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Originally posted by Celestial
Te Amo isn't a good single choice either IMO. The song is boring. I like nearly all of Rihanna's singles but I detest Te Amo. This era has not gone well for her at all. Rude Boy was an exaggerated success because radio overplayed it, but none of her singles have been able to sell like they used to. I didn't expect to see her struggling like this so soon after the successes of GGGB.
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That's why the lead single is important. That's why artists never release ballads as first single.
Rihanna took an unusual step and released "Russian Roulette" as first single, dark ballad, when everybody expected a pop-club banger after a pop masterpiece album like GGGB. I'm sure 100% that Rihanna would maintain her Digital power if she released "Rude Boy" as first single. The hype around the first single was in the sky, and everybody was disappointed when they heard Russian Roulette, and don't even try to deny it. I bet that even you got disappointed.
Hopefully they'll chose carefully the lead single next time, since every lead song from Rihanna's era went #1. (Pon De Replay was #2 but it was #1 Digitally. It was blocked by We Belong Together.)
Honestly, I think she should've released Photographs / Fire Bomb instead of R101 / Te Amo and closed this era.
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