[Swaggie]

Originally posted by Celestial

Those figures are so misleading... 7x Platinum sounds really impressive, but the song has not even sold 300,000 copies. Even when factoring Canada's lower population compared to the US, UK etc, it has not sold that much for a country with a population of its size.

Canada: Population: 34 Million. Most Downloaded song: Poker Face - 300,000.
1 in every 113 people downloaded this.
UK: Population 61 Million. Most Downloaded Song: Poker Face - 900,000.
1 in every 68 people downloaded this.
US: Population 309 Million. Most Downloaded Song: Low - 5,200,000.
1 in every 59 people downloaded this.

I may have looked too much into this, but I do it all the time. I find it more interesting to compare things on an even scale.

I do too.
I find it funny how the highest downloaded song in Canada is 7x platinum where in the U.S. that number wouldn't even get certiefied.

[zzmyth]

also the best selling album is - MAS (Alejandro Sanz) - 2.200.000 copies
45 million, so 1 every 48 people bought it.

[Beatfreak]

I think Bad Influence could get some airplay if she releases that.

[Celestial]

Originally posted by Music

I do too.
I find it funny how the highest downloaded song in Canada is 7x platinum where in the U.S. that number wouldn't even get certiefied.

That's why I posted it, different countries have their own standards for Platinum sales. In the UK Poker Face has reached platinum status (which is 600,000 sales), but that does not sound impressive at all compared to the 7 x platinum sales it has reached in Canada. Like I said, when you really look into it certifications can be misleading.

[Celestial]

Originally posted by zzmyth

Spain: Population 45 million. Most downloaded song - Colgando en tus manos 430.000
1 every 104 people bought it.

Most downloaded english song -Don't stop the music 290.000
1 every 155 people bought it.

Thanks for posting this

[N@te]

Originally posted by Beatfreak

I think Bad Influence could get some airplay if she releases that.

I guess they are done for this era in US, but you never know. I hope they release something. P!nk is hot right now.

[Beatfreak]

Hopefully they do :/

And I'm not planning on upgrading to new iTunes version unless someone tells me they re-added the popbars feature.

[Lukitoo]

Beyoncé update

25. Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) - Beyoncé
36. Telephone (feat. Beyoncé) - Lady GaGa
49. Halo - Beyoncé
63. If I Were a Boy - Beyoncé
80. Sweet Dreams - Beyoncé
94. Halo - Beyoncé
173. Telephone - Lady GaGa & Beyoncé
227. Telephone (feat. Beyoncé) - Lady GaGa
236. Put It In a Love Song (feat. Beyoncé Knowles) - Alicia Keys
283. Crazy In Love - Beyoncé
409. Irreplaceable - Beyoncé
412. Video Phone - Beyoncé
496. Halo - Beyoncé
501. Ego - Beyoncé
545. Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) - Beyoncé
560. At Last - Beyoncé
612. Diva - Beyoncé
698. Video Phone (Extended Remix) [feat. Lady Gaga] - Beyoncé
834. Beautiful Liar - Beyoncé & Shakira

[Bad Wolf]

GRAMMY's Effect:
2. Imma Be - Black Eyed Peas
4. I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
11. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Mary J. Blige & Andrea Bocelli
12. Glitter in the Air - P!nk
13. Today Was a Fairytale - Taylor Swift
15. Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
16. You and Me - Dave Matthews Band
18. Forever - Drake, Kanye West, Lil' Wayne, & Eminem
20. Poker Face - Lady GaGa
21. 21 Guns - Green Day
22. Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band
27. Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) - Beyoncé
38. You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
49. Halo - Beyoncé
50. Earth Song (Remastered) - Michael Jackson
62. If I Were a Boy - Beyoncé
88. Run This Town (feat. Rihanna & Kanye West) - Jay-Z
92. Blame It (feat. T-Pain) - Jamie Foxx
115. Speechless - Lady GaGa
119. 21 Guns (feat. The Cast of "American Idiot") - Green Day
130. Pretty Wings (Uncut) - Maxwell

[Celestial]

115. Speechless - Lady GaGa

I think they will rule this out as a single now...

[Nicole]

^thank god. it's mediocre.

[Nicole]

^and she wasted a great opportunity last night. she shoulda done bad romance acoustic like she did on SNL (but the full song)...it was beautiful on SNL...anyway it's done now.

[Celestial]

Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole

^thank god. it's mediocre.

I think so too, but I don't mind whatever she releases. My three favourites for the next two singles would be either Alejandro, Monster or Dance in the Dark. Any two of those three.

[Swaggie]

Originally posted by Aliens & Rainbows

GRAMMY's Effect:
2. Imma Be - Black Eyed Peas
4. I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
11. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Mary J. Blige & Andrea Bocelli
12. Glitter in the Air - P!nk
13. Today Was a Fairytale - Taylor Swift
15. Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
16. You and Me - Dave Matthews Band
18. Forever - Drake, Kanye West, Lil' Wayne, & Eminem
20. Poker Face - Lady GaGa
21. 21 Guns - Green Day
22. Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band
27. Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) - Beyoncé
38. You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
49. Halo - Beyoncé
50. Earth Song (Remastered) - Michael Jackson
62. If I Were a Boy - Beyoncé
88. Run This Town (feat. Rihanna & Kanye West) - Jay-Z
92. Blame It (feat. T-Pain) - Jamie Foxx
115. Speechless - Lady GaGa
119. 21 Guns (feat. The Cast of "American Idiot") - Green Day
130. Pretty Wings (Uncut) - Maxwell

FLY MY KING!!!
SOAR!!
LOL you forgot Need You Now.

[£100]

Originally posted by Celestial

Those figures are so misleading... 7x Platinum sounds really impressive, but the song has not even sold 300,000 copies. Even when factoring Canada's lower population compared to the US, UK etc, it has not sold that much for a country with a population of its size.

Canada: Population: 34 Million. Most Downloaded song: Poker Face - 300,000.
1 in every 113 people downloaded this.
UK: Population 61 Million. Most Downloaded Song: Poker Face - 900,000.
1 in every 68 people downloaded this.
US: Population 309 Million. Most Downloaded Song: Low - 5,200,000.
1 in every 59 people downloaded this.

I may have looked too much into this, but I do it all the time. I find it more interesting to compare things on an even scale.

Well, Canada has never had a big music market, so to get to 300k really is an earth-shattering accomplishment. The digital market hasn't taken off in Canada like it has in the US and UK for reasons I've already stated before: iTunes is the only music provider in the country, bad copyright laws mean that providers don't bring their services to Canada, and Canada has the higher P2P sharing figures than any industrialised nation on earth. So the fact that Poker Face could sell so many legal copies is quite something, and Lady GaGa in just two years has become perhaps one of the top most successful international acts in Canada.
CRIA knows this and that's why the certs may seem "low." Selling 300k in Canada is more mind boggling than selling 5 or even 6 million copies in the USA.

[Disco]

Originally posted by Celestial

I think so too, but I don't mind whatever she releases. My three favourites for the next two singles would be either Alejandro, Monster or Dance in the Dark. Any two of those three.

"Monster" has recently shown up on hitpredictor, so it is very likely that it will be the next single

[Nicole]

Thank God, I love MONSTER, has great hit potential, plus the video has the potential to be SIIIICK

[Nachoz]

UK iTunes
15. Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3OH!3) - Ke$ha
16. TiK ToK - Ke$ha
47. Your Love Is My Drug - Ke$ha
87. Take It Off - Ke$ha
115. Kiss 'n' Tell - Ke$ha
138. Dinosaur - Ke$ha
185. Tik Tok - Ke$ha
188. Animal - Ke$ha
247. Backstabber - Ke$ha
251. Party At a Rich Dude's House - Ke$ha
261. Dirty Picture (Ke$ha Edit) [feat. Ke$ha] - Taio Cruz
273. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes - Ke$ha

[beyoncefan1]

Why is everyone in a rush for the 3rd single already? Telephone is still yet to fully dominate!

[Nicole]

^I would love for TELEPHONE to smash, but the iTunes numbers are disappointing given that (1) it's B&G and (2) the song is very catchy