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Post by yuh yuh on Nov 21, 2015 6:52:39 GMT -5
Wow love that update for Pop!
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Post by Az Paynter on Nov 22, 2015 6:21:28 GMT -5
POP: 16 14 ARIANA GRANDE Focus 7530 6919 611 40.994
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RHYTHMIC: 18 12 ARIANA GRANDE Focus 2431 1880 551 8.794
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Post by musiciscool on Nov 22, 2015 13:15:33 GMT -5
Last night SNOL played this and in the chorus cut out the fo fo focus part with just focus on me. Sounded a lot better.
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Post by toomuchboy on Nov 22, 2015 22:47:38 GMT -5
Easily the best performance I've seen from her, on the AMAs tonight. Looked great and moved without looking awkward. I'm ambivalent to "Focus," but it translated well live.
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Post by Mike on Nov 22, 2015 23:14:00 GMT -5
Easily the best vocal of the night. She came for blood.
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Post by Live Your Life on Nov 22, 2015 23:25:26 GMT -5
Last night SNOL played this and in the chorus cut out the fo fo focus part with just focus on me. Sounded a lot better. I heard this on the radio yesterday and thought maybe they edited it because some people were saying that it sounds like he's saying "fuck" instead of "fo." But maybe the label sent out this edit so the chorus wouldn't sound so jarring.
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Post by Glove Slap on Nov 22, 2015 23:26:20 GMT -5
Her performance was really good.
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Post by Caviar on Nov 22, 2015 23:26:58 GMT -5
My favorite song by her.
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Post by Live Your Life on Nov 22, 2015 23:28:10 GMT -5
Easily the best performance I've seen from her, on the AMAs tonight. Looked great and moved without looking awkward. I'm ambivalent to "Focus," but it translated well live. Yeah, it was easily her best performance. She's grown leaps and bounds as a performer. She nailed her notes too.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2015 23:28:21 GMT -5
Good performance of this tonight.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2015 23:38:33 GMT -5
Phenomenal performance for her. Easily her best. What vocals she did sing in between her dancing (lol) were solid, if not a little too parody of Christina. Regardless, I was impressed. Funnily enough, I thought she looked younger with her hair down.
I'm interested in what this does for the song. If nothing, then they need to drop a follow up. Jennifer's introduction was great for a marketing standpoint, though. Even if this isn't a huge hit, make it sound like one.
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Post by Az Paynter on Nov 23, 2015 7:28:06 GMT -5
POP: 15 13 ARIANA GRANDE Focus 7641 7041 600 41.273
+111 Spins -11 Bullet +0.279 Audience
RHYTHMIC: 17 12 ARIANA GRANDE Focus 2463 2099 364 8.797
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Post by foxxden on Nov 23, 2015 11:23:22 GMT -5
This isn't getting as much as a boost on iTunes as some of the AMA performers from last night. She's still not even top 20 plus Demi leap frogged over her and Gwen is right behind her (both with less overall radio audience.
I know this has already slowed down at Radio so the mediocre sales plus horrendous call out scores doesn't bode well for this song's future but we'll see what Radio ultimately decides to do with it.
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Post by divasummer on Nov 23, 2015 11:45:08 GMT -5
Her performance last night was good but slightly cheesy. Her vocals were great. Even better than I expected but the choreography and some of the cute faces were a little cheesy. When I say choreography I don't mean her actual dancing more her interaction with the dancers. I know what she was going for though and and it's probably just me. She was giving me Xtina/Mariah teas at times. I did enjoy it and hopefully it doesn't sound like I disliked it.
On a Sidenote Can she leave "Frankie" home next time. LoL I know he's her brother and everything but I find him to be so obnoxious and attention seeking. (it's not his show) lol
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Post by foxxden on Nov 23, 2015 12:34:35 GMT -5
^I agree with you about Frankie...he is SUPER annoying and always trying to bring attention to himself. Ariana almost becomes annoying by association with him lol.
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Post by Dylan :) on Nov 23, 2015 15:05:45 GMT -5
Holds at #14 (somehow lol)
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Post by Az Paynter on Nov 23, 2015 15:17:00 GMT -5
Probably streaming. I've noticed the video on VEVO is still pulling in some decent views which would help.
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Post by Az Paynter on Nov 24, 2015 6:21:33 GMT -5
POP: 15 13 ARIANA GRANDE Focus 7657 7129 528 40.729
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RHYTHMIC: 17 11 ARIANA GRANDE Focus 2527 2181 346 8.948
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Post by Enigma. on Nov 24, 2015 9:41:01 GMT -5
Streaming is the only factor keeping this in top 20 on Hot 100.. They should move on to second single immediately after Christmas or maybe even before because in February comes the Grammy train.
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Nov 24, 2015 11:06:30 GMT -5
I was surprised this didn't get more of a boost from the performance...I thought it was great. Better than some of the performances that got bigger boosts. Are people just that not here for this song?
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Post by NeRD on Nov 24, 2015 11:11:16 GMT -5
I was surprised this didn't get more of a boost from the performance...I thought it was great. Better than some of the performances that got bigger boosts. Are people just that not here for this song? Obviously not.
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Post by kmbgs on Nov 24, 2015 12:05:36 GMT -5
Frankie is the definition of attention seeking
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Post by yuh yuh on Nov 24, 2015 12:17:19 GMT -5
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Post by QAF on Nov 24, 2015 14:02:51 GMT -5
I'm actually surprised it did as well as it did.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2015 23:56:28 GMT -5
Streaming is the only factor keeping this in top 20 on Hot 100.. They should move on to second single immediately after Christmas or maybe even before because in February comes the Grammy train. They'll need to wait until Januray, which isn't ideal, but she doesn't need a single competing with Christmas radio. I don't think her team expected this to go the way it did. Not disastrous, but not good either for an artist in her position. It'll give them time to regroup, though; but absolutely no later than Januray.
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Post by Az Paynter on Nov 25, 2015 6:26:39 GMT -5
POP: 15 13 ARIANA GRANDE Focus 7699 7199 500 40.413
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RHYTHMIC: 13 12 ARIANA GRANDE Focus 2539 2282 257 8.939
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Post by Bhad Bill on Nov 25, 2015 10:49:12 GMT -5
Streaming is the only factor keeping this in top 20 on Hot 100.. They should move on to second single immediately after Christmas or maybe even before because in February comes the Grammy train. They'll need to wait until Januray, which isn't ideal, but she doesn't need a single competing with Christmas radio. I don't think her team expected this to go the way it did. Not disastrous, but not good either for an artist in her position. It'll give them time to regroup, though; but absolutely no later than Januray. So you really think its over? I'll be the first to say I'm not her biggest fan, but I wasn't rooting for this to fail. I think this would have done better if they had just waited a couple months. All of the songs criticisms aside, I think the main factor that killed Focus was how unnecessary the release was. Adele can teach so many lessons, but the one this should teach Ariana is to build some hype first girl. Let them miss you a little bit.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2015 10:52:41 GMT -5
They'll need to wait until Januray, which isn't ideal, but she doesn't need a single competing with Christmas radio. I don't think her team expected this to go the way it did. Not disastrous, but not good either for an artist in her position. It'll give them time to regroup, though; but absolutely no later than Januray. So you really think its over? I'll be the first to say I'm not her biggest fan, but I wasn't rooting for this to fail. I think this would have done better if they had just waited a couple months. All of the songs criticisms aside, I think the main factor that killed Focus was how unnecessary the release was. Adele can teach so many lessons, but the one this should teach Ariana is to build some hype first girl. Let them miss you a little bit. I think they could push it a little more if they really wanted, but at this point the song isn't sticking and it wouldn't be a good idea to blow her budget this soon. That's no fault of hers really, because I do quite like the song and her (she clearly had a fan base, see: the AMAs); but people aren't buying it on its own merit. That's a problem. I said this early on and I'll stand by it: ADELE and other releases shouldn't have held this back. If Bieber can hold strong with 'Sorry', she could've still gotten a top 5 at least if people were into the song. I don't think they are.
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Post by Glove Slap on Nov 25, 2015 16:37:13 GMT -5
Adele can teach so many lessons, but the one this should teach Ariana is to build some hype first girl. Let them miss you a little bit. This is an absolutely terrible lesson for most acts, but especially for a track record with someone like Ariana, a new(ish) act who has had a string of singles, but lower album sales than acts with similar strings. The key is to build a catalog and brand, and in today's industry, the faster you start on that the better. This song just didn't hit the way her past ones did, but there was absolutely nothing wrong about its timing. With the song that clicked, she could have spent the entire winter in the top 10.
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Post by Keelzit on Nov 25, 2015 19:57:18 GMT -5
This will be one of those forgotten underperforming singles that no one will remember it even happened once the next single smashes. It's just one of those harmless semiflops that don't harm an artist's career at all.
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