Then how was "Fly" a flop? Your Love #14, Right Thru Me #26, Moment 4 Life #13, Did It On'em #49 (wasn't released to Pop though), Super Bass #3, Fly #19 (so far). Seems like it's pretty average
You cannot posibly compare Nicki to Beyoncé?
I mean Dev's "In The Dark" was a success for her standard, but this would be a underperform/moderate hit for Britney, Gaga, Katy, Rihanna, etc...
Also "Super Bass" was a smash, it sold over 3 million.
That tragedy wasn’t a flop. It was a moderate hit. It sold 670,000 copies in the US and 1.14 million worldwide, and it became her 21st hit on Pop Songs, making her the artist with Pop Songs entries this millennium. It also hit #1 in some irrelevant country, I don't remember which one. It’s impressive actually, seeing how it was originally released as the fourth single from “Blackout” in mid-2008, but after the announcement that Britney was back in the studio, canceled, while the promotional CDs were recalled. Since it was a contracted single, it was later included on “Circus,” as a bonus track on all editions, as the cursed track #13, and eventually released again, but this time as the fourth single “Circus” in mid-2009, and unexpectedly, it wasn’t promoted, while the video was made to cross-promote her Candies endorsement deal. Only Jive.
Now I love Britney and all but...moderate hit? Nobody I know who enjoys Britney casually would know that song. I think half of those sales were from when it was released on Blackout. It probably went just above #40 on radio, which isn't great. Although, you're right as a song that was already released on a previous album it wasn't destined to much anyway. I wish they would of given Break The Ice another chance instead, it deserved a lot more.
Talented artists do not need to use cheap discounts to garner more sales. Loud and 21 were released over 6 months before "4". Is anyone going to remember Loud as an iconic album?
Talented artists do not need to use cheap discounts to garner more sales. Loud and 21 were released over 6 months before "4". Is anyone going to remember Loud as an iconic album?