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Post by worldwide on Jan 23, 2011 18:07:23 GMT -5
1. What's My Name 2. Russian Roulette 3. Disturbia 4. Umbrella 5. SOS 6. Hard
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Post by jamrock16 on Jan 23, 2011 18:10:53 GMT -5
1. Hard 2. Umbrella 3. SOS 4. Only Girl 5. Disturbia 6. Break it Off 7. Pon de Replay 8. What's My Name 9. Take a Bow 10. Lovin'
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Post by hitseeker. on Jan 23, 2011 19:46:03 GMT -5
I'm glad this thread is alive again with all these rankings, because I think it's a travesty how this didn't got past 50+ pages
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Post by pnobelysk on Jan 23, 2011 19:56:05 GMT -5
eh. this thread has to exist while OG was smashing. then the WTC & AOTL & S&M threads during this songs run.
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Post by Trent on Jan 23, 2011 20:01:22 GMT -5
1. Umbrella 2. Take A Bow 3. S.O.S 4. Shut Up And Drive 5. Unfaithful 6. Hate That I Love You 7. Russian Roulette 8. Don't Stop The Music 9. Only Girl (In The World) 10. What's My Name
I only like her first three album. I still playing those song in my car.
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Post by kellybcfan98 on Jan 23, 2011 21:21:20 GMT -5
this song is *MASSIVE*
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Post by jamrock16 on Jan 27, 2011 21:33:39 GMT -5
Looks like this has peaked.
4 4 RIHANNA What's My Name? f/Dr... Def Jam/IDJMG 11623 11817 -194 -55 spins
I thought this would be a shoe-in for #1 but nonetheless it's performed phenomenally!
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Post by Nadia on Jan 27, 2011 21:44:58 GMT -5
10 weeks in the Top 5 :)
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Post by Lozzy on Jan 27, 2011 22:30:26 GMT -5
Losing spins already? So sad, I really thought this could get #1. :'( It's performed really well for a less-pop oriented single under the reign of "Only Girl (In the World)," but still, it deserved it. Nonetheless, I love "Grenade," at least I can say that was #1 while it peaked. Hopefully it manages to stick around for a while, even better, make #3 or #2 if it stays steady and "Firework" or "We R Who We R" drop enough. Although "Tonight (I'm Fuckin' You)" and "Hold It Against Me" are coming very fast.
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Post by Ped on Jan 27, 2011 22:32:59 GMT -5
It was bound to peak and not reach #1. The radio is just on Rihanna overload right now with all her songs and songs she's featured on.
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Post by Au$tin on Jan 27, 2011 22:44:25 GMT -5
Not too mention this just doesn't have #1 pop song written all over it like "Only Girl" did. Now rhythmic yes, but on pop, no.
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Post by Mike on Jan 27, 2011 22:48:14 GMT -5
^Agreed. Still did pretty well overall. Sold a decent amount, went #1 on the Hot 100 and became her 12th top 5 hit on pop and 17th top 10. CRAZY!
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Post by pnobelysk on Jan 27, 2011 23:50:27 GMT -5
It was bound to peak and not reach #1. The radio is just on Rihanna overload right now with all her songs and songs she's featured on. +1
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Post by slw84 on Jan 29, 2011 13:22:45 GMT -5
It was bound to peak and not reach #1. The radio is just on Rihanna overload right now with all her songs and songs she's featured on. +1 Does she have another #1 pop sounding hit on her album? S&M...I'll preview it on Itunes to see.
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Post by hitseeker. on Jan 29, 2011 18:04:08 GMT -5
Looks like this has peaked. 4 4 RIHANNA What's My Name? f/Dr... Def Jam/IDJMG 11623 11817 -194 -55 spins I thought this would be a shoe-in for #1 but nonetheless it's performed phenomenally! this
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Post by heartbeats on Jan 29, 2011 18:05:51 GMT -5
Well no one expected it to go #1 on this format. Umbrella peaked at #4 as well. Her Pop #1s are usually Pop ballads or dance songs. LTWYL and LYL are the exceptions..
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Post by hitseeker. on Jan 29, 2011 18:09:18 GMT -5
Well no one expected it to go #1 on this format. Umbrella peaked at #4 as well. Her Pop #1s are usually Pop ballads or dance songs. LTWYL and LYL are the exceptions.. Umbrella actually peaked at #2 on Pop ;)
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Post by elementd5 on Jan 29, 2011 18:16:18 GMT -5
Well no one expected it to go #1 on this format. Umbrella peaked at #4 as well. Her Pop #1s are usually Pop ballads or dance songs. LTWYL and LYL are the exceptions.. No.
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Post by worldwide on Jan 29, 2011 20:40:38 GMT -5
Well no one expected it to go #1 on this format. Umbrella peaked at #4 as well. Her Pop #1s are usually Pop ballads or dance songs. LTWYL and LYL are the exceptions.. Umbrella was #2. I expected this to be #1 or at least top 3. It's weird how it failed to do so.
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Post by Lozzy on Jan 29, 2011 20:42:57 GMT -5
Well no one expected it to go #1 on this format. Umbrella peaked at #4 as well. Her Pop #1s are usually Pop ballads or dance songs. LTWYL and LYL are the exceptions.. Umbrella was #2. I expected this to be #1 or at least top 3. It's weird how it failed to do so. Especially after those massive updates about two weeks ago...
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Post by Au$tin on Jan 29, 2011 20:57:33 GMT -5
Well no one expected it to go #1 on this format. Umbrella peaked at #4 as well. Her Pop #1s are usually Pop ballads or dance songs. LTWYL and LYL are the exceptions.. So much about this post is wrong. 01) There were plenty of people who expected this to hit number one. Especially after its updates a couple of weeks ago. There were many updates it had that were better than "Grenade," which has been charting alongside "What's My Name?" ever since they entered the top ten. 02) "Umbrella" peaked at number two, not number four. It was blocked by Justin Timberlake's "Summer Love." 03) "SOS," "Take a Bow," "Disturbia," "Live Your Life," "Rude Boy," "Love the Way You Lie," and "Only Girl (In the World)" are her number one hits on this format. "Rude Boy" is neither a pop ballad or a dance song. "Disturbia" is barely considered a "dance song."
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Post by nighttime on Jan 29, 2011 21:17:34 GMT -5
I don't think it's "weird" it didn't hit #1 on pop, although i don't agree that noone was expecting it to. I think between it's parallel run with Rihanna's other singles and the fact that it's rise up pop was a bit more on the average/slow side, up until the end there, hurt it. However, of course, it's run on overall radio has been nothing short of phenomenal, so nothing really lost I guess
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Post by jamrock16 on Jan 29, 2011 21:28:33 GMT -5
Yeah, people saying no one expected this to hit number 1 are reaching, alot of people did. This hit the top of both urban and rhythmic so it clearly had steam lending to it`s crossover appeal (even though it was pretty much rising on all formats simultaneously) and given Rihanna`s presence on radio in the past few years it definitely seemed like this would reach the summit on pop. I guess it just lost steam in the end.
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Post by Lozzy on Jan 29, 2011 21:38:56 GMT -5
I don't think I thought it would reach number one at the start, when I first heard it. It was a nice, catchy tune, but its rhythmic sound put together with the fact that the much more pop friendly "Only Girl (In the World)" was rising at the same time made it seem not so likely. It was going along nicely, but not very fast, but then it started getting those massive updates, which weren't holiday freeze effects or anything, and it looked like it was a definite lock-in for the number one. I'm pretty sure someone said it might block "Grenade" at one point, didn't they?
I'm only disappointed in this song not getting number one because of those massive updates and then hitting a brick wall. Granted, I still would have been mildly unhappy if it was going okay and peaked, but because of those updates it just seemed very alarming to me.
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Post by worldwide on Jan 30, 2011 8:19:30 GMT -5
But who cares about pop #1's? I know a lot of people do on Pulse but that chart is so irrelevant. BH100, Digital Songs andHot Airplay are only charts that matter and it went #1 on each of them.
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Post by Lozzy on Jan 30, 2011 8:57:23 GMT -5
But who cares about pop #1's? I know a lot of people do on Pulse but that chart is so irrelevant. BH100, Digital Songs andHot Airplay are only charts that matter and it went #1 on each of them. Me, and a lot of other posters. It's my favorite of the charts because, of course, the music on it is the best, but I think it's very meaningful. These days it's not that hard to be a high digital seller and therefore get high on the Hot 100 / Digital Songs. On the contrary, getting all the way to number one in airplay is a very large achievement and it can't be done in one week or anything. Airplay also reflects the public's taste more than sales. I know that PD's make 90% of the decisions, but most people don't buy their favorite song ten times a week, do they? No, just once. Why I prefer pop airplay over all formats airplay (Hot 100 Airplay) is because it's more exclusive to the pop songs, whereas H100A can be filled with country or urban at any time. I do like the Hot 100 chart, but it has nothing on the pop chart to me. I wish I could state this better. So "What's My Name?" will never be a number one in my head, at least.
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Post by worldwide on Jan 30, 2011 9:27:26 GMT -5
But who cares about pop #1's? I know a lot of people do on Pulse but that chart is so irrelevant. BH100, Digital Songs andHot Airplay are only charts that matter and it went #1 on each of them. Me, and a lot of other posters. It's my favorite of the charts because, of course, the music on it is the best, but I think it's very meaningful. These days it's not that hard to be a high digital seller and therefore get high on the Hot 100 / Digital Songs. On the contrary, getting all the way to number one in airplay is a very large achievement and it can't be done in one week or anything. Airplay also reflects the public's taste more than sales. I know that PD's make 90% of the decisions, but most people don't buy their favorite song ten times a week, do they? No, just once. Why I prefer pop airplay over all formats airplay (Hot 100 Airplay) is because it's more exclusive to the pop songs, whereas H100A can be filled with country or urban at any time. I do like the Hot 100 chart, but it has nothing on the pop chart to me. I wish I could state this better. So "What's My Name?" will never be a number one in my head, at least. As I said, it matters to people on this board. Otherwise, no one cares. I don't agree that nowdays it's easy to be a high digital seller. I just don't see how. In overall sales yes, almost every minor hit reaches 2m, but there are plenty of songs that sell above that mark. It's definitely not easy to chart high on digital sales. You say radio reflects people's taste more than sales, radio plays what DJ's want, sales chart reflect what people want to hear and therefore they buy it. Obviously sales reflect people's taste more. Just because you can't debut at #1 on airplay chart like on sales chart it doesn't make airplay chart more important. However, I do agree airplay chart reflects popularity (taste not much) and that's why I said why Hot Airplay is one of those charts that matter. Pop chart is merely on of its componenents. It's also very predictable and songs are so overplayed. It's also easy to manipulate, aka payola. I see this has to do with your personal taste only because as you said you like it because it's more exclusive to pop songs. Regardless of what's going in your head, WMN was #1 on all three charts and it's biggest airplay hit in last three years.
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Post by jdanton2 on Jan 30, 2011 9:37:05 GMT -5
Hopefully this can still peak at least at #3 or maybe #2 though unfortunately Enrique and Tonight is gaining really fast.
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Post by pnobelysk on Jan 30, 2011 10:45:27 GMT -5
Me, and a lot of other posters. It's my favorite of the charts because, of course, the music on it is the best, but I think it's very meaningful. These days it's not that hard to be a high digital seller and therefore get high on the Hot 100 / Digital Songs. On the contrary, getting all the way to number one in airplay is a very large achievement and it can't be done in one week or anything. Airplay also reflects the public's taste more than sales. I know that PD's make 90% of the decisions, but most people don't buy their favorite song ten times a week, do they? No, just once. Why I prefer pop airplay over all formats airplay (Hot 100 Airplay) is because it's more exclusive to the pop songs, whereas H100A can be filled with country or urban at any time. I do like the Hot 100 chart, but it has nothing on the pop chart to me. I wish I could state this better. So "What's My Name?" will never be a number one in my head, at least. As I said, it matters to people on this board. Otherwise, no one cares. I don't agree that nowdays it's easy to be a high digital seller. I just don't see how. In overall sales yes, almost every minor hit reaches 2m, but there are plenty of songs that sell above that mark. It's definitely not easy to chart high on digital sales. You say radio reflects people's taste more than sales, radio plays what DJ's want, sales chart reflect what people want to hear and therefore they buy it. Obviously sales reflect people's taste more. Just because you can't debut at #1 on airplay chart like on sales chart it doesn't make airplay chart more important. However, I do agree airplay chart reflects popularity (taste not much) and that's why I said why Hot Airplay is one of those charts that matter. Pop chart is merely on of its componenents. It's also very predictable and songs are so overplayed. It's also easy to manipulate, aka payola. I see this has to do with your personal taste only because as you said you like it because it's more exclusive to pop songs. Regardless of what's going in your head, WMN was #1 on all three charts and it's biggest airplay hit in last three years. i wouldnt say most minor hits sell 2 million. id say the average is more around 1.5 million. i cant refer to too much sales b/c we hvnt seen the digital songs list in a while but i beleive all these songs to be hits and none are above 2 million: Like like were dying, whataya want from me, battlefield also to the people saying its Weird that it didnt peak at number one, i dont think its weird, theres just too much rihanna on radio right now she has 5 songs in the top 50.
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Post by jamrock16 on Jan 30, 2011 15:44:26 GMT -5
also to the people saying its Weird that it didnt peak at number one, i dont think its weird, theres just too much rihanna on radio right now she has 5 songs in the top 50. Going by the chart including recurrents, which in my opinion gives a more accurate sense as to what's being played, Rihanna only has 4 songs in the Top 50 (WMN, OG, LTWYL and WTC @50). Telephone, Paparazzi and Bad Romance were all top 20 at one point and still Telephone was able to reach #1. Plus GaGa had all those other recurrents at the time as well. So I think "Rihanna overload" is more of an excuse, if pop wanted WMN to reach #1 it would've.
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