[Jack!]

This era is a giant mess, lmao.

[slimsexy]

Originally posted by DownBoy

She should have never taken such a long break - it damaged her star appeal a lot.

BINGO!!!

[Supervillain]

[Fanik]

Originally posted by DownBoy

She should have never taken such a long break - it damaged her star appeal a lot.

not really

[Truth Teller]

Originally posted by DownBoy

She should have never taken such a long break - it damaged her star appeal a lot.

Not really. 45S had amazing global peaks and took off faster than any song of that nature would normally. The problem is the material. American Oxygen is an amazing song, but not a single. It could work like a promo single/ video for the US but nowhere else for obvious reasons.

[J-esper]

Quickly release BBHMM video, promote it with two performances in the UK and repeak it

[Homebrand]

Originally posted by CaptainMusic

Good, FFS is still doing pretty well here and AO would've bombed.

Now release the real hit.

That would never in a million years become a hit here.

Bitch bye if LA love could be a hit in the UK then ofcourse BBHMM can

But i do agree, she should move onto the next single release instead of AO2 and BBHMM.

[Frozen99]

[Truth Teller]

Originally posted by J-esper

Quickly release BBHMM video, promote it with two performances in the UK and repeak it

This.

Urban is slowly coming back to mainstream. BBHMM can smash worldwide. It's already a moderate hit peak wise.

[Drowned_World]

Originally posted by Jack!

This era is a giant mess, lmao.

I just don't understand how Rihanna, easily one of the most famous popstars of the world, fails so badly to launch a successful era. This girl has skilled managers and PR people working for her and all they come up with is this mess of a release strategy? GoodBYE.

[*Tim]

Thank god, it was gonna flop anyway

[Icannot]

lol

[ontherocks]

[NumbFentyStan]

Ugh, AO is my fave song from R8 and one of my fave Rih songs overall, so i hope she'll still push it in the US

[CaptainMusic]

Originally posted by Homebrand

Bitch bye if LA love could be a hit in the UK then ofcourse BBHMM can

But i do agree, she should move onto the next single release instead of AO2 and BBHMM.

LA Love is much more commercial than BBHMM and while some Urban songs have done well here lately, BBHMM is TOO urban to do anything.

[Tsuko]

Originally posted by Pandantic

Thank god. The US next please.

It's too late for the US, it's already been released there. They could just give up on it, but I reckon they should just see how far it can go.

Also, surely even though American Oxygen has been cancelled, she still had 2 UK singles, FFS and BBHMM?

This isn't the first time Rihanna has cancelled singles in the UK. From Rated R she cancelled the UK released of Hard and went with Rude Boy instead (then released Hard later as the 4th single).

Originally posted by CaptainMusic

LA Love is much more commercial than BBHMM and while some Urban songs have done well here lately, BBHMM is TOO urban to do anything.

You're right, LALOVE had more pop appeal, but BBHMM won't do absolutely nothing, it could go top 10 like Drunk In Love, Wiggle, Anaconda, Don't Tell 'Em or Loyal if they really went all out with it.

[HumanitySector]

[J-esper]

Originally posted by CaptainMusic

LA Love is much more commercial than BBHMM and while some Urban songs have done well here lately, BBHMM is TOO urban to do anything.

It peaked at #27 without promo or whatever, the song has potential, if only she would invest in a performance there, she easily could get a top 10 with it in the UK.

[Vulps]

Originally posted by Truth Teller

Not really. 45S had amazing global peaks and took off faster than any song of that nature would normally. The problem is the material. American Oxygen is an amazing song, but not a single. It could work like a promo single/ video for the US but nowhere else for obvious reasons.

That's your opinion.



Honestly she should just go back to the studio and let her label take the reins. I'm sure they could push out a semi-decent album in a few weeks. They've done it before.

[Drais.]

Originally posted by ontherocks