Diva is fantastic but I was never a big fan of Video Phone. It's nice but not as good as the former.

 

I love how off topic we've all gone.

Until Whitney has climbed another place I REFUSE to discuss anything else! :lol:

iTunes Update

 

[**] 01| DJ Fresh - Hot Right Now

[01] 02| Gotye ft. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know

[**] 03| Emeli Sandé - Next To Me

[02] 04| David Guetta ft. Sia - Titanium

[05] 05| Jessie J - Domino

[04] 06| Flo Rida ft. Sia - Wild Ones

[03] 07| Will.i.am ft. Mick Jagger & Jennifer Lopez - T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)

[06] 08| Alyssa Reid - Alone Again

[07] 09| Cover Drive - Twilight

[08] 10| Rizzle Kicks - Mama Do The Hump

 

[09] 11| Kelly Clarkson - What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)

[11] 12| David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj - Turn Me On

[10] 13| Lana Del Rey - Born To Die

[12] 14| Pitbull ft. Chris Brown - International Love

[**] 15| Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody

[15] 16| Lana Del Rey - Video Games

[17] 17| Flo Rida - Good Feeling

[13] 18| Ed Sheeran - Drunk

[**] 19| Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

[16] 20| Labrinth - Earthquake

 

[14] 21| Pixie Lott - Kiss The Stars

[20] 22| Coldplay - Paradise

[31] 23| Charlene Soraia - Wherever You Will Go

[29] 24| LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It

[18] 25| Lloyd - Dedication To My Ex (Miss That)

[28] 26| Olly Murs - Dance With Me Tonight

[27] 27| Rebecca Ferguson - Nothing's Real But Love

[21] 28| One Direction - One Thing

[25] 29| Beyoncé - Love On Top

[24] 30| Avicii - Levels

 

[19] 31| Redlight - Get Out My Head

[23] 32| Drake ft. Rihanna - Take Care

[**] 33| DJ Fresh - Hot Right Now (Extended Mix)

[**] 34| One Direction - I Should Have Kissed You

[30] 35| Lil Wayne ft. Bruno Mars - Mirror

[40] 36| Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger

[32] 37| Birdy - Skinny Love

[**] 38| Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

[36] 39| Cher Lloyd - Want U Back

[23] 40| Madonna ft. Nicki Minaj & M.I.A. - Give Me All Your Luvin'

 

Selected Others

 

[38] 46| Jason DeRulo - Breathing

[46] 56| Nadia Ali - Rapture (Avicii Mix)

[**] 89| One Direction - One Thing

[71] 95| Drake ft. Lil Wayne - The Motto

 

[079] 112| Coldplay - Charlie Brown

[***] 121| Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris

[***] 168| The L Project - It Does Get Better

[***] 182| One Direction - One Thing (Acoustic)

 

[199] 291| Pop Hits! - Ass Back Home

[***] 296| Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Big In Japan

Dancing On Ice:

 

23. Wherever You Will Go - Charlene Soraia

92. Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars

148. Fallin' - Alicia Keys

185. I'll Stand By You - Pretenders

202. Everything - Michael Bublé

215. I'm Into You (feat. Lil Wayne) - Jennifer Lopez

279. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye

288. L-O-V-E - Nat "King" Cole

515. Everything - Michael Bublé

527. I'll Stand By You - Girls Aloud

542. Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars

547. Wherever You Will Go - Charlene Soraia

584. I'll Stand By You - Pretenders

783. Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars

943. My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder

962. Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars

 

Whitney (Top 300-1000):

 

306. Same Script, Different Cast - Whitney Houston with Deborah Cox

309. My Love Is Your Love - Whitney Houston

315. The Star Spangled Banner - Whitney Houston

321. Million Dollar Bill (Freemasons Radio Mix) - Whitney Houston

332. Step By Step (Remastered) - Whitney Houston

342. I Learned from the Best - Whitney Houston

345. I Didn't Know My Own Strength - Whitney Houston

371. When You Believe (from the Prince of Egypt ) - Mariah Carey

376. I'm Every Woman (C + C Club Mix) [Radio Edit] - Whitney Houston

385. I Will Always Love You (Hex Hector Radio Mix - Remastered) - David Foster, Dolly Parton & Whitney Houston

386. I'm Your Baby Tonight (Dronez Club Mix) - Antonio "LA" Reid, Babyface & Whitney Houston

404. Exhale (Shoop Shoop) - Whitney Houston

411. Greatest Love of All (Junior Vasquez Mix) - Whitney Houston

420. If I Told You That (Radio Edit) - Whitney Houston

447. So Emotional - Whitney Houston

451. If I Told You That - Whitney Houston

465. Run to You - Whitney Houston

466. You Give Good Love - Whitney Houston

537. So Emotional (Dave Morales Mix) - Whitney Houston

553. All At Once - Whitney Houston

605. I Learned from the Best (HQ2 Radio Mix) - Whitney Houston

606. My Love Is Your Love (Jonathan Peters Radio Mix II) - Dyme & Whitney Houston

630. Jesus Loves Me - Whitney Houston

695. If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful (Remastered) - Jermaine Jackson & Whitney Houston

696. I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston

706. Could I Have This Kiss Forever (Metro Mix) [Remastered] - Whitney Houston & Enrique Iglesias

725. All the Man That I Need - Whitney Houston

756. Exhale - Whitney Houston

771. Exhale (2000 Remaster) - Whitney Houston

802. I'm Every Woman - Whitney Houston

843. Could I Have This Kiss Forever (With Whitney Houston) - Enrique Iglesias

871. I'm Your Baby Tonight - Antonio "LA" Reid, Babyface & Whitney Houston

886. Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston

945. Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston

Well not to sound TOO much like Vidcapper I've never been a big R N B fan so her songs that veer towards that end never score highly. I'm one of those that think that the Freemasons turn most things they touch into dancefloor magic!

 

Anyway what do you know I don't even know what I'm hatin on! (must be the fact I'm tired) It's not "Ego" I dislike it's actually "Diva" :lol: I recall during 2009 that the songs she made videos for I either hated or loved

 

The Beautiful Liar remix, is one of those songs I like for about 45 seconds, and then get bored and usually put something else on. But I do like it in short spells, so I think it would've been cool if they perhaps had the original for the first half, and then done the dance bit for the last half (like Just Can't Get Enough by the BEPs). So they could've had an epic crescendo section in the middle aswell. But I guess it's too late for that now. :lol:

 

It's good that they had the two versions of the song though, and that both were getting decent promotion. I don't understand why crossover artists like Beyonce don't do that more. I've seen so many artists get into a mess by trying to juggle two singles at the same time to try and cater to both sides of their fanbases, but they just as easily do an urban and a dance version of the same song. And even better, for chart purposes, they'd both get combined aswell.

 

2009 was an amazing year for Beyonce really. I much prefered her Sasha Fierce songs to her I Am... songs. Some of them had such good beats.

Interestingly, Diddy also sampled Pon De Floor in Ass on the Floor, his follow-up to Coming Home, so it was out when Run the World was in the charts. It obviously flopped majorly (although I do remember it getting top 300 on iTunes), but it's probably a more "creative" use of Pon de Floor's beat, in terms of the way they sampled the song anyway, in that they took "layers" out of Pon de Floor out and added their own sounds in it:

 

 

I think it's more likely that "Ass On The Floor" flopped because it wasn't by Beyoncé. There's little difference between it and "Run The World" both stylistically and quality-wise IMO though as you said the more imaginative use of the sample elevates AOTF above RTW for me. For it to be a hit it would have needed a far stronger hook. In terms of what you said before about songs lacking melody doing better in previous years than now, I think the successful ones tend to fall into one of two camps - 1. songs by an artist with an established fanbase OR coming off the back of a big hit or 2. songs with a little earworm hook that makes up for the lack of a key melody (such as Boom Boom Pow).

Morning update: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s...t&p=3896413

 

Ps: wow already 12 pages :o

Why would it bother you at all? Surely it's a good thing that there are lots of songs going to #1? It's more interesting than seeing the same song at the top every week.

 

Personally I prefer fewer, longer-running #1's, as that generally means they are of better quality.

 

 

23. Wherever You Will Go - Charlene Soraia -_- God damn you DOI.

 

That song, along with Birdy, Lana (VG) & CP (JOH) are the 4 songs in the charts I really like!

 

 

Well not to sound TOO much like Vidcapper

 

Hey, I don't mind R&B (preferably by females though) - it's only hip-hop/rap that I object to...

 

I think it's more likely that "Ass On The Floor" flopped because it wasn't by Beyoncé. There's little difference between it and "Run The World" both stylistically and quality-wise IMO though as you said the more imaginative use of the sample elevates AOTF above RTW for me. For it to be a hit it would have needed a far stronger hook. In terms of what you said before about songs lacking melody doing better in previous years than now, I think the successful ones tend to fall into one of two camps - 1. songs by an artist with an established fanbase OR coming off the back of a big hit or 2. songs with a little earworm hook that makes up for the lack of a key melody (such as Boom Boom Pow).

 

I agree with that. I think probably the only way we'll ever one of those "empty" rhythmn-based songs do well again is if a big artist does it. Although, even then, I think Single Ladies and Boom Boom Pow would flop if they were released now. However, a song like Gotye's getting to #1 looks promising for acceptance of more types of music in the future, and that song is very rhythmn-based, like Timbaland songs.

 

Looking down the chart, there are a fair few of the "emptier" songs, but most of them are from Whitney Houston. :lol: Although there are a few others like Bad Girls by M.I.A. (but that's hardly going to be a hit, is it :().

 

Also, I know this is the UK iTunes thread, but people need to see the top 5 on US iTunes. This is incredible! :lol:

 

1. Whtiney Houston - I Will Always Love Your

2. fun. - We Are Young

3. Adele - Rolling in the Deep

4. Adele - Set Fire to the Rain

5. Adele - Someone Like You

 

I think 2012 could be Adele's year aswell. :lol:

Edited February 13, 201213 yr by Eric_Blob

 

iTunes Popularity Bars

 

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Great to see Emeli Sande set for a T3 debut - and hopefully a #1 album debut too. Shame it's DJ Fresh at the top on the singles chart - it'll probably spend a few weeks in the T10 and them bomb out of the top 40, I mean 'Louder' didn't sell that much in the end, despite a 115k opening week.

'I Will Always Love You' is now #12 combined.

 

Is anyone else shocked that there wasn't a tribute to Amy Winehouse at the Grammys last night. :mellow: It's not like they replaced an Amy tribute with a Whitney one at the last minute. It's such a shame because Amy was a huge influence and indirectly helped the likes of Adele and Duffy break into the US market.

89 Emeli Sande - Read All About It, Part III

 

Quite high already, hopefully it will go top 40! I think it could!

I Was Here still seems to be a fan favourite from what I'm aware. It's quite like Halo I think.

 

1+1 is my least favourite from the album, but I love pretty much everything else on there.

 

I heard 1+1 when her Glastonbury set was on TV and it sounded like one of the dullest things ever.

 

Well I don't own a Beyonce album so i'm not in a position to argue, but for me her best songs are

 

Sweet Dreams

If I were A Boy

Beautiful Liar (literally only for the AMAZINGNESS of that Freemasons remix)

Halo

Irreplaceable

Love On Top

 

and the poor ones/ I can't make out any tune whatsoever

 

Countdown

Ego (seriously WTF?)

Single Ladies (repetitive and V Grating- perhaps had something to do with the fact it was around FOREVER)

EDIT: and Run The World

 

Sweet Dreams, Beautiful Liar and Irreplaceable are great (and I agree with Eric that the original of Beautiful Liar is better than the remix). If I Were A Boy is awful though, one of her worst alongside SL(PAROI) and RTW(G).

 

I know you meant Diva now :P but Ego is pretty average in its original form. I do love the remix though. Kanye West can make anything sound amazing :ph34r: Except 'Stronger' which I hate.

 

Yeah because it is "so personal" blah blah. :P

 

My highlight from 4 is by far the military 'End of Time'. WARNING: If you detest RTW you might not like this but this is one of the BEST things Bey has done.

 

I've heard End Of Time as well, just randomly on the radio - sounded quite decent. Is she ever going to release it though or is the '4' era over here? :drama:

 

-x-

 

OMG at Adele having 3 of the top 5 on US iTunes again (RITD is now up to #2) :o :cheer: Hope she can get the 2-3-4, she won't get near Whitney though as she's miles ahead. Coldplay's Paradise is also back up to #7 :w00t: So I'm guessing they performed that instead of Princess Of China even though the Grammy performances list said 'Coldplay and Rihanna' together? 'Princess Of China' is only #44.

 

Ooh, Adele won all 6 of her nominations :cheer:

Edited February 13, 201213 yr by Bré

Is anyone else shocked that there wasn't a tribute to Amy Winehouse at the Grammys last night. :mellow: It's not like they replaced an Amy tribute with a Whitney one at the last minute. It's such a shame because Amy was a huge influence and indirectly helped the likes of Adele and Duffy break into the US market.

Amy received a posthumous award at least for Best pop Duo performance.

Amy received a posthumous award at least for Best pop Duo performance.

 

True but I'm still shocked that her premature passing wasn't given a tribute. Although she got one at the VMAs with Bruno Mars performing 'Valerie'.

 

Amy better get a tribute at the BRITs this year and if she doesn't, I'll be absolutely shocked. I don't think there are any plans for it though.

New Releases:

 

1. Hot Right Now (Radio Edit) - DJ Fresh

2. Next to Me - Emeli Sandé

24. Next to Me - Emeli Sandé

35. I Should Have Kissed You - One Direction

36. Hot Right Now (Extended Mix) - DJ Fresh

78. One Thing - One Direction

85. Read All About It, Pt. III - Emeli Sandé

155. Heaven - Emeli Sandé

174. It Does Get Better (Full Version) - The L Project

202. One Thing (Acoustic) - One Direction

254. Best Friend's Brother - Victoria Justice & Victorious Cast

276. We're a Crowd - The Twang

297. Big in Japan (Radio Edit) - Martin Solveig & Dragonette

335. My Kind of Love - Emeli Sandé

406. Hot Right Now (Camo & Krooked Remix) - DJ Fresh

466. Concrete Angel (Original Mix) - Gareth Emery

473. Daddy (feat. Naughty Boy) - Emeli Sandé

504. Bruises (Radio Edit) - Band of Skulls

505. Half Gone - Straight Lines

538. Big in Japan (Single Version) - Martin Solveig & Dragonette

539. Where I Sleep - Emeli Sandé

739. Matilda - alt-J (∆)

747. River - Emeli Sandé

770. Wake Up (Original Mix) - Out Side Room

771. Mountains - Emeli Sandé

838. Tiger - Emeli Sandé

839. Clown - Emeli Sandé

869. Suitcase - Emeli Sandé

870. Maybe - Emeli Sandé

930. Good Times - The Soviets

 

 

Can't believe how low Martin Solveig is :o

Emeli Sande for another #2 then. New Saturdays? :lol:

Combined Emeli Sande is comfortably ahead of Gotye, I can't believe how well her album tracks are doing already!

 

02. Emeli Sande - Next To Me

23. Emeli Sande - Next To Me

Edited February 13, 201213 yr by lee wallace

Combined Kworb Update

 

01 [03] (1.0746) DJ Fresh (feat. Rita Ora) - Hot Right Now [2 versions]

02 [12] (0.8222) Emeli Sandé - Next to Me

03 [01] (0.7162) Gotye (feat. Kimbra) - Somebody That I Used to Know

04 [02] (0.5704) David Guetta (feat. Sia) - Titanium

05 [04] (0.3864) Jessie J - Domino

06 [05] (0.3727) Flo Rida (feat. Sia) - Wild Ones

07 [06] (0.3041) will.i.am (feat. Mick Jagger and Jennifer Lopez) - T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)

08 [07] (0.2922) Alyssa Reid (feat. Jump Smokers) - Alone Again

09 [09] (0.2382) Cover Drive - Twilight

10 [08] (0.2297) Rizzle Kicks - Mama Do the Hump

11 [20] (0.2051) Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

12 [10] (0.2043) Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)

13 [11] (0.1902) David Guetta (feat. Nicki Minaj) - Turn Me On

14 [**] (0.1778) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)

15 [13] (0.1615) Lana Del Rey - Born to Die

16 [14] (0.1571) Ed Sheeran - Drunk [2 versions]

17 [16] (0.1521) Lana Del Rey - Video Games [2 versions]

18 [15] (0.1477) Pitbull (feat. Chris Brown) - International Love

19 [17] (0.1348) Olly Murs - Dance With Me Tonight [2 versions]

20 [19] (0.1276) Lloyd (feat. Andre 3000 and Lil' Wayne) - Dedication to My Ex (Miss That) [2 versions]

Combined Emeli Sande is comfortably ahead of Gotye, I can't believe how well her album tracks are doing already!

 

02. Emeli Sande - Next To Me

23. Emeli Sande - Next To Me

 

Surely she'll soon be ahead of DJ Fresh combined since he is at #1 and #36?