6 years ago today, the Witness era began with the release of Chained to the Rhythm!

 

 

 

 

Apple Music:

#12 Armenia

#18 Nicaragua

#24 Peru

#29 Costa Rica

#31 Vietnam

#33 Brazil

#42 Uruguay

#44 Paraguay

#49 Mexico

#53 Bolivia

#54 Honduras

#55 Guatemala

#65 Ecuador

#67 Colombia

#75 Philippines

#97 El Salvador

#98 Chile

#98 Serbia

#155 Turkey

#175 Dominican Republic

 

iTunes (9x #1):

#1 Brazil

#1 Chile

#1 Kazakhstan

#1 Mexico

#1 Peru

#1 Philippines

#1 Poland

#1 Turkey

#1 Vietnam

#2 Spain

#2 Thailand

#4 Jordan

#5 Cambodia

#11 Nicaragua

#17 Belarus

#17 Dominican Republic

#26 El Salvador

#29 Turkey

#39 Honduras

#43 Ecuador

#49 Guatemala

#63 United States

 

Recent twitter revelation/trending and Katy fans causing the album to rise on iTunes in many countries and Apple music! Due to allegations that her decline during Witness was planned by people in the industry.

 

The album has held up well over the years. "Witness" & "Roulette" the two singles that never were :(

Due to allegations that her decline during Witness was planned by people in the industry.

 

:blink:

 

I am not following.

 

I thought the industry (radio etc.) made 'Chained' as big as it was.

Yup, that's wrong. It flopped due to the wrong songs and a very poor marketing campaign/ Katy's own goofa. There was no conspiracy.

 

1. Roulette

2. Tsunami

 

Two masive hits right there.

 

3. That takes us to Halloween. Bon Appetit!! But marketed as a comedy horror track for Halloween. If it still doesn't latch, until on youtube, that's fine, go with, 4. Witness

 

4. Witness

 

5. Deja Vu

 

6. Chained to the Rhythm

 

And that's job done

Basically anything but the singles after CTTR

 

It wasn’t a huge song but it did reasonably well, the album as a whole isn’t fuelled by single worthy songs like her previous albums

@1775566552244322405

 

I mean it could be farfetched, but regardless, I’m happy that Katy is kind of getting her flowers on social media at the moment. There was a few years of her seeming like the butt of jokes or at least not well regarded or respected, so I’m happy if the tide is turning now. :heart:

 

Also I never really understood why Witness is so hated, there’s more than enough good songs on there to have been worthwhile! I appreciate her doing something different too. It would have been so easy to rehash a mix of Teenage Dream and Prism at that stage.