what new fanbase? she's 50 something and she's been going 35 years. her fanbase as big as it's gonna be.I dunno, Padam has definitely been her biggest hit in a good long while and that's amazing, but it feels like maybe in the end it was more about her label figuring out how artists of her stature can game the charts, than her actually connecting with a new fanbase...
It is a big drop but context is important. If you take out any album that is a Greatest Hits, is brand new this week or has been in the chart a year or more then there is only about 7 albums in the top 40 that are what you would call ‘current’. And 6 of those are streaming forces (Olivia, Ed, Burna Boy whoever that is etc). I’ve just noticed Rihanna’s Good Girl Gone Bad is #57 this week - this alone sort of sums up the state of album charts in general in 2023.
It‘s actually nearly impressive to be top 40 for a third week as a fanbase/heritage artist with a studio album. Doja Cat is #78 this week as a comparison to someone else releasing the same week that has a studio album out and is popular with the masses.
I'm sure Ellie Goulding has the answer for us (spoilers: it's not less than 45)Are the any restrictions to the number of new songs that can be added to an existing album before it becomes chart ineligible?
I don't think An Audience With will make much difference at all in terms of sales of Tension - probably in the hundreds rather than the thousands, unless there's a new edition which sells 90% to people who have already got it, anyway. For one, I wouldn't be at all surprised if we see only three tracks from it, at least on the edit which makes it to TV.I think even though the album sales have been a tad lower than we may have thought, with the Audience with coming sales will tick over, and with vegas, the tour and just generally her stock is still so high that I don't think after the X era she could have dreamt to still be where she is now in terms of her career.
and Kylie would definitely shut the truck doors before midnight so S Club could get in the arena.
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