May 20, 2025
ExpertAlso SZA and Kendrick have both benefited from having longevity of their music.
Swimming Pools was a much bigger song when it came out and probably Kendrick's breakthrough song but looking back, Money Trees is a bigger song by far over time.
Looking back we can't call Money Trees a "breakout" hit.
Bingo.
May 20, 2025·2 repliesTheFaderIt was a moderate hit. It peaked high but didn’t last long and had zero longevity whatsoever
They both charted the same amount of time before All The Stars re-entered in 2025
- May 20, 2025·1 replyiHype
They both charted the same amount of time before All The Stars re-entered in 2025
And yet All the Stars had a gajillion more streams and total sales units
- May 20, 2025·1 replyTheFader
And yet All the Stars had a gajillion more streams and total sales units
You just said “bingo” to a post that said talking about overtime / overall is a diff convo.
They were both same tier of hits during original release. Same peeks and weeks charted. One had some more sales and one had some more radio exposure.
May 20, 2025iHype vs TheFader is the 2025 Drake vs Kendrick
May 20, 2025Argggghhh!
My favorite rapper is better than yours!!!!Arghhhhh!
- May 20, 2025·1 replyiHype
You just said “bingo” to a post that said talking about overtime / overall is a diff convo.
They were both same tier of hits during original release. Same peeks and weeks charted. One had some more sales and one had some more radio exposure.
He’s saying you can’t call a song that grew overtime as the one that was the “breakthrough”, like you tried to do with Love Galore.
All the Stars didn’t grow overtime, it was big when it released and it’s still big now.
Nobody listens to What Lovers Do anymore, and it was only a moderate hit for Maroon 5 standards back when it released
- May 20, 2025·1 replyTheFader
He’s saying you can’t call a song that grew overtime as the one that was the “breakthrough”, like you tried to do with Love Galore.
All the Stars didn’t grow overtime, it was big when it released and it’s still big now.
Nobody listens to What Lovers Do anymore, and it was only a moderate hit for Maroon 5 standards back when it released
So how was Swimming Pools a breakthrough hit but Love Galore isn’t?
And it doesn’t matter what “nobody listens to anymore”. A breakthrough hit refers to popularity at time of release. Nobody could ever listen to Best I Ever Had again and that would still always be Drake’s breakthrough hit
May 20, 2025·3 repliesDaily Streams:
What Lovers Do - 403,525
Dancing In The Flames - 256,660- May 20, 2025Midzy
Daily Streams:
What Lovers Do - 403,525
Dancing In The Flames - 256,660Once again, bringing up an artist that has nothing to do with this conversation
- May 20, 2025·1 replyiHype
So how was Swimming Pools a breakthrough hit but Love Galore isn’t?
And it doesn’t matter what “nobody listens to anymore”. A breakthrough hit refers to popularity at time of release. Nobody could ever listen to Best I Ever Had again and that would still always be Drake’s breakthrough hit
First of all, you’re comparing two songs that released at two completely different times in the music industry, of two completely different genres.
Hip-hop famously was not well represented on the Hot 100 prior to streaming, and even still Swimming Pools both peaked higher than Love Galore AND charted for longer.
But a straight rap song peaking at #17 in 2012 was absolutely huge
- May 20, 2025·editedTheFader
First of all, you’re comparing two songs that released at two completely different times in the music industry, of two completely different genres.
Hip-hop famously was not well represented on the Hot 100 prior to streaming, and even still Swimming Pools both peaked higher than Love Galore AND charted for longer.
But a straight rap song peaking at #17 in 2012 was absolutely huge
R&B wasn’t thriving in 2017 either, and if anything did worse than Hip-Hop consistently throughout the 2010s.
So if you allowing Swimming Pools to be a breakthrough hit for defeating odds then Love Galore def gonna need that same energy
- May 20, 2025Midzy
Daily Streams:
What Lovers Do - 403,525
Dancing In The Flames - 256,660
- May 20, 2025·2 replies
Daily Streams:
What Lovers Do - 403,525
SOMEBODY LOVES ME - 386,772
GIMME A HUG - 218,874
SOMETHING ABOUT YOU - 206,025
CN TOWER - 189,960
SPIDER-MAN SUPERMAN - 129,542
GREEDY - 119,604
MOTH BALLS - 105,251
RAINING IN HOUSTON - 98,936
SMALL TOWN FAME - 92,434
WHEN HE’S GONE - 85,799
CRYING IN CHANEL - 74,488
BRIAN STEEL - 70,481
MEET YOUR PADRE - 70,227
OMW - 68,637
LASERS - 62,267
CELIBACY - 58,381
GLORIOUS - 39,744 - May 20, 2025·1 reply
This is the most dire the Billboard 200 has been in a long time
- May 20, 2025
- May 20, 2025
- Gosh 😹May 20, 2025TheFader
Daily Streams:
What Lovers Do - 403,525
SOMEBODY LOVES ME - 386,772
GIMME A HUG - 218,874
SOMETHING ABOUT YOU - 206,025
CN TOWER - 189,960
SPIDER-MAN SUPERMAN - 129,542
GREEDY - 119,604
MOTH BALLS - 105,251
RAINING IN HOUSTON - 98,936
SMALL TOWN FAME - 92,434
WHEN HE’S GONE - 85,799
CRYING IN CHANEL - 74,488
BRIAN STEEL - 70,481
MEET YOUR PADRE - 70,227
OMW - 68,637
LASERS - 62,267
CELIBACY - 58,381
GLORIOUS - 39,744Wow
Horrendous
May 20, 2025TheFaderThis is the most dire the Billboard 200 has been in a long time
https://twitter.com/talkofthecharts/status/1924939480856748094people are afraid to drop an album
May 20, 2025·1 replyTheFaderDaily Streams:
What Lovers Do - 403,525
SOMEBODY LOVES ME - 386,772
GIMME A HUG - 218,874
SOMETHING ABOUT YOU - 206,025
CN TOWER - 189,960
SPIDER-MAN SUPERMAN - 129,542
GREEDY - 119,604
MOTH BALLS - 105,251
RAINING IN HOUSTON - 98,936
SMALL TOWN FAME - 92,434
WHEN HE’S GONE - 85,799
CRYING IN CHANEL - 74,488
BRIAN STEEL - 70,481
MEET YOUR PADRE - 70,227
OMW - 68,637
LASERS - 62,267
CELIBACY - 58,381
GLORIOUS - 39,744"The album is performing well"
- Gosh 😹May 20, 2025·2 replies
Yeah Drake is gonna need the rollout of his life to get this next album to make any noise
- May 20, 2025·edited·1 reply
Hurry Up Tomorrow falling to #16 during a movie release week that cannot be real omg
- May 20, 2025·1 replyiHype· edited
Hurry Up Tomorrow falling to #16 during a movie release week that cannot be real omg
no way you are this excited
- May 20, 2025·1 replyJohn Mauve
no way you are this excited
I’m heartbroken. This is a flop for the books 💔