THIS IS WHAT THE OFFICIAL TOP 5 IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE NEXT WEEK.

 

1. Katy Perry - Part Of Me

 

2. JLS - Proud

 

3. Labrinth - Last Time

 

4. Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know

 

5. Nicki Minaj - Starships

 

MARK MY WORDS. :D

Edited March 16, 201213 yr by Griff

I reckon Katy will (unfortunately) nab the top spot.

I'd rather Katy than Labrinth or JLS. I don't like POM though, from what I've heard of it. It doesn't seem as good as the likes of TOTGA, 'Firework', 'E.T.' and 'Teenage Dream'.

 

It's going to be weird if Gotye falls from 1-4 after being one of the longest-running consecutive #1s in years (okay I looked back at the posts yesterday and it will be the longest-running #1 since last year :kink:).

Edited March 16, 201213 yr by SceneofSIXCrimes

Even Umbrella dropped 1-3 after 10 weeks at #1.

 

Umbrella was quite front-loaded really. It didn't climb the charts once in its first 5 months of release!

THIS IS WHAT THE OFFICIAL TOP 5 IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE NEXT WEEK.

 

1. Katy Perry - Part Of Me

 

2. JLS - Proud

 

3. Labrinth - Last Time

 

4. Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know

 

5. Nicki Minaj - Starships

 

MARK MY WORDS. :D

 

 

The awful typo wasn't necessary. :)

In the USA 'I Gotta Feeling' dropped 1-5 after 14 weeks at #1.

 

Gotye may drop out of the top 3 next week but I'm sure this won't be his last week up there. He could even still return to #1 at some point.

I do like Nicki but she's SUCH a sell-out. One minute she's a very urban rapper with a distinct style and delivery with credible songs ('Moment 4 Life', 'Your Love', 'Massive Attack') and the next she's wearing bright wigs, dressing like Barbie and having dance breakdowns in her songs. :wacko:

 

Except she's been dressing in bright wigs for ages (see her first album cover!) and saying things like "it's Barbie bitches" since 'Massive Attack'. I don't particularly like 'Starships' but I don't see how it's that far removed from sampling the Eurythmics on 'Your Love' or the "oh-woah-oh" soundbites of 'Check It Out'. You're overlooking the other tracks she's released from Roman Reloaded, which are much more distinctive, even if I don't like those either. I wouldn't say she's sold out, she's just lost her touch for delivering good songs (in my opinion, I know 'Starships' is a favourite of many posters here).

I wouldn't say she's sold out, she's just lost her touch for delivering good songs (in my opinion, I know 'Starships' is a favourite of many posters here).

 

Tbh, I think Nicki is reaching out to more fans with her current direction. Starships has a much more dance influence which appeals to more people. Plus she hasn't exactly abandoned her rap roots, just seems like she is experimenting and diversifying which is a good thing.

Even Umbrella dropped 1-3 after 10 weeks at #1.

 

Umbrella was quite front-loaded really. It didn't climb the charts once in its first 5 months of release!

 

Can you really call a song that spent 10 weeks at number one front-loaded? :P

 

The sales were rather consistent too - even if they were consistently average. :lol:

Edited March 16, 201213 yr by SceneofSIXCrimes

Tbh, I think Nicki is reaching out to more fans with her current direction. Starships has a much more dance influence which appeals to more people. Plus she hasn't exactly abandoned her rap roots, just seems like she is experimenting and diversifying which is a good thing.

 

I know she still raps in her songs, but they're pop songs. Like Ke$ha and Pitbull rap in their songs aswell, but they're not hip hop songs, and I feel Nicki is turning like them at the moment.

 

Rack City up to #34!! :cheer: Is it too late for this to get top 40 officially if it keeps climbing?

Edited March 16, 201213 yr by Eric_Blob

Can you really call a song that spent 10 weeks at number one front-loaded? :P

 

The sales were rather consistent too - even if they were consistently average. :lol:

Towards the end of the run though sales were woeful, even by the standards of the day.

Looking back at Nicki discography she really does have incredible songs from all sorts of different genres, which is one reason why i love her.

 

My favourites from her are still the more RnB infused Moment 4 Life, Right Thru Me, etc but there is no harm in trying new things. She's not exactly selling out more experimenting. If she were to make a heavy metal record she wouldn't be selling out, so i don't see why its so different if she's making more dance orientated music. There just seems to be this weird taboo thing with making songs that are meant for a club.

Wild Ones #3

Sorry For Party Rocking #22

 

I know she still raps in her songs, but they're pop songs. Like Ke$ha and Pitbull rap in their songs aswell, but they're not hip hop songs, and I feel Nicki is turning like them at the moment.

 

I know 'Starships' is the focus here because it's been so massively successful, but I wouldn't call anything else we've heard from Roman Reloaded a pop song. So I think you're generalising quite a bit from the evidence of a single song.

I know 'Starships' is the focus here because it's been so massively successful, but I wouldn't call anything else we've heard from Roman Reloaded a pop song. So I think you're generalising quite a bit from the evidence of a single song.

 

I agree. Starships has been the most successful because it's pop, simple.

 

Stupid Hoe and the 'Roman' songs are anything but pop.

 

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Looking back at Nicki discography she really does have incredible songs from all sorts of different genres, which is one reason why i love her.

 

My favourites from her are still the more RnB infused Moment 4 Life, Right Thru Me, etc but there is no harm in trying new things. She's not exactly selling out more experimenting. If she were to make a heavy metal record she wouldn't be selling out, so i don't see why its so different if she's making more dance orientated music. There just seems to be this weird taboo thing with making songs that are meant for a club.

 

Well, I'm certainly happy that she's not doing heavy metal!!! :lol:

 

I think she is selling out, and she's not experimenting. Songs like Starhips are going to be hits. It's not experimental at all. We've seen dozens of other songs that sound almost the same being hits over the past few years. If she was being experimental she'd be releasing songs like We Are Young, Niggas in Paris, Somebody That I Used to Know or even Climax.

 

Lots of Nicki's urban songs were great in clubs, and people were fine with that. It's the change in genre that annoys people I think, not the fact that her songs are club-friendly. Hip hop is music you dance to aswell, so there's no issue with that.

 

I don't think it's a big deal though. All that'll happen is that Nicki will become a full-on pop artist and will go on to be categorized with Katy Perry, Ke$ha and Rihanna in the future (infact, it's already happening now), and then other female rappers like Missy Elliott, Lil Kim, Eve, Da Brat, Foxy Brown, etc. will return, or newer artists like Iggy Azalea or Azealia Banks will return and fill her void (now that everybody sees there is a market for that again).

 

Nicki isn't going to be able to release a hip hop song after she drops her album. Her "fans" (the people that discovered her 6 months ago) will just repeatedly beg her to release electropop song after electropop song.

Is BBC radio 1 and 2 snubbing it, not on any of their playlists. They dropped Love On Top pretty quick aswell.

It's on the A-list of BBC Radio 1Xtra, and it's only just starting to pick up airplay. It'll hopefully be added to the Radio 1 and 2 playlists soon.

I dont like Starships.

 

Well, I'm certainly happy that she's not doing heavy metal!!! :lol:

 

I think she is selling out, and she's not experimenting. Songs like Starhips are going to be hits. It's not experimental at all. We've seen dozens of other songs that sound almost the same being hits over the past few years. If she was being experimental she'd be releasing songs like We Are Young, Niggas in Paris, Somebody That I Used to Know or even Climax.

 

Lots of Nicki's urban songs were great in clubs, and people were fine with that. It's the change in genre that annoys people I think, not the fact that her songs are club-friendly. Hip hop is music you dance to aswell, so there's no issue with that.

 

I don't think it's a big deal though. All that'll happen is that Nicki will become a full-on pop artist and will go on to be categorized with Katy Perry, Ke$ha and Rihanna in the future (infact, it's already happening now), and then other female rappers like Missy Elliott, Lil Kim, Eve, Da Brat, Foxy Brown, etc. will return, or newer artists like Iggy Azalea or Azealia Banks will return and fill her void (now that everybody sees there is a market for that again).

 

Nicki isn't going to be able to release a hip hop song after she drops her album. Her "fans" (the people that discovered her 6 months ago) will just repeatedly beg her to release electropop song after electropop song.

 

I do see your point actually. M4L is one of my favourite songs in a club, as it just sounds so epic :wub:

 

I just don't like the term selling out just because someone is making more dance infused music, as there's nothing wrong with that and selling out is quite a demeaning term. At least we always have Pink Friday to fall back on if this album is full of Starship repeats :lol: