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Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2
"Promiscuous" and "Say It Right" were the only hits Nelly had that year, too. "Maneater" was in fact pulled from promotion because it wasn't doing well and they rushed out "Say It Right". Also "Say It Right" and "Fergalicious" both came out near the end of 2006, with the latter actually peaking in 2007 after it broke the record for highest sales of 294,000 (Christmas week) at the time of course. Nelly had nothing else do much after "Say It Right".
You could also counter in the fact that "My Humps" was still a major recurrent hit in early 2006. Yeah it's with BEP, but it's practically Fergie.
The Dutchess also had amazing longevity on the album charts. It has sold nearly 4 million copies versus Loose's 2 million.
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Say It Right peaked in 2007 too, where it hit the #1 spot after Beyoncé's Irreplaceable dropped. I completely forgot about the Fergalicious sales week.
Maneater might not have peaked very high, but it was pretty big on radio, I remember hearing it all the time back in '06.
Promiscuous was bigger than London Bridge.
Fergalcious was bigger than Maneater
Loose vs The Dutchess can be debated. TD did have longevity and sold a shitload, but in terms of just 2006, I don't think it sold as much as Loose, since most of it's sales came from 2006.
On the Billboard 200 year end list of 2006:
http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-ye...order=position
Loose = 64
The Dutchess = 115
But then again, Billboard has the cut off around November.