Thread by @tearsofabeI, After Hours vs Changes: a thread LEAD SINGLES: Heartless, that everyone considers [...]

After Hours vs Changes: a thread

LEAD SINGLES:

Heartless, that everyone considers as "flop and weak" single peaked at #1, didnt freefall at the charts after 2nd week had critical acclaim and spent 20 WEEKS (recurrent rule)

Yummy, that everyone HATES that song, debuted at #2 then freefall and never saw-

-the light ever again. spent 15 weeks at the chart

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Heartless a FLOP single peaked at #3 on UK Charts while Y*mmy peaked at #5

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤢" title="Angewidertes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Angewidertes Gesicht"> in other charts its same so

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Heartless sold 2m copies in USA so far and y*mmy sold 1m

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-the light ever again. spent 15 weeks at the chart https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

SECOND SINGLES:

Do I really have to say it?? Blinding Lights literally washed even Heartless and it& #39;s one of the biggest songs of the year

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😴" title="Schlafendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schlafendes Gesicht"> Blinding Lights a song that has over 15 #1 on the official charts, still breaking records and 21 weeks AND STILL IN TOP 3

SECOND SINGLES:Do I really have to say it?? Blinding Lights literally washed even Heartless and it& #39;s one of the biggest songs of the year https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😴" title="Schlafendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schlafendes Gesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😴" title="Schlafendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schlafendes Gesicht"> Blinding Lights a song that has over 15 #1 on the official charts, still breaking records and 21 weeks AND STILL IN TOP 3" title="SECOND SINGLES:Do I really have to say it?? Blinding Lights literally washed even Heartless and it& #39;s one of the biggest songs of the year https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😴" title="Schlafendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schlafendes Gesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😴" title="Schlafendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schlafendes Gesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😴" title="Schlafendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schlafendes Gesicht"> Blinding Lights a song that has over 15 #1 on the official charts, still breaking records and 21 weeks AND STILL IN TOP 3">

-while intentions struggles to enter top 5 now, sadly it& #39;s better than y*mmy like blinding lights is better than heartless, but it couldnt wash its processor

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Intentions is currently in top 10 and peaked at #5 with average performance while BL still breaks records

-while intentions struggles to enter top 5 now, sadly it& #39;s better than y*mmy like blinding lights is better than heartless, but it couldnt wash its processor https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

Intentions is currently in top 10 and peaked at #5 with average performance while BL still breaks records" title="-while intentions struggles to enter top 5 now, sadly it& #39;s better than y*mmy like blinding lights is better than heartless, but it couldnt wash its processor https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😴" title="Schlafendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schlafendes Gesicht">Intentions is currently in top 10 and peaked at #5 with average performance while BL still breaks records">

Blinding Lights has surpassed 10m sales (IN MAY NOW IT HAS MORE!!!) while y*mmy has 7m sales in june

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that means y*mmy + intentions = not even blinding lights sales

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Blinding Lights has surpassed 10m sales (IN MAY NOW IT HAS MORE!!!) while y*mmy has 7m sales in june https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

that means y*mmy + intentions = not even blinding lights sales https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😴" title="Schlafendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schlafendes Gesicht">" title="Blinding Lights has surpassed 10m sales (IN MAY NOW IT HAS MORE!!!) while y*mmy has 7m sales in june https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😴" title="Schlafendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schlafendes Gesicht">that means y*mmy + intentions = not even blinding lights sales https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😴" title="Schlafendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schlafendes Gesicht">" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>

The Weeknd& #39;s “Blinding Lights” is the best selling song in pure sales this year in the United States, even though it was released last year so dont say "it sold more because it was released in 2019"

okay now it& #39;s time to compare albums

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After Hours debuted at #1 with over 400K units and spent 4 weeks at #1, still in top 10 and currently has one of the highest units of the year WHILE it got released WHEN CORONA virus impacted so he couldn& #39;t promote

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okay now it& #39;s time to compare albums https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤡" title="Clownsgesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Clownsgesicht">After Hours debuted at #1 with over 400K units and spent 4 weeks at #1, still in top 10 and currently has one of the highest units of the year WHILE it got released WHEN CORONA virus impacted so he couldn& #39;t promote https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😴" title="Schlafendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schlafendes Gesicht">" title="okay now it& #39;s time to compare albums https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤡" title="Clownsgesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Clownsgesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤡" title="Clownsgesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Clownsgesicht">After Hours debuted at #1 with over 400K units and spent 4 weeks at #1, still in top 10 and currently has one of the highest units of the year WHILE it got released WHEN CORONA virus impacted so he couldn& #39;t promote https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😴" title="Schlafendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schlafendes Gesicht">">

Changes debuted at #1 with over 200k units, spent 1 week at #1, certified wood while after hours certified platinum

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💀" title="Schädel" aria-label="Emoji: Schädel"> it got released in January just to outshine and make drama (I& #39;m talking about Rare) and "sadly" it failed

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Changes debuted at #1 with over 200k units, spent 1 week at #1, certified wood while after hours certified platinum https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

it got released in January just to outshine and make drama (I& #39;m talking about Rare) and "sadly" it failed https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😴" title="Schlafendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schlafendes Gesicht">" title="Changes debuted at #1 with over 200k units, spent 1 week at #1, certified wood while after hours certified platinum https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💀" title="Schädel" aria-label="Emoji: Schädel"> it got released in January just to outshine and make drama (I& #39;m talking about Rare) and "sadly" it failed https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😴" title="Schlafendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schlafendes Gesicht">">

also let& #39;s not forget justin used LOTS OF BUNDLES for Yummy like 5 DIFFERENT VINYL SET lmaoo while heartless was a unpromoted release

CRITICS

After Hours HIGHLY critically ACCLAIMED, in every list of AOTY nominees while Changes is in worst album of the year lists

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CRITICSAfter Hours HIGHLY critically ACCLAIMED, in every list of AOTY nominees while Changes is in worst album of the year lists https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

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After Hours tracks outsold and outpeaked Changes tracks

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3RD SINGLES

In Your Eyes peaked at #16 (BEFORE THE REMIX) while Forever peaked #24 while Forever is a POST MALONE collab

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(ps. wikipedia considers forever as the 3rd single)

3RD SINGLESIn Your Eyes peaked at #16 (BEFORE THE REMIX) while Forever peaked #24 while Forever is a POST MALONE collab https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

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After Hours a promotional single peaked in top 20 also

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“After Hours” has now over 2.3 billion streams on Spotify. This is @theweeknd& #39;s 3rd project to achieve this. While Ch*nges has 1.4B streams

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“After Hours” has now over 2.3 billion streams on Spotify. This is @theweeknd& #39;s 3rd project to achieve this. While Ch*nges has 1.4B streams https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

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Blinding Lights success pt2.

The Weeknd has the most monthly listeners on Spotify over 25 consecutive day (60m+)

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The Weeknd has the most monthly listeners on Spotify over 25 consecutive day (60m+) https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

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so at the end I& #39;m gonna say it again;

YOU CANT COMPARE A TRASH TO A MASTERPIECE, have a nice day

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