Roar was the perfect lead.
It was a global smash like she's never had before. Over 12M sold globally in just one calender year, like.
I truly didn't realize it's massive success until I saw the receipts. It was a good hit in the US, but nothing HUGE. The fact that it's her biggest song of all time
Used to have a girlfriend
Now all I got is hoes
Was looking for a down girl
But she was ****ing on the low
That was me and my bitch
Knowing that these hoes ain't ****
Yes. Equivalent to 1.2M albums and it's still selling like.
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Had Capitol released HH instead of TOTGA she would've broken Michael's record. But I don't think they nor Katy wanted that.
Julianne Moore can kiss goodbye to any hopes she was nursing for an Oscar campaign for David Cronenberg’s Cannes Best Actress winner “Maps to the Stars." Canadian distributor eOne was going to distribute the film stateside, but it has now sold U.S. rights to Focus World, the digital distribution arm, which plans an early 2015 release.
It’s moments like this that I feel embarrassed spending so much time investing in a race that must cater to soft-palmed, comfort-seeking upper class wimps who can’t handle the truth. How in the world can anyone be in the business of rewarding best when best must always come with a disclaimer: “When we say best we don’t really mean that. We certainly don’t mean highest achievement in film. We mean something on the order of it makes us look good. It makes us FEEL SOMETHING and it sends us out into the world feeling happy about our lives.”
While I can understand the urge to always lean towards idealizing the human condition, I can tell you that nothing scratched off the top layer of Hollywood like Maps to the Stars. Bruce Wagner’s script is easily one of the year’s best and two performers – Julianne Moore and Evan Bird are spectacular. Years from now no one will believe why Maps to the Stars was not Oscar nominated. They probably figured that Moore plays a character so unlikable her chances of winning were slim. I disagree with that assessment as it is often the darkest turns by the nicest actors that win Oscars.
Yes. Equivalent to 1.2M albums and it's still selling like.
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Had Capitol released HH instead of TOTGA she would've broken Michael's record. But I don't think they nor Katy wanted that.
Why wouldn't they want it? They definitely would. I don't think Hummingbird Heartbeat is a #1 hit, anyways.
I'm not saying they knew E.T. was going to be the mega-smash that it was. But, with that history in mind, Dark Horse comes off as the E.T. of PRISM to me: a deliberate attempt at a repeat of E.T.'s incredible multi-format success. And I don't think anything is especially "unique" about it. I find it sonically comparable to E.T.
On another note, I don't think Dark Horse is as immediate as Roar because of its understated chorus.
E.T. solo > Dark Horse. It would have done even better without Kanye (especially internationally) who ruins the song:
#12 Denmark
#12 Sweden
#13 Norway
#14 Switzerland
#15 Finland
#24 Belgium
#39 Netherlands
#49 Portugal
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way better than roar
