charts discussion Billboard: "Lift Me Up" 27k sales in 3 days; 15 million on-demand streams

[Green]

Wow so it could have a chance for #1.

 

https://twitter.com/talkofthecharts/status/1587915340733812737

[X~MoviePoP]

Taylor will still get #1

[argos]

Are those sales coming from the black market or something?  because that really doesn’t line up with the data from iTunes 

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Green said:

Wow so it could have a chance for #1.

 

https://twitter.com/talkofthecharts/status/1587915340733812737

Not one of the tweet replies saying “Super Granny teas”  

[rihannafan]

Just now, argos said:

Are those sales coming from the black market or something?  because that really doesn’t line up with the data from iTunes 

People will really deny facts when it comes to this song lmao. I don't love it either but others might, questionable online data isn't everything. 

[istan4badgalriri]

Interesting 

[rihannaswag]

[RihFenty20]

The meltdowns when she claims the top spot on Monday  

[Green]

If Hold Me Closer sold 48k it's not that weird that Rihanna's song could sell 50k. Her team added website sales today

[BajanBeauty]

Hope she takes the top spot just so ATRL can implode. 
 

Too many users are pressed over a damn soundtrack song. 

[simmnfierzig]

4 minutes ago, rihannafan said:

People will really deny facts when it comes to this song lmao. I don't love it either but others might, questionable online data isn't everything. 

People are just confused.

Everyone is very surprised at that sales number.

iTunes is where almost all sales happen and it wasnt #1 there... And sold 16k first day. More than most sales #1s sell for a full week currently

 

But of course the number is accurate. I know that. Still dont understand it

Edited November 2, 2022 by simmnfierzig

[Guest]

1 minute ago, BajanBeauty said:

Hope she takes the top spot just so ATRL can implode. 
 

Too many users are pressed over a damn soundtrack song. 

This!

[The Music Industry]

The song didn't do that well on iTunes, tho. Is it on her web store or something?

[Guest]

If she takes #1, ATRL’s servers will COLLAPSE

[Green]

30 minutes ago, simmnfierzig said:

People are just confused.

Everyone is very surprised at that sales number.

iTunes is where almost all sales happen and it wasnt #1 there... And sold 16k first day. More than most sales #1s sell for a full week currently

 

But of course the number is accurate. I know that. Still dont understand it

 

Because that BTS member was #1 on itunes and we know they are an special case. That doesn't mean Rihanna's song didn't have big sales

[NumbSoul]

Anti-Hero will still probably be #1, but it's funny how this is actually doing some cute numbers while this forum is labeling it as some sort of bomb  

[Bosque]

[ninasayers]

That #1 looks more and more feasible. 

[Starchild]

I'm gonna go ahead and pretend this song doesn't exist, that they didn't use what was supposed to be a tribute to an amazing actor as a cash grab and wait for that lead.

 

stans need to take off the goggles sometimes damn, especially those annoying ones that attack other girls 24/7 for the same **** 

[Machete]

The label buying sales could not be more obvious 

Spent like 3 days #1 on iTunes (and those days were NOT even its debut day) and is already down to #3 but we supposed to believe its sold 27K so far legitimately? 

[Bosque]

I just don't understand who's pushing this, there's no way Rihanna cares about charts this much, and her label has never been this desperate before. So I have to assume that's it's Disney who's dying for this to chart high? It looks really desperate 

[Trainwreck]

It doesn't add up AT ALL, hasn't that bts member song been blocking her from reaching #1 on iTunes the entire week? Where do so many of these sales come from? Her website? Impressive if so, but it's just TOO WEIRD to be believable 

Edited November 2, 2022 by Trainwreck

[ninasayers]

6 minutes ago, Machete said:

The label buying sales could not be more obvious 

Spent like 3 days #1 on iTunes (and those days were NOT even its debut day) and is already down to #3 but we supposed to believe its sold 27K so far legitimately? 

Already coming up with the conspiracy theories.  

 

3 minutes ago, Dephira said:

I just don't understand who's pushing this, there's no way Rihanna cares about charts this much, and her label has never been this desperate before. So I have to assume that's it's Disney who's dying for this to chart high? It looks really desperate 

It's only logical that this is all Disney's doings. She's never pushed a single this hard.

Edited November 2, 2022 by ninasayers

[istan4badgalriri]

 

12 minutes ago, The Music Industry said:

The song didn't do that well on iTunes, tho. Is it on her web store or something?

It was blocked at #2 by a BTS member's song which got mass-bought on its first day, then hit #1 the next day and stayed there for 4 days. It's only available on her web store since today

[Swirl900]

This goes beyond payola to fraud. The checks to radio and now to sales coming out of nowhere? Disney is beyond shameless. I don't blame Rihanna for this