Originally posted by liberalmusiclover

The Little Monsters never understood this. It's also how they tried to discredit Only Girl (In the World), We Found Love, Diamonds, and all of Rihanna's other September-released lead singles that didn't make the IFPI because they were released with only 1/4th of the year to go.

Fact remains California Gurls was bigger than Bad Romance, Telephone, and Alejandro, and so was Firework.

Originally posted by Samuel

Bad Romance was released in 2009, and Telephone was released in January 2010. Cali Gurls wasn't released until the middle of the year & it peaked higher than both of those songs, in the US and worldwide.

Originally posted by liberalmusiclover

The Little Monsters never understood this. It's also how they tried to discredit Only Girl (In the World), We Found Love, Diamonds, and all of Rihanna's other September-released lead singles that didn't make the IFPI because they were released with only 1/4th of the year to go.

Fact remains California Gurls was bigger than Bad Romance, Telephone, and Alejandro, and so was Firework.