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Post by SPRΞΞ on May 27, 2012 9:44:31 GMT -5
KELLY CLARKSON - Dark Side: 0.989
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Post by ListenToItTwice on May 27, 2012 9:48:43 GMT -5
I have a friend who thought he was physically incapable of crying until he listened to "Dark Side."
I'm totally setting myself up for an entry in "Funniest Posts," but that ridiculous sentence is actually a completely true story.
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Post by josh on May 27, 2012 9:49:51 GMT -5
I have a friend who thought he was physically incapable of crying until he listened to "Dark Side." Is the song really that bad? ???
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Post by Marv on May 27, 2012 10:40:15 GMT -5
Following up the biggest single of your career, as well as a song that radio shows no intention of letting go of, is never easy.
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Post by Love Plastic Love on May 27, 2012 10:48:29 GMT -5
I have a friend who thought he was physically incapable of crying until he listened to "Dark Side." Is the song really that bad? ??? LOL stop I was drinking something. If nothing else I see another Hot Ac #1 coming on.
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Post by ListenToItTwice on May 27, 2012 10:49:04 GMT -5
I have a friend who thought he was physically incapable of crying until he listened to "Dark Side." Is the song really that bad? ??? DEAD. No he was apparently really touched by it. I was a little surprised to hear it, considering that it's an inferior, less impactful version of her prior masterpiece "Maybe."
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Post by Jay on May 27, 2012 10:54:00 GMT -5
She doesn't deserve a hit just because she is Kelly clarkson. It's just not that good. Just because you and a few other posters (who are clearly in the very small minority) don't like "Dark Side", it doesn't deserve to be a hit?
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Post by josh on May 27, 2012 10:54:38 GMT -5
Haha I got what you meant. Just making a funny.
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Post by Grün on May 27, 2012 13:19:27 GMT -5
I Forgive You should have been the third single. Fan favorites should never be singles. Because they are the songs that are good, but have no reason in being released.
Just a few examples Criminal, California King Bed , Finally , and I think soon to be Darkside.
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Post by G-Reg on May 27, 2012 13:32:01 GMT -5
Oh lord this thread is a MESS.
But that's what should be expected when a Kelly song has 1 spin a week before adds date haha.
It is still way too early to tell what will happen with this song, other than the fact that it probably won't shoot to the top with a +2000 bullet the whole way. Maybe this will perform similarly to Already Gone, though IMO this is a better song.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2012 17:34:32 GMT -5
I'm not going to jump to conclusions yet....hopefully this song will grow like MKIA and Already Gone did. Already Gone was released in August and took a long time to pick up, and ended up having a LOT of longevity...I think it charted higher on the 2010 Hot 100 Year End Charts than it did on the 2009 one.
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Post by neally on May 27, 2012 17:51:40 GMT -5
I think this single will test many folks' patience if it hasn't already. I entirely understand why many are concerned about it's performance before the adds date, although even when I take off my fan glasses, I am not concerned.
To be fair to the concerned folks, CHR/Pop is an extremely fickle format that tends to ignore it "aging" (30+ year old) female (and to a lesser degree, male) artists, but Kelly is one from an extremely short list who has managed to buck the trend with longevity.
Correct me if I am wrong, but other than Britney Spears, I think Kelly is the only other pop artist (male or female) from the past decade who has a solo #1 on CHR/Pop and/or Hot 100 in a 10 year span, no ? That statistic is just sad, IMO, because Pop radio has little loyalty to it's "established" artists relative to other formats, such as Country, AAA, and AC. IMO, the failure of Kelly to consistently have respectable-sized hits on CHR/Pop will likely be the trigger for RCA to focus it's financial support on moving Kelly toward the Hot AC/AC format. That could easily happen next era....
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Post by NeRD on May 27, 2012 19:45:10 GMT -5
361 631 CLARKSON, KELLY Dark Side 1 2 -1 0.003 At least it has a spin?? Wow. Really?
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Post by Hussy on May 27, 2012 21:28:00 GMT -5
Dark side is a song that is trying too hard. She clearly has a marvellous voice (truly!) but for a song about exploring and accepting the darkness in ourselves the lyrics are pretty cliched. It's like dumb alanis at least stronger felt feisty. This one is so blaze. She doesn't deserve a hit just because she is Kelly clarkson. It's just not that good. Stronger connects with every single person , for that reason it was a mega smash !!!
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Post by clem on May 27, 2012 22:48:10 GMT -5
Correct me if I am wrong, but other than Britney Spears, I think Kelly is the only other pop artist (male or female) from the past decade who has a solo #1 on CHR/Pop and/or Hot 100 in a 10 year span, no ? I'm sure there are more. Mariah Carey, off the top of my head.
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Post by josh on May 27, 2012 22:49:54 GMT -5
I had the same thought: Madonna, etc. But he specified the past decade, making both of them ineligible.
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Post by Hefty Hanna on May 27, 2012 23:03:40 GMT -5
I had the same thought: Madonna, etc. But he specified the past decade, making both of them ineligible. If we are being technical, Britney's career started two decades ago (the 1990s). Unless I'm misunderstanding the question.
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Post by G-Reg on May 27, 2012 23:10:39 GMT -5
P!nk as well.
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Post by josh on May 27, 2012 23:14:42 GMT -5
I had the same thought: Madonna, etc. But he specified the past decade, making both of them ineligible. If we are being technical, Britney's career started two decades ago (the 1990s). Unless I'm misunderstanding the question. Technically, yes, you are correct. But she's late 90s and her career was mostly in the 00s so I think that's more what he was going for.
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Post by neally on May 28, 2012 1:06:57 GMT -5
Sorry for the confusion, since Britney was mostly a 2000s artist I included her although she got her first #1 in 1999. Pink surprised me that she didn't make that list, since she actually got her first solo #1 on the Hot 100 in 2008 with 'So What' and her last in 2010 with 'Raise Your Glass'. On CHR/Pop, she got her first solo #1 in 2002 with 'Don't Let Me Get Me' and her last in 2011 with 'Perfect'.
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Post by G-Reg on May 28, 2012 4:04:59 GMT -5
^ Missed the word "solo" ;)
There You Go and Most Girls hit #2 in 2000, and GTPS hit #2 in 2001. Sooo close.
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Post by Envoirment on May 28, 2012 5:42:11 GMT -5
Top 100 on UK itunes at #99 and climbing. :)
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2012 7:58:44 GMT -5
KELLY CLARKSON - Dark Side: 1.151 (+ 0.162)
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2012 12:01:26 GMT -5
^Starting to feel relieved. :)
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Post by SPRΞΞ on May 28, 2012 12:27:17 GMT -5
is this all from Hot AC?
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Post by roman89 on May 28, 2012 15:49:04 GMT -5
Yeah, CHR ain't touching this...yet.
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Post by icefire9 on May 28, 2012 15:54:40 GMT -5
This has actually grown on me, though it wasn't clicking with me at first.
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Post by neally on May 28, 2012 15:58:09 GMT -5
I think this may further validate iJustin's point about the necessity of airplay: If the UK sales trajectory is in any way predictive of the US, 'Dark Side' will be just fine. It was was #290 just 5 days ago and is already up to #118 (in fact up 55 spots in the past 24 hours alone) on the iTunes all-genre singles chart, based on radio airplay and release of the video. The position of 'Dark Side' on the UK Radio Airplay Charts is up 186 spots in the past 2 weeks. Of note, Kelly has some good promo lined up in the UK in June, so watch it continue to rise there as well.... In just 3 days from the aforementioned post, 'Dark Side' has risen 40 spots (212 spots in the past week) to #78 already. Again, if the UK's trajectory will be reflective of the US's, there should be little concern for it's commercial success in the US.
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Post by bb on May 28, 2012 18:09:57 GMT -5
I expected the "hysteria", but not so soon. I'm sure "Dark Side" will be fine following the biggest radio hit of Kelly's career and while I have no doubt it won't match "Stronger"'s success, I'd be beyond pleased with a top 15 on radio and a top 10 peak on the Hot 100 like "Know It All"-- once again, I'd like for "Dark Side" to have some legs and last longer than your average hit.
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Post by Rumors on May 28, 2012 19:21:44 GMT -5
This song will be top 5 on pop. Just give it time. I don't think it will hit #1 though. HotAC - #1 unless new MB20 out this week or next flies up the chart and holds off Kelly's third release from same album.
The video - great pictures of Kelly...the rest of the video...nice concept but it has been beaten to death. Therefore, the video is just simply okay.
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