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Celeb News: Billboard drags Dr. Luke
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Luke has had some curious missteps — or, more accurately, his production offerings have not fully connected with the pop-consuming public. “Wild Wild Love,” Pitbull’s “Timber” follow-up featuring new girl group G.R.L., peaked at No. 30 on the Hot 100 in May; another Pitbull track, the World Cup anthem “We Are One (Ole Ola)” featuring Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte, peaked at No. 59. “Dare (La La La),” the most rambunctiously electronic song on Shakira’s self-titled new album, spent 11 weeks on the Hot 100 but could only muster a No. 53 peak in June. Nicki Minaj’s mid-tempo single “Pills N Potions” was supposed to be the first major event from her third album, but failed to enter the Top 20 (“Anaconda,” produced by Polow Da Don, Anonymous and Da Internz, has instead served as the Top 10 single to preview new album The Pinkprint). And the ever-reliable Katy Perry’s latest Luke-produced single, “Birthday,” topped out at No. 17 in June — good but not great, relatively speaking for the superstar.
Of the songs he has produced that debuted on the charts in 2014, the biggest win for Dr. Luke is probably “Shower” by Latin pop newcomer Becky G, who is signed to Luke’s Sony imprint Kemosabe Records. “Shower” is a deliriously enjoyable sing-along and a breakout moment for the 17-year-old singer-rapper — although the single topped out at No. 16 on the Hot 100, never quite reaching the ubiquity of Luke-driven breakout singles like Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” or Kesha’s “TiK ToK.” The aforementioned G.R.L., also signed to Kemosabe Records, released the Luke-produced single “Ugly Heart” on a self-titled EP in July, and the single did not chart on the Hot 100; in September, the quintet’s Simone Battle committed suicide, and the girl group’s future remains uncertain.
None of these chart stats are devastating for Luke — sometimes singles reach the Top 40 of the Hot 100 without becoming global smashes, and that’s no tragedy. No one views Becky G’s “Shower” as a failure for “only” reaching No. 16 on the chart, nor should they. Still, compare Dr. Luke’s recent chart run with that of frequent collaborator Max Martin: the Swedish pop mastermind is enjoying one of the biggest years of his career, thanks to production credits on Top 10 hits like Ariana Grande’s “Problem” and “Break Free,” the Jessie J/Grande/Minaj collaboration “Bang Bang” and Taylor Swift’s pop triumph “Shake It Off.” Martin has helped turn Grande into a top-line artist and Swift into a mainstream pop maelstrom, while Luke — a producer best known for engineering Kesha’s early success, helping Katy Perry become a Super Bowl-worthy artist and scooping up smashes for everyone from Taio Cruz to Avril Lavigne — has slightly struggled launching new artists and mining hits for established ones.
Luke has bounced back from chart lulls before — nine months passed between Kesha’s “Die Young” in December 2012 and “Roar,” his next Top 10 single as a producer. Although "Dark Horse" was released last year, the song has become Perry's longest-running Hot 100 hit (56 weeks on the chart, and counting), and stayed in the Top 10 until June. Another Dr. Luke hit could very well be right around the corner, and it’s far too early to proclaim that he’s “lost it” as a super-producer. Yet this lawsuit showdown with Kesha arrives at an interesting time for Luke as a producer: after a decade of playing one of pop’s most steady whizzes, he’s currently in something of a drought. It will be fascinating to watch how long it lasts, especially with this fine mess he’s in now.
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http://www.billboard.com/articles/co...source=twitter
At least we now know who they're siding with. 
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I know you guys don't like him but this is kind of a reach.
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I'm sorry, but did you read this?
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Originally posted by Miley Cyrus
I know you guys don't like him but this is kind of a reach.
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Did you even read the article? 
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You can see his aggressive side on the photo as he casually and disrespectfully placed his feet on the professional recording device 
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You are not suppose to have the full article on this site. 
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I'm sorry, but did you read this?
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Yes, but it seems that you didn't.
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Dark Horse tho.
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Right? I didn't know it was still charting. 
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True. His last hit was Timber, released in October 2013. So actually, instead of 'months' it's a year. Pretty bad for a producer. Unless you count Shower or Pills n Potions 
In comparison, Ryan Tedder has produced 3 hits this year (Love Runs Out, Maps, Ghost). Guess it's not much of a Dr Luke market anymore!
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Billboard better drag ha ass.
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Here was me thinking songs that went top 40 were a hit 
How naive have I been...
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i wonder who the person writing this article is cuz its kinda terrible... im on kesha's side until the truth comes out, but the guy writing this article is basing Dr. Luke's success on a ****in billboard chart position... not that it isnt important, but it doesnt always decide if a song is a hit or not.... thats most of the problem with billboard articles.
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wow, he didn't have a hit for less than a year. so impressive.
seriously? that's barely any time at all. not everyone you don't like is fading
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Not reading that TLDR article, but not having a hit "in months" doesn't seem like an issue to me, seems quite normal actually.
When did Darkchild or Timbaland or Max Martin last have a hit?
Some producers go years without having hits. Doesn't seem like an interesting point to make.
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Originally posted by keshaspearsxo
True. His last hit was Timber, released in October 2013. So actually, instead of 'months' it's a year. Pretty bad for a producer. Unless you count Shower or Pills n Potions
In comparison, Ryan Tedder has produced 3 hits this year (Love Runs Out, Maps, Ghost). Guess it's not much of a Dr Luke market anymore! |
except shower actually kinda was a hit??? it made the top 20 and was way more successful than any of becky's other singles so that's pretty much a hit ._.
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What i know we like to hate on luke but he stays getting hits
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The reach 
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Billboard really didn't need to do this though...it's a bit unnecessary
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