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Originally posted by Deemy
OK now this is where you're wrong.
1. We Found Love
- she released You Da One, it flopped there but thats because WFL was so big that even Urban airplay was spinning it at one point. Plus her label had sent "Talk That Talk" for airplay in November.
2. Only Girl..
- Umm.. she released "What's My Name?" THREE weeks after Only Gil came out. That was a surefire Hit on BOTH formats.
3. S&M...
- Radio was still on Whats My Name, plus she had a J Cole remix, flopped but she didnt need another urban hit as the album was already out and selling well.
4. Disturbia
- She had Take A Bow has the lead single. Went #1 on the R&B charts, her first LEGIT #1 on that chart for that matter (not counting Diamonds). So Disturbia was just to feed the Pop masses. After all Pop is her core.
5. Dont Stop the Music
- IDK if you were a stan back then but Dont Stop the Music was released at different times. She released it internationally first and kept Hate That I Love You as the single in the states. After Dont Stop the Music smashed she quickly send it to Pop radio here in the US. The singles overlapped.
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I'm unsure of your point, because this just proves that dual releases are not a good idea.
All those songs listed bar Disturbia (YDO, S&M, Only Girl, and DSTM) were hurt by the over-exposure of Rihanna singles at the time. Had each single been given the time to breathe on it's own, You Da One would've at least gone Top 5, S&M wouldn't have needed a tacky remix, OG would've gotten more than a one week #1, and DSTM could've reached #1.
