3 hours ago, DaphneGuinness said:

Posting some objective stats for reference 

 

Spotify 

 

Cuff It: 929M streams in 3 years

Abracadabra: 628M streams in 10 months 

 

YouTube Music

 

Cuff It: 196M plays in 3 years

Abracadabra: 379M plays in 10 months 

 

2 hours ago, FrederickGa said:

Some Songs without Music Video in YT Music

 

Cruel Summer: 594M

Bloody Mary: 518M

How do you check totals streams of a song on youtube music? That chart.youtube.com site doesn't show total streams. 

Abracadabra felt like a bigger hit

 

But Cuff It is just *chef's kiss*

I mean Abracadabra is cute but Cuff It is absolutely GORGEOUS 

8 minutes ago, Robyn. said:

It does mean that Gaga, once again, doesn't have any longevity.

? Abra is still doing 1M+.  Can someone show how long Cuff it/Abra did above 1M daily? Abra has been doing 1M+ daily basically this entire year. Again. Abra smashed from day 1 , while cuff it was lingering on lower positions until it took off etc. the two songs had different trajectories and that's okay, they are both hits   Your favs Rih and Brit have no hits nowadays cuz they are both retired

1 minute ago, Calvin said:

 

How do you check totals streams of a song on youtube music? That chart.youtube.com site doesn't show total streams. 

Youtube Music App or this link

YouTube Music

13 minutes ago, Robyn. said:

It does mean that Gaga, once again, doesn't have any longevity.

2022 Songs comparison

 

Hold My Hand - 173.2k

Cuff It - 173k

Lift Me Up - 110k

Break My Soul - 85k

 

looks like GAGA has better Global Longevity 

 

1 hour ago, alien superstore said:

With Abracadabra being nine months old, in November 2025, it is receiving;

• 8,553,623 GLOBAL DAILY SPOTIFY STREAMS*
• 1,010,845 US DAILY SPOTIFY STREAMS*

When Cuff It was nine months old, in May 2023, it was receiving;

• 9,135,599 GLOBAL DAILY SPOTIFY STREAMS*
• 2,121,774 US DAILY SPOTIFY STREAMS*

Was Cuff it really doing 9 million daily streams globally after 9 months of release? 

2 minutes ago, Calvin said:

Was Cuff it really doing 9 million daily streams globally after 9 months of release? 

Yes. I literally linked the source haha

Both embarrassing bad but Gaga sound extremely dated in comparison 

6 minutes ago, FrederickGa said:

Youtube Music App or this link

YouTube Music

Thanks. 
That total plays count includes music video views too, right? 

8 minutes ago, alien superstore said:

Yes. I literally linked the source haha

That's weekly streams, not daily streams 

Edited November 14, 2025Nov 14 by Calvin

Let's be real though, Cuff It took off without a music video or any promotion. Beyonce is her own worst enemy at times!

4 minutes ago, Calvin said:

Thanks. 
That total plays count includes music video views too, right? 

YES, Music Videos + Audio + LV + Autogenerated Audio basically everything except LIVE Video

3 hours ago, Shelter said:

Cuff It

 

Abra is a Gaga rehash

if you call Abra a rehash (which is not), then you should call Cuff it a Beyocé rehash too (Blow).

Abra is bigger and will surpass Cuff It overall streams this year, but it isn't a fair comparaison, Beyoncé last solo hit was in 2011, Gaga had multiple since then and can't be comparable to Beyoncé in terms of hits and especially SOLO hits.

 

Beyoncé boatmate Katy Perry would be a better option 

Edited November 14, 2025Nov 14 by bringdanoize

4 minutes ago, bringdanoize said:

Beyoncé boatmate Katy Perry would be a better option 

Cuff It has outstreamed every solo Katy song released since 2013, while its parent album is outstreaming all of Katy's recent 3 albums, the most recent of which is doing less than a third of Renaissance's daily streams at and the current rate will take 4+ years just to outstream Break My Soul. I fear Miss Perry will have to catch the Eurostar instead

I never really heard Abra out and about like the other one, Cuff It by far the bigger hit. 

Both goes to cuff it and I'm gagged a forum about charts is not agreeing with it being bigger

1 hour ago, PenguinTim said:

Cuff It has outstreamed every solo Katy song released since 2013

lies.

 

Spotify + YT Mysic:

Harleys in Hawaii: 1.2b

Cuff It: 1.1B

Daily streams on Spotify:

HIH: 543k

Cuff It: 173k

 

HIH is easily bigger and more remembered.

 

Bonus:

Never Really Over: 1B (bigger than any Beyoncé solo song since 2013  besides Cuff It)

Edited November 14, 2025Nov 14 by bringdanoize

2 minutes ago, bringdanoize said:

lies,

 

Spotify + YT Mysic:

Harleys in Hawaii: 1.2b

Cuff It: 1.1B

Daily streams on Spotify:

HIH: 543k

Cuff It: 173k

 

HIH is easily bigger and more remembered.

 

Bonus:

Never Really Over: 1B

Good for katy, maybe she can tack those onto her next album so it can chart for more than 2 weeks 

1 minute ago, PenguinTim said:

Good for katy, maybe she can tack those onto her next album so it can chart for more than 2 weeks 

Beyoncé should do the same with Telephone, so Beyhives can finally say that she has a hit this decade.

5 hours ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

I mean Cuff It didn't have a music video so it's not fair to compare to Abracadabra 

You're right, but it's very easy to account for that, and the result remains the same:

 

YouTube Music (- Music Videos, Lyric Videos, & Audio Videos)

Abracadabra: 162M

Cuff It: 128M

 

5 hours ago, DaphneGuinness said:

YouTube Music is a streaming platform like Spotify. You can listen to music without watching the video. Bloody Mary has 518M plays without any video for example. 

The streams on YouTube Music's website actually do include views from uploads on the artist's official YouTube channel (think music videos, lyric videos, and audio videos) as well as YouTube Music streams. That's why older hits that have huge YouTube views but came out years before YouTube Music was a thing have huge YouTube Music streams (see Dark Horse, Roar, Bad Romance, etcetera as examples).

 

However, it's very easy to manually do the math and remove these YouTube views from the streams shown on YouTube Music — and as you can see above, sometimes the results are just the same and the "no MV" excuse goes out the door.

Monsters being delusional as usual, what's new? 

4 hours ago, FrederickGa said:

2022 Songs comparison

 

Hold My Hand - 173.2k

Cuff It - 173k

Lift Me Up - 110k

Break My Soul - 85k

 

looks like GAGA has better Global Longevity 

 

Oh yes, she definitely ended global smash hit Lift Me Up

 

Poor Rihanna, I know she's crying somewere

 

 

4 hours ago, Mariano said:

? Abra is still doing 1M+.  Can someone show how long Cuff it/Abra did above 1M daily? Abra has been doing 1M+ daily basically this entire year. Again. Abra smashed from day 1 , while cuff it was lingering on lower positions until it took off etc. the two songs had different trajectories and that's okay, they are both hits   Your favs Rih and Brit have no hits nowadays cuz they are both retired

Baby, how about you stop focusing on ONE metric and start seeing the bigger picture?  

It's always "Spotify this, Spotify that..." 

 

Cuff It is diamond in France and 3x Diamond in Brazil for instance, it has bigger certifications than Abra...

I thought Cuff It was bigger but the stats are proving otherwise. Abra is more my cup of tea but both songs are decent.