[leedongwon]

There's no doubt that Mariah got her no.1s fair and square.

[stevyy]

the repression thing is also not invented by Mariah as it was common practice by all labels during the 90's because songs couldn't enter the chart without radio airplay.. so you had to wait several weeks until it built some steam on radio before you released the physical single.

Then again this strategy was used by all major labels.. so people who hold this against mariah only have no understanding how the music industry works.

Towards the end of the 90's the physical market for singles was dead in the US.. Only 20 million singles had been sold per year. In times when Loverboy was released less than 10 million physical singles were sold in a single year.

So reducing the price of a dead format is nothing to be ashamed about. (let's remember that back in the late 90's songs without a physical release at all weren't allowed to chart).

Rihanna, however, is reducing the price of her download single in a market where 20-22 million downloads are sold EACH WEEK. THIS market is like 200 times bigger than the physcial market towards the end of the 90's.

So, what Rihanna does is even worse.

next problem:

releasing cheap remixes..

back in the 90's and early 2000's you had a single out where you basically had all the remixes on the song from day 1. So there was no waiting for 3 months to see how the song would do and the release a cheap remix in the last minute to boost sales and get a certain song to #1.

in my opinion, Rihanna, Katy Perry and co. are dominating right now with **** songs and most of their recent #1's only got that far because they used the tricks they can which says so much about their real appeal!

[skyler]

the reason she got 18 #1s is because of us fans

[skyler]

Originally posted by stevyy

the repression thing is also not invented by Mariah as it was common practice by all labels during the 90's because songs couldn't enter the chart without radio airplay.. so you had to wait several weeks until it built some steam on radio before you released the physical single.

Then again this strategy was used by all major labels.. so people who hold this against mariah only have no understanding how the music industry works.

Towards the end of the 90's the physical market for singles was dead in the US.. Only 20 million singles had been sold per year. In times when Loverboy was released less than 10 million physical singles were sold in a single year.

So reducing the price of a dead format is nothing to be ashamed about. (let's remember that back in the late 90's songs without a physical release at all weren't allowed to chart).

Rihanna, however, is reducing the price of her download single in a market where 20-22 million downloads are sold EACH WEEK. THIS market is like 200 times bigger than the physcial market towards the end of the 90's.

So, what Rihanna does is even worse.

next problem:

releasing cheap remixes..

back in the 90's and early 2000's you had a single out where you basically had all the remixes on the song from day 1. So there was no waiting for 3 months to see how the song would do and the release a cheap remix in the last minute to boost sales and get a certain song to #1.

in my opinion, Rihanna, Katy Perry and co. are dominating right now with **** songs and most of their recent #1's only got that far because they used the tricks they can which says so much about their real appeal!

you always speak the truth

[aloirt]

The only cheap tactics #1 by Katy Perry was LFN.

The E.T. Remix was the only version sent to radio.