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Chart Listings: iTunes Music Downloads (September 28-October 5, 2010)
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Originally posted by MusicTalker
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I think those are solid, healthy sales. I'm somewhat impressed with Russian Roulette's sales, considering how much it underperformed. I didn't know Hard was at 1.7 million, I thought it had sold considerably less. 1.7 million is actually almost great for a #8 peak on the Hot 100.
Rude Boy's sales should be much higher, but I'm glad it went double platinum at all. #1 singles these days should be able to go triple platinum.
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Considering that Rihanna was once dubbed the digital sales Queen I think the sales are atrocious. Double platinum was an achievement in 2007/2008, not anymore. Rockstar flopped, the lead single didn't even reach platinum status, and the albums supposed mega smash barely scraped passed the two million mark. Let's not understate how big of a disaster the Rated R era was.
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why is no one ever talkng about the albums before good girl gone bad
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Originally posted by Celestial
Nicole, can you imagine how disappointed we would be if GaGa only managed to sell 5 million singles from Born This Way? All of her singles thus far will cross the 2 million mark, she's been so consistent. It's a shame that radio didn't prop up her sales for some of those songs so that she could have topped the Hot 100 like RB. Nearly all of GaGa's songs have sold more than it did despite charting lower, truly extraordinary.
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Her songs' peaks were hurt by the rapid, back-to-back succession in which they were released. We'll see how her new music does, unless it sounds club-thumping and happy (BR was a rare exception), she won't live up to her past sales.
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Define 'disappointed'. GGGB sold 8M+ worldwide, 17m singles in the US alone. And that was before the Digital era became stronger. And I guarantee you it would have sold more if they chose Breakin Dishes as last single rather than Rehab, and let the singles have more time to breathe.
Britney is the only Pop artist that has strong fanbase.
I hope BTW will be mostly ballads / dark theme like RR.
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LOL @ all of this, including BTW part. And besides Britney, Beyonce and Gaga have strong fanbases
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Define 'disappointed'. GGGB sold 8M+ worldwide, 17m singles in the US alone. And that was before the Digital era became stronger. And I guarantee you it would have sold more if they chose Breakin Dishes as last single rather than Rehab, and let the singles have more time to breathe.
Britney is the only Pop artist that has strong fanbase.
I hope BTW will be mostly ballads / dark theme like RR.
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I believe disappointed would be in comparison to GGGB.
GaGa, Madonna & Beyonce also have strong fanbases.
GaGa has already succeeded with a darker theme and it kept her fanbase growing. If Born This Way is less commercial, it will still sell. She has a very strong fanbase.
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why is no one ever talkng about the albums before good girl gone bad
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Nobody remembers them.
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole
Her songs' peaks were hurt by the rapid, back-to-back succession in which they were released. We'll see how her new music does, unless it sounds club-thumping and happy (BR was a rare exception), she won't live up to her past sales.
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She will live up to her sales and more. The hype she is creating will drive many people to buy her albums, and if it is as good as she claims, I can't see her NOT living up to her sales
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I believe disappointed would be in comparison to GGGB.
GaGa, Madonna & Beyonce also have strong fanbases.
GaGa has already succeeded with a darker theme and it kept her fanbase growing. If Born This Way is less commercial, it will still sell. She has a very strong fanbase.
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If she will have the same style as her first album, ofcourse she'll sell. And TFM was in no way dark compared to RR. Disturbia can be also considered dark, and it's very successful.
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Nobody remembers them.
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they always try to change the subject to good girl gone bad
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If she will have the same style as her first album, ofcourse she'll sell. And TFM was in no way dark compared to RR. Disturbia can be also considered dark, and it's very successful.
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There was nothing dark about Rated R besides RR and CCL. Everything else was NOT dark, it just wasn't clubby
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they always try to change the subject to good girl gone bad
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When you are backed in a corner, fight with anything you have to
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She will live up to her sales and more. The hype she is creating will drive many people to buy her albums, and if it is as good as she claims, I can't see her NOT living up to her sales
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I don't always agree with what she says.
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole
Her songs' peaks were hurt by the rapid, back-to-back succession in which they were released. We'll see how her new music does, unless it sounds club-thumping and happy (BR was a rare exception), she won't live up to her past sales.
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I don't think she's going to change her style drastically. Her fanbase is much stronger now than it was before so I think she can get away with darker material, it may not be realistic to expect her to match PF and JD but I think we can certainly expect another 4x platinum single at the very least.
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If she will have the same style as her first album, ofcourse she'll sell. And TFM was in no way dark compared to RR. Disturbia can be also considered dark, and it's very successful.
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Just because all the songs weren't about heartbreak or narcissism doesn't make it less dark, though. Her videos all had a darker association, the music/production was much darker (sans 'Telephone'), especially in comparison to her upper days of The Fame.
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Originally posted by Celestial
Considering that Rihanna was once dubbed the digital sales Queen I think the sales are atrocious. Double platinum was an achievement in 2007/2008, not anymore. Rockstar flopped, the lead single didn't even reach platinum status, and the albums supposed mega smash barely scraped pass the two million mark. Let's not understate how big of a disaster the Rated R era was.
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If Rude Boy was the first single, the whole picture would have been different.
You know what, I'm so tired of the "If's"! That's just how the things worked out, and Rihanna is still very popular and successful whether you like it or not.
I'm going to sleep now, and as I already said, I'm content with what my faves has done in their careers even though it doesn't seem enough for other people who only aim to bring them down.
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Originally posted by Celestial
I don't think she's going to change her style drastically. Her fanbase is much stronger now than it was before so I think she can get away with darker material, it may not be realistic to expect her to match PF and JD but I think we can certainly expect another 4x platinum single at the very least.
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I guess you're right. I guess even a song like "Bad Romance" could fit into the "Born This Way" theme (I want your ugly/I want your disease, ie I want all the parts of you, I want you for who you are). So maybe it won't change too much.
And you know her, she could do another song like JD and give some vague reason as to how it fits the BTW theme, like sometimes you gotta just dance, because you were born that way baby.
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Celestial making the iTunes thread active and relevant again.
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If she will have the same style as her first album, ofcourse she'll sell. And TFM was in no way dark compared to RR. Disturbia can be also considered dark, and it's very successful.
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Lady gaga imagine during the Monster era was really dark and off-putting..
.. Bad romance is different from other songs on the radios even though it still has one of the best hooks ever... the rahrahromaroma part is like a drug.
I don't think gaga new single will be like just dance or pokerface.... if the fame monster is a transition to the new album Dance in the dark is the type of song you can expect from the new album
will she sell like she does now? Probably not... but you never know...
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Celestial making the iTunes thread active and relevant again.
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She had to turn it into SYG again, but
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