official chart H100: Flowers 8x #1, Players #9, Rock And a Hard Place #10

[BrokenMachine]

1 hour ago, Polgg48 said:

 

and a top 5

 

They should just stop releasing music, no one cares for their new music since 20 years ago, no matter how much performances/awards/gimmicks they do 

[TROJAN]

3 minutes ago, BrokenMachine said:

 

They should just stop releasing music, no one cares for their new music since 20 years ago, no matter how much performances/awards/gimmicks they do 

Their latest tour grossed $390M 

[PoisonedIvy]

35 minutes ago, Brando said:

Taylor's team could have complained. Lots of people here were picking up on it here too. 

Don’t worry I remember seeing it at the time too and, if I cared, I could probably find tweets with screenshots of it. 

[Andre2000]

30 minutes ago, WeFoundTrouble said:

Don’t worry I remember seeing it at the time too and, if I cared, I could probably find tweets with screenshots of it. 

I was a guest at the time and even I saw it

[Katy V.!]

Not people here trying to gaslight Swifties about the multiple versions  

[Michael196]

1 hour ago, Brando said:

Taylor's team could have complained. Lots of people here were picking up on it here too. 

 

1 hour ago, WeFoundTrouble said:

Don’t worry I remember seeing it at the time too and, if I cared, I could probably find tweets with screenshots of it. 

I got you!

btw essay is still there

 

https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-midnights-debut-number-one-billboard-200-albums-chart-1235163377/
 

Quote

Midnights arrived after months of pre-release promotion and pre-orders — and its sales figure is bolstered by an array of available versions and variants of the album. It is available to purchase in a standard digital album (both clean and explicit); a deluxe digital album (clean and explicit, each with seven additional songs); an iTunes-exclusive version with a bonus spoken word track (clean and explicit); four standard CD editions (each with a different cover, both clean and explicit); four vinyl LP editions (each with a different cover and colored vinyl); and a cassette tape. Target is also selling an exclusive “Lavender” edition of the album on CD and colored-vinyl LP, with the CD boasting three bonus tracks.

Plus, in the weeks leading up to release, Swift’s webstore sold pre-orders of signed copies of the four standard CD albums and the four standard vinyl LPs. Midnights is also available in deluxe boxed set with a CD edition of the album and a Swift-branded T-shirt, exclusively for Capital One cardholders.
 

Some superfans may have also been enticed to purchase all four variants of the album on either CD or vinyl, as the back covers of the four albums fit together like a puzzle to display a clock face (a literal reference to Midnights!). Swift shared the news through her social media in mid-September, saying: “If you put all the back covers together, she’s a clock. It’s a clock… It makes a clock.” (Swift’s official webstore sells hardware to hold the four CDs or the four vinyl LPs together as a wall clock.) The idea of assembling multiple versions of an album’s back cover (or cover) together to reveal a larger complete image isn’t unique to Swift, as other acts (frequently in the K-pop world) have employed a similar marketing idea.

It’s not unusual for many artists to offer variants of an album, from multiple color vinyl editions to collectible CD packages and beyond. Swift herself has rolled out albums in a similar fashion in the past — she had four different Target-exclusive variants for Lover in 2015. In 2022, acts ranging from Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ozzy Osbourne to BLACKPINK and Madonna have all leaned in to the practice of offering multiple iterations of a physical album where usually the only difference is in packaging or the color of a vinyl LP.

also… don’t waste your breathe and time on the maga stan…

 

[family.guy123]

Yeah hence I said 4/5 of its #1 weeks. I wasn’t disputing that it was never mentioned, but that it was mentioned week over week as the reason for it being atop.

[Brando]

17 minutes ago, Michael196 said:

 

I got you!

btw essay is still there

 

https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-midnights-debut-number-one-billboard-200-albums-chart-1235163377/
 

also… don’t waste your breathe and time on the maga stan…

 

Thanks!!
 

9 minutes ago, family.guy123 said:

Yeah hence I said 4/5 of its #1 weeks. I wasn’t disputing that it was never mentioned, but that it was mentioned week over week as the reason for it being atop.

Well, there u have in that quote them mentioning "clean & explicit" 4 times as if Taylor invented those "versions" just for the sake of selling more. And no, they don't need to spell out that those versions were fueling the numbers. Simply bringing it up does. Many atrl members were happy to extrapolate that. 

[Diet Pepsi]

Miley still top 5 while Plastic Hearts was #12 second week

[Katamari]

4 hours ago, Polgg48 said:

 

and a top 5

ou2h exists oh wow

[family.guy123]

3 hours ago, Brando said:

Thanks!!
 

Well, there u have in that quote them mentioning "clean & explicit" 4 times as if Taylor invented those "versions" just for the sake of selling more. And no, they don't need to spell out that those versions were fueling the numbers. Simply bringing it up does. Many atrl members were happy to extrapolate that. 

It’s like you WANT Taylor to be a victim of unfair treatment by billboard or something. Very odd behaviour

 

But anyway, I sincerely and wholeheartedly apologize for gaslighting you lmao 

[Isaiah]

7 hours ago, family.guy123 said:

So impressive. I really think she has what it takes inside her to beat Dangerous for AOTD

billboard really needs to crack down on SPS units for albums with 30+ tracks like Dangerous and Morgan's new one that has 36  at that point its just a glorified playlist (And before someone tries a "gotcha!" yes, that also includes Red TV) and its kinda unfair albums like Sour, Midnights standard, etc. have to "compete" with a third of the total tracks  imo they should cut it off at 25 or so at the most 

[besaid]

16 minutes ago, Isaiah said:

billboard really needs to crack down on SPS units for albums with 30+ tracks like Dangerous and Morgan's new one that has 36  at that point its just a glorified playlist (And before someone tries a "gotcha!" yes, that also includes Red TV) and its kinda unfair albums like Sour, Midnights standard, etc. have to "compete" with a third of the total tracks  imo they should cut it off at 25 or so at the most 

What? Billboard lets entire albums blow up the Hot 100 regularly. They're obviously not going to tell acts to limit the amount of tracks on an album or suffer some punishment on the charts. Lots of albums with 30 tracks are not charting on the bb200 right now - Morgan has demand and interest so he'd be top 10 with 20 or less anyway. What really helps dangerous is the fact it has like 10 country radio singles - something acts from Katy Perry to MJ have been doing to extend the life of albums for decades.

[BrokenMachine]

7 hours ago, TROJAN said:

Their latest tour grossed $390M 

They're amazing touring wise, but it doesn't translate to interest for their new albums, they always do huge promo for their new music and yet their public only cares about their past hits, which is not bad, but it tells the new music is lacking substance

[Brando]

18 hours ago, family.guy123 said:

It’s like you WANT Taylor to be a victim of unfair treatment by billboard or something. Very odd behaviour

 

But anyway, I sincerely and wholeheartedly apologize for gaslighting you lmao 

Well, it was oddly unfair treatment. Who asked them to list every single format that it was available on, and as if that wasn't enough they had to highlight the availability of both clean and explicit versions for each single one of them. They've never done it for anyone else. 

[anti-bitch]

10 hours ago, Isaiah said:

billboard really needs to crack down on SPS units for albums with 30+ tracks like Dangerous and Morgan's new one that has 36  at that point its just a glorified playlist (And before someone tries a "gotcha!" yes, that also includes Red TV) and its kinda unfair albums like Sour, Midnights standard, etc. have to "compete" with a third of the total tracks  imo they should cut it off at 25 or so at the most 

25 tracks would still be a double album's worth of music. 11 tracks used to be the industry standard. And I think for a reason because that about 45 minutes just feels right for total album length.

[family.guy123]

10 hours ago, BrokenMachine said:

They're amazing touring wise, but it doesn't translate to interest for their new albums, they always do huge promo for their new music and yet their public only cares about their past hits, which is not bad, but it tells the new music is lacking substance

The number one song in America is currently Flowers and album is Morgan Wallen…

[Renan90]

https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/miley-cyrus-flowers-eight-weeks-number-one-coi-leray-bailey-zimmerman-top-10-1235293127/

[Renan90]

[Green]

Morgan is #2 so that means SZA won't break Missy's record

[doonerr]

Taylor Swift fans never take a day off, huh?

 

OT: Good for Miley Cyrus

[UnusualBoy]

Flowers  , tied with DL & AH for the 2nd longest #1 female song of the decade so far. EOM did 10 weeks and I think AIWFCIY has 10 weeks too.

[Jaf207]

Where is a Rock And a Hard Place getting it’s streams from?

[Ivan_brit]

Flowers is that song

[Miley Cyrus]

Miley got her 8 weeks

10 weeks would be the cherry on top