I Wanna Go had like near 3.000 airplay before it's add dates! Criminal had 8.000 before being officially added today! Yet Criminal's airplay is already being branded a "underperformance"! Not surprising, it's the ****ing same fans who called TTWE and IWG a flop when they started out yet then turned out to be huge US hits for her!
And that single release has ****ed with loads! They expected it to be top 100 at least cos it's a new release, once it went outside the top 1000 cos single releases are irrelevant in the US for singles after the album's release, they freaked out as hell cos they thought it was flopping, yet the original is staying stable at the top 230 mark! Everyone needs to FORGET that single release, the original album version is where the sales are at!
In reality, airplay wise Criminal's doing way better than IWG at this stage! IWG was around the top 200-150 mark as well! It had it's Bravo commercial promo around that time for it's rise! The teaser sent it top 50! Criminal's basically doing the same, probably a bit better as it had got no form of TV promotion or even a video teaser!
Basically, it's delusional to call Criminal a flop at this stage! Femme Fatale's a flop yes, Criminal hasn't shown signs to be one this early!