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Post by firefly on Dec 18, 2015 1:59:38 GMT -5
I like this more than Problem. *runs out of thread in embarrassment* Same here. I understand why others don't like it, though.
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Post by godjanny on Dec 18, 2015 17:24:31 GMT -5
It flopped on the radio, but not on Youtube!
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Post by Dylan :) on Dec 20, 2015 16:51:39 GMT -5
Surprised at how well this is doing in Canada. Debuted at #8, and has held at #10 every other week except for one at #11. It even increased in points in the last chart update
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Post by Colton on Jan 5, 2016 23:19:53 GMT -5
Surprised at how well this is doing in Canada. Debuted at #8, and has held at #10 every other week except for one at #11. It even increased in points in the last chart update Queen of Canada
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2016 13:25:17 GMT -5
If you mean, a more solid hit than its given credit for, then yes I think that could be an accurate assessment. I recalled 'Never Again' impacting at #8 but I thought it had no legs especially after it quickly brick-walled at radio. But it actually had a decent chart run. 'Focus', meanwhile, can regard streaming as its saving grace - I presume streaming is its biggest factor anyway - because in this early stage of its chart run it is actually performing BETTER than 'The Way' did. A side-by-side comparison of their first five weeks: FOCUS: 7-13-14-16-17 THE WAY: 10-22-37-32-19 I think we can all assume 'Focus' won't have legs after this year but for all the flack it's getting, it is an actual hit. Not the 'Problem' sized smash people were wanting but it's a hit. While those numbers may be true, "The Way" had longevity, which this song doesn't have. "The Way" was one of the biggest hits of 2013, "Focus" is going downhill and probably isn't going to stay long enough to make any year end list, therefore I consider it a flop, at most it's a minor hit. Even though both "Never Again" and "Wind It Up" (which someone else pointed out) underperformed by their standards, they still performed well enough for me to consider them hits, at least moderate ones. Plus, they both made the year end list on the same year (they were low, but they were still there), so I'm pretty sure there were some people out there that were listening and enjoyed these songs. In any case, both were able to bounce back nicely, and the same will happen to Ariana. If Ariana plays her cards right, along with her management, she'll be just fine.
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Post by Dylan :) on Jan 8, 2016 13:44:03 GMT -5
This is being used currently in the ad for The Voice in Ireland. Sounds like they decreased the volume of the male vocals in the chorus, and possibly even removed them in parts.
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Post by chartfreak on Jan 13, 2016 9:36:22 GMT -5
Lol this is falling like Madonna fell on those stairs #fail
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Post by Az Paynter on Jan 13, 2016 10:00:43 GMT -5
Lol this is falling like Madonna fell on those stairs #fail I don't get it. They both fell hard, where's the fail?
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Post by ILLUSION on Jan 27, 2016 22:00:04 GMT -5
What was the point of releasing this flop if there was no followup coming shortly after?
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Post by Colton on Jan 27, 2016 22:06:05 GMT -5
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Post by ILLUSION on Jan 27, 2016 22:09:23 GMT -5
Still was a flop compared to her other hits, especially considering it is the "lead single" off of her last big album. Anyways, I'm a big fan but I was not feeling this song at all. She needs to try less.
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Post by Wave. on Jan 27, 2016 22:14:25 GMT -5
Man. It did what it had to do. Top 10 debut and peak, Platinum status. Still charting.
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Post by Caviar on Jan 27, 2016 22:32:54 GMT -5
Exactly.
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Post by missgenericnickname on Jan 28, 2016 0:26:41 GMT -5
This got platinum&Cake By the Ocean only has gold?Oh my.....
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Post by Joe1240 on Jan 28, 2016 5:20:32 GMT -5
Surprised there is a no followup released soon after this underperformed/flopped on the charts. Ariana has shown she can do better than this.Medicore song.
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Post by pnobelysk on Jan 28, 2016 22:35:39 GMT -5
This got platinum&Cake By the Ocean only has gold?Oh my..... I'm pretty sure this has less than 500k of sales and it only went platnium because of streaming
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Post by Glove Slap on Jan 29, 2016 0:40:34 GMT -5
Yeah this has either yet to make Problem's first week sales. It's because the video has gotten good views.
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Post by Dylan :) on Jan 29, 2016 2:34:12 GMT -5
I'm shocked at how long this is lasting on the Hot 100!
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Post by mamaloveme on Jan 29, 2016 2:46:32 GMT -5
Is it her ANTI era, that's seems too son from what I expected
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Post by JayBoozer on Jan 29, 2016 3:07:58 GMT -5
Yeah this has either yet to make Problem's first week sales. It's because the video has gotten good views. Almost 350 million... How in the hell!?
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Post by Caviar on Jan 29, 2016 21:22:35 GMT -5
Maybe cuz the video is good? Just because a song underperformed on radio doesn't mean it didn't connect. The video is probably her best.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2016 21:34:20 GMT -5
The song didn't sell well either. I like it but it seriously underperformed.
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Post by Clauss on Jan 29, 2016 21:36:43 GMT -5
CRTFY teas
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Post by Colton on Mar 20, 2016 8:22:43 GMT -5
Ariana disses Focus
She favorited this tweet:
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Post by surfy on Mar 20, 2016 12:53:25 GMT -5
I mean, she seems to be very self aware!
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Post by Caviar on Mar 20, 2016 12:55:16 GMT -5
Lol I love "Focus" and will always do. She killed that AMA performance. She should be proud of it.
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Post by johnm1120 on Mar 20, 2016 13:02:40 GMT -5
The song would have been so much better if she actually had put a little effort into the chorus.
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Post by vithor on Mar 20, 2016 13:15:59 GMT -5
She disses Focus now long after it underperformed, but didn't she keep posting, like, a million teasers and start a countdown to Focus more than a month before release date?
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Post by Caviar on Mar 20, 2016 13:20:14 GMT -5
I'm sure she had to promote the single and get the hype around it. She did shade it early on by saying nothing on the album sounded like it.
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Post by Libra on Mar 20, 2016 13:30:49 GMT -5
And this thread, much like the single, has gotten all the life it's going to get out of itself.
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