SignificantOther Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Day 773 on Spotify: As it was 3,145,580 Blinding lights 1,778,984 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naval23 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Yes. The fact it was released almost a year prior to "Flowers" and ended up being ahead in daily streams 9 months after "Flowers" says so much about its longevity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheers Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Melon South Korea As It Was - #677 LOCAL! 1 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SignificantOther Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 3 minutes ago, naval23 said: Yes. The fact it was released almost a year prior to "Flowers" and ended up being ahead in daily streams 9 months after "Flowers" says so much about its longevity It's going to be ahead of Beautiful Things soon enough at this rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalli Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 unfortunately, yes 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papi Juancho Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 No. "Streaming" is not reduced to 1 platform 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SignificantOther Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 1 minute ago, Papi Juancho said: No. "Streaming" is not reduced to 1 platform Spotify is the biggest platform though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintlor Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) 8 minutes ago, SignificantOther said: Spotify is the biggest platform though. Despacito has 8.4b youtube views and 1.7b spotify streams If the song was English people would regard it as bigger than As It Was Edited May 12 by Saintlor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SignificantOther Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 Just now, Saintlor said: Despacito has 8.4b youtube views and 1.7b spotify streams If the song was English people would regard it as bigger than As It Was Youtube is dead though. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Blinding Lights is still the biggest global hit of the decade. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badgalbriel Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 It's definitely up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintlor Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) 2 minutes ago, SignificantOther said: Youtube is dead though. So if Spotify dies one day does that mean As It Was is no longer a successful hit? Edited May 12 by Saintlor 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storminthedark Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 an eternal smash hit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SignificantOther Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 1 minute ago, Hector said: Blinding Lights is still the biggest global hit of the decade. At current rates it will take As it was about 3 years to surpass it on Spotify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airplane Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 4 minutes ago, SignificantOther said: Youtube is dead though. dead for English artists maybe 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SignificantOther Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 2 minutes ago, Saintlor said: So if Spotify dies one day does that mean As It Was is no longer a successful hit? No, but it would be unfair to compare its performance to new songs starting on Spotify as a dead platform. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintlor Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) 2 minutes ago, SignificantOther said: No, but it would be unfair to compare its performance to new songs starting on Spotify as a dead platform. This makes no sense. Just because YouTube doesn't hold the same power it did years ago, it doesn't diminish the fact that Despacito has 8.4b streams on there. You're being obtuse just because you want Harry Styles to hold the title of having the biggest streaming hit Is Thriller not a mammoth album just because people don't sell pure album sales anymore? By your analogy, Justin Bieber's Justice album is bigger than Thriller because it's bigger on Spotify and because pure sales are dead Edited May 12 by Saintlor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SignificantOther Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 9 minutes ago, Saintlor said: This makes no sense. Just because YouTube doesn't hold the same power it did years ago, it doesn't diminish the fact that Despacito has 8.4b streams on there. You're being obtuse just because you want Harry Styles to hold the title of having the biggest streaming hit Is Thriller not a mammoth album just because people don't sell pure album sales anymore? By your analogy, Justin Bieber's Justice album is bigger than Thriller because it's bigger on Spotify and because pure sales are dead I didn't ask if it was the biggest song ever though but only the biggest streaming hit ever. I'd say Justice is definitely a bigger streaming album than Thriller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintlor Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) 5 minutes ago, SignificantOther said: I didn't ask if it was the biggest song ever though but only the biggest streaming hit ever. I'd say Justice is definitely a bigger streaming album than Thriller. But the idea of my post is that you're discrediting a whole 8.4 billion streams just based on "because youtube isn't as popular as it was before" and that's your reasoning for why As It Was is a bigger streaming hit... Not to mention Blinding Lights resides as the most streamed song on Spotify. Although you say As It Was may overtake it in 3 years, you don't know what can happen in 3 years. You are discrediting people's success just because you prefer Harry Styles Edited May 12 by Saintlor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasso Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 i don't know if it's the biggest streaming hit ever, but it's frankly shocking to me just how often i still hear it being played in stores and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Than A Melody Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 3 minutes ago, Saintlor said: This makes no sense. Just because YouTube doesn't hold the same power it did years ago, it doesn't diminish the fact that Despacito has 8.4b streams on there. You're being obtuse just because you want Harry Styles to hold the title of having the biggest streaming hit Is Thriller not a mammoth album just because people don't sell pure album sales anymore? By your analogy, Justin Bieber's Justice album is bigger than Thriller because it's bigger on Spotify and because pure sales are dead You make no sense. YouTube was never a major streaming platform. It doesn't make a dent in any decent chart worldwide. Nobody goes #1 on any official chart because they have a lot of YouTube views. In fact, Despacito went #1 in the US because of Justin Bieber's remix, which doesn't have an official music video. The original version didn't chart in the US at all. This is Luis Fonsi's entire Billboard chart history: Despacito is a huge streaming hit because it has 1.7 billion Spotify streams. Not because of YouTube. We can argue if it's fair or unfair, but that's how it works. YouTube, despite being a major platform for streaming music, was never taken seriously as such and never impacted charts majorly. If a song is big on Spotify, it's likely it'll chart. Also, As It Was isn't just big on Spotify. We just can't know other platform's stats, but If it becomes the biggest song on Spotify, then it's the biggest hit of the streaming era, considering it was also #1 for 15 weeks in the US, 10 weeks in the UK, and also a ton of weeks in Canada, Australia, and a ton of other countries. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintlor Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) 1 minute ago, More Than A Melody said: If it becomes the biggest song on Spotify, then it's the biggest hit of the streaming era, considering it was also #1 for 15 weeks in the US, 10 weeks in the UK, and also a ton of weeks in Canada, Australia, and a ton of other countries. But it's not and it's over a billion streams behind the most streamed song on Spotify Edited May 12 by Saintlor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintlor Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) 4 minutes ago, More Than A Melody said: You make no sense. YouTube was never a major streaming platform. It doesn't make a dent in any decent chart worldwide. Nobody goes #1 on any official chart because they have a lot of YouTube views. In fact, Despacito went #1 in the US because of Justin Bieber's remix, which doesn't have an official music video. The original version didn't chart in the US at all. This is Luis Fonsi's entire Billboard chart history: We can argue if it's fair or unfair, but that's how it works. YouTube, despite being a major platform for streaming music, was never taken seriously as such and never impacted charts majorly. The title of the thread is Is As It Was the biggest streaming hit? YouTube is a streaming platform. YouTube not having impact on the billboard charts doesn't mean it's not a streaming platform. Edited May 12 by Saintlor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Than A Melody Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 1 minute ago, Saintlor said: But it's not and it's over a billion streams behind the most streamed song on Spotify And it's almost doubling its streams daily 89 5 Blinding Lights The Weeknd 1 94 1626 1,735,026 24 5 As It Was Harry Styles 1 29 773 3,145,580 Less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Than A Melody Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Just now, Saintlor said: The title of the thread is Is As It Was the biggest streaming hit? YouTube is a streaming platform. YouTube not having impact on the billboard charts doesn't mean it's not a streaming platform. In order to be a hit, you have to have an impact on the charts. Dusk Till Dawn has 2.1 billion streams but it's not a bigger hit than Pillowtalk. Nice try tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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