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Originally posted by TheGeoKing
Wikipedia says 3 have been released.
1. Starships
2. Right By My Side
3. Beez in the Trap
Plus the Promotional Singles
1. Roman in Moscow
2. Stupid Hoe
3. Roman Reloaded
Other
1. Turn Me On
+ Grammy Performance
It sold 375,000 in its first week and has only moved 159,000 since then.
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RBMS wasn't given the same push as the other two either on radio or in promotion, not to mention that it had to fight BITT on urban since they were released at the same time. Needless to say, RBMS only lost out. Only 2 of the 3 promotional singles you listed ended up on the album, one of which was canned by critics and the GP alike and the other of which was released to iTunes with nothing else. Turn Me On was a David Guetta single from Nothing But the Beat tacked onto the deluxe edition of Roman Reloaded, plus it peaked months before Roman Reloaded had even been released. Using that as if it were a single in support of RR is stupidity at its finest.
The Grammy performance happened 2 months before the album dropped and it was one of the biggest promotional spots she's been given. If she had released the album that week as was originally planned, then you could have used that to support your argument in a much more favorable fashion than it appears to be now.
It sold 253k first week, not 375k, so to sell another 300k since then after all the singles had peaked post-April and without any promo since April due to touring obligations is hardly laughable.
This is like taking candy from a baby, y'all make it so easy with your delusions and misconceptions.