artist stats Billboard: Selena Gomez's most streamed songs in the US

[Godly]

On 7/21/2022 at 4:40 PM, Marvin said:

Her top 4 being collabs 

Well she released said collabs just as streaming exploded so it's to be expected  kinda like how Ariana's best-selling songs are all the collabs from her first albums that were released at the tail end of the digital era

 

On 7/21/2022 at 4:50 PM, karl said:

honestly these numbers aren't that great considering she's probably the ex-disney act with the biggest star power 

How so? What these numbers tell us is that Selena should have 13 songs eligible for at least 4x Platinum, with 7-8 of these being 5x Platinum or higher, give or take some wrong estimations. When we compare her to her Disney peers, we have:

• Give Your Heart a Break
• Heart Attack
• Sorry Not Sorry

as the only Demi songs to move 4M+ units in the U.S.;

• See You Again (?)
• 7 Things (?)
• The Climb
• Party in the U.S.A.
• We Can't Stop
• Wrecking Ball
• 23

as the only Miley songs to move 4M+ units in the U.S.

 

I'm just assuming See You Again & 7 Things have sold that much since I couldn't find any actual data to back it up, but even counting those, Miley and Demi put together still don't reach Selena's amount. Granted Miley obviously has the biggest hits of the bunch, but Selena stands out as the most consistently successful and it's not particularly close 

[Thiago]

2 hours ago, Godly said:

Well she released said collabs just as streaming exploded so it's to be expected  kinda like how Ariana's best-selling songs are all the collabs from her first albums that were released at the tail end of the digital era

 

How so? What these numbers tell us is that Selena should have 13 songs eligible for at least 4x Platinum, with 7-8 of these being 5x Platinum or higher, give or take some wrong estimations. When we compare her to her Disney peers, we have:

• Give Your Heart a Break
• Heart Attack
• Sorry Not Sorry

as the only Demi songs to move 4M+ units in the U.S.;

• See You Again (?)
• 7 Things (?)
• The Climb
• Party in the U.S.A.
• We Can't Stop
• Wrecking Ball
• 23

as the only Miley songs to move 4M+ units in the U.S.

 

I'm just assuming See You Again & 7 Things have sold that much since I couldn't find any actual data to back it up, but even counting those, Miley and Demi put together still don't reach Selena's amount. Granted Miley obviously has the biggest hits of the bunch, but Selena stands out as the most consistently successful and it's not particularly close 

Miley obviously has the biggest peaks in terms of performance, her hits are really smash. Selena has the greatest stability, she has hits in all eras and every year she achieves something new. Demi is...demi

[KKCuteCat]

On 7/21/2022 at 10:47 PM, selena_lavigne said:

all of her top 10 biggest songs have more streams than there are people in the United States 

how are these numbers not impressive?

It's actually a weird way to address her accomplishment   

 

Music wide, she has never been that it girl tho. I mean she's always one of the biggest celebrity out there but as a musician, she barely made any impact on charts or pop culture. 

[KKCuteCat]

12 hours ago, Godly said:

Well she released said collabs just as streaming exploded so it's to be expected  kinda like how Ariana's best-selling songs are all the collabs from her first albums that were released at the tail end of the digital era

 

Ariana's biggest hits are 7 rings and Thank You, Next which are both solo hits tho. She ended up being the biggest out of the four ex-acts

[Godly]

6 minutes ago, KKCuteCat said:

Ariana's biggest hits are 7 rings and Thank You, Next which are both solo hits tho. She ended up being the biggest out of the four ex-acts

That's the point, the further into the 2010s you released a single the higher its streams & lower its sales will be, and viceversa. Hence why, despite those two being her biggest overall, her best-selling songs in the U.S. are, according to Billboard:

1. Problem (with Iggy Azalea)
2. Bang Bang (with Jessie J & Nicki Minaj)
3. The Way (with Mac Miller)
4. Break Free (with Zedd)
5. Love Me Harder (with The Weeknd)
6. Side to Side (with Nicki Minaj)

[KKCuteCat]

1 hour ago, Godly said:

That's the point, the further into the 2010s you released a single the higher its streams & lower its sales will be, and viceversa. Hence why, despite those two being her biggest overall, her best-selling songs in the U.S. are, according to Billboard:

1. Problem (with Iggy Azalea)
2. Bang Bang (with Jessie J & Nicki Minaj)
3. The Way (with Mac Miller)
4. Break Free (with Zedd)
5. Love Me Harder (with The Weeknd)
6. Side to Side (with Nicki Minaj)

Well, but Lose you to love me was one of her latest songs tho. 

 

And 7 ring is Ariana biggest hit, not just biggest streaming hit. 

[ariananext]

2 hours ago, Godly said:

That's the point, the further into the 2010s you released a single the higher its streams & lower its sales will be, and viceversa. Hence why, despite those two being her biggest overall, her best-selling songs in the U.S. are, according to Billboard:

1. Problem (with Iggy Azalea)
2. Bang Bang (with Jessie J & Nicki Minaj)
3. The Way (with Mac Miller)
4. Break Free (with Zedd)
5. Love Me Harder (with The Weeknd)
6. Side to Side (with Nicki Minaj)

I don't know what Ariana has to do with it, but this isn't the best example, Ariana had barely 2 years in the digital era, so it's pretty obvious her biggest selling singles come from that short period of time, on the other hand Selena has released 2 albums (including her US peak album), an EP and countless stand alone singles since 2015, the start of streaming era.

 

Streaming has been growing and growing, but it's been relevant since 2015, in fact Ariana's biggest selling singles from 2014 were also streaming hits, Bang Bang has over 800M on demand US streams, Problem has over 650M, Break Free, One Last Time and Love Me Harder over 500M, not to mention the global streams which are absolutely huge. Your point would make sense if the streaming era started declining after 2018 and Selena stopped releasing, and if Ariana's aforementioned hits weren't streaming hits on top of being digital hits, but these things didn't happen.