Talk:Meant to Be (Bebe Rexha song)
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Why are FGL suddenly credited as a lead here edit
When All Your Fault: Pt. 2 was released, FGL and Bebe were indeed both lead artists. The track had initial succes on iTunes so it probably charted on a Billboard Bubbling Under Chart, hence why Billboard are crediting both as a lead. Both are also still leads on iTunes, maybe because they can not change it there. It was however changed on Spotify, check these refs for web archive URLs from before and after its single release. [1][2] FGL are also credited as a feature in very prominent places, such as the single cover, music video, the radio platform AllAccess. I'd argue FGL were co-leads at first, but were credited as a feature after Meant to Be's release as a single, with primary sources now opting for the latter, which should be reflected here. Milliondoses (talk) 21:31, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Milliondoses: I thought it was the other way around: Florida Georgia Line were promoted to co-lead artist(s) after its release as a single and subsequent success. Those Spotify links don't look any different to me. I don't know why they'd be downgraded to featured after its release as a single...you'd think it'd be the opposite, so they could share in some of the benefits, like instead of "FGL scored a number one on the Country Songs chart as a featured artist", it could be another as a lead. Ss112 10:04, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Ss112: That would make more sense, but this is the way it happened, most likely because of the pop radio version, where Bebe sings the first verse as well. I accidentally put the same web archive URL twice in my initial post, that one is dated August 18, but this one is dated November 10, and you can see "(feat. Florida Georgia Line)" actually got added to the song's title.[3] Milliondoses (talk) 07:37, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
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Florida Georgia Line should be credited in the title of the article edit
The title of the article should be “Meant to Be (Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line Song)” not just “Bebe Rexha song”. Billboard has re-credited the song as “Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line” and both her EP album on iTunes list the song as “Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line”. Yeehaw45 (talk) 14:33, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
See the other discussion on this page for reasons why Florida Georgia Line are a featured artist. Billiekhalidfan (talk) 03:09, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
The previous discussion appears to be before Florida Georgia Line were co-credited by Billboard. All the iTunes listings as well as Bebe’s album have the song listed as “Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line” now which leaves no reason to continue having them listed as “featured”. Yeehaw45 (talk) 00:25, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
See the cover art or their streaming services such as Spotify. Billiekhalidfan (talk) 01:07, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
Spotify lists the Bebe album version as “feat. Florida Georgia Line” and the live version as “feat. Bebe Rexha”, this hardly seems reason to discount iTunes and Billboard equally billing the artists. Yeehaw45 (talk) 19:53, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
But Spotify changed from crediting to Florida Georgia Line as a lead artist to featured. Clearly there was a reason for that and the artwork is a more reliable source than iTunes or Billboard. Billiekhalidfan (talk) 22:07, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
The live version on Spotify bills them equally but says “feat. Bebe Rexha” but otherwise they’re billed as “and” everywhere except the music video. It seems sort of arbitrary here but given the amount of places they’re credited as a co-lead artist I don’t see why they should be classified as featured here. Yeehaw45 (talk) 23:08, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
Here are some reliable sources saying Florida Georgia Line are featured on this song:
• The cover art of the song.
The only reliable sources that credit Florida Georgia Line as a lead artist are on the Billboard charts and on iTunes. FGL were originally credited as lead, but were changed to featured for the single release of the song. Billboard charts don't change the credits and I don't know why iTunes didn't change it, but FGL are definitely featured on this song. Billiekhalidfan (talk) 23:23, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
I’m not sure that this a “definite” case here but given you’ve got more sources showing that than otherwise I suppose the page should remain as is. Yeehaw45 (talk) 01:53, 25 August 2019 (UTC)