13 minutes ago, airplane said:

it keeps dropping in streams. Todays update has a drop of half a million streams 

 

just normal in the first week. Especially when first days are huge huge. 

This is Rihanna first week with first single in 8 years

 

1- 7.6M

2 - 4.3M

3- 3.4M

 

7h day 3m

 

i don't know 7 consecutive days number one on global spotify don't seem like no hitmaking territory. 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 19, 20242 yr by vale9001

16 minutes ago, chosensparkles said:

Please this is miles better than MEH

No, it's not. Me at least has a proper melody. This song is just mumble nonsense 

15 minutes ago, airplane said:

 

This song is expected to do just 265 points which is a massive decline compared to her other songs. Mind you, this one has like 69 various versions to buy and stream but it’s not doing anything for her 

It really doesn’t matter. There is evidently no impact to her stardom, seeing that the song was likely going to launch straight to #2. And that’s without factoring in the physicals. She can’t beat the tiktok meme song with a nearly 50M+ radio audience advantage. I’m sure she and her label are fine with a #2.

 

What will y’all do if single 2 has more momentum and debuts at #1? Will y’all eat y’all words? 

17 minutes ago, suburbannature said:

Loverboy?

Ari won’t allow this to be her Glitter 

8 minutes ago, Badgalbriel said:

No, it's not. Me at least has a proper melody. This song is just mumble nonsense 

The reach in here. ME! is garbage, yes, and? has a strong verse melody. And the chorus is not bad as ME! and the bridge is also way better

her " hitmaker " hability was Scooter doing God's work she'll have some nice numbers with this song? she will. 

Focus and the DW singles before Side to Side also " bombed " until Scooter came back and suddently Ariana was everywhere again lol

The song just isn’t GP friendly.

 

The “why do you care whose dick I ride? Why?” Lyric alone prob killed its cover potential. Who’s going to want to sing that? 

Thank you for your question! Well, let’s look at the facts to find out.

Her last three singles:

•Save Your Tears (Remix): #1

•Die For You (Remix): #1

•yes, and?: #1 (estimated) 

Grande’s online store offered vinyls and CDs of the single. The first physical release of single sold out within minutes. The second release sold out as well. In addition, three different mixes of the song were able to top the chart on iTunes. The extended mix of the song topped the iTunes chart in over 70+ countries, surpassing the amount that thank u, next and positions had. If anything, this demonstrates the consumption and strength of her fan base has increased rather than decreased as you claimed.
 

The evidence provided does not support your argument at this time. Therefore, the answer to your question is no. This case is closed.

 

I love her but I want this song to flop into oblivion so that the album doesn’t sound like it 

5 minutes ago, Dr. Alexander said:

Thank you for your question! Well, let’s look at the facts to find out.

Her last three singles:

•Save Your Tears (Remix): #1

•Die For You (Remix): #1

•yes, and?: #1 (estimated) 

Grande’s online store offered vinyls and CDs of the single. The first physical release of single sold out within minutes. The second release sold out as well. In addition, three different mixes of the song were able to top the chart on iTunes. The extended mix of the song topped the iTunes chart in over 70+ countries, surpassing the amount that thank u, next and positions had. If anything, this demonstrates the consumption and strength of her fan base has increased rather than decreased as you claimed.
 

The evidence provided does not support your argument at this time. Therefore, the answer to your question is no. This case is closed.

 

Why is none of this being reflected in the sales or chart points? How did she go from 800 points to merely 265 (estimated)?

 

Even lift me up (which bombed hard) debuted with around 330 points.

 

I guess we’ll see when the official charts are out but for now, things aren’t looking good for Ms Grande.

Edited January 19, 20242 yr by airplane

I don't think so. However, she's obviously past her peak, and right now she's definetely underperforming for her standards.

Until 2019 Ariana had no #1 and no one cared, now y’all want her to have the biggest hit every time she drops. It’s unrealistic mind you the song is 1 on Spotify global but yeah since it’s not smashing like a viral song y’all are doing the most. Only ATRL would think like this. 

Just now, airplane said:

Why is none of this being reflected in the sales or chart points? How did she go from 800 points to merely 265 (estimated)?

 

Even lift me up (which bombed hard) debuted with around 330 points.

Hello,

 

I am glad to be of assistance. The report of total sales for Grande’s latest single has not been revealed. We should expect the numbers to be released on Monday. You can follow Billboard on Twitter for future updates.

 

Best,

 

Dr. Alexander

12 minutes ago, Dr. Alexander said:

Her last three singles:

•Save Your Tears (Remix): #1

•Die For You (Remix): #1

•yes, and?: #1 (estimated) 

Hopefully she can get The Weeknd to jump on version #15 to give the song some stability! 

Not the ME! revisionism to drag Ariana. Please, can’t we keep some things sacred 

2 minutes ago, kelsea said:

Hopefully she can get The Weeknd to jump on version #15 to give the song some stability! 

 

Threads like this confuse me because what? She literally just surpassed TUN with yes and? Becoming her third biggest streaming week ever, not to mention Yes and? Was her biggest debut on Spotify in her career.

 

she has 7 #1 singles, so what if she plays the game like every artist does to get her 8th #1 for this one. It’s a house song..

I am SCREAMING at the users above acting like ME!th is some superior, finely written, masterfully produced classic to one-up Yes, and? 

27 minutes ago, Dr. Alexander said:

Thank you for your question! Well, let’s look at the facts to find out.

Her last three singles:

•Save Your Tears (Remix): #1

•Die For You (Remix): #1

•yes, and?: #1 (estimated) 

Grande’s online store offered vinyls and CDs of the single. The first physical release of single sold out within minutes. The second release sold out as well. In addition, three different mixes of the song were able to top the chart on iTunes. The extended mix of the song topped the iTunes chart in over 70+ countries, surpassing the amount that thank u, next and positions had. If anything, this demonstrates the consumption and strength of her fan base has increased rather than decreased as you claimed.
 

The evidence provided does not support your argument at this time. Therefore, the answer to your question is no. This case is closed.

 

The deranged cult downvoting this.. Shameless!

Just now, wxvii said:

I am SCREAMING at the users above acting like ME!th is some superior, finely written, masterfully produced classic to one-up Yes, and? 

Like even I as a Swiftie know damn well it’s not true

I mean, did “You’re Losing Me (By Demand)” debut at No. 1? Of course, the Queen of Multiple Versions (beside Nicki Minaj) could’ve easily released several versions in order for it to go #1, but she didn’t. Every artist now a days rely on this tactic in some form, so trying to just bash one artist is hilarious to me. Taylor, Nicki, BTS benefit the most from this, but other artists such as SZA, Beyoncé, etc. have all benefited from this. So, making a thread to try and shade any artist who uses this tactic is laughable. 

She’s in her Folklore era. It’s all about art and acclaims 

 

She’ll have her MIDnight and repeak with ha next album. 
 

Edited January 19, 20242 yr by Kh-Loud

1 minute ago, Brikenbur said:

I mean, did “You’re Losing Me (By Demand)” debut at No. 1? Of course, the Queen of Multiple Versions (beside Nicki Minaj) could’ve easily released several versions in order for it to go #1, but she didn’t. Every artist now a days rely on this tactic in some form, so trying to just bash one artist is hilarious to me. Taylor, Nicki, BTS benefit the most from this, but other artists such as SZA, Beyoncé, etc. have all benefited from this. So, making a thread to try and shade any artist who uses this tactic is laughable. 

You're losing me was never even released as a single. Wtf 

None of her Max singles have ever been charts smashes... and this is a house song. 

 

You can't draw conclusions like this from just one single, but I'm sure you knew that before opening this thread. 

Edited January 19, 20242 yr by AMIT

I don't think anyone is debuting with that high over point anymore on billboard. The landscape has changed. Many artists including TS are releasing multiple album covers, singles (sped up, ect). It's just how it is now. To say it's only Ariana is crazy!