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Yeah, I mean... I think it's similar to, say, Westlife back in the day. They had a big enough fanbase to essentially guarantee a no. 1 debut with pretty much any song at any time. There were enough young girls and their moms to sustain this for a decade. Taylor Swift appears to have captured the same rare but coveted demographic. Also keep in mind no other popular artist is following her label's strategy of releasing new singles one by one. It goes against all convention and the old time radio people probably HATE it. Hence, Billboard's move back in favor of an airplay-dominated Hot 100 formula. And in this case, can you blame them? Who would want five Taylor Swift #1s in a row? Hello Elvis/UK/2005/etc.

Sadly I don't think it will... radio FLIPPED OUT when this was released (it was the biggest gainer for several days if I recall) but it never took off on iTunes/sales and radio has since cooled to it...

Vegas Girl is slowly creeping up toward the top 100, and is being significantly promoted. Dude looks like a TWELVE year old at best. Good lord. His label is bold for pushing this cocky sex bomb image.

I am loving Psy's progress! It's playlisted on the top pop stations in New York, LA and Chicago.

I'm not a fan of Swift at all but I'm happy to see something exciting happening to the long stagnant Hot 100...

I actually don't think it's inappropriate to discuss relevant political issues, such as gun control, our fear culture, the violent imagery of the far right in the US, etc. That said, I'm not convinced these kinds of events can be chalked up to a single social or political problem. When you take a look at this list of recent mass shootings, I'm not sure there are any common strings except perhaps severe mental illness: The deaths of 12 people at a movie theatre in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colo., early Friday is the latest in a long list of mass shootings around the world: July 22, 2011: At least 80 people are killed at a summer camp on the Norwegian island of Utoya. A man arrested also is suspected in a blast earlier the same day in downtown Oslo that killed seven. April 30, 2009: Farda Gadyrov, 29, enters the prestigious Azerbaijan State Oil Academy in the capital, Baku, armed with an automatic pistol and clips. He kills 12 people before killing himself as police close in. March 10, 2009: Michael McLendon, 28, killed 10 people — including his mother, four other relatives, and the wife and child of a local sheriff's deputy — across two rural Alabama counties. He then killed himself. Sept. 23, 2008: Matti Saari, 22, walks into a vocational college in Kauhajoki, Finland, and opens fire, killing 10 people and burning their bodies with firebombs before shooting himself fatally in the head. Nov. 7, 2007: After revealing plans for his attack in YouTube postings, 18-year-old Pekka-Eric Auvinen fires kills eight people at his high school in Tuusula, Finland. April 16, 2007: Seung-Hui Cho, 23, kills 32 people and himself on Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va. April 26, 2002: Robert Steinhaeuser, 19, who had been expelled from school in Erfurt, Germany, kills 13 teachers, two former classmates and policeman, before committing suicide. April 20, 1999: Students Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, opened fire at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., killing 12 classmates and a teacher and wounding 26 others before killing themselves in the school's library. April 28, 1996: Martin Bryant, 29, bursts into cafeteria in seaside resort of Port Arthur in Tasmania, Australia, shooting 20 people to death. Driving away, he kills 15 others. He was captured and imprisoned. March 13, 1996: Thomas Hamilton, 43, kills 16 kindergarten children and their teacher in elementary school in Dunblane, Scotland, and then kills himself. Oct. 16, 1991: A deadly shooting rampage took place in Killeen, Texas, as George Hennard opened fire at a Luby's Cafeteria, killing 23 people before taking his own life. 20 others were wounded in the attack. June 18, 1990: James Edward Pough shoots people at random in a General Motors Acceptance Corp. office in Jacksonville, Fla., killing 10 and wounding four, before killing himself. Dec. 6, 1989: Marc Lepine, 25, bursts into Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique college, shooting at women he encounters, killing 14 and then himself. Aug. 19, 1987: Michael Ryan, 27, kills 16 people in small market town of Hungerford, England, and then shoots himself dead after being cornered by police. Aug. 20, 1986: Pat Sherrill, 44, a postal worker who was about to be fired, shoots 14 people at a post office in Edmond, Okla. He then kills himself. July 18, 1984: James Oliver Huberty, an out-of-work security guard, kills 21 people in a McDonald's restaurant in San Ysidro, Calif. A police sharpshooter kills Huberty. Courtesy: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/07...tings-list.html

In this forum anyway, I don't think anyone said she would but rather that she should.

I'd go even further and say it has Hot 100 #1 written all over it. It's exactly the "in" sound right now. Cheryl is pretty much unknown here and doesn't bring all the baggage she carries with the UK media/public. As Cher Lloyd is learning -- a strong single can go a long way.

If true, that is completely revolting and unacceptable. But thankfully, cognitive disonance will not be necessary for me because I think Owl City's latest song is absolutely godawful. Kinda like Chris brown, as someone mentioned before... He made it easy since everything he has released since beating the shit out of Rihanna has been absolutely awful.

Yeah honestly, the song is already a decent hit. My two local top 40 stations serving DC and Baltimore (reaching a metro population of 9 million+) are heavily hyping it as the next big hit.

Do let us know the moment she reaches #44!!! I'll be waiting......

Montreal is indeed a particularly woeful case but they only spent $1.5 billion (about $5.6 billion today). Global sporting events have largely become valuable only to developing or burgeoning countries. Places like South Africa and Rio will likely see the benefits for decades in the form of increased tourism and investment. But who will go to/invest in London after the games that wouldn't have already? Who on this planet who has the means to visit London didn't know about it before the Olympics?? Such events are also increasingly the domain of autocratic countries given the extraordinary amount of resources required would never achieve any democratic approval (cue protests in London in 3, 2, 1...) We Americans did figure out how to make a good profit from Olympic games but it was through brazen corporate sponsorship (e.g. Coca-Cola ads throughout Atlanta's Olympic venues) which the IOC rightfully banned (sort of). Nothing to be proud of, to be sure. Let the games go to Russia and Qatar along with the world's tallest skyscrapers and most-starred-hotels and everything else... isn't (relative) freedom and democracy enough to brag about?

Because Call Me Maybe actually properly crossed over to mainstream success, which is something I think a Bieber single still has yet to do (amazingly enough). If Baby came close and Boyfriend is trying hard, neither has become a smash hit like Call Me Maybe.

I think I'm ready to hear more on your theory that Timbaland and Atlanta crunk led to electropop... :)

According to her website she's been doing promo in the US for weeks. Frankly at this point I wouldn't be surprised if Euphoria charted on US iTunes (and perhaps it would except sadly it isn't yet available).

From the very little research I've done -- it seems the reason Cher Lloyd's single has made such a significant impact in its first few days is because she has a number of American fans... likely people who watched X Factor's 7th UK season more than a year after it originally aired... to catch a glimpse of One Direction. That's kind of amazing...

Thank you. I don't believe for a second JLS sold 200k in the US.

I just don't see the point of arguing re: One Direction vs. The Wanted in the US. The facts are clear. One Direction has a huge following due to social media, hype and a very popular single. The Wanted has a huge hit single but has not yet established themselves as an act. We shall see what happens. Neither act will become a phenomenon. That basically doesn't exist anymore, well, except Adele.

I am absolutely SHOCKED at Cher Lloyd's appearance! I'm curious to see the effect on the US charts of Americans returning from Europe after summer vacations. This is what made We No Speak Americano into a hit last summer.

171. Here's My Number So Call Me Maybe - Call Me Maybe :lol: :lol: :lol: OH MY GOD even for bad ripoff artists this is horrific. It sounds like it was made with a 1991 Casio keyboard and a random girl off the street, all in one take without editing. And the NAME of the "artist" is killing me!!

Oops, meant to post that in the iTunes thread...

And the Beastie Boys takeover has begun.

While One Direction are unquestionably bigger as a group -- Glad You Came has been a much bigger single. Utterly inescapable since about March 1... I've been in three different parts of the country and it's play listed to death everywhere. I'm kind of surprised too. It has been top five on iTunes for what seems like months. I just think slower airplay gains and a few VERY strong singles out lately have held it back. It's hard for a completely new artist to blow up with a debut single... even with Bieber promotion :lol:

Not entirely sure, except that some radio stations are playing a dance remix. I don't think it's the Tiesto one, but maybe people are downloading the Tiesto one because it's... there on iTunes? Also it is $.99... though I noticed Kanaan/Nelly Furtado's single is $.69 and despite that and decent airplay, languishing down in the 90s.

The only way 21 isn't no. 1 in December is if Adele releases another album :lol: BTW that hasn't happened since Thriller topped the 1983 and 1984 album charts. And before that you had to go back to 1962-3. Pretty remarkable.