Well you all called this song a flop. You all said, Nicole Scherzinger is the only person to make Timbaland flop. Well aren't you wrong. Scream made it's 18th week on the UK chart! People might not think that's great, but flop songs don't stay on the chart for 18 full weeks. Congrats "SCREAM"
Well never the less, although it peaked at 12, you can still have a big hit. Lonestar's Amazed and Steps' 5,6,7,8 never made the top 10, but spent over 20 weeks on the chart. Just because you don't make the top 10 doesn't make it a top 10. Don't read into the stereotype of a flop. I would say it isn't a flop. For a song that everyone called a flop, spending 18 weeks on a huge chart, I'd say that's pretty great
It still flopped in the States, where is his popularity started. Not to mention The Way I Are and Apologize had much bigger chart positions than Scream, which didn't even chart at all.