If you can’t buy the album (or if you’ve already downloaded the album, but would like to help out) then there is another way that you can help out troye on the charts. As of last year, Billboard now includes streaming from any of the major streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, Amazon, etc into the calculations of their charts.
1500 streams of a song from an album equals to 1 album sale. Although that might seem like a lot at first, it is easy to do if we get a lot of people to stream. Imagine it as 10 people streaming the song 150 times, or 100 people streaming the song 15 times, or 1500 people streaming a song once. We just need everyone to help. Below i've come up with some tips to help us stream the album
For Spotify you can stream the songs using a playlist. That is the best way to make sure that your streams count. I’ve already made an 8 hour playlist of Youth that you can follow and stream here and a playlist of all of the songs from the album added about 1500 times altogether that you can follow and stream here
You can just plug in your earbuds/headphones or turn down the volume (Do not turn it down all the way or mute it or else the streams will not count) and let the playlist play. The best thing to do would be to set up Spotify on your computer and play the playlist while you are asleep (if you do this make sure to go to your power setting and set it up so your computer doesn’t go to sleep)
For Apple Music you can make playlist similar to the spotify ones. Just make sure you’re streaming the song from Apple Music and not from your library or else it wont count,
If you don’t have any of the streaming services, then you can create a free account. click here to make a free Spotify account, click here to sign up for the apple music 3-month free trial, click here
Billboard only looks at streams from the US, but you can still help out if you’re from outside the fandom. You can use a VPN like Zenmate or the free trial for VyprVPN or another VPN service that you trust (do not use Hola because it has some problems with it) and change your location to the US and then make a free US Spotify account and stream the playlists. (send me an ask off of anon if you would like more info about this”)
You can stream from Apple Music, Spotify, and Google Play at the same time to triple your streams. You can also make more than 1 account and stream from more than 1 device. (You can do all of this and have it stream while you’re asleep)
You can also ask your family and friends to stream the album too. They can stream it while they sleep so it doesn’t affect their daily routine.
The time period we have to stream for it to count in Blue Neighbourhood’s first week is from now until Thursday (December 10th), so please start streaming and please spread this around the fandom so that everyone can help. Let’s try to get the album to debut somewhere in the top 4 Billboard Top 200 Album chart
As most of you can remember, I did a gifting project for Wild which did pretty well, so I decided to do another one for Blue neighbourhood, but this time I changed a few thing to help the project work better
This time I won’t post the form to sign up to receive the album until Wednesday. This is so I can keep track of how many albums can be gifted. Once I have an idea i’ll open up the other form and will keep both open for the week following the release of the album
so If you can afford to Gift Blue Neighbourhood to someone:
Fill out this Form here
On December 4th you will receive an email from me that will include the email of the person(s) you will be gifting the album to
When you get that email you can then go ahead and gift the album. Please try to do it before December 10th so that it will count for the first week of sales
If you would like the album and cant afford to get it please keep an eye out on this blog or my twitter because that’s where i’ll be posting the link to the form to receive the album.In the meantime, please spread around the form above so more people can see it and sign up .
So as i’m sure we all know Troye is releasing Youth tonight and It seems like he and his team are pushing Youth as a single. I think it would be a great idea to work together as a fandom and get Youth on the radio.
Radio airplay is important because not only does it help the song on the charts, but it’ll also introduce the song and troye to a whole new audience of people who might have known about Troye.
One thing that should really help us accomplish is that Troye has already visited a bunch of big radio stations while he was in the US and those radio stations would be much more willing to play Youth if we request it.
What to Do:
Z100:
Tweet them at @z100newyork and ask them politely to play Youth (here is an example tweet)
Call them at 1-800-242-0100 and request Youth
Fill out their request form here and enter in “Youth by Troye Sivan” at the bottom along with the other necessary information
KIIS FM 102.7:
Tweet them at @1027KIISFM and ask them politely to play Youth
Call them at 1-800 -520-1027 and request Youth
Fill out their request form here and enter in “Youth by Troye Sivan” at the bottom along with the other necessary information
101.3 KDWB:
Tweet them at @1013KDWB and ask them politely to play Youth
Fill out their request form here and enter in “Youth by Troye Sivan” at the bottom along with the other necessary information
106.1 KISS FM:
Tweet them at @KISSFMSEATTLE and ask them politely to play Youth
call them at 214-787-1061 or 817-787-1061 and request Youth
Wild 949:
tweet them at @wild949 and ask them politely to play Youth
call them at 888-333-9490 and request Youth
Fill out their request form here and here and enter in “Youth by Troye Sivan” at the bottom along with the other necessary information
Our goal is to hopefully get Youth to be put on rotation (added to the list of songs that always play on the radio) at these stations. I’m sure if we all work together we can do it.
WHAT: We’ve all seen how touched troye has been by all of the signs at the previous shows, so we’re going to try to do the same thing at the DC show by holding up signs that say “ We ♥ you”
WHEN: At the start of Suburbia we’re going to hold up the signs and keep them up the entire song;
HOW; Print out copies from here (the paper size should be 8 1/2 x 11)
i will be handing out some copies in line, but it would be very helpful if people printed out extra copies and handed them out to other people who might not have seen this post or heard about the project.
Please spread this around so that the entire audience can be full of these signs!
Teens (and Elders) react to the Blue Neighbourhood trilogy
So we know that Troye has said that he created the trilogy in hopes of reaching the people surrounding LGBTQ+ kids and showing them how their reaction and actions can affect those kids. One way we can help him achieve this goal is by trying to get the FineBros to have teens react to the trilogy.
If we can get Teens or even Elders to react to the trilogy then that would be a large new audience that would be exposed to the trilogy who wouldn’t have seen it otherwise which is what Troye wants.
How do we do this?
1. The best way to do this is to comment on every video the Fine Bros. upload from now until we get either teens or elders to react to the series.
So, the next time they upload a video go to the comment section and comment “Teens react to the Blue Neighbourhood trilogy by Troye Sivan” and then make a separate comment that says something similar to “Elders react to the Blue Neighbourhood trilogy by Troye Sivan”
After you’re done commenting go through the comment section and like other comments that say the same thing and reply to them so the the Fine Bros. can see how many of us want this.
2. The 2nd best way is to tweet the fine bros (@thefinebros) and to ask them politely to have teens and elders react to the series.
It might take a while (anywhere from a couple of weeks to a couple of months) for it to happen, but if we stay persistent then I know we can do it and that we can bring a whole new audience to Troye. We would also be helping to spread the message of the trilogy to the demographic Troye wants to reach the most.
Saturday Night Online is a radio show that streams to over 140+ top radio stations across the U.S. Every hour they play the most requested song of that hours, so tonight let's try to get Fools (which was the top voted song on the poll I did) on the radio, so that means that starting at 7pm Eastern Time until 12AM, you have to vote every hour to make Fools the most requested song of the hour.
There are 5 different platforms for you to request the song on, and they combine the total to decide which is the most requested song. I know that we're gonna have a lot of competition from other fandoms that will be trying to get their song on there, but we’re a huge fandom and I know we can make this happen
So the 5 platforms are:
TWEET #Fools by @Troyesivan at @SaturdayOnline
(you can use tweet deck for this)
Here are some example tweets if you don't know what to say:
TEXT Fools by Troye Sivan to 55100
CALL and request Fools at 1-800-242-0100
SNAPCHAT Fools by Troye Sivan to saturdayonline
SKYPE CALL Fools by Troye Sivan at Saturdaynightonlinelive
I know that Troye would be so happy if we managed to get this to work, so please try your hardest and tell other people on the fandom about this!
Which WILD song do you want to Promote and hear on Saturday Night Online?
Saturday Night Online is a popular radio show that broadcasts to over 140+ top radio stations. They play the most requested song every hour and I would love to see one of the Song from Wild as the most requested. Which song in particular do you want to us to promote and hear on the show?
Before i start with the 2nd project I just want to thank everyone who participated in the gifting project. Although we weren’t able to give everyone the album, we still managed to Gift around 70 copies of the album. That is amazing and couldn’t have been done without all of the people that participated.
For the 2nd project I want to try to get one of the songs from WILD to play on Saturday Night Online. Saturday Night Online is an iHeartRadio show that broadcasts every Saturday night from 7PM-12AM EST to over 140= top radio stations across the United States. The show has this thing where they play the most requested song of the hour.
If we can get one of the songs from WILD as the most requested song, then that would mean that 140+ radio stations across the country would be playing it and so many people outside of the fandom would get to hear Troye. We would have tough competition from other fandoms of big artists, but I think we could do it if we would all band together and work very hard,
We would also have to agree on one song from the album to promote so our efforts are more focused. So for now, Go to the link below and vote for what song you want to promote on Saturday Night Online. I will make another post later this evening around 5PM EST once enough people have voted and I will include instructions on how to request the song.
What song do you want to promote on Saturday Night Online?
I closed the form to gift the album, but if you would still like to gift it send me an ask or DM me on Twitter and tell me your iTunes email and how many copies you can gift. (P.S- if you already signed up to gift the album then keep an eye on you email. I'm sending out emails with the list of people that you'll gift the album to)
Hey guys, I’m gonna close the form to gift Wild in about 2 hours (I’ve already closed the form to receive it) around 12PM EST so if you want to participate and gift the album/EP to someone you have until then. Just remember:
You can only gift the album to people in your country. (If you’re from outside the U.S and you’re thinking of participating please do because we have a lot of people from outside the U.S who would love to get the album)
If you don’t have iTunes you can download it on your laptop and create an account here
You can use an iTunes gift card if you don’t have a credit card.
If you can’t gift the album, but you know someone who can (a friend, family member, relative, etc) please ask them to participate
Here’s the link to the form: GIFT WILD
I’ll start sending out emails with the list of people who need the album to people who have already signed up after 12PM
To The people who signed up to get the album: Not a lot of people signed up to gift the album, so there isn’t enough for everyone. I’m gonna be choosing people randomly through an online randomizer so everyone has a fair chance, I’m really sorry about this, but unless we got a lot more people to gift the album not everyone is going to get a copy. (like i said before, if you know someone who can gift the album please please tell them to participate)
So a couple of days ago I made a post about a gifting project I wanted to do for wild. Although there was a huge response to the post, there still aren't enough people who signed up to gift the album.
So if you can afford to gift even 1 copy of Wild or you know someone else who can gift it please participate in this project. It's very easy to participate (all you have to do is fill out the form and then gift the album to the person/people I will email you on the 3rd) and it's only $5. Not only will this project help out other people in the fandom, it's also going to help troye out on the charts.
Fill out this Form here
On September 3rd you will receive an email from me that will include the email of the person(s) you will be gifting the album to. When the album comes out on September 4th you will pre-order the album for the person(s) you got the day before (I will be including instructions on how to do this in the email I send you on the 3rd)
P.S-
You can only gift the album to people from your countries, so we really need people from outside of the U.S to participate
If you have any questions message me on twitter (taIkingtronnor). My DMs are open to everyone.
The easiest way to help out with the sales is to Pre-order the album on iTunes here
I know that not all of us can afford to get the album for a lot of different reasons so I also came up with another project where if you can afford to pre-order/buy another copy of the album, you can sponsor/gift a copy to someone else who can’t buy it.
If you can afford to Gift Wild to someone:
Fill out this Form here
On September 3rd you will receive an email from me that will include the email of the person(s) you will be gifting the album to
When the album comes out on September 4th you will pre-order the album for the person(s) you got the day before (I will be including instructions on how to do this in the email I send you on the 3rd)
If you can’t buy Wild and would like to receive a free copy:
Fill out this form here
On September 4th (or sometime during the next few days) You will receive a free copy of Wild
That’s it!
Not only will we be helping each other out, but we will also help Troye on the iTunes Charts and the Billboard charts. If you want to help, but you can't gift the album then don't worry. There are still several other ways you can help out. I will be posting more projects in the next 2 weeks.
Also, please reblog this and spread it around. The only way this project will work is if enough ppl can gift the album.
As I’m sure all of us know by now, Troye will be dropping his album/EP, Wild, on September 4th. He’s worked so hard on this album, and he’s put his heart and soul into it, so now it’s our turn to work hard to make sure that it gets the recognition and attention that it deserves.
Last year TRXYE managed to reach #5 on Billboard, and I think it would be amazing if we could get Wild to debut at the top 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Not only would that be huge for us, but I know that would mean a lot to Troye to see the album that he’s worked so hard on at the top 3 of such huge, important chart.
The chart numbers/position are calculated through a lot of things so we would have to work together and work really hard if we want Wild to get to the top 3. The chart looks at:
Sales
Radio Play/Airtime
Spotify/Apple Music Streaming
Views on official Youtube videos
There is already a very good post that mentions all of this (which you should definitely check out and reblog here). I just created this blog to share some of the ideas/projects i came up with to help with all of things the chart looks at. I will be posting these projects/ideas throughout this week and next week (In fact you can see the first project here), but I just wanted to make this post to introduce the project to everyone.
If you have any questions you can send me an ask. I also have my DMs open so you can send me a message on twitter (@TaIkingtronnor)
Please reblog this post so that it can spread around
