Quote:
Originally posted by Duca
"We Belong Together" spent 16 weeks at #1 on Hot 100 Airplay, it was named the biggest song of 2005 and the biggest song of the decade, but somehow failed to go #1 on Digital Songs and sold under 1.5 million. 
Even Madonna has done better digitally -- "Hung Up" peaked at #42 on Hot 100 Airplay but logged multiple at #1 on Digital Songs with stronger sales than acts such as 50 Cent, Eminem, Green Day, and Gwen Stefani who were dominating at the time. |
WORD!
If the US charts were like in the rest of the world, HUNG UP would have been a no1 hit (like in each and every nation in the world) for at least 2 weeks while songs like We Belong Together would have peaked at no2 for one week. LOL
The audience numbers of Rhythmic and Urban radio were SO out of touch and inflated from 2004 to 2007. It did not represent reality at all. When they introduced new ways to count radio ratings in 2007 they realized how messed up the numbers were and radio industry insiders admitted that many of the songs that were massive on radio should have never been. Today's numbers are way more representative.
