Someone Like You #35 :o :w00t:

Set Fire To The Rain #55 :o :w00t:

Rumour Has It #82 :o :w00t:

 

All being released or? :heehee:

 

Bleeding Love #195 :wub:

Iirc the official second single is Someone Like You, but I've heard the other ones on AC radio and Lite FM over here. I don't know why they aren't giving SLY a full push yet. It'll shoot to #1 with a proper video.

 

Ships in the Night by Mat Kearney is STILL top 40. STILL shocked by this.

 

Cheers (Drink to That) has finally surpassed Cali King Bed.

Edited August 6, 201113 yr by MANIAC

I'm guessing Rumour Has It and Set Fire have been sent to certain radio formats that SLY won't appeal to?

Cheers (Drink to That) has finally surpassed Cali King Bed.

 

LOL it took like a minute.

 

CKB almost killed the whole era.

 

Adele indeed has the strategy of two or perhaps three different singles. I don't know if RHI is officially sent to radio though.

Edited August 6, 201113 yr by SKOB

California King Bed has performed appallingly in the USA! It was quite big given the circumstances (million selling album, shit song) in the UK but still only a minor hit.

 

Rihanna's Loud era chart peaks in the USA:

1 - 1 - 1 - 37

:lol: (also #59 for Man Down and #91 so far for Cheers (Drink To That))

To be fair, I think in the US, California King Bed and Man Down were released at the same time. Man Down got sent to urban radio, whilst California King Bed got sent to pop stations I guess (this is according to Wikipedia, so it could be wrong). So the promotion of the two songs would've been split up a bit.

 

Man Down wasn't released as a proper single in the UK, so California King Bed got all the attention. Still, I would've expected better though. She managed to have Only Girl and What's My Name? at the very top of the charts together at the same time.

Yea the problem wasn't the strategy, CKB just doesn't seem to connect with her core audience as it flopped in sales more than airplay-wise.

Edited August 7, 201113 yr by SKOB

 

iTunes Popularity Bars

 

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q588/britster_popbars/US/US_2011/itunes_us_2011-08-07_0830.jpg

 

 

Yea the problem wasn't the strategy, CKB just doesn't seem to connect with her core audience as it flopped in sales more than airplay-wise.

 

Yeah. As a Rihanna fan, I didn't like California King Bed at all tbh.

People just are not interested in ballad Rihanna. I like CKB but it is definately the weakest single from the Loud era.

Katy's Last Friday Night remix is out, only 69 cents too. It'll shoot all the way up to the top soon, hopefully.

The Hot 100 number one is in the bag as even the original versions of S&M and TTWE had huge increases because of the remix. But that's in two weeks, not this coming Thursday.

People just are not interested in ballad Rihanna. I like CKB but it is definately the weakest single from the Loud era.

I think CKB was just poor. Rihanna had successful ballads before (Unfaithful and, most notably, Take a Bow).

I love LFN (TGIF) but It don't Deserve to be #1

I would say it is a more deserving number one than California Gurls and ET. Really hope Katy matches Michael's record.

Pumped Up Kicks number 3!? Amazing, what's its airplay like?

Edited August 8, 201113 yr by 152chris

About 33 million, which isn't enough for top 20 on airplay at the minute, but still increasing well.

Someone Like You #35 :o :w00t:

Set Fire To The Rain #55 :o :w00t:

Rumour Has It #82 :o :w00t:

 

All being released or? :heehee:

 

Bleeding Love #195 :wub:

 

Someone Like You - #35

Set Fire To The Rain 3 #52

Rumour Has It 3 #79

 

And ofcourse the biggest selling song of the year Rolling in the Deep #12. :dance:

Uh oh... where's the LFN remix? :unsure:

Pumped Up Kicks number 3!? Amazing, what's its airplay like?

FOSTER THE PEOPLE - Pumped Up Kicks: 33.989 (+ 1.028)