Led to believe these are better quality than previously posted..

Ariana Grande – Yes And ? (HQ Acapella & Instrumental) Nitro here

Also, while here.. just wanted to point out in case you missed it. When Yes And ? was officially released, there were 9 different official versions iirc. The new version with Mariah Carey (above) will make that 10. Each and every play, as you know, counts towards chart positions and all that good stuff.. so as number 1 singles go, I dont really recall many having 9 versions banged out from day 1.. recently, if not ever.. and thats including the “sped up version” lol. So Yes and ? has kinda set a precedent as to what you can add to a playlist to get more plays/counts. I`d go so far to call it “a bit of a first”.

Secondly, I`m fairly sure this wont be the last time an artist does this. There`s one or two more that have kinda done the same from what Im seeing at first glance, but need to do more homework before news is brought on that, but there`s hints Beyonce is on the case releasing an official acapella and instrumental which you could say “counts”.

To quickly summarise, if this M/O continues, which I expect it will have to, it will bring many acapellas and instrumental versions of a track out into the wild officially, which is great, so less need to go hunting, or making them with AI. Which is probably why the acapellas and instrumentals are all of a sudden getting released.. cos people can make em anyway, upload them, and get the YouTube hits instead of the artists/labels. And in a world where 500 hits is the difference between a number 1 smash and a number 2 chart position, every vote counts.

Future-wise (if only we were) it all sort of points to either a new way to count plays, or there`ll be a flood of tunes doing exactly what Ari just did “to get the numbers up”. Counting the hits on YouTube,Spotify,Tik Tok ect will have a whole new meaning when the numbers quadruple in a year.

Imagine you have yourself a catchy acoustic track. You only have 3 other instruments in the song accompanying your vocals. With the Ariana M/O [TM] you can release your radio mix, an acapella, and instrumental, and the 3 guys playing drums, guitars and keys. That`s 6X-ing your possible plays/counts. No brainer when this catches on fully.

And to quickly summarise the summary, where does this all go next? When the artists/labels have run out of pellas & insts and sped up versions to bump the numbers ?

well, it goes a little something like this:

Bass Stem
Drums Stem
Piano Stem
Guitar Stem
Strings Stem
Synths Stem
Lead Vocals
Backing Vocals

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Ariana Grande – Yes, and ? (20 Mono AI Stems & Instrumental)(44.1k-16bit)