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Originally posted by ClashAndBurn
You're joking about that, right? I have to respectfully disagree with your opinion on that, and here's why:
Gaga flopped with You and I WW, and CKB didn't really do much of anything in the US.
You and I was very local. Top ten in the US MAINLY due to VMA exposure. And the song ended up killing her radio momentum by the time Marry The Night was released. I mean, the AI numbers show that radio programmers weren't into playing it, period.
And California King Bed was managed terribly, failing to really impact the US at all.
Anyway, Rihanna's still big on Spotify streaming. WFL was a topper on there for a while. As an urban crossover artist, she'll still have a career. Like I said before, it's artists like Gaga and Perry that I'm unsure about. I have no idea what their Spotify support will be, compared to Rihanna and Nicki who are doing comparatively well.
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Those songs flopped because in 2011 everything was dance-pop centric. No other type of music could really be a massive hit (apart from Adele, Down On Me, Look At Me Now, etc.).
So of course they'd flop in 2011. But I meant that Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and all the other pop girls have done non-electropop songs before, so they can survive in the future when radio stop playing that type of music. You and I probably would've been a much bigger hit if it was released in 2005 or 2015.
I agree with you that Rihanna will be fine, as she coped in 2005-2006. She's done songs like Take a Bow and Unfaithful which are in Adele's direction, and they were massive hits at the time. So I think she could do it again. Nicki can just revert back to urban Nicki aswell.
I'm most concerned for Ke$ha to be honest.
And I don't think Spotify, etc. are going to have a massive impact on the chart. At least, not in the near future.
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