Songs that are buoyed only by radio tend to not do as well if the song isn't heralded by tons and tons of star power (Dark Horse and The Monster). When you're not as big of a mainstream star (love Hayley to death, but Paramore don't even have a top ten hit to their name, unfortunate as that is, and beyond that, she's only known as the singer from "Airplanes" which smashed over three and a half years ago), you need to promote your song, which is why "Safe and Sound" by Capital Cities was such a radio hit with minimal sales. When you have all three (pop star notoriety, radio airplay, and promotional appearances) and your song simply isn't selling (like DWUW), then you just have to push out singles until something sticks (a strategy that has worked tremendously for Rihanna).
Poker Face and Bad Romance
Her old hits are being played more than Rihanna's for comparison. Her current ones though
Rihanna currently sings the hook on a song with 190 MILLION+ audience impressions How you can even compare to these recurrents in the region of of 5M is beyond me.
The point being, seeing as she has actual CURRENT hits with still large chunks of airplay, as well as megs pop hits from the past few years, of course they are not sifting years back into her catalogue to find something to play.
LADY GAGA Poker Face: 5.818
LADY GAGA Lovegame: 0.008
LADY GAGA Paparazzi: 0.996
LADY GAGA Bad Romance: 3.701
LADY GAGA Telephone f/Beyonce: 0.152
LADY GAGA Alejandro 0.468
LADY GAGA Born This Way: 0.553
LADY GAGA Judas: 0
LADY GAGA The Edge Of Glory: 2.016
LADY GAGA You And I: 0.52
LADY GAGA Marry The Night: 0
How you can even compare to these recurrents in the region of of 5M is beyond me.
