How anyone could vote for "Lollipop", I don't know. That song was huge Spring/Summer '08 and pretty much a mainstream breakthrough for Wayne. Must've been a real loser at the time or 12 years old today.
My vote goes to "LITC", like who uses that song?
MTE! Lol who doesn't know/remember that song.
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Originally posted by JungleDisturbia
For those saying "how can you not know Lollipop?", well, we do come from other countries outside the US.
So my vote goes to that. Unless we're talking US memorability, in which case I'd have no idea.
'Womanizer' had no impact and nobody remembers it.
It broke the record for the highest jump to number 1, charted top 10 in every country it was released in and went on to sell over 6 million copies, making it one of the best selling singles (worldwide). But sure, it had 'no impact'
Flo Rida f/ T-Pain, "Low"
Usher f/ Young Jeezy, "Love In This Club"
Mariah Carey, "Touch My Body"
Lil Wayne f/ Static Major, "Lollipop"
RIhanna, "Take A Bow"
T.I., "Whatever You Like"
Britney Spears, "Womanizer"
It broke the record for the highest jump to number 1, charted top 10 in every country it was released in and went on to sell over 6 million copies, making it one of the best selling singles (worldwide). But sure, it had 'no impact'
I voted for it so let me explain why.
The question of this thread isn't which was bigger at the time, but which is most forgotten. While it set a record and was a hit, that alone does not guarantee that people are going to remember it. Let's keep in mind it's the first single off her re-release of the biggest record of her career (at the time) and sounds incredibly commercial, having the same thing going on as Irreplaceable so it's success is not surprising. However it's not really that memorable compared to the other songs released that year. It only was at #1 for one week anyway. I'm not sure of it's chart run, but 6 million singles sold for it seems a bit high. Do you have receipts?
And Rihanna's other two songs of the year that went #1 are far more memorable.
I know it sounds odd but maybe non-US people shouldn't vote in a thread about the memorability of US hits. I mean, would any person living in the US vote on the most memorable Estonian hit if they only knew a handful of them anyway?
90% of these songs made impact outside the US, so should I apologise for giving my input for their current relevance (in my country, at least) AND also saying "I have no idea" for the scenario that this is strictly "relevance in the US"?
US iTunes
240. Flo Rida - Low (feat. T-Pain)
268. Coldplay - Viva la Vida
416. Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)
772. Lil Wayne & Static Major - Lollipop
971. Rihanna - Disturbia
1135. Rihanna - Take a Bow
1153. T.I. - Live Your Life (feat. Rihanna)
Not Charting. Usher - Love In This Club (feat. Usher)
Not Charting. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love Not Charting. Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl Not Charting. T.I. - Whatever You Like
Not Charting. Britney Spears - Womanizer
Not Charting. Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
Your point? Now take a seat.
It's impact and overall popularity beg to differ. I can't at the lame excuses