[Deemy]

Originally posted by Nadia

I'll take a #1 single tbh

+ Bad Romance's sales

[MrPeanut]

Originally posted by Nadia

I'll take a #1 single tbh

And switch out 4.5m in sales for 2.5m?

[Chrïs.]

A #1 single is nothing without sales and impact.

[zzmyth]

Originally posted by Ger-55

Next Week: Katy Perry will be the artist with more 3x Platinum singles?

Rihanna has 6 (I dont know how many Katy has.)

Disturbia (4xPlat)
LYL (4xPlat)
LTWYL (4xPlat)
Umbrella (3xPlat)
DSTM (3xPlat)
TaB (3xPlat)

also has 7 more songs that are 2xPlat.

RTT (2xPlat) -shouldnt be far from 3xPlat
HTILU (2xPlat)
Unfaithful (2xPlat)
SOS (2xPlat)
RB (2xPlat)
OG (2xPlat) - Hopefully 3xPlat this year with time
WMN? (2xPlat) - This week will be above 2M, and hopefully can go 3xPlat too.

[Nadia]

Originally posted by MrPeanut

And switch out 4.5m in sales for 2.5m?

umm well i guess but Bad Romance really is special in that case

[Nadia]

Originally posted by Chris101

A #1 single is nothing without sales and impact.

impact means sh!t

[Rockstar101]

Originally posted by futurelove92

Week 1 - 83
Week 2 - 60
Week 3 - 1
Week 4 - 7
Week 5 - 8
Week 6 - 5
Week 7 - 3
Week 8 - 2
Week 9 - 3
Week 10 - 4
Week 11 - 4
Week 12 - 3
Week 13 - 4
Week 14 - 4/5? (This Week)

9 Weeks in the top 5, wit this week shud be 10!

This should have been #1 for at least 8 weeks, had its sales been on par with the airplay.
How long has it been #1 on Airplay?

[Nadia]

Originally posted by Rockstar101

This should have been #1 for at least 8 weeks, had its sales been on par with the airplay.
How long has it been #1 on Airplay?

for over a month, I think

[zzmyth]

Originally posted by Rockstar101

This should have been #1 for at least 8 weeks, had its sales been on par with the airplay.
How long has it been #1 on Airplay?

WMN? has been 8 weeks inside the Top10 ALONG WITH OG....

I REALLY MEAN THIS (not talking because I like Rihanna....)

OG has been released TOGETHER with WMN? for 13 weeks now.... That's why the sales for both are not extraordinary.... But THEY REALLY HAVE BEEN OUT TOGETHER.

And Together they have sold 4.5M.... so its more than good. 4.5M singles in 19 weeks (=more than 230K singles per week.)

[Rockstar101]

I guess I CAN see it the way you do YESSS!

[Jared]

Britney doing amazing.

[rihannaloud24]

Originally posted by zzmyth

Rihanna has 6 (I dont know how many Katy has.)

Disturbia (4xPlat)
LYL (4xPlat)
LTWYL (4xPlat)
Umbrella (3xPlat)
DSTM (3xPlat)
TaB (3xPlat)

also has 7 more songs that are 2xPlat.

RTT (2xPlat) -shouldnt be far from 3xPlat
HTILU (2xPlat)
Unfaithful (2xPlat)
SOS (2xPlat)
RB (2xPlat)
OG (2xPlat) - Hopefully 3xPlat this year with time
WMN? (2xPlat) - This week will be above 2M, and hopefully can go 3xPlat too.

Soon S&M 3 or 4xPlat !
RTT is there where exactly? Please ?

[hector.adriel]

Originally posted by Anthony Kerty

You said yourself, TWO performances... Plus a video. Now compare it with "Hold It Against Me" so far. Please, don't embarass yourself. If Ke$ha hadn't promoted her single wouldn't be this successful, especially cause she is no Britney Spears.

sing it sister!
besides, what's the word "Ke$ha" doing in the same sentence as Britney? sorry sweety, no comparison there. 3 performances, PLUS video (regardless if it was ****, it served as promo as well), make A LOT of impact. Besides, she's on her peak now, so its pretty normal. let's see if Ke$ha sticks around 13 years

[bobbymfw]

"Take a Bow" is not 3x platinum.

Rihanna has five 3x platinum singles which Katy will tie next week.

[zzmyth]

Originally posted by rihannaloud24

Soon S&M 3 or 4xPlat !
RTT is there where exactly? Please ?

Last time I saw any figures for it it was +2.7M

[MusicTalker]

Originally posted by MrPeanut

I mean, that's great, of course, but can anybody really make the case that longevity isn't preferable?

The song that spends 10 weeks at #2 is usually the bigger hit than the song that spent one week at #1.Not saying that that will necessarily be the case for HIAM, just speaking hypothetically.

I've just never gotten the fascination with chart rankings over sales, at least since the digital explosion (more understandable when it was almost entirely based on airplay). Nobody really cares about album rankings on a week-to-week, and for good reason.

I haven't seen a drop that big in sales for an actual single with a really good amount of airplay ever. Most singles gaining good airplay have a 30-35% drop, sometimes even less.

Her songs sell in the long run (with healthy sales) but they never dominate once the initial hype rides off. They hang around in the Top 5-8. We'll see with HIAM once the video & promo comes, I hope it's not a repeat of Womanizer & 3.

[hector.adriel]

Originally posted by MrPeanut

And switch out 4.5m in sales for 2.5m?

ummm excuse me mister, but Bad Romance is the most promoted song EVER. GaGa made suree she promoted that song even in cereal boxes, besides, the MONSTER video she made I didn't expect any less.. Britney did AMAZINGLY well with "3" considering britney didn't even tweet about the song and the video was shadowed by Bad Romance. "3" spent 3 months in the Top 10 and managed to sell 2.5+ in US only.
besides Britney there's NO ARTIST that sells like her without doing promo (well Lil Wayne maybe).

[supaspaz]

Yes, HIAM will stabilize. But with only one week at #1 (and the biggest drop from the top spot in ages), it will be another statistic to for haters to criticize. I hope that once airplay hits its peak, it can go back to the top.

[zzmyth]

Originally posted by bobbymfw

"Take a Bow" is not 3x platinum.

Rihanna has five 3x platinum singles which Katy will tie next week.

you are right.

23 - 3,999,956 - RIHANNA DISTURBIA (4xPlat)
26 - 3,950,853 - T.I. FEAT. RIHANNA LIVE YOUR LIFE (4xPlat)
36 - 3,651,564 - RIHANNA FEAT. JAY-Z UMBRELLA
43 - 3,497,820 - EMINEM FEAT. RIHANNA LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE (4xPlat)
58 - 3,050,714 - RIHANNA DON'T STOP THE MUSIC
97 - 2,588,385 - JAY-Z, RIHANNA & KANYE WEST RUN THIS TOWN
122 - 2,397,605 - RIHANNA TAKE A BOW
139 - 2,275,790 - RIHANNA RUDE BOY
187 - 1,970,078 - RIHANNA SOS (this is 2xPlat 100% sure)

+OG (+2M)
+WMN? (+2M)


^These sales are old... (3Months or so) but no way TaB is +3M.... around 2.5M

[MrPeanut]

Originally posted by hector.adriel

ummm excuse me mister, but Bad Romance is the most promoted song EVER. GaGa made suree she promoted that song even in cereal boxes, besides, the MONSTER video she made I didn't expect any less.. Britney did AMAZINGLY well with "3" considering britney didn't even tweet about the song and the video was shadowed by Bad Romance. "3" spent 3 months in the Top 10 and managed to sell 2.5+ in US only.
besides Britney there's NO ARTIST that sells like her without doing promo (well Lil Wayne maybe).

I don't see what this has to do with my argument. My question was would you rather a song that peaked at #2 but sold 4.5m or a song that went to #1 and sold 2.5m.

I know BR was heavily promoted/3 wasn't and never said otherwise.