All of the 4 girls you mentioned have far weaker material than her, but they have far stronger promo. 5 weeks in the top 10 is not underperforming and a hit #1 single wasn't an "attempt."

Radio play wasn't a real promotion, the MTV thing wasn't a real promotion, the iTunes thing was, but only for a week.

She needs to promote it soon.

I don't believe you.

When you joined, you pretended to be a girl.

HIAM is being more succesful than Gimme More and POM

It's not a horrible song, it's just not amazing.

uhm :-/

It boils down to promo, she's done almost nothing.

Comment twins

She should really pick up the phone though and call Ryan Seacrest or something. Her fans need to hear her speak!

S&M, Born This Way, E.T., and Blow, all look like they are gonna have more longevity and a better run overall than HIAM

First week sales was all about the hype of her comeback which earner her that number one debut, other than that the digital support from the 'general public' has been very weak, considering the amount of support she had from radio. Even, 'What The Hell' is higher in the iTunes chart with no promotion and almost no radio support.

I'm sure she'll bring it with the next single, like I said, but this round she scored a minor hit, and her competition is laughing.

Final blow. This topic is done.

WTH has sold less though

Britney has never been a hitmaker. She's only an album artist. Yes, she's had #1 songs recently but only brought by the digital surge. Sorry Brit fans but it's the truth.

I also registered in another forum and pretended to be a pressed Britney hater just for the fun of it.

And

It honestly does bewilder me. I know she's been frontloaded before, but this is a new level.