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[Faithyu]

2 hours ago, Old Cat Lady said:

I always feel a little silly getting swept up in these streaming battles but it's so thrilling when it works. I was rather disheartened over the Rap Line and Jin's results but I feel genuinely hopeful that JK and Tae will get those #1's

 

 

As long as you don't stress yourself out, it's fine to get hyped up.

And I think its passionate and kind of cute that you do the whole research part💜😉

 

By the way:

I tried finding how the TXT/Jonas song is doing in the charts/streaming sites and feel kind of stupid that I can't find it🙈...help, please😅?

 

 

[barbara]

4 hours ago, Faithyu said:

 

As long as you don't stress yourself out, it's fine to get hyped up.

And I think its passionate and kind of cute that you do the whole research part💜😉

 

By the way:

I tried finding how the TXT/Jonas song is doing in the charts/streaming sites and feel kind of stupid that I can't find it🙈...help, please😅?

 

 

TXT - 

And I'm very into trying to give our guys as much play time as possible, especially when a new song comes out.  Jimin dominates my Amazon Music list and Chapter Two for Spotify and YouTube.  I plan on redoing all of them after JK's song comes out.  I'm still a little sad that Astronaut and all of Jack in the Box didn't do better - Indigo, too - but I think it was so close to Proof still being streamed.  Don't know.

Thanks for the research!

Also - no to camping out -

 

[rockstaryuzu]

11 hours ago, Old Cat Lady said:

Loving Chris more and more. I wonder what all those Coldplayers that aren't Army are thinking of Chris and Wotteo. This person doesn't seem to know the name

 

And now that we have a major event on Thur night/Fri morning, just wanted to remind you about streaming/buying guidelines.

 

1. I looked it up, and the speculation is that now Youtube only counts 4-5 plays from the same account, but we don't know for sure.

 

2. Billboard gives higher weights to radio play/on demand paid subscriptions to streaming platforms. (which just shows how much of their lists is just about making companies more money rather than about reflecting true popularity of an artist/song)

 

3. Speculation is that only 20 Spotify plays a day/per account counts towards the charts, although any excess counts toward the artist personal counts. 

 

4. Only 1 download per email address per streaming platform is counted - speculation is that Billboard is going by IP addresses rather than actual e-mail

DO NOT DOWNLOAD FROM ARTIST SITE. Although, I suppose ultimately profit is more important than charts (which is really just a tool to generate buzz) so up to you what you prioritize

 

5. I don't see a date on this article, but according to this site, these are the streaming platforms that count towards charts

https://btsx50states.com/charting-education/streaming/

 

6. ETA: according to a Drake fan, Army was struggling (before Jimin hit #1) because we weren't prioritizing itunes enough. 

 

 

 

I always feel a little silly getting swept up in these streaming battles but it's so thrilling when it works. I was rather disheartened over the Rap Line and Jin's results but I feel genuinely hopeful that JK and Tae will get those #1's

 

I appreciate this, it's good to know. Although I feel like my proper place in these efforts is to be a radio requester. I honestly can't wrap my head around itunes on Android. No idea how to make it work

 

So Dispatch posted JK's departure for New York, and it was going really well until a completely unhinged fan with hr own carry-on ducked under the tape barrier and started running after him. I think Kookie didn't notice at first because his bodyguards asked him to move more quickly to get away - he was busy posing for the official press photographers.  

 

It was unsettling.  There's a reason JK can't rest easy even in his own house, that's for sure.

[ralucutzagy]

 

 

lol

he is so cute!

 

[ralucutzagy]

 

wow they all look so cool in this photo but Yoongi is the coolest. Long hair Yoongi is on another level lol.

[Old Cat Lady]

17 hours ago, Faithyu said:

 

As long as you don't stress yourself out, it's fine to get hyped up.

And I think its passionate and kind of cute that you do the whole research part💜😉

 

By the way:

I tried finding how the TXT/Jonas song is doing in the charts/streaming sites and feel kind of stupid that I can't find it🙈...help, please😅?

 

 

 

I don't get as crazy as a lot of Army's - just have 1 account/platform - but it's fun to feel like you're part of something big

 

For charts, this site is really good

https://kworb.net/ww/

 

7 hours ago, ralucutzagy said:

 

wow they all look so cool in this photo but Yoongi is the coolest. Long hair Yoongi is on another level lol.

 

IKR?   He looks so sexy and badass with that hair

[Old Cat Lady]

22 hours ago, Old Cat Lady said:

1. I looked it up, and the speculation is that now Youtube only counts 4-5 plays from the same account, but we don't know for sure.

 

btw, this theory would explain the odd streaming patterns on Youtube. For months, I was confused as to why the streaming rate on the older videos remained so similar while the newer videos' numbers didn't go up nearly as quickly as before. It totally makes sense that old views would have a more steady streaming patterns, but if views are getting limited to 4-5 plays, then of course, we can't power stream like we did in the olden days

 

I'm pretty sure I'm the only one that follows it, but I just updated Youtube streaming numbers on our spreadsheet.

I guess not many people liked Amygdala - it has <1mil streams/month. Left and Right is still the most played solo video at 9.68M views and Set Me Free and Like Crazy both 9+ M views.

 

Looks like Blood, Sweat, & Tears and Butter will both hit the 1billion view club in ~14months

 

 

ETA: just looked at BlackPink's views and the Blinks have figured something out that we haven't. I know they have a much smaller discography to stream so it's easier and I read that they first put their videos in a different category before moving to music to get more views, but does this account for Jisoo somehow getting 321 million views for Flower while Yet to Come, which was released 2 months earlier, only has 191 million views? I guess Army has been working on a lot of projects, but the simple fact that JK and Jimin and "Boy With Luv" are all getting 9M+ views a month is evidence that Army is just less cohesive.

[Old Cat Lady]

I'm not sure if it's just who I follow or what, but I don't get nearly as many Hobi updates as Jin updates. 

 

 

[Faithyu]

16 hours ago, barbara said:

TXT - 

And I'm very into trying to give our guys as much play time as possible, especially when a new song comes out.  Jimin dominates my Amazon Music list and Chapter Two for Spotify and YouTube.  I plan on redoing all of them after JK's song comes out.  I'm still a little sad that Astronaut and all of Jack in the Box didn't do better - Indigo, too - but I think it was so close to Proof still being streamed.  Don't know.

Thanks for the research!

Also - no to camping out -

 

 

Thanks for the TXT news💜. I guess Billboard will get out next week.

 

3 hours ago, Old Cat Lady said:

 

I don't get as crazy as a lot of Army's - just have 1 account/platform - but it's fun to feel like you're part of something big

 

For charts, this site is really good

https://kworb.net/ww/

 

 

Thanks💜

 

3 hours ago, Old Cat Lady said:

IKR?   He looks so sexy and badass with that hair

 

Wouldn't complain if he kept this look forever😍🤩

 

1 hour ago, Old Cat Lady said:

ETA: just looked at BlackPink's views and the Blinks have figured something out that we haven't. I know they have a much smaller discography to stream so it's easier and I read that they first put their videos in a different category before moving to music to get more views, but does this account for Jisoo somehow getting 321 million views for Flower while Yet to Come, which was released 2 months earlier, only has 191 million views? I guess Army has been working on a lot of projects, but the simple fact that JK and Jimin and "Boy With Luv" are all getting 9M+ views a month is evidence that Army is just less cohesive.

 

Ok, we clearly need to get a spy into the Blinks fandom to know what they do different....

[Faithyu]

 

Huh.....kind of surprising, even if I don't really know what I expected😅

[Old Cat Lady]

10 minutes ago, Faithyu said:

 

Huh.....kind of surprising, even if I don't really know what I expected😅

 

It looks like the music video will portray a relationship. That in itself is a little surprising

[Whoopiewoop]

I love that it seems to portray a relationship. Someone’s gotta start doing that and put the delusional people unaware of themselves in their place.

 

Twitter went nuts while trying to figure out whether the lyrics indeed said “I kissed your waist and eased your mind”. Fantasies are heightened right now 🤣

 

53 minutes ago, Old Cat Lady said:

I'm not sure if it's just who I follow or what, but I don't get nearly as many Hobi updates as Jin updates. 

 

 

 

Always so kind and supportive 🥰

[Old Cat Lady]

4 minutes ago, Whoopiewoop said:

I love that it seems to portray a relationship. Someone’s gotta start doing that and put the delusional people unaware of themselves in their place.

 

Twitter went nuts while trying to figure out whether the lyrics indeed said “I kissed your waist and eased your mind”. Fantasies are heightened right now 🤣

 

Now that I think about it, I suppose technically L & R also portrayed a relationship. 

 

But I think this is a case of fans hearing what they want to hear. To me, it's very clearly "catch" your waist, but I guess we'll see on Thur night

[barbara]

I get more Jin updates than Hobi on any given day - jin files @seokjinfile .  As sultry and sexy as JK has been appearing lately (Jimin, too), I think we can expect him to NOT violate standard SoKorean mores in his MV.  It simply wouldn't be okay to do so.  There may be suggestive things, but nothing explicit.  (I have to think that whoever wrote the line "Give me a good ride" for Jimin was unaware of how that was going to hit in other cultures....).

[rockstaryuzu]

3 hours ago, Old Cat Lady said:

guess not many people liked Amygdala - it has <1mil streams/month.

The MV is age restricted. You have to be signed into an account to watch it and it won't work in a playlist, so streaming it is kind of impossible and casual watchers won't be able to see it. It's emphatically only for ARMY or people who really want to see it. Not a chart song.