5.18.15 - 5.24.15 Numbers Thread

The overall AI for GT is over 10 millions with about 62% of that being CHR. I think we are starting to see the effect of that in that GT seems to be a bit more stable on iTunes. When it get closer to 10 million on CHR alone then hopefully we will see the song start to climb on iTunes outside of the boosts for performances & press.

Just a little recap.
HAC
release 2015-04-21
week 1 2015-04-27 #50 Impact date
week 2 2015-05-03 #43 First Published chart entry (375 spins)
week 3 2015-05-10 #34 Top 40 debut
week 4 2015-05-17 #29 Top 30 debut
week 5 2015-05-24 #30 (tentative published pos)

+20 positions in a 4 week span from impact date

CHR
release 2015-04-21
week 1 2015-04-28 #67 Impact date
week 2 2015-05-03 #51
week 3 2015-05-10 #42 First Published chart entry
week 4 2015-05-17 #40 Top 40 debut (1267 spins)
week 5 2015-05-24 #38 (tentative published pos)

+29 positions in a 4 week span from impact date

Here's what I could find for WWFM but keep in mind spin counts were way lower then in both formats. Remember too when comparing that WWFM was a fall release combined with album release and had much more TV promo during this period than GT has had.

WWFM
CHR
2009-11-24 #79 Impact date
2009-12-16 #40 (873 spins)

+39 positions (more positions but starting further down)

HAC
2009-11-30 #63 First position I could find
2009-12-16 #44 (226 spins)

+19 positions

This is such a lovely summary.  Thank you so much

Interesting! I do see a discrepancy between the mediabase numbers and other places. I wonder if Mediabase updated HAC.

HAC
29 30 ADAM LAMBERT Ghost Town 901 765 136 3.666
+7 spins
-34 bullet
-0.021 AI

For an analogy think of the bullet as acceleration. Positive bullet is acceleration and negative bullet is deceleration. The higher the number the faster either way.

The +/- is the change in the rate of acceleration/deceleration.

So say the spin count is like your speed. You start at zero and you accelerate. The bullet is how fast you are accelerating. If your foot is on the gas your bullet is positive, if you are coasting you have no bullet and if you are slowing down your bullet is negative. The +/- comes in to play as you transition. As you let up on the accelerator your speed may still be increasing but not as fast as when you had it floored. When you hit the brakes your speed is decreasing but if you hit it hard at first then let up on it you might still be slowing down but not as quickly as you were.

So you can have a positive bullet but a - update and you can have a negative bullet with a + update.

It's not useless when you understand what it means. It tells you whether the song is pedal to the metal or just gradually climbing, slamming on the brakes or gradually slowing down.