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'Lick Ya Down' is on par with 'Twilight' for me. :wub: It deserved a lot better, hopefully the 59p reduction and the future album release can boost its sales and better its chart run a bit.

Cover Drive are still increasing their lead over Jessie J despite being in the light red. The lead is now 33%. Plus they have a CD single out and they're advertising on Twitter for their fans to download via text message and through other sites. Hopefully they can hang on! 215. Lick Ya Down - Cover Drive Could 'Twilight' also get a 59p reduction please?! :heehee:

:lol: In a my perfect world YDO would be #1. Cover Drive are increasing at the same speed as David Guetta but Flo Rida is increasing at like double both of them with a massive gap to close. My bet is Flo Rida will only get to #1 come Thursday or Friday and Sunday's chart will look like this: 1. Cover Drive 2. Flo Rida ft. Sia 3. David Guetta ft. Sia 4. Jessie J Redlight are #17 combined :cheer:

Cover Drive are still building a lead and Flo Rida is increasing quickly but has still got quite a gap to get there though. It's going to be quite close come Sunday I'd think. Hopefully Cover Drive can hold on! :drama:

Oh dear. I'm giving away way too many clues. :drama: *shuts up*

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Ce__PODUbHE Their cover of 'Domino' is really worth listening to, they are so talented and Amanda's voice sounds so gorgeous without auto-tune! :wub:

Credits to Vidcapper: You Da One 123,5k We Found Love 970k Talk That Talk 690k Loud 1736,5k

In November she revealed that the album is almost complete. The lead single, produced by Stargate she described as a girlpower anthem, a 'High Road' part two but better sounds good to me! Excited! :bounce:

They're doing some radio promo on Capital and KM FM today/tonight, not that it'll have much of an effect but at least they're the promoting type of artists! 'Lick Ya Down' has just re-clicked with me as a result of 'Twilight', quite a little gem as well! Both singles are quite on par with each other to be honest! :wub:

I've been loving this for a while too. It would be sublime if it was less auto-tuned, the auto-tune is a bit grating at times but otherwise it's extremely catchy and deserves to be #1. If their album is in the same vain as 'Twilight', I'd buy it.

ihklagIXPUM One of my BJSC rejects. So glad I never entered this after all now that it's #30 on iTunes otherwise I'd be considered being uninspired but just my luck the entry I've chosen has now been added to Radio 1's playlist. :hithead: On topic, this is insanely catchy and amazing in every way. The main mix, however is the only listenable version. Hopefully a top 10 hit, looking forward to future Redlight singles as this is extremely impressive!

'Breathing' really should be doing better! It's easily the best thing Jason Derulo has ever recorded! :drama:

It is going to be very interesting to see how well 'Elephant' does without an X Factor performance. With the release only being in March, it'll be extremely front-loaded and my bet is it'll be a #1 but with a chart run and sales similar to the likes of 'Promise This' or 'We R Who We R'. We'll see what happens though.

Urgh so frustrated at YDO :rolleyes: It can be top 15 all week and yet still be #19 officially. She needed a S&M-like official remix and a major live performance to co-inside with its release but I guess it's too late for that. At least it'll have an impressive 'Te Amo'-style chart run with 200k sales...

'You Da One' hasn't bombed and this most certainly won't either. :lol: It's been more cherry-picked than the likes of 'Telephone', possibly the most cherry-picked album track ever? Rih's success is based on her urban crossover with dance and pop, all of which she is very good at it. 'Talk That Talk' will definitely be another hit for her, it's just a pity she's performing 'Princess of China' at the Grammys and not TTT or YDO...

Woo, that Rihanna reign just won't let up! :cheer:

I see your point with regard to 'Collide' maybe that was just coincidental then after all. I never brought Alexis Jordan in anywhere. :lol: I may sound looney here - but 'Do It Like a Dude' was written by Jessie J for Rihanna and it ended up being sung by Jessie J - was it a Rihanna reject? In all honesty with regard to 'Laserlight' it being released now and being added to her desperate re-release is a bit too suspicious. It sounds more like a leftover from 'Nothing But the Beat' than 'returning the favour', it's like Jessie J's label thought they could milk more success out of her era by copying Katy Perry ala 'Domino' and then they realized last minute that 'Laserlight' could actually be a hit after seeing how well 'We Found Love' did for Rihanna. I'd be disappointed if Alexandra loses her artist identity and goes down the same route as Jessie J just to bag a few hits. With regard to the DJ feat, yes 'Commander' and 'Club Can't Handle Me' do have them. But the songs are sung/rapped over the production right throughout apart from the intros and outros. Whereas with WFL, 'Collide' and now 'Elephant' and 'Laserlight' it is much more excessive dance and the songs are not just entirely vocals but a vocal-dance beat mix.

'Only Girl' is a nowhere near similar to 'Telephone' or 'California Gurls'. :/ Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Rihanna are all very much different to one another and have been the biggest female pop artists over the last few years for that very reason. Other female artists who are nowhere near as influenctial and successful as the above-mentioned merely release similar material in hope of their own success. I'm not directly referring to the artists either, but moreso their success-hungry record labels.

Did I say she created music? Grow the hell up, seriously. Okay, I'm not done here. :drama: Rihanna is a trend setter, you can look at it anyway you want to. 'Only Girl' and 'What's My Name' did result in a lot of other female artists going down the same route in 2011 and now after 'We Found Love', other female pop artists are going down the same route as she did YET AGAIN in 2012. It's as if other female pop artists and their labels watch to see what Rihanna smashes with and then they release something similar to Rihanna's material in hope of the same success. Are you all saying it's just a coincidence?! Get real. It's plain obvious! :rolleyes:

Ugh I'm not going to even bother arguing with delusional Alex/Jessie J/Leona loons who obviously think they are God's gift to music and that they would never be inspired by Rihanna's music when Rihanna has unarguabley been one of the most iconic and influential pop stars of the last 6 years. #realitychequeplease

It's not illogical thinking at all. My bandwagon point was in reference to female pop artists - Pitbull and Chris Brown are female pop artists? And my point was regarding not only 'the dj feat' aspect but a song with parts where it features more beat and production and less vocal than usual - like I said not a pop song sung fully over production. Rihanna's artist development has now resulted in other female artist jumping on her bandwagon, in the same vein the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Scherzinger, Keri Hilson jumping on the 'What's My Name' bandwagon. Perhaps you're thinking illogically? Your reading ability clearly manifests this. And your point regarding 'Collide' is incorrect. WFL and 'Collide' were released at the same time and WFL leaked before 'Collide'. And the loon accusations @ me are quite laughable when my point is 100% valid. I actually really like Alexandra Burke, Jessie J and Leona Lewis so it's not even a dig at them - merely a summary of the similarties between their music and Rihanna's music.

LOL. #LoonOnTheDefenceAlert

'Elephant' doesn't sound too much like 'We Found Love' for me either. It sounds more like 'Where Have You Been' but is similar to WFL in structure. WFL becoming a smash has set a trend for other pop artists to adopt the 'feat. DJ/producer'/'electro house aspect to their material. When did songs with more production and beat display become popular? After WFL. All of a sudden pop artists aren't scared to release house tracks and let their producer shine as apposed to singing their whole songs over the production. The likes of 'Elephant', 'Collide' and 'Laserlight' are all examples of this.

The "artist development"/jumping on Rihanna's bandwagon didn't go all to well down with Leona Lewis. 'Collide' wasn't a big hit by Leona standards and her era is a bit of a mess now as a result. Pixie and The Sats did actually have an artist development. Pixie's album is more R&B/soul-like than the poppiness of Turn It Up. And The Sats have a stronger influence of dance on their latest album. It's always a major risk unless you're Rihanna or Lady Gaga...