The Best Thing - Chart Performance

[prbiker15]

No clue, but I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't one.

9:35 AM EST:

iTunes:
#1 Brazil
#1 Czech Republic
#1 El Salvador
#1 Ireland
#1 Italy
#1 Mexico
#1 Netherlands
#1 Peru
#1 Portugal
#1 Slovenia
#1 Spain
#2 Argentina
#2 Belgium
#2 Colombia
#2 Denmark
#2 Hungary
#2 Luxembourg
#3 Austria
#3 Norway
#3 Sweden
#4 Chile
#4 Romania
#5 France
#8 Poland
#9 Finland
#9 Germany
#10 Switzerland
#11 New Zealand
#12 United States
#12 India
#12 Mauritius
#13 Canada
#15 Greece
#15 Slovakia
#16 United Kingdom
#23 Australia
#28 Israel
#33 South Africa
#44 Indonesia
#50 Hong Kong
#53 Russia
#106 Singapore
#117 Japan
#128 Turkey
#169 Taiwan

It's barely making a dent on streaming.

[womanfish]

Currently looks like it pulling about half a million views per day on YouTube. Does anyone know if views of their Tonight Show performance count as YouTube views for chart purposes? I would guess not, but wasn't sure. Hopefully it will keep a good clip going after the show and maybe a boost for the regular official video.

[Axver]

Originally Posted by dan_smee

Vinyl sales make me happy, I'm not surprised to see digital sales drop - streaming is convenience + quantity, physical is traditional. Digital has nowhere to go.

Vinyl is such a fucking awful format, its resurgence baffles me no end.

I usually just stream; if I want to support an artist I'll buy digital. I only grab a CD when I'm at a gig and a previously unfamiliar support act has impressed me. I've enough clutter; I don't need more CDs I'll just rip to MP3 and then never touch again. Physical music is a waste of time in this digital age.

Signed,
The guy who keeps buying physical books because he's not entirely consistent in his attitudes between media

[prbiker15]

Yes, I've also turned to streaming as well and I don't regret it.

[Backstreets92]

As per Kworb:

"The Best Thing" was the #300 most viewed music video on Youtube in the world yesterday with 510,988 total views.
"The Best Thing" failed to make any daily Spotify chart except for Ireland's where it was #162 with 3,375 plays. It current has 260,650 Spotify plays worldwide.
Currently #15 on American iTunes.

[KUEFC09U2]

Needs promo!!!!

[KUEFC09U2]

Plus on the YouTube thing there are actually only another 3 "new" songs ahead of U2

[Backstreets92]

Yeah Youtube Trending include all trending videos, not just music videos.

[KUEFC09U2]

How the hell are U2 supposed to compete with 253m views for a Taylor swift video?

[Backstreets92]

They're not honestly. Streaming is going to be a major hindrance for them trying to chart.

[Backstreets92]

In the US, TBT has already received 168 plays on Alternative radio, 57 plays on AAA radio, 22 plays on Active Rock radio, and 32 plays on Hot Adult Contemporary radio so far.

[KUEFC09U2]

Originally Posted by Backstreets92

In the US, TBT has already received 168 plays on Alternative radio, 57 plays on AAA radio, 22 plays on Active Rock radio, and 32 plays on Hot Adult Contemporary radio so far.

Is that good?

[KUEFC09U2]

Originally Posted by Backstreets92

They're not honestly. Streaming is going to be a major hindrance for them trying to chart.

Totally agree

[Backstreets92]

Originally Posted by KUEFC09U2

Is that good?

For Alternative and AAA, yes. For Active Rock and Hot AC, pretty "meh".

That said, it's not too bad for a single that won't be promoted to radio until next Wednesday.

[KUEFC09U2]

Originally Posted by Backstreets92

For Alternative and AAA, yes. For Active Rock and Hot AC, pretty "meh".



That said, it's not too bad for a single that won't be promoted to radio until next Wednesday.

Really unsure what the bands strategy is with all this, they must know they will never compete with the teeny boppers out there, so what would they constitute to be a hit?