base talk Smile more daily streams than Chromatica on Spotify. Did talent win?

[Witnessed ET]

Wait…

even with the Ariana and Blackpink features? Wasnt Rain on me a hit of some kind? 
 

Smile is a solo album mind you…this is kinda embarrassing for gaga ngl 

[starataneori]

Harleys in Hawaii really is that song!

[Assassin]

1 hour ago, Natawie said:

September 21 on Spotify:

 

Smile 707k

 

Chromatica 684k

 

 

In 2020 Smile was undeniably less popular than Chromatica that had a large Billboard debut, number 1 and top 5 singles where as Smile was more of a lowkey era with a modest launch. But as of today Smile seems to have won the long game as it receives more streams than Chromatica on Spotify. Did talent win?

 

 

 

What's the source for that chart? I wanna see what some other albums are doing.

[Hot Volcano]

1 hour ago, GoodGuyGoneGhetto said:

Considering “Chromatica” had “Rain On Me”, this is high-key embarrassing. 
 

They shouldn’t even be in competition and yet…

 

 

47 minutes ago, americanlife said:

Time is the ultimate truth teller. Smile aged better.

 

46 minutes ago, DoubleRainbow! said:

That’s honestly embarrassing considering one album has Ariana Grande, Elton John and BLACKPINK collabs 

 

2 minutes ago, Witnessed ET said:

Wait…

even with the Ariana and Blackpink features? Wasnt Rain on me a hit of some kind? 
 

Smile is a solo album mind you…this is kinda embarrassing for gaga ngl 

Harley's in Hawaii going viral on TikTok yet again, does not mean that suddenly Smile is a bigger era than Chromatica

 

US

1.4m Chromatica

0.4m Smile

[Mr. Stratus]

1 hour ago, GoodGuyGoneGhetto said:

Considering “Chromatica” had “Rain On Me”, this is high-key embarrassing. 
 

They shouldn’t even be in competition and yet…

 

They shouldn’t. It’s correct, the promo excuse from monsters is also lame.

 

Chromatica is very much Gaga’s ‘witness’ 2 collabs ( all of witness was collab on TTH) 3 minute made for streaming tracks etc. it’s just no one is buying 2010s euro tea in streaming era from 30+ year old women - it ages like MILK. Smile isn’t dance and Harley’s is viral. 

 

Rena is successful cause of its contemporary execution - but even I believe it will also have a stream dip in a couple years.

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Edited September 23, 2023 by Mr. Stratus

[KatyPrismSpirit]

katycats won the war period

[Zoomer]

The only listenable song on chromatica is ROM and it features a big artist, there’s only so much one song can do. The rest is utter generic dogshit.

I truly hope Gaga never works with those producers and writers ever again. That **** was BAD bad and cringeworthy af. It deserves to be outperformed.

[Natawie]

1 minute ago, Devin said:

Your also saying it took 3 years for Smile to catch up to Chromatica. 

Gaga won the battle but lost the war against Katy. We're aiming for longevity now. 

 

 

[Kuntmonster]

No, didn’t Chromatica outsell smile around 10 times over?

[Solaria]

Katycats really need something desperate to hang onto considering they know Katy doesn’t give a crap about her music career anymore and that KP6 is never coming while Gaga is thriving in Vegas and has a new blockbuster movie coming out next year

[Infatuation_Junkie]

No. Talent lost. 

[lonnie]

This site truly is a place suspended in some kind of time capsule. The same arguments and fights for 10+ years so that if someone logged off ten years ago and then logged on today and finds the same mess going is crazy

[Gagaqueen]

Gaga won the war outsold Katy Perry with tours, reaidency  albums  …… 

 

[Movimento Perpétuo]

She already said she will always rise at the end

 

 

 

[jqnetto]

the solo album did that

[Devin]

7 minutes ago, Natawie said:

Gaga won the battle but lost the war against Katy. We're aiming for longevity now. 

 

 

 

lemme stream Tucked the hit that got away 

[Abracadabra]

1 hour ago, perpetual novice said:

nobody has bumped a new katy perry or lady gaga song to their friends in over a decade i think the girlies on this website need to move ON from the commercial aspect of discussing this era of artists  and i say this as someone who loved both of their music 

 

Shallow came out not even four years ago yet and it's one of the best selling singles of all time, she had the second best selling female album of the year four years ago, and she had an album track with over a billion streams so maybe you should have thought this post through a bit more

[KMO]

40 minutes ago, Illuminati said:

That's kinda embarrassing that even with the viral tiktok impact Smile is just barely above

I’d expect a number one album with a number one single featuring a streaming powerhouse and a top-five lead single to be outpacing an album that has none of the above by a mile, but maybe that’s just me!

Edited September 23, 2023 by KMO

[Taemira]

NRO alone is better than the entirety of Chromatica, so I'm not really surprised.

[Natawie]

15 minutes ago, Assassin said:

What's the source for that chart? I wanna see what some other albums are doing.

ChartMasters

[Into The Void]

I'm surprised ROM isn't doing better

Edited September 23, 2023 by Insanity

[HappierJealousy]

For your consideration, these are other 2020 MPG albums daily streams:

 

Folklore: 9.3 M
Future Nostalgia: 5.1 M
Evermore: 4.6 M
Plastic hearts : 2.1 M
Positions: 2 M
The album : 1.8 M
Rare : 1.4 M 

 

These two can’t outstream Rare even when they combine, but congrats to both I guess 

[Illuminati]

1 minute ago, KMO said:

I’d expect a number one single with a streaming powerhouse and a top-5 lead single to be outpacing an album that has none of the above by a mile, but maybe that’s just me!

The daily numbers here aren't broken down by the singles, but the two songs you mentioned have more total streams than the entire Smile album, so the expectations were met.

[magazine]

Katycats always do this to themselves 

[Assassin]

5 minutes ago, Natawie said:

ChartMasters

thanks babes.