Gaga's mind for getting a career defining GP smasha right before a very divisive movie and album, ha mind, ART and POP 

i don't think they expected such a smash, idk how a new single is gonna fit next to this behemoth. 

DWAS coming for 12m streams for today update. 

also the way musicGa stans have won recently over actorGa stans dd 

Gaga will have two IFPI top 10 singles and two Hot 100 top 10 entries for next year. DWAS and LG7 song.

 

POP: +84 / +0.151

HAC: +23 / -0.096

AC: +17 / +0.049

RHY: +1 / 0.000

UAC: 0 / -0.016

 

Stationary, which is a neutral sign.

Edited September 10, 20242 yr by Canonical Ensembl

5 hours ago, Pop Art said:

A preemptive warning: this post ended up being far longer than I intended it to be. 😅 I just find this phenomena interesting and it directly correlates with Die With a Smile, so I thought I would share.

 

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Die With a Smile's performance on the charts is a true testament to why being global is so advantageous. The song is performing like a normal hit in the Anglosphere (and even underperforming in some other Western countries), yet that's more than made up for with the absolute smashery in other parts of the world, namely SEA.

 

This also showcases how much charting power and importance has shifted over the past decade and why it's important to take note of these changes. Just a few years ago even, countries like the US, Japan, the UK, Germany, France, Australia, Canada, and the like were seen as THE places you needed to do well in to be considered a global success, which made sense because we didn't really have the level of WW numbers we do now and these countries were (and roughly still are) the biggest music markets in the world in terms of monetary value. It's of course still very notable to do well in these countries, but since charts are (mostly) based on units and not revenue and as more and more consumers from different countries enter the streaming market, different countries have stepped up as more influential to a song's success than others as more public data has become available (namely Spotify's detailed country charts and Billboard's Global 200).

 

For example, let's look at the biggest music markets from 2023 and the amount of streams the #1 song on Spotify in each did yesterday.

 

1. US: 2.1M

2. Japan: 366K

3. UK: 566K

4. Germany: 776K

5. China: N/A

6. France: 500K

7. South Korea: 257K

8. Canada: 284K

9. Brazil: 1.5M

10. Australia: 394K

 

Now let's look at the markets that are the biggest streamers on Spotify (per the #1 in each country).

 

1. US: 2.1M

2. Indonesia: 2.1M

3. Brazil: 1.5M

4. Mexico: 1.4M

5. Phillipines: 1.3M

6. India: 1.1M

7. Germany: 776K

8. Thailand: 732K

9. Spain: 650K

10. Turkey: 636K

 

Quite a different list, isn't it? Now let's look at these same lists but showing where Die With a Smile is charting and with how many streams in each country yesterday.

 

1. US: #2 (1.8M)

2. Japan: #89 (71K)

3. UK: #6 (325K)

4. Germany: #33 (152K)

5. China: N/A

6. France: #29 (159K)

7. South Korea: #15 (21K)

8. Canada: #3 (236K)

9. Brazil: #21 (532K)

10. Australia: #3 (286K)

 

1. US: #2 (1.8M)

2. Indonesia: #2 (1.9M)

3. Brazil: #21 (532K)

4. Mexico: #41 (462K)

5. Phillipines: #2 (1.2M)

6. India: N/A

7. Germany: #33 (152K)

8. Thailand: #9 (172K)

9. Spain: #59 (95K)

10. Turkey: N/A

 

As you can see, the song is performing "just" well when we look at the markets traditionally seen as being integral to global success, but when we look at the markets that are actually most important to streaming units moved in 2024, it's doing wonders comparatively. This explains its exceptional global numbers — since markets like Brazil and Mexico overall pull significant streams nowadays, Die With a Smile even just doing moderately well there puts it in the same category as a song doing exceptionally well in traditionally "bigger" markets like Germany and France.

 

To reiterate, this is really all to say that it's impressive how well the song is doing overall even if its performance in what are normally target countries like the UK, Germany, France, and the like is mid or even arguably at an underperforming level. I've seen people say for years that the power of SEA streams isn't something to underestimate, and now we're seeing that firsthand. Hopefully it can remain stable there and simultaneously grow in these other markets that it has yet to hit with at that same level.

I'd also like to add that this time around, the song resonates to all walks of life. This is the first Gaga song in a while where I've seen a lot of POC jump on board especially since Bruno is asian and hispanic. 

14 minutes ago, Human Fly said:

If somebody else's single was performing this good, it would already be on its way to #1 on Pop radio. 

Yet DWAS Dropped to #20 on pop 

 

Its just %100 clear, they're not playing her music. Its simple as that. 

 

This song literally #1 everywhere since its released and radio barely touching it. 

Like wtf you need to play her music? Its #1. 

I believe it's #40 on the USA call-outs after debuting below that, for contrast taste debuted at #14. We can only hope it keeps growing so they don't just give up on it

 

Would you guys go see Joker 2 if Gaga wasn't in it? 

Sincere answer: most probably not. Maybe I would give in to group pressure if my usual marvel-obsessed friends insisted on going, but that's it

 

8 minutes ago, Freaky Prince said:

A cheque from her label 

 

11 minutes ago, Bad News said:

What's wrong with radio? I'm completely out of the loop.

 

 

3 minutes ago, Kimi said:

i don't think they expected such a smash, idk how a new single is gonna fit next to this behemoth. 

They can always fix this but they wont. 

 

I still remember Die For You, Flowers and Cruel Summer getting more than 700+ spins in a normal day. 
This is how you top the pop charts. 

 

DWAS barely got 70+ spins yesterday. If this song wont go #1 on Pop radio then none of her future releaes will. 

 

We said oh shallow isnt radio friendly thats why that #1 smash peaked at #19 on pop

 

We said oh rain on me is that pop smash but it didnt serve longevity thats why its peaked at #10 on pop

 

We said oh Bloody mary is that viral smash with longevity but it peaked at #10 on pop because it was a old deep cut. 

 

So whats the excuse for DWAS? 

3 minutes ago, Canonical Ensembl said:

POP: +84 / +0.151

HAC: +23 / -0.096

AC: +17 / +0.049

RHY: +1 / 0.000

UAC: 0 / -0.0xx

 

Stationary, which is a neutral sign.

See? 

This is the biggest song in the world. 

2 minutes ago, Mr. Stratus said:

I believe it's #40 on the USA call-outs after debuting below that, for contrast taste debuted at #14. We can only hope it keeps growing so they don't just give up on it

 

Callouts make no sense, its not like people even listen to radio. Its a made up metric with estimated audiences. 

You can easily get your song to #1 there as long as its worth payola.

 

You cant even say the song is terrible and noone wants to hear it while its currently #1 on spotify and apple music. 

 

Real metrics are apple music and spotify. 

Wait. Pop update is correct, but other formats look like they're not updated yet.  

 

Let's give it a few hours, but it will still be another slow day on radio anyway. 

If her most easily digestible song in forever, which also happens to be the most streamed song in the country, is performing poorly on radio, then there's zero hope for LG7

 

DWAS bombing on radio callouts (around last place with the Jimin song)  

Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 28.754 (+0.084)

 

Is it being pulled ?

The world needs to move on from radio. 

11 minutes ago, Human Fly said:

 

So whats the excuse for DWAS? 

B-but the song is like 14 minutes loonngg. 
 

Speaking for my radio DJ friends

Why do we even care about radio?

1 minute ago, Kanes said:

Why do we even care about radio?

bc it matters for the charts, even though most people with a pulse haven't listened to the radio in 15 years 

1 minute ago, perfillusion said:

Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 28.754 (+0.084)

 

Is it being pulled ?

It's getting traffic-jammed with other songs in the lower top 20, waiting for second instalment cheque to be put on rotations.

1 minute ago, Kanes said:

Why do we even care about radio?

cuz Billboard does

 

The call out 

7 minutes ago, Kanes said:

Why do we even care about radio?

Because it pays more than streaming.

A comment from Pulse

 

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Oh yeah and I should mention, the logjam at Hot AC is even worse. There isn't even anywhere to go over there because the entire top 5 is made up of all the songs that radio won't let go of, so there's nowhere for anything to go.
 

DWAS will be parking here for a while, I guess.