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when should Olivia Rodrigo released her comeback single and 2nd album? comeback single: October sophomore album: November or just a simultaneous release in November

I’m from non-English speaking country, so I didn’t know anything about these kind of charts till 2007. What made me surprised the most was that Oops I did it again- a undeniably huge smash on a global scale, it was played everywhere in my country, especially when you visited the electronics stores, they played the MV on the TVs all the time. Oops the Album also sold 1.3 millions first weeks in US only, so why the song never hit No.1 on BBH100 or at least No.5 despite its popularity and impact?

With "positions" surpassing 1B streams on Spotify, Ariana now has over 7 songs that have reached this milestone. Other songs that have reached this milestone: • thank u, next • 7 rings • Bang Bang • Side To Side • no tears left to cry • Into You Mind you, 5 out of the 7 songs are solo. It's crazy how far she has come since 2014-2017. Also by the end of the year "One Last Time" will join the 1B club, extending her record as the woman with the most songs surpassing this milestone

So we're already in the second half of 2022 and despite getting a bunch of new releases from the main rap girls, Do We Have A Problem? remains as the only song by a female rapper to go #1 on the Apple Music Charts (US and Global). Why? Other notable songs & peaks (global): #3 Bussin #4 Plan B #5 I Like You (A Happier Song) #8 Hot S**t #12 Blick Blick #15 We Go Up #19 Shake It #21 Sweetest Pie #36 Vegas

I vote Avril.

#1) True Blue (Madonna) x 34 weeks [1986-1987] #2) Life for Rent (Dido) x 18 weeks [2003-2004] #3) Anastacia (Anastacia) x 14 weeks (2004) #4) Back to Black (Amy Winehouse) x 13 weeks (2008) #5) No Angel (Dido) x 12 weeks (2001) #6) Music Box (Mariah Carey) x 11 weeks (1994) #7) Loose (Nelly Furtado) x 10 weeks (2006-2007) #8) All The Way...A Decade of Song (Celine Dion) x 9 weeks (2000)

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Is she? The bar for female artists are very high though Beyonce, J-Lo & Shakira, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Madonna Is she brave enough to do it, since the comparison will be inevitable

They were huge household name in Europe and Australia, had many hits yet they were kinda the girl group version of Robbie Williams and Anastacia in a sence they never broke out in the US. They have in common with Robbie and Anastacia they fact they did chart on Billboard Hot 100 US chart but never made it Top 40 to be considered as hitmakers. Even Kylie Minogue, Dido, Natasha Bedingfield and t.A.T.u. managed to get US hits in 2000s. What happened?

It seems like labels simply do not want/allow their artists to release albums anymore. They keep them hostage till something goes viral on TikTok. Labels are responsible for this, some artists are to blame for being too scared to release (obviously because of their label too). It didn’t use to be like this. Artists would release albums in order to attract more fans, generate interest, build a catalogue - but now it’s seems like nothing ever happens? Only major artists release, but newer ones don’t get that chance. Will the music industry recover? Are albums worthless nowadays?

I know it’s imposible but a year ago I dreamt about Victoria Beckham coming back to music with a dark electro pop minimalistic avant garde catchy sexy bop and went straight to number one on the UK and even making some noise in the US with a high budget MV full of fashion, attitude and darkness that she always serves… what do you think?

Inspired by this thread: Even though she's one of my favs, Shakira seems like the perfect example. She went from amazing albums (DELL to FO1) to good ones (OF2 to SES) to whatever Shakiradot and El Dorado were. Let's pray this separation will inspire her.

As we all know, 30 is the best-selling female album [so far] of the new decade, yet, there have been countless threads over it "flopping" because it didn't match the sales of 25. Also, a lot of these threads never take into consideration how DSP's have affected the music industry since 2015. To my knowledge, ALL of the MPG's newer albums have failed to match the success of their previous efforts. So, which MPG's fanbase is behind all of the hate?

Is Katy the perfect package of what a pop star should be? Particularly in her first few eras, she had a “girl next door” image as the normal and relatable girl that was easy to digest. She was like the popular girl in school that the others looked up to. She has a perfect team around her who work hard with music videos, visuals and making perfect pop songs that radios will always play. When the GP got tired of Gaga’s weird out of this world antics, they shifted to Katy because she represented normality

Cardi's comeback single Hot Sh*t tanked hard especially in comparison to Nicki's #2 hit Do We Have A Problem? that also topped Apple Music and iTunes earlier this year. It also seems like the hype around Belcalis is slowly dying and she's been getting dragged since the release of this song. Is this the perfect moment for Nicki to release her long awaited 5th album and reclaim her throne as the Queen of Rap while her #1 enemy is down?

Hot Sh*t is freefalling on all platforms, Cardis career is in shambles and shes only in her fourth year. You all were loud about her being Nickis replacement who managed to maintain a successful career for a whole decade. Is Nicki the bigger act in 2022? Discuss.

To me, I think it did. I was so excited for the Era when all the billboards hinted 30 was coming. Then, even people said EOM was plain boring, I love the song and it was my most listened on Spotify 2021. But then, as much as I expected to see One night only, the songs on 30 performed that night really decreased the hype for the album to me. I don’t think Hold on, I drink wine are the songs that you love after first listen, I love IDW now, but I kinda felt it was a bit boring when I heard it on ONO. Especially, the songs on 30 were performed next to her old & more appealing songs on 21&25. It made me have the feeling 30 won’t be on the level of her older eras. And it actually was… imo. I love Adele and there are still songs I love on 30, but I think if they aired ONO the same week 30 came out, it should have levitated the songs there more, because at least we had enough time to consume the songs. The show was air few days before 30, and really killed the hype for me. And then, we all know, almost no more promotion at all for 30 when we started to like it more. thoughts?

Which track from Kylie's 2004 compilation album do you prefer? I gotta say Made of Glass has been HITTING lately

The booing of Sacheen Littlefeathe, a native American woman who defend her and her people rights getting booed by actors, actresses, producers and directors. The same nigth she was mocked by Clint Eastwood and almost physically assaulted by John Wayne. Was Marlon Brando ahead of his time? Is this the most disgusting moment in Awards history?

Just why?

I was listening to these two mashups and was thinking about how surprising it was that they went together so well. So I thought I would make a thread for any other mashups that are as surprisingly good as these.

He has 10M monthly listens on Spotify, which is way more than the rest of them (I think Louis Armstrong has about 4-5M, and the rest are around 1-2 million, or less. Here are his biggest streaming numbers, discounting the Christmas ones I didn't include. Fly Me To The Moon: 458,791,930 My Way: 290,160,995 That's Life: 186,411,071 Come Fly With Me: 172,214,583 Somethin' Stupid: 156,207,921 I've Got You Under My Skin: 148,185,943 The Way You Look Tonight: 134,579,327 Strangers In The Night: 123,767,690 You Make Me Feel So Young: 104,395,141 Bing Crosby only has his Christmas songs (which only gets good streams for 1-2 months). Dean Martin has 2 non-Christmas songs That's Amore (120,179,777) and Ain't That A Kick In The Head (103,173,161) that aren't Christmas songs. A few more are close to 100M. Nat King Cole has 1 that isn't a Christmas song, L-O-V-E (117,778,779), and a few others close to 100M. Bobby Darin has Beyond the Sea (143,619,245) Ray Charles has Hit the Road Jack (165,548,961), and I've Got a Woman (160,134,128), and 1-2 more close to getting 100M. Louis Armstrong has a few. What A Wonderful World (372,534,353), Dream A Little Dream Of Me (219,730,330), Cheek To Cheek (106,823,585), and La vie en Rose (188,733,981). One more if close to 100M. Did his estate just do a better job than the others? I'm sure no one's gonna care about this, but it is what it is. I was going to add Elvis, since some lists has him as a crooner, but he also sung different music than the rest of them, but he's the only one who performs better than Frank on streaming.

“When I Rule The World” (prod. by SOPHIE) was released in 2015, way before Charli even knew what hyperpop was. LIZ even had Y2K in her name, ahead of her time as she is! Despite this doing decent numbers for a niche artist, her visuals being super hyperpop-ish (Charli even worked with the same artists during her self titled era), this being one of the earlier singles SOPHIE worked on AND LIZ releasing other hyperpop gems such as Diamond In The Dark and Bubblegum, she never really is mentioned when talking about the genre unlike artists like Charli, Slayyyter, Hannah Diamond, SOPHIE, etc.. Why is that when she was one of the first to do it?