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WithBreezy

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Bitches will songs release on iTunes?

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The controversy that has surrounded Chris Brown and Rihanna's musical reunion - on the third anniversary of his Grammy-eve assault on her in 2009, no less - has brought about no shortage of judgment, argument, commentary and not least confusion.

Perhaps strangest of all is the fact that the duo essentially announced their reconciliation by guesting on remixes of each other's songs: The remix of Brown's current single, "Turn Up the Music," features Rihanna; and a remix of "Birthday Cake," from her current album "Talk That Talk," features him.

The specifics of their relationship and the emotions that the reunion have aroused are far beyond the purview of this article, but suffice it to say that the controversy does not seem to have hampered either song's performance at radio - if anything, the opposite has taken place.

Although it is receiving airplay, Rihanna's remix has not charted; Island Def Jam is still working her album's title track, and a label rep told Billboard.biz it is currently deciding on plans for a possible retail release of the "Birthday Cake" remix.

However, as previously reported, "Turn Up the Music" debuted high on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 10 this week. Following his performance of the song in a medley with "Beautiful People" at the Grammy Awards on Feb. 12, the song vaults onto Hot Digital Songs at No. 9 (180,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan) and climbs 71-56 on Hot 100 Airplay (21 million, up 27%, according to Nielsen BDS). It jumps 28-23 on the Rhythmic radio airplay chart (and 36-27 on Mainstream Top 40). In all, 212 stations that report to the Hot 100 aired the track in the past seven days.

While only the solo version of "Turn" has been released digitally so far, RCA, Brown's label, is planning to release the remix - featuring Rihanna -- digitally this week, a label executive told Billboard.biz.

While many declined to comment, several R&B programmers - the gatekeepers of the format where Brown has scored the bulk of chart success - and industry trackers were willing to talk about the songs (albeit Rihanna's more than Brown's) when asked by Billboard.biz.

"My philosophy is to play the hits," said Hollywood Hernandez, program director of Cumulus' syndicated R&B channel "The Touch," although he said the song has not yet crossed over into his Adult R&B format. "If it's a hit song, I'll play it."

Don Parker, PD of mainstream R&B KMEL San Francisco concurred. "We are playing ['Cake'] on KMEL. Not only have our listeners responded to us that they want to hear it, but we also feel it will likely be a hit for our market."

"Yes, we are playing 'Birthday Cake' in rotation," said Kelly Mc Daniel, PD of mainstream R&B station WUSL in Philadelphia. "The original version of 'Birthday Cake' was already hot with just Rihanna, and when our Mix Show Director 'Cosmic Kev' walked the remix in the other day the entire music team decided this was a smash and also a highly anticipated record, so we jumped on it immediately. The station's Twitter and Facebook pages have been going crazy and buzzing with lots of interaction since. What's funny is we haven't even listened to the Chris Brown song with Ri Ri on it yet."

"I have no problem with them getting together to do a collaboration or them getting back together as a couple," said Bob O'Brien, WKJX Nags Head, N.C. PD. "We all make mistakes. It is what we learn from them that matters most." He noted that WKJX is not playing "Cake" yet, but may. "We will follow it and see what it does nationally," he said, adding that the poppier "Turn" "does not fit my format."

Kevin Ross of industry news site RadioFacts.com said he believes that "Turn" has a chance at leading to widespread acceptance. "Chris Brown and Rihanna are both exceptionally talented and this is a marketing business. I'm sure their fans want to hear from them and it's a brilliant idea to show that they can both move past the situation and still support each other.

"Who are any of us to judge anyone else?" he continued. "Black radio is very conservative but the black community is often very forgiving at the same time.

"I think radio, both urban and pop, will respond well. Even if it doesn't, I think the fans will."

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/genre...06258752.story

herohoney

@WithBreezy

Gon be crazy!!!!

Wazzzup

You can't choose who you stan for.
It's like falling in love with someone.

herohoney

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Originally posted by WAZZZUP

You can't choose who you stan for.
It's like falling in love with someone.

What do you mean?

Wazzzup

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Originally posted by herohoney

What do you mean?

Everyone can say that they stopped being a stan, but they still are eventhough they don't want it.

herohoney

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Originally posted by WAZZZUP

Everyone can say that they stopped being a stan, but they still are eventhough they don't want it.

Exactly.

I remember after the mess happened, most of navy said, "I'm gonna leave and never come back and will not support Rihanna!!!"

But few days later?

They just regret

But I love to see that.

To navy, she's like our family and you just can't part with her...

RhnNec

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http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/genre...06258752.story

WHY!! I want BC on iTunes

WithBreezy

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Originally posted by RhnNec

WHY!! I want BC on iTunes

Maybe later...

herohoney

#62 Birthday Cake

rihannafan

We're fine without the remix on itunes

RhnNec

And It's not even ma birthday

herohoney

I don't know why but seems like the public don't even care about them making up and they just know, "Oh, they collaborate? Really? Let me check it out!!"

And that's it.

I kinda think it's the people on atrl overreacting

And so, I don't mind if BC remix gets released on iTunes.

zzmyth

UK:

23. We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris) - Rihanna
39. Take Care (feat. Rihanna) - Drake
50. You da One - Rihanna
92. Fly - Nicki Minaj & Rihanna
107. Talk That Talk (feat. JAY Z) - Rihanna

124. What's My Name? (feat. Drake) - Rihanna

163. Umbrella - Rihanna & Jay-Z

168. We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris) - Rihanna
218. Love the Way You Lie - Eminem & Rihanna
243. Only Girl (In the World) - Rihanna
281. Cheers (Drink to That) - Rihanna
284. Birthday Cake - Rihanna

292. Princess of China - Coldplay & Rihanna

Finally...
299. Rude Boy - Rihanna

^^^^ I still cannot believe that people are really paying for the interlude....

16. Talk That Talk (Deluxe Edition) - Rihanna
258. Talk That Talk - Rihanna

32. Loud - Rihanna
294. Loud - Rihanna

Loud's longevity is INCREDIBLE...

And hopefully once TTT is in full throttle TTT (album) goes back to where it belongs that is inside the Top10.

Wazzzup

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Originally posted by herohoney

I don't know why but seems like the public don't even care about them making up and they just know, "Oh, they collaborate? Really? Let me check it out!!"

And that's it.

I kinda think it's the people on atrl overreacting

And so, I don't mind if BC remix gets released on iTunes.

I read on twitter that they will release both remixes on iTunes this week.

herohoney

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Originally posted by WAZZZUP

I read on twitter that they will release both remixes on iTunes this week.

If they're gonna release them, they better released at the start of the next week.

rihannafan

the interlude should be discounted permanently to .69c since it has the length of half a song(not even that)

zzmyth

Musicharts:
1. Talk That Talk - Rihanna - (Week 1) - 541.500 (-)
3. Talk That Talk - Rihanna - (Week 2) - 310.200 (-43%)
5. Talk That Talk - Rihanna - (Week 3) - 273.200 (-12%) -1M MARK- 1.124.900
3. Talk That Talk - Rihanna - (Week 4) - 304.000 (-43%)
5. Talk That Talk - Rihanna - (Week 5) - 399.900 (-43%)
5. Talk That Talk - Rihanna - (week 6) - 162.600 (-59%)
5. Talk That Talk - Rihanna - (Week 7) - 117.700 (-28%) -2M MARK- 2.109.100
4. Talk That Talk - Rihanna - (Week 8) - 89.600 (-24%)
6. Talk That Talk - Rihanna - (Week 9) - 75.500 (-16%)
8. Talk That Talk - Rihanna - (Week 10) - 62.600 (-17%)
9. Talk That Talk - Rihanna - (Week 11) - 61.600 (-2%)
19. Talk That Talk - Rihanna - (Week 12) - 50.100 (-19%)

TOTAL: 2.448.500 copies

2.5M copies in 3 months. Its not that bad actually. I would deffo sign up for 4 millions at the end of the era.

WithBreezy

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I read on twitter that they will release both remixes on iTunes this week.

Who said it?

RhnNec

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Originally posted by WAZZZUP

I read on twitter that they will release both remixes on iTunes this week.

Please god hear me

Wazzzup

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https://twitter.com/#!/SevenFootSoun...92421966471168