Discussion: HIAM (Britney) a quick hit? :The Quick Hit Assessment Thread

JayRockafella

This thread will be devoted to assessing "quick little hits" or smash hit

*inspired by Sweet Talker's "Bang Bang quick hit thread"*

1st: Lady Gaga's "Applause" HIT
2nd: Nicki Minaj's "Starships" SMASH HIT
3rd: Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" HIT
NOW 4th: Britney Spear's "Hold It Against Me"

SweetTalker

My impacT

PinkBox

vuelve88

It did well for the lead single to an indie album. Also no promo

umich

Hmm, 14 weeks in the top ten sounds like a smash to me.

MissedTheTrain

It spent 14 weeks in the Top 10, it wasn't a "quick" hit.

TurntUp

Def more than a quick little hit, decent sized hit

johnsuxx

Not sure I would classify it as a hit personally, but yes.

SweetTalker

Nice lil impactful hit

ᴇʀᴏs

Three months in the top ten ain't a quick lil hit.

Swag

Not even a quick lil hit no, had no impact whatsoever

Yanko

decent sized hit

Atlas

It was a cute hit

Syňth

it had the nickname Applongevity for a reason

IBeMe

It actually is the definition of longevity for a moderate hit. it stayed n the top 10 for a pretty long time and ended up having healthy US sales.

ᴇʀᴏs

Quote:

Originally posted by johnsuxx

Not sure I would classify it as a hit personally, but yes.

Then you must not consider Wide Awake (13 weeks in Top 10), Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) (12 weeks in Top 10), The One That Got Away (11 weeks in Top 10), Part of Me (9 weeks in Top 10), or Waking Up In Vegas (4 weeks in Top 10) hits either? Certainly these songs that spent less weeks in the top ten most popular songs in the country than the flop song Applause (14 weeks in Top 10) cannot themselves be hits, right? Or, if these songs are hits, and Applause really is a quick lil hit, then "quick" must not be the right word to describe the swifter speed at which the other aforementioned hits came and went, correct?

Desire

I mean at least she didn't push for a few singles at the same time unlike others. Plus it spent around 14 weeks in the top 10

Mastamaind

Decent hit, just seen way more little 'cause it wasn't as big as her other 3 lead singles, it definitely triggered an insecurity in their team, particularly too because "Roar" was way bigger but it definitely was a good start that could have spawned a commercially great era, they should have carried on in spite of the bump of not going #1.

Coincidentally, 'B'day''s lead single "Déjà Vu" peaked at #4 like "Applause" but wasn't as big as Beyoncé's singles from her previous era but they kept on going and got their smash with the 3rd single, "Irreplaceable". Something like that should have happened with 'ARTPOP'.

highwind44029

Nope. It stayed in the Top 10 for a few months.

katycat737

Decent hit