Given the hold ‘Hold Me Closer’ has had on digital sales tallies since its August 26 release, the Elton John and Britney Spears tune is not only promising to unseat Nicki Minaj‘s ‘Super Freaky Girl’ as the year’s best first-week single seller but it’s also threatening to debut in the top 10.
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‘Closer,’ a spin on John’s 1971 classic ‘Tiny Dancer,’ had anything but a tiny critical and commercial response to its unveiling last week.
Seeing the Pop princess and Rocket Man soar to the top of iTunes tallies in over 50 countries (including the United States) in the days that followed, industry analysts reported the tune shifted over 100,000 units in less than 7 days in America alone.
Once verified, the figures will be just enough to bump Minaj’s ‘Super Freaky Girl’ – which debuted at #1 last week with the year’s highest first-week sales for a single (89,000 units) – from holding the record for 2022’s best first-week single sales.
As if that’s not enough to boast, Pop radio has already begun embracing the soon-to-be-hit as evidenced by its top 40 placement on the recently updated chart.
Performance on those platforms, once added to the steam that’s picking up on streaming outlets, promises ‘Closer’ will close in the top 15 of next week’s Billboard Hot 100 with some industry analysts suggesting the placement could even be as high as #8.
If the tune manages to secure a top 10 debut next week it will come as the first time in 10 years Britney’s reached the chart region as she was last spotted there in 2012 when will.I.am‘s ‘Scream & Shout’ peaked at #3.
For Elton, the top 10 arrival would come as his second of the year as his 2021 single – the Dua Lipa-assisted ‘Cold Heart’ – peaked at #7 on the tally in January 2022. The historic feat not only marked the 28th top 10 hit of his career but also made him only one of 10 artists who can boast having reached the chart territory over four or more decades.
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Queen s***!
And she’s STILL number one on tbe GLOBAL sales chart since it’s debut. As soon as she hit day 5 (4 or so DAYS AGO) she became the longest running female to hold the spot and now she’s even left that achievement in the dust. As she’s been on top for 8-9 days now. OOPS! She did it again.
QUEEN S***.
Exactly! Britney has proven she will FOREVER be that girl. THE blueprint for a popstar. THE pop princess
And that’s facts! She LITERALLY is THE blueprint of a true pop star.
And she. Didn’t need 8 versions like Nicki 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Or two big male rappers including Kanye West yet only barely scraping the Top 15 🤣
Let’s quote some of cardi other songs up smashed wap smashed cardi can easily come back from a number 13 you act as if it debuted on bubbling under charts
When was Kanye or durk last hit on hot 100 ?????? You act as if they hot 100 killers.
Cardi has 2 solo number 1 singles Nicki can’t relate 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣
WAP this, Up that! What has she done in the LAST 18 MONTHS?
Got a number 13 song and had a new baby 12 months ago when your first album sell 52 million albums and singles combined you don’t have to rush now this baby 1 she better come hard 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
100k…
She sold 108,000 pure sales first week with album so how she only sold 100k ? The hate and delusion is real 🤣🤣🤣 RIAA says 3 million I’ll believe them
Flop like yo mama’s pancake t I t s💅🏾
Mind you Nicki had 6 versions
This is impressive
There is nothing impressive about Nicki or Britney fans buying 100 downloads each of a 69 cent download. Digital downloads are dead, only used to manipulate charts.
Sorry the song does nothing for me
. Elton sounds great it’s a good follow up to Cold heart
Monica could never LOL
The song is already a hit without any promotion.
That’s the power of Legendary Britney Spears..
It’s definitely not a hit, needing to be sold at 69 cents plus it isn’t even her song just to go top 10. Hopefully it doesn’t go top 10. We shouldn’t be given bad songs chart position due to pity especially if the “musician” is completely talentless like britney
Terrible song with expected terrible vocals. It will fall like a rock after this week. iHeartRado stations played it week one for payola. Just watch…