There were 440,000 99cent Amazon.com sales. Subtract the Amazon sales from the grand total, and you get 668,000 sales.
Till the World Ends sat at #11 until the remix sent it to #3.
S&M would have been BLOCKED at #2, until the "rihmix" sent the song to #1. Allowing Rihanna to tie Janet Jackson's record.
LFN would be BLOCKED from #1, but now Katy has unleashed a remix to help send the song to #1, allowing her to tie Michael Jackson's record.
Is this the year of shady business deals and chart manipulation?
What's next? Adele's next single gets blocked at #2 on the Hot 100, so she unleashes a last second remix to go #1? Set Fire To The Rain (Ft. will.i.am), so he can rap about setting fire to the dancefloor with his remix beats?
What are your TRUE thoughts on these last second remixes?? Would you like to see the next major CD be sold for 99 cents on Amazon.com, say Rihanna's next CD this year??
What's next? Adele's next single gets blocked at #2 on the Hot 100, so she unleashes a last second remix to go #1? Set Fire To The Rain (Ft. will.i.am), so he can rap about setting fire to the dancefloor with his remix beats?
Nooooooooooooooo!
To answer your question, I think it's completely shady, cheap, corrupted, manipulative, and plain greedy, it lessens the value of the Charts, and I'm not here for that it.
Doing a remix is fine. The product is still out there, it's still being sold. Katy's doing her thing.
Selling your album for 99 cents is fine too. She's getting those copies sold. People could've bought cardboard tampons or a burger sans cheese, but they chose Born This Way instead.
Gorl, she woulda done it with Cheers or LoudR lead single anywayzzzzz.
Not necessarily.
I feel like Rihanna & Def Jam knew that S&M was the last TRUE radio-friendly single on Loud. If that didn't go #1, then it would be their last chance to have a #1 single until her next CD. Nothing else on Loud is a guaranteed smash.
Doing a remix is fine. The product is still out there, it's still being sold. Katy's doing her thing.
Selling your album for 99 cents is fine too. She's getting those copies sold. People could've bought cardboard tampons or a burger sans cheese, but they chose Born This Way instead.
