CherryBombs&Gasoline Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 minute ago, DadBod said: Their monthly listeners is ~15.5m. I don't know where that lands them on the "popular" streaming lists for Spotify. Spotify says they're no. 195 worldwide. Doesn't seem too bad to me. But I think most of the streams come from their older material. The new stuff doesn't get much attention, it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squashie Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 Just now, CherryBombs&Gasoline said: Spotify says they're no. 195 worldwide. Doesn't seem too bad to me. But I think most of the streams come from their older material. The new stuff doesn't get much attention, it seems. I consider that pretty good to be a top 200 artist in today's industry - even if people are streaming the old music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DookieLukie Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Wow there's that many bands more popular than Green Day? Yikes. Still don't get how blink outsells GD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherryBombs&Gasoline Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, DookieLukie said: Wow there's that many bands more popular than Green Day? Yikes. Still don't get how blink outsells GD. Blink is no. 340 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squashie Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, DookieLukie said: Wow there's that many bands more popular than Green Day? Yikes. Still don't get how blink outsells GD. 2 minutes ago, CherryBombs&Gasoline said: Blink is no. 340 🤔 Monthly listeners for Blink: 10,789,603. There is also a large gap in their "top 5" songs in terms of play count, where GD are rather consistent in the play count for their top 5. All over 255million streams (basket case is highest at 398.9m). Blinks ranges from 4.5m to 398.3m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe. Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 44 minutes ago, CherryBombs&Gasoline said: Spotify says they're no. 195 worldwide. Doesn't seem too bad to me. But I think most of the streams come from their older material. The new stuff doesn't get much attention, it seems. Not bad at all. They're over pretty much all their peers from around when they blew up, more than Nirvana and Foo Fighters (huge surprise to me). Like you say I do think they've got a few big hits such as WMUWSE and Basket Case that probably stat pad slightly, but that's still mightily impressive for a band as old as Green Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherryBombs&Gasoline Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 12 hours ago, Joe. said: Not bad at all. They're over pretty much all their peers from around when they blew up, more than Nirvana and Foo Fighters (huge surprise to me). Like you say I do think they've got a few big hits such as WMUWSE and Basket Case that probably stat pad slightly, but that's still mightily impressive for a band as old as Green Day. Yeah, I thought so, too. The Foo Fighters sometimes seem to be the biggest rock act out there, but I think they're actually miles away from the commercial success that Green Day had with Dookie and AI. They're only no. 333 worldwide. Still, I hope that the new album will get some attention, too. I want people to be aware of their new material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penbreaker Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 I don't know but I want new big radio hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebahar Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 So after asking about radio play, I checked my local alternative stations playlist and so far this week, they have played Oh Yeah six times, which I think is pretty good given that it’s only the beginning of Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 16 hours ago, DookieLukie said: Wow there's that many bands more popular than Green Day? Yikes. Still don't get how blink outsells GD. They don't. GD has sold way more records than Blink. They have more active listeners as well in streaming. I think that Blink would have done better if the classic lineup stuck together. Most people I know that actually like the band really liked Tom and what he brought to the band. Especially the fact that he split vocals with Mark and both had hits. Blink is 10 million above my other fave band Rush though but the difference is Blink relied on pop formats to sell a lot of records where Rush was way over the top progressive. They had all instrumental singles not something that most bands can get away with. Although GD's Espionage was a pretty cool instrumental track though. With Green Day they obviously relied on a certain level of pop formats as well but the distribution of their lifetime sales are weird. I feel like they're more pop heavy recently which is where their sales, streaming and popularity declined. They're a more popular band when they're rocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jengd Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 33 minutes ago, Sheenius said: They're a more popular band when they're rocking. Cos they’re so good at it! I have never been much of a blink fan, they are too disposable to me, I can’t think how to describe it. I am a big Alkaline Trio fan though and hope that if Matt Skiba stays with blink, he will change things about a bit. I guess I like songs that rock and sound happy but actually have pretty dark lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe. Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 5 hours ago, CherryBombs&Gasoline said: Yeah, I thought so, too. The Foo Fighters sometimes seem to be the biggest rock act out there, but I think they're actually miles away from the commercial success that Green Day had with Dookie and AI. They're only no. 333 worldwide. Still, I hope that the new album will get some attention, too. I want people to be aware of their new material. I think they probably are bigger in terms of just being this huge, polished, rock act. But they've never had a big album, just big singles. 1 hour ago, Sheenius said: They don't. GD has sold way more records than Blink. They have more active listeners as well in streaming. I think that Blink would have done better if the classic lineup stuck together. Most people I know that actually like the band really liked Tom and what he brought to the band. Especially the fact that he split vocals with Mark and both had hits. Blink is 10 million above my other fave band Rush though but the difference is Blink relied on pop formats to sell a lot of records where Rush was way over the top progressive. They had all instrumental singles not something that most bands can get away with. Although GD's Espionage was a pretty cool instrumental track though. With Green Day they obviously relied on a certain level of pop formats as well but the distribution of their lifetime sales are weird. I feel like they're more pop heavy recently which is where their sales, streaming and popularity declined. They're a more popular band when they're rocking. Blink would probably be closer to Green Day if Tom was still in the band and releasing music. I for one have just stopped bothering as they've been releasing such bad music lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Joe. said: I think they probably are bigger in terms of just being this huge, polished, rock act. But they've never had a big album, just big singles. Blink would probably be closer to Green Day if Tom was still in the band and releasing music. I for one have just stopped bothering as they've been releasing such bad music lately. Yeah I agree they would be quite similar. I think GD would still be fairly more successful. They were a more driven and focused band during the height of their career vs blink. Most people have stopped bothering with Blink. I never cared for them that much. I was into them back in the day as a kid that didn't know any better. When I first found out about hardcore punk from the Toronto Film Festival very few bands I liked at the time remained a band I liked. Green Day was one of the only ones I could stand listening to after hearing Black Flag, Minor Threat, MDC, Dead Kennedys and Bad Brains etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe. Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 16 minutes ago, Sheenius said: Yeah I agree they would be quite similar. I think GD would still be fairly more successful. They were a more driven and focused band during the height of their career vs blink. Most people have stopped bothering with Blink. I never cared for them that much. I was into them back in the day as a kid that didn't know any better. When I first found out about hardcore punk from the Toronto Film Festival very few bands I liked at the time remained a band I liked. Green Day was one of the only ones I could stand listening to after hearing Black Flag, Minor Threat, MDC, Dead Kennedys and Bad Brains etc Oh yeah I completely agree Green Day are far more successful. DK, BF and BB are all quality tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thatsername Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 4 hours ago, jengd said: Cos they’re so good at it! I have never been much of a blink fan, they are too disposable to me, I can’t think how to describe it. I am a big Alkaline Trio fan though and hope that if Matt Skiba stays with blink, he will change things about a bit. I guess I like songs that rock and sound happy but actually have pretty dark lyrics. Agreed, I love Alkaline Trio and Matt Skiba is a really cool guy (and an obvious Billie fangirl when you're following him on IG🥰), but I don't care for new Blink at all. They were one of my favourite bands in my teenage years, but growing up, I lost my connection to them because I just never felt like they grew with me. GD always did. I like Angels&Airwaves a lot too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, Thatsername said: I lost my connection to them because I just never felt like they grew with me. GD always did. Yeah and not to mention that Green Day crosses over multiple genres for me. When I was into more classic rock stuff GD was applicable. When I got into hardcore punk GD was even more applicable. When I got into more alternative and 90's stuff GD was applicable. Blink kinda fell into that trap of being more on the faux side for me. They kinda led the charge among the Good Charlottes and Simple Plans and stuff. I know there's a lot of MCR fans here but they also fell into that for me as well. I don't think everything they've all done is all bad but it just doesn't hold up as an entire discography or as an act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherryBombs&Gasoline Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I wanted to check "Oh Yeah!"s streams on Spotify and realized that they're now up to no. 189 worldwide (vs. 195 a few days ago). Also, I think what helped to boost the performance of FOA back then were the live performances that we got to see. So hopefully we'll get some of that for the new song, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 15 minutes ago, CherryBombs&Gasoline said: I wanted to check "Oh Yeah!"s streams on Spotify and realized that they're now up to no. 189 worldwide (vs. 195 a few days ago). Also, I think what helped to boost the performance of FOA back then were the live performances that we got to see. So hopefully we'll get some of that for the new song, as well. How do you check how many streams a song has on Spotify? Struggling to find this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherryBombs&Gasoline Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 27 minutes ago, HAPPY ROOTING UNICORN said: How do you check how many streams a song has on Spotify? Struggling to find this You can't do it on the phone, apparently. At least I couldn't. But I think if you get yourself the desktop version for the computer, you might be able to see it. That's how it worked years ago 😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squashie Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 hour ago, CherryBombs&Gasoline said: You can't do it on the phone, apparently. At least I couldn't. But I think if you get yourself the desktop version for the computer, you might be able to see it. That's how it worked years ago 😅 Yeah, you have to use the desktop app to view stream counts. It’s the little bar to the right where the “👍🏻“ is at (for Macs anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherryBombs&Gasoline Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 So I wanted to compare the performance of "Father of All" as a lead single with "Bang Bang". Besides being no. 1 on the Billboard alternative songs chat, "Bang Bang" also managed to enter the regular charts in various countries (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Japan, Scotland). FOA only charted in Scotland. So it looks like "Bang Bang" was definitely a bigger commercial success. That being said, the Wikipedia page for FOA looks incomplete and some American charts that the song definitely entered aren't even listed there. So some stuff seems to be missing, but still, Bang Bang was a bigger hit I'd say. So let's see how "Oh Yeah" will perform compared to "Bang Bang" and "Still Breathing". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNICORN VOMIT Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 4 hours ago, CherryBombs&Gasoline said: So I wanted to compare the performance of "Father of All" as a lead single with "Bang Bang". Besides being no. 1 on the Billboard alternative songs chat, "Bang Bang" also managed to enter the regular charts in various countries (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Japan, Scotland). FOA only charted in Scotland. So it looks like "Bang Bang" was definitely a bigger commercial success. That being said, the Wikipedia page for FOA looks incomplete and some American charts that the song definitely entered aren't even listed there. So some stuff seems to be missing, but still, Bang Bang was a bigger hit I'd say. So let's see how "Oh Yeah" will perform compared to "Bang Bang" and "Still Breathing". From an Aussie's point of view I heard Bang Bang and SB heaps on the radio but haven't heard a single thing from FOAM as yet - having said that I think they will push more when the album is released, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 On 1/24/2020 at 8:22 PM, CherryBombs&Gasoline said: So I wanted to compare the performance of "Father of All" as a lead single with "Bang Bang". Besides being no. 1 on the Billboard alternative songs chat, "Bang Bang" also managed to enter the regular charts in various countries (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Japan, Scotland). FOA only charted in Scotland. So it looks like "Bang Bang" was definitely a bigger commercial success. That being said, the Wikipedia page for FOA looks incomplete and some American charts that the song definitely entered aren't even listed there. So some stuff seems to be missing, but still, Bang Bang was a bigger hit I'd say. So let's see how "Oh Yeah" will perform compared to "Bang Bang" and "Still Breathing". True, but Bang Bang was released one month before the album release, and its success got pumped by the album sales, while FOAM didn’t have that advantage. I think it’s a factor to consider while analyzing the chart results, since album sales do have an impact on single performances. The Oh Yeah! music video is now at 2M views on YT by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherryBombs&Gasoline Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 3 hours ago, HAPPY ROOTING UNICORN said: True, but Bang Bang was released one month before the album release, and its success got pumped by the album sales, while FOAM didn’t have that advantage. I think it’s a factor to consider while analyzing the chart results, since album sales do have an impact on single performances. The Oh Yeah! music video is now at 2M views on YT by the way. Bang Bang was released two months before the album release, but I get what you are saying. However, since Oh Yeah came out a few weeks before the release of the album, it should have said advantage 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beyza Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 On 1/22/2020 at 4:26 PM, Zebahar said: So after asking about radio play, I checked my local alternative stations playlist and so far this week, they have played Oh Yeah six times, which I think is pretty good given that it’s only the beginning of Wednesday I checked out one of the alternative stations of mine they played once yesterday first I guess, they usually play their other stuff though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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