Kylie - Tension (2nd single, August 31st)

[lolly]

Well, £1.99 for the pair.

 

[Eddie]

What's the delivery on that? Sorry, I know I could check myself but I can't be arsed.

 

[lolly]

What's the delivery on that? Sorry, I know I could check myself but I can't be arsed.

On Leigh-Anne?

I don't know. I did go to do a dummy purchase to check, but I'd have to give my email before getting that far and thought better of it.

 

[Eddie]

But OMG at selling your autograph short!

 

[Eddie]

On Leigh-Anne?

I don't know. I did go to do a dummy purchase to check, but I'd have to give my email before getting that far and thought better of it.

I just checked. Free delivery!

What a ridiculous LOSS MAKING effort!

 

[lolly]

But OMG at selling your autograph short!

I imagine the unsigned copies will one day be more collectible.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

I for one would like to know @IntoTheDark's opinion on this song.

 

[IntoTheDark]

I for one would like to know @IntoTheDark's opinion on this song.

The video’s good!

 

[ZenGiraffe]

The video’s good!

 

[Suedehead]

Ok it’s a 10 now

 

[Jark]

up a few spots to 188 on Spotify UK today. the stabilisation is a good sign with no major playlist adds... yet

 

[Jark]

for comparison, Padam started to take off quite rapidly on the Wednesday of its first week

Tension

Fri 01/09 - #76
Sat - 02/09: - #145
Sun - 03/09 - #193
Mon - 04/09 - #188
Tue - 05/09 - ...

Padam

Fri 19/05: #104
Sat 20/05: - - -
Sun 21/05: - - -
Mon 22/05: #186
Tue 23/05: #128
Wed 24/05: #110
Thu 25/05: #108

 

[Devil]

Yep to not drop off at all so far is great. I don’t think Tension will recreate Padam’s rises (given how much it crossed over), but at this rate it must have a good chance of getting a slot on Hot Hits etc which would stabilise it nicely in the top 200 ongoing. Especially when it enters the top 40 on Friday. From memory Padam was added that first charting weekend?

 

[Eddie]

Padam also benefitted from a performance at this point on American Idol....though how much bearing that had on UK Spotify figures, I don't know.

 

[Pipo]

When's the first PERFORMANCE of this? Will we have DRAG KYLIES like in Did It Again?

 

[Devil]

Holds at #19 today (#31 overall for Monday). Assuming the CDs do end up shipping on Tuesday she certainly has a shot of staying top twenty, even if it falls a few spots between now and before they are counted.

 

[Eddie]

Playlisted today by Capital (apparently).

 

[lolly]

 

[VoR]

Drops out of the daily Spotify 200 today

 

[Sheena]

WELL IT'S OVER

 

[Eddie]

I think streams are probably stable even if she has dropped out of the top 200. She hasn't been added to any big playlists yet and the effect of being added to Capital and Kiss FM won't have had any impact yet. She also hasn't performed the song anywhere.

Let's see where she is when she charts on Friday - a top 30 is practically guaranteed.

 

[Eddie]

She's also rapidly rising on Shazam which suggests awareness is picking up.

 

[Kratz]

The number of daft gays who aren’t claiming this.

 

[Dark Carnival]

The number of daft gays who aren’t claiming this.

@ZenGiraffe

 

[ZenGiraffe]

@ZenGiraffe

It's FINE but not GROUNDBREAKING

 

[Pingu]

Why are we even comparing this to Padam Padam? It's obviously not even going to have a tenth of the chart success it had and that's fine.

 

[Nancy]

 

[Eddie]

 

[VoR]

No re-entry today.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

 

[Devil]

It increased total streams on Tuesday despite falling out, so it can’t be far from #200. Hopefully with radio playlisting and it arriving in the top 40 on Friday it can get a sneaky add to Hot Hits UK to give it a bit more traction. Holding at #30 on Apple so she’s still doing perfectly good there.

 

[Eddie]

 

[funky]

The energy in this thread is strong

 

[Phoenix]

But how is it doing on Shazam?

 

[VoR]

I do think it's increasingly likely that this one is going to be more of a 'one week at #27 and out' kind of hit, rather than the glorious slow chart burn of Padam.

Which is fine, and obviously Kylie getting two top 40 hits from one album seemed like a long-gone fantasy just a few months ago.

But it's impossible not to hope for more.

 

[Nancy]

 

[Christian]

The inevitable Padam vs Tension poll (once the dust has settled on the latter, no recency bias please) is going to be interesting.

 

[Eddie]

The last midweek (yesterday) she was at 21 with physicals not included. Since her streaming is relatively stable now I'd say she'll get a week in the top 20 (which is something we couldn't have hoped for before).

 

[Eddie]

I'm going to predict a (conservative) entry at #18. What about you @Nancy ?

 

[Devil]

I do think it's increasingly likely that this one is going to be more of a 'one week at #27 and out' kind of hit, rather than the glorious slow chart burn of Padam.

Which is fine, and obviously Kylie getting two top 40 hits from one album seemed like a long-gone fantasy just a few months ago.

But it's impossible not to hope for more.

Agreed, it’s not going to be a PP, but that was lightening striking once sort of thing.

To be getting a second (easy) top 40 is brilliant, and album release week will see it fly back up again. If it can additionally stay decently on Apple and tick over on Spotify it can at least rack up a solid top 100 chart run, even if not in the top half.