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Is there a reason One Republic are at #2, like any sort of promo? Or is it genuinely just a sleeper hit? I mean, I'm SO glad! This has been my favourite song for a month now. Very happy for them.

Quick list of artists with 2+. No prizes for guessing who's on top :P 14 The Beatles 6 Elvis Presley Rihanna 5 Madonna 4 Michael Jackson The Rolling Stones 3 Blondie Bruno Mars Elton John George Michael Katy Perry Usher Whitney Houston 2 The Bee Gees Black Eyed Peas Cher Christina Aguilera Everly Brothers Frank Sinatra Justin Timberlake Lady Gaga Nancy Sinatra Pink Rod Stewart Shaggy Stevie Wonder

I think that's gone out the window. :lol: Naughty Boy looks pretty safe now. The hype has just been snowballing for this song, there's something about it. I agree when people say it doesn't sound like a #1. Without a huge name it's impressive. But now with the #1 exposure, I'm not surprised its blowing up, it's catchy but also unique. The lead is still growing substantially.

I think Naughty Boy might be dangerous this week actually! It's very unique. And in the past few days I've seen so many people tweet about it. Hope it can at least make a good challenge.

You might classify Thrift Shop as 'urban' but it's not exactly comparable to Pour It Up. In my opinion anyway. :teresa: I would say TS verges on pop-rap. And while I agree other songs with urban elements can be succesful (will.i.am, Bingo players, baauer), they are generally cross genre and more dance songs. I can only really remember ..In Paris making the top 10 recently. And even that is basically cross genre. You don't see ASAP Rocky, Future, Kendrick Lamar or Miguel charting well in the UK. I know they aren't huge names here, but that's almost the point. If you think it's bad then I won't argue. :P Your opinion. I'm only discussing it's success as a single.

Yes it did smash hugely - on urban radio - that's the format it was released on, and it was #1 for multiple weeks. Comprehension is key. The reason it will flop is because of the genre. We don't have a huge urban music culture here and UK listeners won't buy it massively. That doesn't mean the song is bad. I'd be surprised if this made the top 40, but maybe it could. Combined it's about #60 on itunes now.

Lol. Didn't will.i.am delay himself purposefully to this week? Bad move.

To be honest the realistic worldwide single choices are Right Now Nobody's Business Jump It's likely to be one of them Jump would be by far the best move imo, even if its riskiest (fresh, different, well produced) The other two are better off left on the album (RN is terrible; NB is just not a good move)

Yes the release is the same as 'Stay' but its treatment is not the same at all. This song is basically an urban US single (where it smashed hugely) which is being released in the UK to fill the gap between 'Stay' and the next worldwide single. And this is basically because Stay rose very early in the UK (because of an X Factor final performance). I don't think anybody expects it to do well here, so it's inevitable flop won't be a surprise or shame. That's why people will "downgrade it" like you say.

The poll results are delusional. There is something to be said for a sales chart. It measures the actual purchase of music. But a Hot 100 is a far better chart for actually measuring a song's reach and popularity. How people deny that is beyond me. Delayed releases produce some absolute stinkers charting highly. Often they are by no means actually the most popular song of that week.

Amazing they've pushed Mirrors down to 0.5 Credit to them. I doubt many expected that lead

How many people watch the superbowl here? Hopefully Beyoncé gets some kind of general boost :w00t: Surprised we didn't get our first listen of the new single

Sorry yes I meant "new peak" not "re-peak". :dance:

Oh god. Clown is so going #1 if it gets BRITS promo.

Just so you know, she shot it this weekend. :cheer: So it's likely to come out this month, definitely after the Grammys though (where she will perform). The BRITS are actually on her birthday this year (the 20th). If she performs, and the video comes out that week, it could re-peak.

I forgot about Take That's 520k first week. That's huge. I don't actually remember any of the singles from it. For some reason I don't associate it with the same huge era aura of 21, Loud, Crazy Love etc.

The staying power :heart: Well over a year. Great songs.

That's certainly the case for official American sales, but weren't people discussing how we don't think the OCC does that? If they did, songs like "Troublemaker", "Live While We're Young," "Diamonds" etc would see at least noticeable declines on album release week, all those artists must have huge iTunes sales for their album.

It is exciting for sure! If she has 776 now then 1000+ is more than possible, she could do double. And ^There are a good few criticisms to make about her music/personality, but dull is not one of them. -_-

The charts are very different. It's kind of difficult to judge. :blink: Like, Kesha is #14 on the second list - but not even charting on the first. And then how can Diamonds be 16 on one chart (the one without recurrent songs) - and then 6 on the other (actually above most of the Christmas songs and all newer singles)? For example the second chart shows Different by Robbie above Diamonds. But the first shows Diamonds with well over twice the spins and a hugely superior audience.

I think 2013 deserves something better than will.i.am.... Taylor or Rihanna needs some promo to shoot above :w00t:

Magnificent ballad :heart: :heart: I have such high hopes for visuals in the video.

Could Kesha's Warrior go top 40? Having debuted at 66 or something :huh:

Well the hot 100, yes, but the point is it went back to #2 on iTunes.

Well... either one or the other :kink: Because if it's really not top 40 then... :unsure: