Billboard Hot 100: 03/30/13

[trumandare]

moore746

i disagree , because its not christina aguileras effort to be i n the top 10

she is only a feature or a guest

christina aguilera has over the years became a feature guest artist

p diddy
maroon 5
nelly and others had hits with her feature


although i like her as an artist,unfortunately her last 2 records flopped totally in the us and it will be hard for her to reach the top 10 as a single artist again


what wonders me, she said in 2006 that she didnt like the fact to be a feature guest when TELL ME (with diddy ) was released

[jebsib]

Featured positions are often used as vehicles to kickstart moribund careers by getting your name out there and piggybacking on a hotter act. It was opined that Mariah edged out of the post-Glitter / meltdown era and paved the way for Emancipation by appearing on Busta's big rhythmic hit.

It's a roll of the dice: Sometimes it works (MC), sometimes it fails (Aguilera translated 'Jagger' into nothing), and sometimes it is just forgotten (T-Pain on Pitbull's "Hey Baby").

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Yeah I don't know why people have to keep knocking featured artists. If they didn't contribute anything they wouldn't be there. One way or another someone benefits and a favour is being done but it usually goes both ways.

[trumandare]

no no it was nt busta rhymes who made EMANCIPATION OF MIMI a big seller


i m from germany and the busta song was a huge hit, it sold nearly 300,000 copies in a time, in which single sales were low

i bought the single then too


but after the release CHARMBRACELET was released and was a relative flop.

through the rain received only lukewarm reception ....


THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI in my eyes was a masterpiece, it had strong singles, and the record was some kind unexpected


no featured artists are only second choice celebs in most cases, for example people who start their career (skygelar/keshia cole/bruno mars ) or artists whose career might be in a crisis (x tina/mariah)

of course there are the a listed celeb-artists like Rihanna or britney but only in a few cases

and those who do the feature without reason for their career (Williams the singer of paramore) who had a feature on b-o-b single. which sold 5 million copies in the us alone

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Mar 22, 2013 9:11:29 GMT -5 trumandare said:

no no it was nt busta rhymes who made EMANCIPATION OF MIMI a big seller

The artist still needs strong material with hit potential. "I Know What You Want" preceded "It's Like That" by 2 years. It re-introduced Mariah to pop audiences, but it definitely isn't to thank for her comeback. Even "It's Like That," while her biggest hit in years, wasn't a smash.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

I definitely think it was the Busta single that helped with Mariah's image at that time. Everything she touched for several years flopped but her feature on that single, which was a hit, helped her a lot. Obviously it's not ALL Busta but that mixed with some decent material for her next album got Mariah out of that slump.

[jebsib]

Mimi was a laughing stock and a late-night punch line from 2001 through 2004; Her brand was deeply damaged, and she had something like 5 singles in a row fail to reach the Billboard top 80. Her collaboration with Busta Rhymes rehabilitated her image for radio programmers. "We Belong Together" didn't appear out of a vacuum, it followed the momentum she had recently built as a featured guest on Busta & then Jadakiss' singles.

[trumandare]

so true !

in my eyes mariah is a real diva a real artist with x lives

she could be the cher of the new era


remembér cher, her career was over by the early 70s then she came in the 70s back with songs like take me home which sold 2,5 million vynils as of 1980 in the us


after 1979 her career was over, then she came 1986 back

after 1991 her career again was over but 1998 was her year

1998 billboard hot 100 year end

now her career is on hiatus

we see many waves of comeback after flops


1. 1970s
2. mid-end 1980s
3. 1998

[areyoureadytojump]

www.usatoday.com/story/idolchatter/2013/03/20/phillip-phillips-american-idol-return-sales-boost/2003913/

Idol tracks

Phillip Phillips, Gone, Gone, Gone (65,000, +257%, 276,000)
Kelly Clarkson, Catch My Breath (47,000, -7%, 1.172 million)
Phillip Phillips, Home (41,000, -2%, 4.209 million)
Carrie Underwood, Two Black Cadillacs (31,000, -10%, 570,000)
Carrie Underwood, Blown Away (18,000, -16%, 1.996 million)
Bon Jovi, Because We Can (12,000 _128%, 83,000)
Smash Cast feat. Katharine McPhee, Heart Shaped Wreckage (11,000, debut, 11,000)
Kelly Clarkson feat. Vince Gill, Don't Rush (10,000, +5%, 215,000)
Carrie Underwood, Good Girl (7,000, -11%, 1.658 million)
Carrie Underwood, Before He Cheats (5,000, -8%, 3.731 million)
Colton Dixon, You Are (4,000, -29%, 88,000)
Carrie Underwood, Temporary Home (3,000, +74%, 948,000
Mandisa feat. TobyMac, Good Morning (3,000, -2%, 311,000)
Colton Dixon, Never Gone (2,000, -78%, 46,000)
Carrie Underwood, How Great Thou Art (2,000, -2%, 418,000)
Mandisa, Stronger (1,000, -15%, 309,000)

[Enigma.]

It was Hunter Hayes' Wanted that was on the wrong chart at #56. For reasons unknown.

[imbondz]

I don't know, I think We Belong Together was going to be a massive hit no matter what. It's still a great song and would be a hit if released right now.

[imbondz]

It used to be that a song that sold ail lion copies was a huge hit. That's not really the case anymore w downloads. I would call Catch My Breath minor hit record but it still sold 1.1 million downloads.

[trumandare]

true


now we have times of 6xMULTIPLATINUM singles

like carly jae or gotye


even rather unknown elli egoulding from the uk sold 3,5 million singles in the us