Would Praying do better if it wasn't released in summer?

[rosekesha 2,692]

Would Praying do better on charts if it was released in fall or at the beggining of the year, since there are are no much ballads in summer? Thoughts?

[Holiest Dreams 179,461]

I know it's weird but I associate Praying with the summer more than the winter time. Probably because it WAS released in the summer but the video is summery to me and it sounds like something you'd listen to on a dreary, rainy summer day and fit that perfectly. However yeah, I imagine it would've done better during the colder months lol

[Chris 58,351]

Idk if it would've done any differently

[August 1,529]

It's so sad and hidden, the gp still wouldn't have recognized

[trashbanjo 600]

Was the GP really THAT unaware of Praying? Lol. I heard it on radio stations all the time. Sure it didn't get Ariana level plays.

[TomTom 8,939]

7 hours ago, trashbanjo said:

Was the GP really THAT unaware of Praying? Lol. I heard it on radio stations all the time. Sure it didn't get Ariana level plays.

Not really. It was Top 10 on Pop and HAC. It peaked low though (#22), but it had longevity (charted for 21 weeks).

[trashbanjo 600]

7 hours ago, TomTom said:

Not really. It was Top 10 on Pop and HAC. It peaked low though (#22), but it had longevity (charted for 21 weeks).

Oh. I forgot that it not reaching #1 across the board means the GP was unaware of it. Sawry

[Chris 58,351]

31 minutes ago, trashbanjo said:

Oh. I forgot that it not reaching #1 across the board means the GP was unaware of it. Sawry

its okay tho. the album hit #1  

[trashbanjo 600]

16 minutes ago, Chris Morlock said:

its okay tho. the album hit #1  

The power that that has.mp4

Her next album will do the same.

[Chris 58,351]

8 minutes ago, trashbanjo said:

The power that that has.mp4

Her next album will do the same.

lets hope  

[Dan 15,730]

I feel like a song like that did as good as it could have, it did extraordinarily well for a ballad and really killed it on the radio and did super well for an artist that disappeared for a long long time. I think it was all around super successful. 

[Chris 58,351]

2 hours ago, Dan said:

I feel like a song like that did as good as it could have, it did extraordinarily well for a ballad and really killed it on the radio and did super well for an artist that disappeared for a long long time. I think it was all around super successful. 

A part of me wonders I she had used Woman or LTLG as the lead, how successful it woul have been.

But we like Playing as the lead. 

[TomTom 8,939]

18 minutes ago, Chris Morlock said:

A part of me wonders I she had used Woman or LTLG as the lead, how successful it woul have been.

 

A lot less 

[Chris 58,351]

3 minutes ago, TomTom said:

A lot less 

Really?

 

[Dan 15,730]

2 minutes ago, Chris Morlock said:

Really?

 

So much less  

[TomTom 8,939]

6 minutes ago, Chris Morlock said:

Really?

 

Obviously. No one would have cared about a song like Woman or LTLG after all that time and it would have made her comeback seem a lot less strong and serious.

[Chris 58,351]

2 minutes ago, TomTom said:

Obviously. No one would have cared about a song like Woman or LTLG after all that time and it would have made her comeback seem a lot less strong and serious.

Makes 100% sense now that you put it in words

 

[KeshaOverdose 7,585]

It was the perfect song to come back with and it did pretty well. It’s peak doesn’t look good but it served longevity & is 2x platinum. Maybe fall would’ve been a little bit better but who knows.