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Originally posted by CLNC
Not sure I agree with the point you're trying to make.
Surely the salient thing here that in their current eras Enrique has the highest peaking and selling song not just in the US but internationaly.
I just don't see it as a knock to Shakira that Enrique has a hit now. That's the way long running pop careers work, some albums and singles are bigger than others. Baring in mind this isn't the only place it's being this debate is happening I don't care for the whole "there can only be one" attitude a lot of Shakira fans seem to have.
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Im not making any point, im just correcting wrong information. That one user was saying Empire and La La La didnt chart, when they in fact charted higher than Enrique`s last 2 English attempts
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Originally posted by Super_freddie
Not because im Enrique stan but, to be honest, hes been ahead of Shakira for quite some time now
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That was uncalled for, but since you took the effor and tried, let me prove you wrong.
Out of the main markets, Bailando only outpeaked CRTFY in the US, Canada, Italy and Spain. CRTFY peaked higher in France, Germany, UK, Australia and New Zealand
If we use Mediatraffic CRTFY spent 5 weeks within the Top 10 while Bailando peaked at #18
According to Mediatrafficīs latest update, Shakira`s album sold 698K copies, while Enrique with more singles has yet to score 584K despite being released earlier, having more promo performances, having the bigger hit in the biggest market, etc
And the "has been ahead of Shakira for quite some time now" just NO. Not when Sale El Sol outsold Enrique`s album even when he had multiple hits in the biggest market and Shakira did not, and not when The Sun Comes Out Tour outgrossed every tour Enrique has ever done!