andyboiuk

Exactly, i also think that hard may not be released atall, it shouldnt be really. The video being out now will have ruined a major excitement force for hard being a future single.

AAG was a minor hit, calling it anything but that undermines the sugababes major hits like push the button and about you now because they were in a different league altogether.

Glad rude boy is being released but dont see why it couldnt have been the third single, what with hard doing well on itunes and already having a video done.

With hard already at 60 on itunes and a video already made, they would be crazy not to release it now (as opposed to the rude boy idea)

I dont believe thats true, i think anymore money spent on the campaign will be wasted. Wordshaker is over and the next single is obviously going to flop. You can't make money out of nothing.

Of course the option is to drop them. Thats what you do with acts who don't make money. The record companies arent charities doing it for the good will of the artists are they?

I am surprised that management are willing to put money into the saturdays campaign, they must have lost a fortune already, the album has sold appalingly.

On the front of the sun - crazyness!

Stupid campaign started by a few with too much time on their hands, i'm a big aloud fan but definately won't be buying, i already have it on cd. Top 75.

Heard this on the radio the other day, sounded fantastic. Alexandra is very good at intro's.

11 to 17 in one update for rihanna - ouch! Hard is doing well to say its getting hardly any airplay.

No worries, i opened it up the other day and was like, :( but i wanted to comment lol

Didnt know where else to post this really but why was the r1 playlist thread locked this week? Bizarre :huh:

No1, its getting proper hyped up.

Its ok, not terrible, not fantastic. I went top 20 - think it will peak at around 13. Tbh i dont understand why they are releasing this because its pretty obvious it won't do that well.

i thought it was going to go to no1 to be honest. It was pretty obvious it was going to do well.

Only 12 for the sats and their next single is bland as hell. Think we are probably seeing the last days of them now. Cheryls album is not falling like i thought it would.

I love this, walks allover bad romance, its just a quality track, doesnt try too hard like BR does. No1 i reckons.

I think hard is a bad choice for uk, hope they change it.

Its quite funny that for the weeks before christmas, all acts battle so hard for number ones. Then as soon as its january, any of the acts could have walked it. I mean i dont think bad romance, tik tok and MMH are particularly big right now, its just there's nothing new out there atall to overtake them.

Cant believe MMH is still no3, done so well.

I like it but not sure how well it'll do, top 5 at best i think. I am going for top 5 though.

Parachute has held up well!

I went for top 30, predict 25-30. Its not bad, nothing special.

I think rude boy is important in that it shows the album is not all about moody, deep, emotional, self orientated tracks. Rude boy is a lot more commercial and accessible than hard. I think hard will do well as a single but much later on.