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    Even Better Than The Real Thing - chart question

    Yep. I said "UK" in my post but meant US. The remix did much better than the original in the UK, while in the US, the remix was moderately popular in clubs/on the dance chart (and probably helped boost single sales some), but it was that original version and the amount of airplay it was getting...
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    Even Better Than The Real Thing - chart question

    I'm not sure if the Hot 100 separated the remixes and the original versions of songs at the time. However, I know for a fact that the remix(es) weren't nearly as popular as in the UK (only reached #27 on the Club Play chart and #35 on the Dance Music/Maxi-Single/Remix single chart). It was the...
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    Songs of Experience - Let The Chart Speculation Begin

    Speaking of next week, Eminem is rumored to have a surprise album dropping. That for sure might have an impact on U2's chance at a Number 1 album given that rap albums by established stars have had big second week sales this year: (Jay Z at nearly 100k, Drake and Kendrick well over 200k). And...
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    Songs of Experience - Let The Chart Speculation Begin

    She outsold the entire rest of the Billboard 200. And this is all on sales alone, no streaming as she's not releasing it on those platforms until next week.
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    Reissue campaigns done right

    Achtung was alright and to be fair that was 6 years ago. Very different world, music industry, market for consumer goods, methods of promotion, etc. today. I was referring more torwards the JT reissue this year. The tour was great for sure, but outside of that, there wasn't a large amount of...
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    Reissue campaigns done right

    Kind of tangential, but I just want to say how impressed I am with REM's reissue campaign for Automatic For the People. Though the set itself isn't amazing, they're doing interviews with sites like the NME, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Spin, Stereogum, Salon, etc., other music sites breaking down...
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    Songs of Experience - Let The Chart Speculation Begin

    I wouldn't underestimate him. Just because you haven't heard of him doesn't mean nobody else had. He's reasonably popular and probably more relevant to the under 30 general mainstream than U2. I personally know several people who hate country music because they think it's all Toby Keith crap...
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    Songs of Experience - Let The Chart Speculation Begin

    Looks like Chris Stapleton's album is coming out that same week...
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    Songs of Experience - Let The Chart Speculation Begin

    And yet for the week after, Pink's new album sold 400,000 copies. That's more than the rest of the Top 15 combined, which includes new releases by the likes of Beck, St. Vincent, Robert Plant, Gucci Mane, and Wu Tang Clan.
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    SOE 28 - This is Meaningless. We're not getting anything newsworthy for a while

    No I just think that the U2 v. Kygo single itself hasn't been the breakout hit they wanted (or at least as of yet, anyway). Even when paired on an EP with songs by big names like Selena Gomez and Ellie Goulding, the EP itself did surprisingly low digital sales.
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    The Best Thing - Chart Performance

    Is the Kygo version essentially DOA? I only ask that because Kygo's latest EP sold a mere 37 copies in the US upon release last week.
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    Songs of Experience - Let The Chart Speculation Begin

    HITS Daily Double : Rumor Mill - SAY IT AIN'T SO, AMATO The billboard album chart is apparently going to count youtube streams now. Before it was just spotify and other services.
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    SOE 28 - This is Meaningless. We're not getting anything newsworthy for a while

    Apparently youtube streams are going to be taken into account in the future for charting on the Billboard 200 too. That may end up being a mark against U2 though. HITS Daily Double : Rumor Mill - SAY IT AIN'T SO, AMATO
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    SOE 28 - This is Meaningless. We're not getting anything newsworthy for a while

    So Kygo's new EP sold 37 copies in it's first week in the US... I know sales aren't everything, but yeesh. I feel like the Kygo vs. U2 pairing has really not amounted to what the band had hoped.
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    You're the Best Thing About Me - Song Discussion Thread #2

    Oh I haven't heard it. I'm American. But that's just what I would guess since new releases come out on Fridays.
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    You're the Best Thing About Me - Song Discussion Thread #2

    It should be out as soon as it hits Friday in your respective country.
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    What's the Bar for a Hit Song?

    Look at The Revivalist's "Wish I Knew You". #1 on Triple A radio in 2016, has been in continuous heavy rotation since (roughly ~300 spins/week and audience of 760,000). #1 on Alternative radio in early 2017, still #6, set a record for most plays a song has ever received in the format in a...
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    SOE 28 - This is Meaningless. We're not getting anything newsworthy for a while

    This. Look at Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem both went to Number 1 with 100k and 85k sales equivalents (with 6k and 4k added respectively from streaming calculations) . Arcade Fire has built a decade plus long following and critical acclaim and their lead single "Everything Now" went to #1 on...
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    SOE 28 - This is Meaningless. We're not getting anything newsworthy for a while

    Well I mean it could still be a minor radio hit, getting moderate to high airplay on various radio formats (AAA, Alternative, Hot AC). But yeah, it's not going to be a breakout Top 40 smash at this point. Signs are pointing to a second single in about a month, so they're probably hoping that...
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    The Best Thing - Chart Performance

    No they cover the first wave of alternative all the way up until about 1990 or so (no grunge or noise rock type or hardcore stuff though, mostly post-punk&new wave/jangle pop/indie/synthpop derived stuff). It kind of rubs me the wrong way that they're playing a new U2 song though..
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    The Best Thing - Chart Performance

    Also Kworb estimates that on American iTunes it got 9k downloads on September 6 and 7th, and 15k downloads from the 8th to the 14th.
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    The Best Thing - Chart Performance

    Pretty low in the UK and Ireland honestly, but hopefully they can improve. And shame they haven't made the hot 100 yet. Apparently it got to #48 on the French singles chart according to wikipedia, but on the SNEP website it's on #48 for digital downloads, but didn't actually make it on to the...
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    You're the Best Thing About Me - Song Discussion Thread #2

    So the Kygo Mix should be out by midnight eastern time on all streaming formats right? Right at the start of the new chart week?
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    You're the Best Thing About Me - Song Discussion Thread #2

    Huh. I've certainly not heard any stations play it. Is it format specific?
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    You're the Best Thing About Me - Song Discussion Thread #2

    So what the hell has become of the Sci-Fi mix?
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