They can't just decide a song is a buzz single after its release :lol:

They did with Natalia Kills. And I only repeated what Jonjo said (he was probably joking and I've escalated it into more than it should be knowing me :lol:)

@OMFGMusic (my original source for the Beyonce news) now say that they may decide after the video is released. If it takes off when the video is out, they'll be no need. But apparently her team would rather it be seen as a 'buzz' single than a flop (which is understandable).

 

Not that it would make much difference, the public might be able to tell what they've done, with the 'cover up'.

Edited May 1, 201114 yr by Jaack Sykes

Fair enough if it flops. I mean they wouldn't want the actual comeback from a worldwide megastar to be seen as a total flop (and before anyone says Britney - HIAM did go top 10 in quite a few countries, RTW(G) has only done so in Netherlands thus far.) The clip of supposed next single Till The End Of Time which is floating around is sounding far more commercial, like it could actually be a hit.

@OMFGMusic (my original source for the Beyonce news) now say that they may decide after the video is released. If it takes off when the video is out, they'll be no need. But apparently her team would rather it be seen as a 'buzz' single than a flop (which is understandable).

 

Not that it would make much difference, the public might be able to tell what they've done, with the 'cover up'.

 

That is 100% a cover-up. If her comeback is a flop it's a flop. You can't just pretend it was meant to be a buzz single all along :lol:

I think some buzz singles have been known to have music videos before anyway. Wait Your Turn/The Wait Is Over by Rihanna is a good example.

 

One of Wiz Khalifa's recent buzz singles had a music video too (On My Level, I think).

 

If I were Beyonce's managers, I'd do the same. If the song flops, I'd release something else and see if it works better, rather than go straight to the album as planned.

1 ADELE Rolling In the Deep

2 Katy Perry E.T. (feat. Kanye West)

3 Bruno Mars The Lazy Song

4 The Black Eyed Peas Just Can't Get Enough

5 Britney Spears Till the World Ends (The Femme Fatale Remix) [feat. Nicki Minaj & Ke$ha]

6 Pitbull Give Me Everything (feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer)

7 Ke$ha Blow

8 Jennifer Lopez On the Floor (feat. Pitbull)

9 Tinie Tempah Written In the Stars (feat. Eric Turner)

10 Chris Brown Look At Me Now (feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes)

11 Rihanna S&M

12 Jeremih & 50 Cent Down On Me (feat. 50 Cent)

13 Lady GaGa Born This Way

14 Lupe Fiasco The Show Goes On

15 Lady GaGa Judas

16 Glee Cast I Feel Pretty / Unpretty (Glee Cast Version)

17 Jessie J Price Tag (feat. B.o.B)

18 Dr. Dre I Need a Doctor (feat. Eminem & Skylar Grey)

19 Selena Gomez & The Scene Who Says

20 Blake Shelton Honey Bee

21 Wiz Khalifa Roll Up

22 Britney Spears Till the World Ends

23 Cee Lo Green Forget You

24 LMFAO Party Rock Anthem (feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock)

25 Katy Perry E.T.

26 Luke Bryan Country Girl (Shake It for Me)

27 Katy Perry Firework

28 New Boyz Backseat (feat. The Cataracs & Dev)

29 Jason Aldean Dirt Road Anthem

30 Adam Hicks, Bridgit Mendler, Naomi Scott & Hayley Kiyoko Determinate

31 Christina Perri Jar of Hearts

32 Diddy - Dirty Money & Skylar Grey Coming Home

33 The Script For the First Time

34 Kanye West All of the Lights

35 Bruno Mars Grenade

36 Avril Lavigne What the Hell

37 Glee Cast Born This Way (Glee Cast Version)

38 Kelly Rowland Motivation (feat. Lil Wayne)

39 Glee Cast Somewhere Only We Know (Glee Cast Version)

40 Mike Posner Bow Chicka Wow Wow (feat. Lil Wayne)

41 T-Pain Best Love Song (feat. Chris Brown)

42 Zac Brown Band Colder Weather

43 P!nk F**kin' Perfect

44 Lil Wayne 6 Foot 7 Foot (feat. Cory Gunz)

45 Jason Aldean Don't You Wanna Stay (with Kelly Clarkson)

46 Pitbull Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor) [feat. T-Pain]

47 Nicki Minaj & Drake Moment 4 Life

48 Taylor Swift Mean

49 Javier Colon Time After Time (The Voice Performance)

50 Rascal Flatts I Won't Let Go

51 Thompson Square Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not

52 Usher More

53 Beyoncé Run the World (Girls) [single Version]

54 Hot Chelle Rae Tonight Tonight

55 Cee Lo Green F**k You

56 Mumford & Sons The Cave

57 Brad Paisley Old Alabama (feat. Alabama)

58 Colbie Caillat I Do

59 Keri Hilson Pretty Girl Rock

60 Sara Evans A Little Bit Stronger

61 Florence + The Machine Dog Days Are Over

62 Akon Angel

63 OneRepublic Good Life

64 Train Marry Me

65 Duck Sauce Barbra Streisand

66 Mumford & Sons Little Lion Man

67 Taio Cruz Dynamite

68 ADELE Turning Tables

69 The Band Perry You Lie

70 Chris Young Tomorrow

71 Bruno Mars Just the Way You Are

72 Y.C. Racks (feat. Future)

73 Victorious Cast Beggin' On Your Knees (feat. Victoria Justice)

74 The Black Eyed Peas The Time (Dirty Bit)

75 Seether Country Song

76 Adam Hicks, Bridgit Mendler, Naomi Scott & Hayley Kiyoko Breakthrough

77 Miguel Sure Thing

78 Enrique Iglesias Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) [feat. Ludacris & DJ Frank E]

79 Wiz Khalifa No Sleep

80 Ke$ha We R Who We R

81 Bridgit Mendler Somebody

82 P!nk Raise Your Glass

83 The Band Perry If I Die Young

84 Keith Urban Without You

85 Nicki Minaj Super Bass

86 Wiz Khalifa Black and Yellow

87 Eric Church Homeboy

88 The Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling

89 Eli Young Band Crazy Girl

90 Lil Wayne John (feat. Rick Ross)

91 Miranda Lambert Heart Like Mine

92 Waka Flocka Flame No Hands (feat. Roscoe Dash & Wale)

93 Foster the People Pumped Up Kicks

94 Martin Solveig & Dragonette Hello (Single Edit)

95 Justin Moore If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away

96 Big Sean My Last (feat. Chris Brown)

97 Naomi Scott She's So Gone

98 Rihanna S&M (Remix) [feat. Britney Spears]

99 Sugarland Stuck Like Glue

100 Don Omar & Lucenzo Danza Kuduro

 

That is 100% a cover-up. If her comeback is a flop it's a flop. You can't just pretend it was meant to be a buzz single all along :lol:

 

Exactly, people hear it on the radio and will see the video on TV; so they'll see it as the first single. They won't care if the label 'says' it's a buzz single, first of all most people won't know what the label says, and second most people don't understand what a buzz single is (which is understandable cause it doesn't make much sense) :lol:

Beyonce's new single is a HUGE flop by all means.... buzz or not buzz.

there's NO other way to put it...

she just needs to retire & have babies, she would do us all a big favor.

Beyonce's new single is a HUGE flop by all means.... buzz or not buzz.

there's NO other way to put it...

she just needs to retire & have babies, she would do us all a big favor.

 

Girls has done better than the average buzz single.

Girls has had no promo at all!

Girls has done better than the average buzz single.

It's not a buzz single though. Her label are just calling it a buzz single now to cover up the fact that it has flopped.

Edited May 2, 201114 yr by Aidan

#14 BTW

#15 Judas

:o OH MY GOD. Is this for real? Video alert, but still wtf.

 

53. Run the World (Girls) [single Version] - Beyoncé

 

Anw, what is a buzz single? Like only promotional or something?

I'd define buzz single as a song that's just floating around the internet. Like tracks some indie acts give away for free. The line between a buzz single and an actual single can be defined by proper radio airplay including commercial stations and/or official video. A buzz single should not have either of them.

 

So in theory it's possible to say afterwards that a song is just a buzz single but for a high profile act like Beyoncé it might mean that the song has failed to become a proper single = there's a lack of interest. But anyway, buzz singles can be planned.

 

The whole term 'buzz single' is pretty much pointless these days though when all songs are available online - as is the term 'single' itself. It's more about the level of action from the artist/band itself or the record label.

Edited May 2, 201114 yr by SKOB

T-Pain has released three "official" singles for RevolveR (TYSO, RC, RS), and all three have been demoted to buzz single after being massive flops.

Beyonce's management saying its a buzz single is such a cover up, it is flopping and they don't want to accept that. And even if it is a buzz single, Jessie J's 'Do It Like A Dude' was a buzz single too and that was massive, so they made it into a proper release.. it is no excuse for one of the biggest stars in the world to be flopping massively everywhere.

T-Pain has released three "official" singles for RevolveR (TYSO, RC, RS), and all three have been demoted to buzz single after being massive flops.

 

Taken from T-Pain's Wikipedia page:

 

In November 2009, T-Pain released the first single from his fourth studio album, "Take Your Shirt Off".[25] The single only managed to reach number eighty on the Hot 100, and was later dubbed a promotional single. Later, in February 2010, he released the official lead single from his fourth studio album, "Reverse Cowgirl", featuring Young Jeezy.[26] He later release an updated version of the song excluding Young Jeezy's verse and adding a new bridge. The single reached number seventy-five on the Hot 100 and number sixty-four on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming a mild hit. The single has since been dubbed a promotional single.

 

:lol:

Haha. Poor T-Pain.

 

His song with Chris Brown did okay though, I think. I heard they were going to make a music video for it.

I doubt Adele will be number one this week. Her Gap is big - but not enough. Her Airplay will let her down.

Hopefully we will see the debut of Tinie Tempah in the Top 10 !

Is there any reason why Ellie Goulding is #26 on itunes with her album? How much higher can she go after SNL this weekend?