Bigger Lead Single? Cardigan/ NRO/ Stupid Love/ Midnight Sky

[Ivan_brit]

Simple Question

 

Overall Bigger Lead Single?

GLOBAL?

U.S.?

 

Taylor Swift - Cardigan 

 

Youtube Views=  77,844,511 views

Spotify Streams = 204,670,587

 

Peak #1  Billboard Hot 100 / chart for 14 weeks

 

Katy Perry - Never Really Over

 

 

 

Youtube Views=  136,876,089 views

Spotify Streams =  464,947,425 

 

Peak #15   Billboard Hot 100 / chart for 13  weeks

 

Lady Gaga - Stupid Love

 

Youtube Views=  130,991,887 views

Spotify Streams = 222,206,557

 

Peak #5  Billboard Hot 100 / chart for 10 weeks

 

Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky

 

 

Youtube Views=  112,227,066

Spotify Streams = 252,543,631

 

Peak #14  Billboard Hot 100 / chart for  20 weeks  (Still charting,   current week / last week)

 

 

 

** All 4 songs are either elegilable or already Platinum at the U.S. **

 

 

Who lead single did better?

keep it cute

 

[xfreshkidxx]

NRO  > MS > Cardigan>  Stupid Love 

Edited January 21 by xfreshkidxx

[Quenn]

NRO > Cardigan > MS >>>>> Stupid Love

[Aram]

Midnight Sky is the bigger one, at least globally.

Cardigan seems bigger in the US just because it hit #1.

[AMIT]

MS > NRO >= Cardigan >>> SL

[Erreur2 La Nature]

NRO >>> Cardigan > Midnight >>> Stupid Love

[josesuxx]

Midnight Sky is the best one, cardigan is just as good though. 

 

Midnight Sky is the biggest both in the US and WW (and it's still not done on streaming).

 

People saying NRO when MS has outperformed it on every metric except for Spotify in just 5 months 

Edited January 21 by josesuxx

[Anticipating]

Midnight Sky > Never Really Over > Cardigan >>> Stupid Love

Edited January 21 by Anticipating

[Orsay]

Wasn’t Daisies the lead for Smile?

[Alexz]

Cardigan.

[ninasayers]

WW

NRO > MS > SL = Cardigan 

[SilencePlease]

Never Really Over, the stats are in the OP

[JuanXito]

GLOBAL: Midnight Sky

US: Never really over

 

Taylor is a local artist, she is not very popular worldwide
 

[Oktober Knight]

Isn't it obvious that it's Cardigan? 

[Aaron]

2 minutes ago, Oktober Knight said:

Isn't it obvious that it's Cardigan? 

Why would that be obvious? It’s literally one of the weakest #1s in Billboard history 

 

OT: Midnight Sky

Edited January 21 by Aaron

[Oktober Knight]

Just now, Aaron said:

Why would that be obvious? It’s literally one of the weakest #1s in Billboard history 

 

OT: Midnight Sky

Ummm.... Midnight Sky didn't even reach the top 10 buddy. 

[josesuxx]

2 minutes ago, SilencePlease said:

Never Really Over, the stats are in the OP

Almost the same views in 1 year and a half as songs released less than a year ago or just a couple more certifications make it bigger? Then it might be bigger just for now cause it'll be easily surpassed by those songs both in views/streams and certifications 

[thankfulforkelly]

I think Midnight Sky was probably the biggest stats-wise. I think Cardigan is probably the biggest because its parent album was so big (and eclipsed its run as a single). 
 

They’re all underperformances (although NRO and MS did much better than the singles before) that served quality and actually have OK stats though 

[Ivan_brit]

Just now, Oktober Knight said:

Ummm.... Midnight Sky didn't even reach the top 10 buddy. 

Miley did not reach top 10 but at the end she spend more weeks at the Hot 100 she still charting + more streams despite the song was released later than Cardigan.

[josesuxx]

1 minute ago, Oktober Knight said:

Ummm.... Midnight Sky didn't even reach the top 10 buddy. 

14 weeks for a #1 vs. 20 weeks and still counting for a top 15 proves peaks don't mean anything 

[AMIT]

11 minutes ago, Oktober Knight said:

Isn't it obvious that it's Cardigan? 

it's hard to compare them in my opinion, especially since Cardigan was released with the album and the others weren't. 

[Both Sides Now]

It’s clearly either Never Really Over or Midnight Sky.

 

Cardigan and Stupid Love both have weak streams for a lead especially considering their parent albums did better than Plastic Hearts and Smile. Cardigan and Stupid are both nearly out streamed by album tracks of the parent album. That is not a hit single.  
 

I think Midnight Sky will be biggest in the long run. 

[Romantica]

Midnight Sky 

[brainmaniac]

Cardigan is the most successful in the US

Midnight Sky is the biggest flop in the US

[wehavetostan]

Midnight Sky worldwide, cardigan in the US