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Post by matteeeb on Nov 20, 2016 15:49:46 GMT -5
Kiss It Better, best pop song of 2016
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Post by wjr15 on Nov 21, 2016 21:52:07 GMT -5
Katy Perry - Birthday
Even though it had a horrible music video, just months later, Sugar (a carbon copy of Birthday), was a huge hit that went #2 on the Hot 100. Plus, Katy had huge momentum coming off of Dark Horse.
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Post by divasummer on Nov 28, 2016 7:01:04 GMT -5
I love a good flop underperforming single by a diva!! lol There were so many that I thought were going to set the world by storm and then nothing.
Whitney- "Whatchulookinat"- I thought it was catchy, fun and was going to be on tee shirts. lol Janet- "Feedback"-
XTina- "Dirrty"- What was wrong with the US????? "Not Myself Tonight" "Tilt Your Head" w/Nelly- Catchy, clever and they were both hot at the time?????
Jessica Simpson- "Public Affair" Mariah- "Never To Far"- I assumed people would here this stunning ballad and forget her personal life.
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Post by ilikemusic on Nov 29, 2016 5:02:02 GMT -5
This isn't a definite flop yet, but I'm kind of surprised at how badly "Million Reasons" by Lady Gaga is doing.... She performed it on Carpool Karaoke which shot it to #1 on iTunes for a few days but ever since it's been dropping like a rock..... not even the AMA's performance did anything for it. I think it's a great song and it's one of my favorites this year but it seems like pop radio is not supportive of the Joanne era at all. "Perfect Illusion" being the lead single definitely didn't do her any favors though, she had so much hype in the preceding weeks only for it to be one of the worst songs she's ever put out... But still, "Million Reasons" deserves to be a hit!!!
#justiceformillionreasons #justice4joanne
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Post by House Lannister on Nov 29, 2016 15:14:32 GMT -5
Thomas Rhett's Vacation flopped even though his previous solo hits Die a Happy Man and T-Shirt made it 6 songs in the row that at least made the top 43 on Billboard (and 6 consecutive top 5s in US Hot Country charts).
Demi Lovato's Stone Cold flopped even though her last five solo hits all made it to the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40.
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Post by upsidedown on Nov 29, 2016 16:08:11 GMT -5
Don't want to be rude, but how was Make Me an unexpected flop? Because G-Eazy was on it; I expected it to underperform like Work Bitch or Slave 4 U, but more longevity. Make Me really wasn't a "flop" per say, it had way more longevity than Britney singles typically have. It spent nearly 10 weeks in the Top 30 on Pop, and for a Britney single that only peaked at #19, that's pretty good.
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Post by truemusicreviews on Nov 29, 2016 17:04:55 GMT -5
On the note of "I'm A Slave 4 U", HOW THE FUCK DID THE SNAKE SONG FLOP!?!?!?
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Post by think pink. on Nov 30, 2016 0:58:58 GMT -5
Beyonce - "XO"
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Post by HEADOFTHEPACK on Nov 30, 2016 7:54:42 GMT -5
Charts are weird.
If you asked the average person where they reckon songs like Run the World and Slave 4 U peaked... I imagine they'd say #1 due to their ubiquity.
I'm surprised when I look at most of Britney's chart peaks between Oops - Blackout. Doesn't look right based on how iconic some of those songs are.
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Post by Choco on Nov 30, 2016 9:02:51 GMT -5
Oops felt just as big as Baby One More Time. Toxic also felt like a #1 hit.
I'm still rooting for Million Reasons but if it flops I wouldn't call it "Unexpected". She's been getting less success with each album since TFM and Joanne will not reverse that trend.
Gwen Stefani had a strong streak of hits with her first album but What You Waiting For flopped in the US. Felt like a pretty big hit at the time.
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Post by thomasnfinity on Nov 30, 2016 14:45:42 GMT -5
Into you was not a flop. I'm surprised Body Say by Demi flopped on radio.
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Post by irice22 on Nov 30, 2016 17:58:59 GMT -5
Charts are weird. If you asked the average person where they reckon songs like Run the World and Slave 4 U peaked... I imagine they'd say #1 due to their ubiquity. I'm surprised when I look at most of Britney's chart peaks between Oops - Blackout. Doesn't look right based on how iconic some of those songs are. Didn't Oops simply suffer because she didn't release a CD single? A lot of those Hot 100 peaks in that era are bogus. That's nothing against the Hot 100, but ti was hard to collect accurate data of what the biggest songs were at that time.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2016 21:38:06 GMT -5
Into you was not a flop. I'm surprised Body Say by Demi flopped on radio. Eh Body Say was very out of the blue, not promoted and lacked a music video it also came after the flop that was Stone Cold it was mainly a tour buzz track, but let alone much stronger then a lot of Confident.
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Post by mkarns on Dec 1, 2016 13:16:35 GMT -5
Oops felt just as big as Baby One More Time. Toxic also felt like a #1 hit. I just looked up Britney's Hot 100 history and was surprised that "Toxic" only got to #9 there. It was #1 on CHR, and to this day is one of the big Clear Channel et al recurrent staples (one of two such from her, along with BOMT.) "Oops..." had the same peak positions on both charts.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2016 18:33:42 GMT -5
^ Everything Britney from Oops to Toxic felt much bigger then where they peaked on Hot 100 mainly cause with the exception of the Britney era, they performed greatly on the radio front and/or backed with some amazing live performances at big events like the VMA's, AMA's, etc
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Post by thomasnfinity on Dec 2, 2016 10:20:20 GMT -5
It's sad they didn't push Body Say by Demi. I just checked spotify and its one of her most streamed songs at 95 million streams. That's without any promo.
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Post by truemusicreviews on Dec 3, 2016 11:00:15 GMT -5
If Kanye actually knew a thing or two about marketing, "Famous" could have been HUGE.
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Post by Choco on Dec 3, 2016 22:02:54 GMT -5
Much like Lemonade, I think the commercial appeal for singles from The Life of deleted was pretty limited no matter what they did. The Famous video got it a lot of press but it never did much with sales or radio.
They don't have the best track record and their next single could be a huge smash out of nowhere, but the reception for OneRepublic's last two singles Wherever I Go and Kids has been pretty cold. I liked both tracks and the album has been well received.
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Post by Dielawn on Dec 9, 2016 20:27:11 GMT -5
A few that come to mind: Your Body - Christina Aguilera I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time - Mariah Carey Kiss it Better - Rihanna Focus - Ariana Grande Easy - Paula DeAnda MILF $ - Fergie Used to Love You - Gwen Stefani Moments - Tove Lo S.O.S. - Jordin Sparks Feedback - Janet Jackson Rock n Roll - Avril Lavigne Blowin' Me Up (with her Love) - JC Chasez Do You Wanna Get Funky? - C+C Music Factory Dirty Dancer (Remix) - Enrique Iglesias I think you copy pasted my Spotify playlist ππ that or you just have perfect taste in music π€
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Post by leonagwen on Dec 10, 2016 13:09:02 GMT -5
I wouldn't consider Used to love you a flop.It did well on ITunes and peaked in the low 20's on radio airplay.
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Post by mamooshka on Dec 10, 2016 13:52:28 GMT -5
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Post by truemusicreviews on Dec 11, 2016 11:54:14 GMT -5
Daily reminder that underperforming =/= flopping.
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Post by Harx on Dec 11, 2016 12:01:51 GMT -5
Daily reminder that underperforming =/= flopping. I wouldn't call a top 5 hit an underperformer.
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Post by truemusicreviews on Dec 11, 2016 13:22:43 GMT -5
Daily reminder that underperforming =/= flopping. I wouldn't call a top 5 hit an underperformer. It is by Bruno Mars's standards, but it's still undeniably a huge hit.
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Post by rainie on Jul 20, 2017 16:00:56 GMT -5
A few more:
Katy Perry: Bon Appetit Think I stated this somewhere else but this is literally a tropical house song featuring Migos -- it's like the ultimate 2017 song. Coming off the underperformance of CTTR I didn't think it would be huge but I thought it would at least be a modest hit.
One Republic: Wherever I Go I know their last few lead singles hadn't been huge, but they were coming off a big era featuring arguably their biggest hit, so I thought this would at least scrape the top 30 or so.
Fifth Harmony: Down Not complaining about this one, but coming off their biggest era and all the press about Camila leaving, thought this would be at least an All in My Head sized hit.
Rag n Bone Man: Human The first time I heard this I thought it could be a massive crossover hit. It rocketed up alt (thanks to an OTV deal, but still), was sent to HAC where it did solidly, it was sent to CHR then...nothing. Sales were solid and people seemed to know it, but apperently callout sucked and radio wasn't having any of it.
Alex da Kid feat X Ambassadors, Elle King, and Wiz Khalifa: Not Easy Another song that I thought would be a massive crossover hit when I first heard it but this didn't even do well on ALT. Not only did this sound the type of folky mellow alt that has done well on the format and then crossed over to pop (Ho Hey, Budapest, Renegades), it featured two of the biggest alt artists pop coming off big #1s that crossed over to pop and one of the hottest rappers around (though Wiz was smartly only included on the version sent to pop). And yet...nothing. Not even an all star track that sounded tailor made for commercials and radio stations that had solid sales could impact its home format, let alone HAC and CHR. It did ok on AAA tho.
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Post by Normi on Jul 20, 2017 16:21:11 GMT -5
I agree with Kiss It Better Coming off of Work (9 week #1) and was considered best of the album and just begged to be released (which is why it was) [also favorite on Pulse] Had so much Radio potential but was the least successful single from the era. Tragic
Also Moments by Tove Lo is also incredible weird to me. Habits and Talking Body were really big so why didn't Moments catch on? Her best song imo
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 16:24:27 GMT -5
Crying In The Club. Thought that this would have been a huge hit.
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Post by rainie on Jul 20, 2017 16:56:54 GMT -5
I agree with Kiss It Better Coming off of Work (9 week #1) and was considered best of the album and just begged to be released (which is why it was) [also favorite on Pulse] Had so much Radio potential but was the least successful single from the era. Tragic Also Moments by Tove Lo is also incredible weird to me. Habits and Talking Body were really big so why didn't Moments catch on? Her best song imo I think what happened with KIB is it was overshadowed by TIWYCF. Initially they were planning on doing a split single with KIB impacting the pop formats, which was working out since until TIWYCF dropped, stealing all the momentum and hype from KIB. It was sad tho :( And yeah agreed about Moments, I'm not too suprised about that one since it had a messy release with Timebomb initially being released (for some bizzare reason, that was one of the least radio friendly choices on the album imo) but I thought it would do at least a little better and it sure as hell deserved better. That whole fiasco combined with Lady Wood flopping I think killed her career sadly :(
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Post by mkarns on Jul 20, 2017 17:22:41 GMT -5
This isn't a definite flop yet, but I'm kind of surprised at how badly "Million Reasons" by Lady Gaga is doing.... She performed it on Carpool Karaoke which shot it to #1 on iTunes for a few days but ever since it's been dropping like a rock..... not even the AMA's performance did anything for it. I think it's a great song and it's one of my favorites this year but it seems like pop radio is not supportive of the Joanne era at all. "Perfect Illusion" being the lead single definitely didn't do her any favors though, she had so much hype in the preceding weeks only for it to be one of the worst songs she's ever put out... But still, "Million Reasons" deserves to be a hit!!! #justiceformillionreasons #justice4joanne To bring this up to date, "Million Reasons" finally did become a substantial hit (Hot 100 #4, CHR top 20); we can probably credit the Super Bowl for turning things around. Then came the non-album single "The Cure", which isn't as big (Hot 100 #39, upper 20s at CHR) but that's still probably better than it would have done without some momentum from "Million Reasons".
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Post by BDGeek on Jul 20, 2017 21:36:16 GMT -5
I'm still bitter about Ellie Goulding's Delirium (and subsequent singles) not doing anything. Such a great album. Right!? I still jam to "We Can't Move To This" on the regular. I would add Kelly's "People Like Us" and "Invincible" as songs I expected to perform better at the time they were released (although both make sense as flops in hindsight).
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