I have said many, many, many times that California King Bed was not going to do well on US radio (I never said anything about elsewhere).
I said that it was going to go top 20 at best, and a Rihanna stan said to me something about when it smashed they weren't going to be easy on me.
No one can really predict how a song will play out accurately every time. However, from S&M, CKB was
not a worthy single to follow up on.
She should have chosen Cheers (Even though I hate that song more than CKB) or Fading.