Originally posted by J-cLOUD

Why is BTW increasing all of a sudden?

Originally posted by J-cLOUD

Why is BTW increasing all of a sudden?

Originally posted by J-cLOUD

Why is BTW increasing all of a sudden?

Originally posted by Ri_Ri_Rock

Born This Way IS done .. say goodbye !!!

Originally posted by MonstahNL

Originally posted by RudeBoy

All of a sudden?

Originally posted by MusicFiend

In terms of money gained by the artist, 1 single sold my Rihanna is not equal to 1 single sold by Lady Gaga or Beyonce. In terns of monetary gain, these numbers are not as comparable as you think. For example, Lady Gaga is the singer, songwriter, and producer (last two shared with other people) of BTW and Rihanna -as far as I know- is only the singer of OG and they get different royalties from each single sold. Given the fact that these people are in this business for money, why should we insist on comparing them on units sold? Just because statistics are more accessible and available is not a valid answer. A better question is, why insist on comparing them all the time...

More importantly, this whole thread and charts in general are overrated by some of the posters here. Charting high and selling more singles are undeniably important things, but just because one artist charts higher or sells more singles does not mean that artist is more "successful" than the other. According to Billboard, Carrie Underwood earned $13.5 million in 2010, more than the sum of what Rihanna and Katy Perry -the chart monsters- has earned in the same year. Daughtry earned more than both of them! The obsession with sales numbers in this thread is of course understandable, but let's not go overboard...

Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole

Earlier this morning:

Pos Pos+ Artist and Title Days Peak Pts Pop Chng %
1 = Jennifer Lopez - On the Floor (feat. Pitbull) 19 1(8) 0.453 100.0 -4.6
2 +1 Katy Perry - E.T. (feat. Kanye West) 24 2 0.621 91.3 +14.0
3 +1 Lady GaGa - Born This Way 29 1(21) 0.898 81.4 +2.2
4 +1 Rihanna - S&M 58 2 0.853 79.2 +5.2
5 -3 Britney Spears - Till the World Ends 8 2 0.169 71.1 -12.2

Originally posted by MonstahNL

Originally posted by MonstahNL

Originally posted by dposton

Who was talking about monetary gain? We were only talking about single sales success since this is the itunes thread. But as a sidebar: you may want to do some research on Rihanna's upcoming massive loud tour, loud sales, endorsements , movie, perfume, etc. Carrie and Daughtry wont come close for 2011.

Originally posted by Chris101

Originally posted by RudeBoy

I hope Rihanna performs S&M or CKB on Idol.

Originally posted by skyler_

Originally posted by Chris101

Gaga's increasing.

Originally posted by skyler_

Originally posted by Chris101

1 Jennifer Lopez - On the Floor (feat. Pitbull) 100.000
2 Katy Perry - E.T. (feat. Kanye West) 89.778
3 Lady GaGa - Born This Way 85.147
4 Rihanna - S&M 79.529
5 Diddy - Dirty Money & Skylar Grey - Coming Home 69.699
6 Britney Spears - Till the World Ends 67.899
7 Ke$ha - Blow 65.941
8 P!nk - F**kin' Perfect 52.550
9 Chris Brown - Look At Me Now (feat. Lil Wayne & Bu... 51.132
10 Dr. Dre - I Need a Doctor (feat. Eminem & Skylar G... 49.954

Born This Way: +2.17%
S&M: +0.04%
E.T.: -0.328%

Born This Way: 85.147
**** You (Combined): 62.766
Difference: 22.831 (Increased from what it was before)

5th week and it's still increasing.
+ Tuesday's remixes have yet to arrive. Born This Way is so done.