single Elton John & Britney Spears - "Hold Me Closer"

[HIAM]

6 minutes ago, °ColdFire° said:

Hold Me Closer back to #3 on US iTunes! 

She doesnt wanna free fall. Yaaas

[Breathe On Moi]

Feels like we’re stabilizing 

[hector.adriel]

The #s today give us promise regarding the stability of HMC. I’m happy to see it doing so well. This may end up being a mid-sized Top 10 hit, so so happy to see it

[Erreur2 La Nature]

This is the second prediction putting HMC at #21 I think

 

 

 

[Brishka]

5 minutes ago, Erreur2 La Nature said:

This is the second prediction putting HMC at #21 I think

 

 

 

Didn't he severely underestimate HMC during its debut week? 

I hope it will stay within the top 20 because it is likely to rise during its third week if radio updates and streams remain stable.    

[znake]

 This song deserves promo and live performance 

[Erreur2 La Nature]

52 minutes ago, Brishka said:

Didn't he severely underestimate HMC during its debut week? 

I hope it will stay within the top 20 because it is likely to rise during its third week if radio updates and streams remain stable.    

Yep but from what I have seen, one other prediction was putting HMC at #21 too and a third one at #19. It will probably be between #19 and #21. Hope it's 20 at worse lol

[Ghiles]

Week 2

Belgium (Flanders) — #7 (-2)

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) — #22 (+8)

[Green]

3 hours ago, Brishka said:

I get it, but Katy, for instance, has 6 #1s on the US radio despite being a pop singer.  

 

 

Because Katy had success on the Adult Pop and Adult Contemporary charts (just like Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift, Adele, etc)

 

Adult pop radio formats never has supported Britney. In fact her highest charting hit there is Hold Me Closer (thanks to Elton John mostly)

 

https://www.billboard.com/artist/britney-spears/chart-history/atf/

 

 

Compare with the other pop girls:

 

https://www.billboard.com/artist/katy-perry/chart-history/atf/

 

https://www.billboard.com/artist/dua-lipa/chart-history/atf/

 

https://www.billboard.com/artist/taylor-swift/chart-history/atf/

 

https://www.billboard.com/artist/adele/chart-history/atf/

 

 

[Ivan_brit]

Most requested Live helped  today radio update was good

 

HMC will end up as a radio hit … trust me

 

 

I need a music video… wondering if she filmed something Since she is already in Hawaii 

[Eternium]

2 hours ago, Brishka said:

The U.S. radio really hates Britney for some reason. It's such a shame that Britney's US radio peaks are so poor. It's probably her weakest point in terms of chart stats. She doesn't have a single #1 radio song (even a single #3 radio song). Her highest-peaking radio hit is TTWE (#4). 

Till The World Ends - #4 
Scream & Shout - #5
Hold It Against Me - #5 
Womanizer - #6 
Circus - #7
 

This is our best shot ever at a top 3 on radio. We can NOT stop fighting.

 

2 hours ago, Alexz said:

Wasn't I Wanna Go her biggest radio hit? And You Drive Me Crazy?

Only on Pop. She never promoted her music to Hot Adult Contemporary because she was too polarizing. She was doing great with crossing over to Rhythmic but then the radio ban happened.

1 hour ago, Pop pop123 said:

Zero cross over appeal. She was #1 on pop many times. Can Britney make something like Touch My Body or We Belong Together that are multi format smashes? I don’t think so.

It’s less about having cross-over appeal and more about having a label that pushes songs. Hot Adult Contemporary (and country) is just pop songs without urban leanings. Rhythmic is for pop songs with urban leanings. She could get play on either sets of stations with a decent team.

1 hour ago, Brishka said:

I get it, but Katy, for instance, has 6 #1s on the US radio despite being a pop singer.  

 

Hot Adult Contemporary and Adult Contemporary are the two formats that Britney still needs to conquer. And this song is her best chance - it has zero urban influences and Elton has a huge footing there (he’s #1 on AC with Cold Heart). 

[Ghiles]

TTH will update in less than 10 hours so stream a lot from the playlist

[Alexz]

Just play the song whenever you're in public or volume up while driving. Shazam is the new radio.

[Rev8]

1 hour ago, Green said:

 

Because Katy had success on the Adult Pop and Adult Contemporary charts (just like Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift, Adele, etc)

 

Adult pop radio formats never has supported Britney. In fact her highest charting hit there is Hold Me Closer (thanks to Elton John mostly)

 

https://www.billboard.com/artist/britney-spears/chart-history/atf/

 

 

Compare with the other pop girls:

 

https://www.billboard.com/artist/katy-perry/chart-history/atf/

 

https://www.billboard.com/artist/dua-lipa/chart-history/atf/

 

https://www.billboard.com/artist/taylor-swift/chart-history/atf/

 

https://www.billboard.com/artist/adele/chart-history/atf/

 

 

Shocked for some of them

[Erreur2 La Nature]

Slightly off topic but Brit  is apparently part of « The Idol » and could have a collab with The Weekend : 

 

[slw84]

It should return to 2 on itunes in the oncoming days. 

It seemed to do enough to keep the #1 sales for a 2nd week in a row but we shall see...

[nathanspears]

37 minutes ago, Erreur2 La Nature said:

Slightly off topic but Brit  is apparently part of « The Idol » and could have a collab with The Weekend : 

 

I'm not going to get excited until there's something a bit more concrete.

 

OT: Keep streaming, today's numbers look very promising. Actually kind of shocked she's managed to creep up iTunes again

[Eternium]

You ladies ready to have a buying party next Friday? I’m not sure that I necessarily believe it - I think it’s pretty clear this week was Nicki’s attempt for a big boost and next week is Britney’s & Elton’s. But the dates are what I’m expecting.

[nathanspears]

2 minutes ago, Eternium said:

You ladies ready to have a buying party next Friday? I’m not sure that I necessarily believe it - I think it’s pretty clear this week was Nicki’s attempt for a big boost and next week is Britney’s & Elton’s. But the dates are what I’m expecting.

I'd be happy with this

 

Radio should hopefully have good numbers and recovered from the rolling effect by then. Double the sales, more streams with the music video, let's DO THIS

 

[Breathe On Moi]

43 minutes ago, Erreur2 La Nature said:

Slightly off topic but Brit  is apparently part of « The Idol » and could have a collab with The Weekend : 

 

I just know this will come to slap us in our faces unexpectedly  Queen has been busy and this is the one thing I don’t doubt will come. Didn’t The Weeknd post about it himself? Idk when the show is coming, but there’s no denying this.

 

OT: Can’t wait for the extended mix and video 

[nathanspears]

4 minutes ago, Breathe On Moi said:

I just know this will come to slap us in our faces unexpectedly  Queen has been busy and this is the one thing I don’t doubt will come. Didn’t The Weeknd post about it himself? Idk when the show is coming, but there’s no denying this.

 

OT: Can’t wait for the extended mix and video 

Apparently November according to Wikipedia. Should we thread it?

 

OT: Interested to see if they release some official remixes. I hate listening to remixes, they all sound boring and the same to me but I'll give them a buy.

[Erreur2 La Nature]

This guy predicted we would debut at 6 last week. He is saying 20 for the second week. 
 

 

[Ghiles]

How come the song debuted on the Hot AC and AC surveys but not Top 40?

 

Edited September 11, 2022 by Ghiles

[nathanspears]

Part of me does believe something was meant to come this week. The website where I found the Extended and Acapella versions usually gets updated very last minute.

[Ivan_brit]

2 hours ago, Erreur2 La Nature said:

Slightly off topic but Brit  is apparently part of « The Idol » and could have a collab with The Weekend : 

 

i Hope this is true