I knew that Rihanna song will not do as well as expected. She should release a new single because WFL is very weak.
Maroon 5 still at the top. I love it. I don't really like Someone Like You (although I have to admit it's growing on me) but if I want Adele back to the top, I want it to be Set Fire To The Rain (well, it has grown on me a lot, I love it now).
I hope I can see the day when Kelly Clarkson, JoJo, and Demi Lovato will be in the top ten all at the same time. Their singles are all very good, I'm sad that they're not doing really well. (Well Skyscraper is doing good actually)
Ya'll are overreacting. I never even expected it to go Top 5 on iTunes. Do you guys realize that Cheers has 60+ mill AI, and was already top 10? Not to mention Fly is just impacting Pop radio, and she still has her previous hits being spinned. Born This Way, Run the World, Hold It Against Me - all came off of breaks.
Ya'll are overreacting. I never even expected it to go Top 5 on iTunes. Do you guys realize that Cheers has 60+ mill AI, and was already top 10? Not to mention Fly is just impacting Pop radio, and she still has her previous hits being spinned. Born This Way, Run the World, Hold It Against Me - all came off of breaks.
The jury's still out on WFL, but this feels to me like another example of a popstar stumbling b/c of ego, like Gaga. Although the circumstances here are different, ego is still the problem: the holidays are coming and Rihanna's team thought they could dump whatever song they wanted onto the charts (despite the fact that the song is just OK, despite the fact that we've been inundated with Rihanna music nonstop since 2009, despite the fact that the Loud era is still in full swing) and it would float right to the top.
It felt like a smart and logical move to rush Loud after RR underperformed. It felt like a greedy (Xmas is coming) and egocentric (we can release whatever we want, whenever we want) move to rush this new era.