Idk I think people like Trav and Taylor has done so much merch they have good numbers to go by and just have s*** ready
Others not so much tho

Will Dynamite go back to #1? I hope. It’s such a good pop song.

I hope tf not. please

possibly after this week when they go #1 on the savage love remix

Forcing buyers to opt in rather than opt out could be big as well. But if fans are buying for the sole purpose to affect chart position they'll still opt in anyway

Looks like they're acknowledging their influence on the charts lmao

The barbs famously went broke sending say so to #1 and it was because of early predictions

talk of the charts the best to ever do chart watching, they actually have an impact on the charts itself even if it is mostly negative

Incredible

Also interesting that 2 drake stimuli did such wildly different numbers

Not really
R&B hasn’t really sold records since the 2000s

Jhene did 152k this year first week and Summer Walker did 134k last year

Brysons last album did over 100k too and he was coming off a 3 year break

I think he shouldve taken more time to promote his comeback

yeah for what felt like such a long break it was a very quick rollout.

Compared to the big name rappers doing 550k?

Yeah, like I said, not a lot
They’re at the peak cause they’re black women

uh, yeah, the biggest rnb artists aren't gonna do as well as the biggest rap artists because rap is a bigger genre, that doesn't mean rnb isn't selling well, not selling as well as the biggest genre in the country isn't selling poorly, both of those are great numbers in this current era. Also there are only like 5 rappers total that can push 500k first week so I'd say that's a bit of an overstatement.

Bryson just isn't selling greatly, at least not with this album, it's not a direct problem with rnb as evidenced by Jhene/Summer's numbers and what SZA will likely do with her next album, them being black women doesn't somehow change this either lol.

21 Savage might have 2 songs debuting in the Top 10 this week

savage mode 2's debut is now the 34th time an album has had at least 200 million US streams in one week, 12 of those weeks took place in 2020 alone

1. Scorpion (debut) - 746 million

2. Carter V (debut) - 433 million

3. beerbongs & bentleys (debut) - 431 million

4. Legends Never Die (debut) - 423 million

5. Eternal Atake (debut) - 400 million

6. Scorpion (2nd week) - 391 million

7. More Life (debut) - 384 million

8. Hollywood's Bleeding (debut) - 365 million

9. Astroworld (debut) - 349 million

10. Eternal Atake (2nd week) - 349 million

11. DAMN. (debut) - 341 million

12. KOD (debut) - 323 million

13. thank u, next (debut) - 307 million

14. Scorpion (3rd week) - 290 million

15. folklore (debut) - 290 million

16. Dark Lane Demo Tapes (debut) - 269 million

17. Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon (debut) - 268 million

18. My Turn (debut) - 262 million

19. More Life (2nd week) - 254 million

20. Views (debut) - 245 million

21. beerbongs & bentleys (2nd week) - 241

million

22. Championships (debut) - 235 million

23. Lover (debut) - 226 million

24. Kamikaze (debut) - 226 million

25. Culture II (debut) - 225 million

26. Hollywood's Bleeding (2nd week) - 221 million

27. After Hours (debut)- 221 million

28. Music to Be Murdered By (debut) -

218 million

29. Scorpion (4th week) - 212 million

30. Legends Never Die (2nd week) - 209 million

31. DAMN. (2nd week) - 204 million

32. Invasion of Privacy (debut) - 203 million

33. YHLQMDLG (debut) - 201 million

34. Savage Mode II (debut) - 200 million

Is there a Korean law that every company has to use Dynamite in their commercials? I swear I hear that song 50x a day watching NBA and NFL because of all the Samsung and KIA commercials

It's the curse of the popular song lol

Yeah but it's weird the only commercials the song is in are from South Korean companies

Lmao Ain't the band from South Korea tho?

Yeah they are. But the US headquarters of both companies would be making marketing decisions for their territory with an independent advertising agency most likely. Although I interviewed with Samsung and everything I heard made it obvious the place is run by employees that come over from Korea.

Regardless, it feels like a coordinated nationwide attempt at culture export and it's weird

pretty sure they are endorsed by samsung and kia

4th kpop group this year to cross this mark (3 others being bts, seventeen and blackpink)