West Coast Debuts at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100

[Your Girl Lana 546]

 

"Her new song appears headed for the list's top half next week thanks to expected high sales following her buzzworthy Coachella set"

Lana Del Rey's new single "West Coast" looks likely to debut in the upper half of next week's Billboard Hot 100. Highlights of the chart, which blends songs' sales data, via Nielsen SoundScan, and airplay and streaming figures, according to Nielsen BDS, will post on Billboard.com on Wednesday (April 23), while the survey will update in full the following day.

                                                                              

 

  Industry sources suggest that the song, the studio version of which was made available for purchase on Monday (14) after she'd premiered the song live the night before for throngs of fans at the Coachella festival, could sell 110,000-120,000 downloads for the SoundScan tracking week ending Sunday (20). While the track is not yet being actively promoted to radio by Interscope Records, its sales and any early airplay and streaming should spur a start in the Hot 100's top 50, with a top 40, or higher, launch possible.

  Del Rey has charted three titles on the Hot 100 so far: "Video Games," which spent a week at No. 91 (Jan. 28, 2012); "Young and Beautiful," which reached No. 22 last June; and "Summertime Sadness," which soared to No. 6 in September after it was remixed by Cedric Gervais.

  She co-wrote "Coast" with Rick Nowels, who also co-wrote "Young" and "Summertime" and has been a chart visitor since the mid-'80s, having penned hits for and/or with Belinda Carlisle (the No. 1 "Heaven Is a Place on Earth"), Madonna, Dido, John Legend, Colbie Caillat and others.

  "People are starving for real artistry," Nowels told Billboard last year. "As more people hear [Del Rey's] music, she's gaining more fans."

  Del Rey is working with the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach on her new album, "Ultraviolence." While a release date has not been announced for the set, sources say it won't reach retailers before June. Her major label debut, "Born to Die," crossed the one million-sold mark in March, according to SoundScan. The set debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart following its release on Jan. 31, 2012. She followed with the "Paradise" EP later that year, which hit No. 10 and has sold 332,000.

  Del Rey's Coachella performance and anticipation for her new music has already resulted in gains for her social profile. She was the most-mentioned artist during the first weekend of Coachella last weekend, according to data gathered and compiled by Twitter. She rises 42-37 on Billboard's Social 50 chart this week, with 137,000 mentions of her name on Twitter (up 158 percent over the previous week) and an 83 percent rise in conversation on Facebook.

 

 

source: http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6062527/lana-del-reys-west-coast-set-for-strong-hot-100-debut

 

[rways 405]

Top 10 Please

[Coney Island King 25,991]

Good on her. I doubt we will see a string of them this era though, but who cares, i kinda dont want her all over the charts with every single she has and we all know the album will sell, which is the most important thing. I mainly just want WC to do well in the U.S just to say fuck you to all her vile critics. x

[Maxwell 7]

I don't understand why people are saying that she's not good for radio. I think that WC it's a different beast, I can totally see the song smashing on radio because even people that are pressed about her like it. If the song takes off on radio with a good video and some tv promo I can totally see it in top 10 (Lana streams are good)

[HEARTCORE 18,969]

When it first aired on Radio 1, Fearne asked for people's thoughts on it and some people said 'I don't like Lana del Rey but that song was really good'. It could do well on the radio, it's so different to anything playing ATM, which would make it easier to remember.

[Creyk 11,677]

I don't understand why people are saying that she's not good for radio. I think that WC it's a different beast, I can totally see the song smashing on radio because even people that are pressed about her like it. If the song takes off on radio with a good video and some tv promo I can totally see it in top 10 (Lana streams are good)

Of course she would be good for radio.

But will they add her to their list of songs, or play her at all?

That's the question.....

[naachoboy 7,993]

i think they will add her, because they wouldnt made that radio edit :S? 

[HausOfMark 85]

 

[Creyk 11,677]

#30 debut. Not bad.

Now let's hope something will happen so it can continue climbing :party:

[Coney Island King 25,991]

When is the video set to hit?

[rways 405]

Lana Del Rey scores her best debut sales week yet with the arrival of "West Coast." It enters at No. 6 with 118,000 sold. It's the first single from her upcoming album "Ultraviolence," which is due later this year.

 

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[DominicMars 1,762]

Yay go Lana! Top 10! And its not a shitty remix!

[Arzi 1,981]

Debuts #17 in BB Hot 100, #6 in Digital Songs and #16 in Streaming

 

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