If you compare with LFN, it's nearly on par with its digital performance. It didn't enter the top 200 until 3 weeks after radios started to play it in early May 2011 (the adds date wasn't even until June 2011 ). It had a slow and progressive rise to the top 50/100, and we all know what happened after the video Given the fact that it was a 5th single, the pre-video iTunes performance for LFN was great. Looks like Birthday is following that similar route.
tl;dr don't freak out over Birthday's slow rise. It's obviously going to be much more difficult for the single sales to be as strong as a lead single would perform.
No, which one? That bitch said Uncle will smash after AMAs performance just like Firework so I'm not sure if I'll believe it
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But I'm not saying that Birthday will smash or flop at this point. I'm just telling people not to expect a speedy rise to the top 100 after only a lyric video that less than 4 million people in the US just saw.
Sorry sis.
Given the fact that it was a 5th single, the pre-video iTunes performance for LFN was great. Looks like Birthday is following that similar route.
