[Lipton]

Show U Off by Chairlift *tm *tm *tm

soooo good

[Cherry]

People who dismiss "Hotline Bling" as a "viral hit" are either non-Americans or don't get out enough

[FAME.]

Rihanna - Stay ft. Mikky Ekko
RihannaVEVO

2 years ago
486,609,661 views

Rihanna - Diamonds
RihannaVEVO

3 years ago
711,593,389 views

Drake - Hotline Bling
DrakeVEVO

3 months ago
443,029,464 views

[ToLove]

Though it is kind of shocking how many people are so easily fooled and consumed by social media stars, especially this endless plethora of Z-list rappers who all suck and sound exactly the same.

One guy I was talking to yesterday knows the lyrics to all Post Malone's songs (apparently he has more than one, wtf?), but had no clue who Leonardo DiCaprio was.

[lonnie]

Originally posted by FAME.

They also weren't performed, and used in promos and commercials for March Madness. Not charting on their own > Peaking at #78 with heavy promo.

We know when Loyal was released. And Diamonds was released in 2012. This has nothing to do with anything (as usual).

Are there songs that shot to the top after being performed on that promo spot?
And even with a flop, Rihanna can still sell over a million copies by herself with no help unlike Christine, who relies on one to four more people to get a hit like Loyal

[Duca]

Originally posted by ToLove

FLAKE seems a lot bigger than he really is in the U.S. thanks to social media.

It's amazing how deceptive Twitter can be. If you were to base all of your knowledge on celebrities from that alone, you'd think that Anna Kendrick, 5 Seconds of Summer, and ****ing Cole Sprouse were amongst the biggest A-list celebrities out there.

Yes, he doesn't really have any major hits, none of his albums have sold particularly well, and his touring numbers are lame.

And he wins like no awards.

[Lipton]

Show U Off is MY SONG. Like, WHEW. I need the girls with good taste to get in.

[FAME.]

Originally posted by B-Luke

I thought we were talking globally. His memes seem to be bigger than the actual songs. I can't judge from an US point of view but I feel like they're equally big there.

We were talking about in the US. Hence this conversation deriving from Work's position on US itunes.

[Cherry]

Originally posted by rihannafan

Diamonds and Stay were like 100x bigger than HB. You'd have to be very urban to disagree.

urban is a radio format, not a group of people.

and "Hotline Bling" was a hit on top 40 radio too.

racism isn't cute, sweetie!

[Kworb]

Diamonds is one of the 10 biggest hits of the decade. Hotline Bling is top 200 at best

[Aden]

Originally posted by Lipton

Telephone is declared the new National Anthem as Obama his last outgoing act as president. LM break ATRL by posting about Joanne her impact.

LMs take to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, other social media to declare Joanne her impact until they see Telephone doesn't chart on iTunes after the performance or Obama's declaration.

[lonnie]

Didn't streams go up massively since 2012?

[rihannafan]

duca, can you please make a table comparing Stay, Diamonds, FFS and HB's peaks so they can shut up?

[Gui Blackout]

can we even call HB a urban/hiphop song? It's very much a pop song

[Lipton]

Originally posted by YoYo

It was a local ghetto viral hit. Like that watch me Shanaynay song or something.

Let the racist in you overflow

[Lipton]

Show U Off by Chairlift has a few punches. I posted about it in SYG first, so when the delayed ones come to stan I've staked my claim.

Thanks.

[Badger]

Originally posted by Lipton

Telephone is declared the new National Anthem as Obama his last outgoing act as president. LM break ATRL by posting about Joanne her impact.

I desperately try to change my nationality to American

[Instant]

Originally posted by Tom Vercetti

The way they're setting themselves up

That thread was made for a trolling purpose in response to Krapty Kat's thread about Gaga losing in that 'the GP poll'. The monsters flooded the poll and now she's winning.

Doing too much

[ultraviolento]

why are you comparing an album released 1 week ago and one released in september?

this is beyond pathetic at this point

[FAME.]

Originally posted by Lipton

Let the racist in you overflow

The fact that Hotline Bling wasn't even big because of black people or the Urban community. It literally blew up BECAUSE of white people liking it