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Originally posted by Kworb
It's also been pushed to radio abroad with no results so far. She can't perform on every country's The Voice.
Blurred Lines entered the iTunes top 100 (and only went up afterwards) on April 10th. It first appeared on US radio 20 days later when it debuted on Rhythmic. By then it was already top 40 on iTunes. Bad example.
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It's still being cannibalized by the album, which is 12 days old at this point. There have only been news items about the album, there are no news outlets being broadcast to the "GP" telling them that XO is a single. You're trying to compare singles that were released and promoted individually before their respective album releases to a campaign that was done entirely in reverse. It doesn't make sense to expect a single to take off instantly when all the focus is on the album instead of the single. It would actually be bad for Beyonce's campaign if people were just buying the single and not buying the album. That would kind of ruin the point. You're trying to make a judgement on it's success far too early, and ignoring every other factor of the release.
And in the internet age, she doesn't have to perform at a specific country's The Voice. She just needs a few good performances that go decently viral, and some more climbing on radio.
And even if the singles do flop, the campaign is still already more of a success than just about everyone else's this year 12 days in. Singles are meant to promote the album. If you're selling albums so well that singles are redundant, that's a pretty wonderful situation to be in.
I swear Blurred Lines was sitting around longer than that, hm.
