charts discussion Halsey - The Great Impersonator | Spotify Global: N/A

[aotearoa]

4.6M is crazy  what happened

[Lose My Breath]

2 hours ago, Lulento said:

It's a beautiful but a very heavy album... I played it once and got so overwhelmed with emotions. Couldn't even finish it in one listen. I will definitely go back to it, but I can't see myself listening to it every day, just because it makes me feel so sad

I did too, like it had me so emotional. 
 

I absolutely applaud her for making such a brilliant album and I can't wait to appropriately listen to it. 

[Europe]

1 hour ago, aotearoa said:

4.6M is crazy  what happened

She chose the worst songs from the album as pre-release singles. After listening to it 5 times in full there is no reason any of those songs should have been shown off in advance.

Now she has to live with the consequences of her decisions.

[Walk_Away21]

1 hour ago, wish said:

Deserved sooo much more.

I watched her career dissolve and it fascinated me.

 

Good riddance Ashley.

 

 

[fememeist]

Panic Attack was the only palatable song 

[uusagii]

I have literally never heard a single song of hers, but she was good in MaXXXine

[skeeyee]

It's a good album but very sad, and very heavy emotionally. There not really upbeat/boppy songs I can listen to on the day to day… 

IICHLIWP had both. But I understand with going through what she did, her music will reflect 

[Truth Teller]

9 hours ago, Nefertiti0 said:

Spotify : Day 1

1. Only Living Girl In LA	353 750
2. Ego	376 465
3. Dog Years	323 012
4. Letter To God (1974)	259 164
5. Panic Attack	643 903
6. The End	226 754
7. I Believe In Magic	239 984
8. Letter To God (1983)	210 856
9. Hometown	206 183
10. I Never Loved You	281 642
11. Darwinism	203 303
12. Lonely Is The Muse	235 945
13. Arsonist	204 383
14. Life Of The Spider (Draft)	176 747
15. Hurt Feelings	182 129
16. Lucky	207 601
17. Letter To God (1998)	157 772
18. The Great Impersonator	165 722
TOTAL	4 655 315

Ok this is bad

 

Especially the singles. Extremely low numbers and so on par with the album tracks around them, meaning that no one but her core fans was streaming them. It's fair to say she's done as a mainstream artist. 

 

I've always thought of her and Camila as exact peers, commercially. Crazy how similar this is to the XOXO performance. Difference is, I feel like Halsey can actually keep moving forward though in this new under-the-radar alt pop space she's occupying

[Nefertiti0]

28 minutes ago, Truth Teller said:

I've always thought of her and Camila as exact peers, commercially. Crazy how similar this is to the XOXO performance.

XOXO had no tracks under 200k, the least streamed tracks were 2 interludes with 255k

Edited October 27 by Nefertiti0

[Truth Teller]

6 minutes ago, Nefertiti0 said:

XOXO had no tracks under 200k, the last streamed tracks were 2 interludes with 255k

Well, Halsey also stayed above that mark for most of the album. C, XOXO was way shorter, with just 10 full songs so less people checked out. 

 

I'm sure it did marginally better overall but I think the performance is very similar overall

[Bethenny Frankel]

Ouch it's a shame because it's a good album, music not the bling

[Jude]

Welp. She's over.

[Bookmark99]

She did all that Halloween costuming for nothing lol

 

The album is VERY mid

[Souvenir]

expected, it's one of the worst albums. I dont care about lyrics the songs are unlistenable

[Infatuation_Junkie]

Arts not the charts. The album is hauntingly stunning. It's like reading her diary. 

[Katamari]

Atrl calling the acclaimed album mid is a choice 

[Nefertiti0]

Spotify Day 2: 2,862,197(-1,793 ,118) | -38,52%

Only Living Girl In LA	186 032	-167 718	-47,41%
Ego	249 909	-126 556	-33,62%
Dog Years	188 355	-134 657	-41,69%
Letter To God (1974)	139 737	-119 427	-46,08%
Panic Attack	358 263	-285 640	-44,36%
The End	137 417	-89 337	-39,40%
I Believe In Magic	138 157	-101 827	-42,43%
Letter To God (1983)	124 712	-86 144	-40,85%
Hometown	120 683	-85 500	-41,47%
I Never Loved You	189 122	-92 520	-32,85%
Darwinism	124 174	-79 129	-38,92%
Lonely Is The Muse	172 297	-63 648	-26,98%
Arsonist	133 266	-71 117	-34,80%
Life Of The Spider (Draft)	113 311	-63 436	-35,89%
Hurt Feelings	120 317	-61 812	-33,94%
Lucky	155 208	-52 393	-25,24%
Letter To God (1998)	103 056	-54 716	-34,68%
The Great Impersonator	108 181	-57 541	-34,72%

 

[fa77ot]

[wish]

3 hours ago, Nefertiti0 said:

 

Spotify Day 2: 2,862,197(-1,793 ,118) | -38,52%

 

Only Living Girl In LA	186 032	-167 718	-47,41%
Ego	249 909	-126 556	-33,62%
Dog Years	188 355	-134 657	-41,69%
Letter To God (1974)	139 737	-119 427	-46,08%
Panic Attack	358 263	-285 640	-44,36%
The End	137 417	-89 337	-39,40%
I Believe In Magic	138 157	-101 827	-42,43%
Letter To God (1983)	124 712	-86 144	-40,85%
Hometown	120 683	-85 500	-41,47%
I Never Loved You	189 122	-92 520	-32,85%
Darwinism	124 174	-79 129	-38,92%
Lonely Is The Muse	172 297	-63 648	-26,98%
Arsonist	133 266	-71 117	-34,80%
Life Of The Spider (Draft)	113 311	-63 436	-35,89%
Hurt Feelings	120 317	-61 812	-33,94%
Lucky	155 208	-52 393	-25,24%
Letter To God (1998)	103 056	-54 716	-34,68%
The Great Impersonator	108 181	-57 541	-34,72%

 

It's shocking how poorly Columbia has handled this era. Even with a less palatable album, she shouldn't be flopping this hard.

[popmusicisdead]

at least the promo this time was just a photoshoot and not a whole ass movie. no 25M loss for Columbia 

 

[Psycho]

Not this doing worse than Diamonds & Dancefloors...

 

 

[Sexyzinger]

22 hours ago, Walk_Away21 said:

I watched her career dissolve and it fascinated me.

 

Good riddance Ashley.

 

 

Have we checked on @Reverse Warholian 

[Anthinos]

That doesn't surprise me. Yes, the album has great lyrics and is emotional. But lyrics aren't everything. Sonically I find it very weak. Most of the instrumentals are quickly forgotten and overall I think the album is boring. She could have done more with it. The concept was interesting.

[prettyinpink940]

I was told she was bigger than Charli XCX? 

[Hot Volcano]

Wait, 4.6m was the unfiltered update?