough to make something go top10?

 

Great accomplishment tho

If it only takes a few sales, then all new releases every week will occupy the top 10, and therefore no song will be able to maintain 8 months in the top 10, because you know, like you said, it's so easy and new releases will push it down every week

 

 

Next theory

 

Edited May 20, 2019 by Almighty Gaga

[Mariano]

14 minutes ago, pavi said:

Or maybe it will become easier and easier to break this record, cause even just a few sales will be enough to make something go top10?

 

Great accomplishment tho

well so far there are only 3 songs from the past 4-5 years in this chart, so yeah..  Most songs are older in fact. 

[WildAmerican]

one of the most successful songs of all time!

[R.E.M.]

Interesting that this type of success didn't translate to the Hot 100 very well but an accomplishment nonetheless  Queen of iTunes in 2019.

[ViviLittleM]

1 minute ago, R.E.M. said:

Interesting that this type of success didn't translate to the Hot 100 very well but an accomplishment nonetheless  Queen of iTunes in 2019.

I'm not sure but I think Lady Gaga got a #1 in 2019 thanks to the pure sales, something Taylor Swift's latest single didn't achieve

[Mariano]

2 minutes ago, R.E.M. said:

Interesting that this type of success didn't translate to the Hot 100 very well but an accomplishment nonetheless  Queen of iTunes in 2019.

Any song with the impact and success of Shallow + its universal sound would reach 180M+ Ai on Radio.

Shallow didn't.  There's nothing interesting.  Radios refused to acknowledge Shallow until after it reached number 1 on the Hot 100 .

[The Unforgiving]

6 minutes ago, R.E.M. said:

Interesting that this type of success didn't translate to the Hot 100 very well but an accomplishment nonetheless  Queen of iTunes in 2019.

Are we conveniently forgetting that the song spent most of its lifespan there inside the top 10 before gracefully descending down?  

Edited May 20, 2019 by The Unforgiving

[ArianadelRey]

11 years into her career

Collecting more hits AND acclaim along the way

Truly an icon

 

[Hurem]

Not surprised. It’s one of the biggest songs ever.

[Remixed]

 

[pavi]

32 minutes ago, Almighty Gaga said:

If it only takes a few sales, then all new releases every week will occupy the top 10, and therefore no song will be able to maintain 8 months in the top 10, because you know, like you said, it's so easy and new releases will push it down every week

 

 

Next theory

 

But aren't we both wrong then? If everybody's sales decline exactly the same way, won't it be neither easier nor harder to break the record? Whether everybody's sales decline with 10, 20, or 30%, the top10 would stay exactly the same

Edited May 20, 2019 by pavi

[Almighty Gaga]

19 minutes ago, pavi said:

But aren't we both wrong then? If everybody's sales decline exactly the same way, won't it be neither easier nor harder to break the record? Whether everybody's sales decline with 10, 20, or 30%, the top10 would stay exactly the same

Well, there you go. You debunked your own theory.

 

[Mystic Boy]

The mental gymnastic to downplay this

Longest digital top 10 did that

[istan4badgalriri]

This wouln't been a cute achievement circa 2012 when digital sales were alive  

Considering this song barely sold a milli  

[H-I-M]

1 hour ago, pavi said:

Or maybe it will become easier and easier to break this record, cause even just a few sales will be enough to make something go top10?

 

Great accomplishment tho

OTR, I don't care, Taylor's lead, Shawn's new single, Billie, Ariana's HUGE singles, all the smash hits from the past 7 months and yet somehow Shallow is the only song showing longevity in sales. Yet it's "easier and easier"...

 

 

Make it make sense,

[Reverse Warholian]

STOMP STOMP STOMP

[H-I-M]

1 hour ago, pavi said:

But aren't we both wrong then? If everybody's sales decline exactly the same way, won't it be neither easier nor harder to break the record? Whether everybody's sales decline with 10, 20, or 30%, the top10 would stay exactly the same

That's exactly why it's impressive. Shallow is 7 months old and still survived and outlived all the hits from the past 7 months, meaning that it had actual LONGEVITY.

[Mystic Boy]

11 minutes ago, istan4badgalriri said:

This wouln't been a cute achievement circa 2012 when digital sales were alive  

Considering this song barely sold a milli  

The agony you re into since last october is so delightful 

[State of Grace.]

Oh wow