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2 hours ago, Tremor Christ said:

 

I looked for Work It immediately lol. I guess it fell fast after hitting #2?

It spent a long time at 2 then just fell fast

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Posted
4 minutes ago, iHype. said:

A Diamond song "wasn't that big of a hit" :skull:

As far as #2s go, clearly it wasn't (in terms of chart performance) if it barely made the top 40. Recurrent performance and retroactively adding in data to inflate a song's certification isn't relevant to the ranking.

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10 minutes ago, ClashAndBurn said:

As far as #2s go, clearly it wasn't (in terms of chart performance) if it barely made the top 40. Recurrent performance and retroactively adding in data to inflate a song's certification isn't relevant to the ranking.

I mean, clearly, Bohemian Rhapsody which also peaked at #2 and isn't even top 40 wasn't that big at the time. 

 

And your last sentence contradicts itself. :skull: You called her Diamond certification 'recurrent performance', then said they 'retroactively added data' implying its bulk of the Diamond performance was during its chart run.

 

Was it a strong recurrent hit, or a strong hit during its original run that caused it to go Diamond? :clown:

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Bad Romance slaying as per. :clap3: 

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10 minutes ago, iHype. said:

I mean, clearly, Bohemian Rhapsody which also peaked at #2 and isn't even top 40 wasn't that big at the time. 

 

And your last sentence contradicts itself. :skull: You called her Diamond certification 'recurrent performance', then said they 'retroactively added data' implying its bulk of the Diamond performance was during its chart run.

 

Was it a strong recurrent hit, or a strong hit during its original run that caused it to go Diamond? :clown:

Well, "Bohemian Rhapsody" wasn't that big of a chart hit. It's a staple of Queen's career, for sure, but even then, it only even charted at #2 because of Freddie Mercury's death.

 

It's a combination of both. If they didn't retroactively add the old streams that didn't count towards its charting position back when the song was relevant, the song wouldn't even be close to Diamond (same with "Love The Way You Lie"). The only reason they were added in was because the RIAA realized their certifications were losing relevance due to sales figures going belly up in the current climate.

 

As far as recurrent performance goes, that's not something that ever counts towards rankings like this (like the All Time Hot 100) so it plays no part on how big of a "chart hit" Bad Romance was. Clearly it did perform well recurrently, or it wouldn't have gotten to 5 million US sales. Nowhere near as much as her two much larger sellers "Poker Face" and "Just Dance" got

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10 minutes ago, ClashAndBurn said:

Well, "Bohemian Rhapsody" wasn't that big of a chart hit. It's a staple of Queen's career, for sure, but even then, it only even charted at #2 because of Freddie Mercury's death.

 

It's a combination of both. If they didn't retroactively add the old streams that didn't count towards its charting position back when the song was relevant, the song wouldn't even be close to Diamond (same with "Love The Way You Lie"). The only reason they were added in was because the RIAA realized their certifications were losing relevance due to sales figures going belly up in the current climate.

 

As far as recurrent performance goes, that's not something that ever counts towards rankings like this (like the All Time Hot 100) so it plays no part on how big of a "chart hit" Bad Romance was. Clearly it did perform well recurrently, or it wouldn't have gotten to 5 million US sales. Nowhere near as much as her two much larger sellers "Poker Face" and "Just Dance" got

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But you weren't referring to charting.

55 minutes ago, ClashAndBurn said:

Huh. Guess "Bad Romance" wasn't that big of a hit after all.

You were saying it wasn't that big in general. Now you're trying to specifically refer to "chart hit" and chart wise once called out.

 

Charting doesn't completely define as to how big of a hit something is/was. And there is dozens of examples of clear huge hits at the time of release, that don't rank high on these all-time charts. Yes, all-time charts are good for measuring the biggest chart reigns but in no way is something invalidated as a hit because it didn't go high on the all-time charts. 

 

Also, you stating Bad Romance performed well recurrently all of a sudden is funny.  You used to call Bad Romance forgotten:

https://classic.atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?p=33554412#post33554412

 

I guess when you can't downplay the Diamond certification being a testament to how big it was during its run, you suddenly have to switch and now claim its recurrent activity was the reason for the Diamond cert and it 'wasn't that big during its run'?

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5 minutes ago, iHype. said:

But you weren't referring to charting.

You were saying it wasn't that big in general. Now you're trying to specifically refer to "chart hit" and chart wise once called out.

 

Charting doesn't completely define as to how big of a hit something is/was. And there is dozens of examples of clear huge hits at the time of release, that don't rank high on these all-time charts. Yes, all-time charts are good for measuring the biggest chart reigns but in no way is something invalidated as a hit because it didn't go high on the all-time charts. 

 

Also, you stating Bad Romance performed well recurrently all of a sudden is funny.  You used to call Bad Romance forgotten:

https://classic.atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?p=33554412#post33554412

 

I guess when you can't downplay the Diamond certification being a testament to how big it was during its run, you suddenly have to switch and now claim its recurrent activity was the reason for the Diamond cert and it 'wasn't that big during its run'?

I said that in 2016 and it wasn't wrong by then. "Bad Romance" was forgotten 6 years after its peak like most pop songs usually are. It didn't receive much in the way of recurrent airplay, nor was it still selling like "Rolling In The Deep." She reminded everyone of its existence by performing it at the Super Bowl, allowing it to chart again, sure. But that doesn't make it wholly remembered or a "classic" like this site likes to claim it is.

 

But, yeah. Keep defending an artist that you also like to drag for various things in SYG, I guess.

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4 minutes ago, ClashAndBurn said:

I said that in 2016 and it wasn't wrong by then. "Bad Romance" was forgotten 6 years after its peak like most pop songs usually are. It didn't receive much in the way of recurrent airplay, nor was it still selling like "Rolling In The Deep." She reminded everyone of its existence by performing it at the Super Bowl, allowing it to chart again, sure. But that doesn't make it wholly remembered or a "classic" like this site likes to claim it is.

 

But, yeah. Keep defending an artist that you also like to drag for various things in SYG, I guess.

So Bad Romance wasn't that big of a hit during its run, and also became strongly forgotten a few years later. Yet somehow it went Diamond?

 

What is the excuse for all the other #2 hits, and especially #1 hits, from the same period that weren't 'that big' and became forgotten a few years later not being Diamond? 

 

Keep spewing a bunch of nonsense though because you think it'll erase the fact you spent hundreds on her, stanned hardcore, and dedicated years of your life to her you can't take back. 

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11 minutes ago, iHype. said:

So Bad Romance wasn't that big of a hit during its run, and also became strongly forgotten a few years later. Yet somehow it went Diamond?

 

What is the excuse for all the other #2 hits, and especially #1 hits, from the same period that weren't 'that big' and became forgotten a few years later not being Diamond? 

 

Keep spewing a bunch of nonsense though because you think it'll erase the fact you spent hundreds on her, stanned hardcore, and dedicated years of your life to her you can't take back. 

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lol, stop pretending that you know me. I haven't spent "hundreds" on her, or any other single artist, in the slightest.

 

I get what you're trying to do though. But it's not working on me. :sorry: 

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Just now, ClashAndBurn said:

lol, stop pretending that you know me. I haven't spent "hundreds" on her, or any other single artist, in the slightest.

 

I get what you're trying to do though. But it's not working on me. :sorry: 

All I was trying to do was to show how wrong you were. And it worked seeing as you dropped discussing the topic at hand.

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On 2/25/2018 at 3:22 PM, Green said:

The Biggest No. 2 Billboard Hot 100 Hits

 

 

40, "Party All the Time," Eddie Murphy, peak year: 1985
39, "Get Up and Boogie (That's Right)," Silver Convention, 1976
38, "Bird Dog," The Everly Brothers, 1958
37, "Bad Romance," Lady Gaga, 2009
36, "Exodus," Ferrante & Teicher, 1961
35, "Stay With Me," Sam Smith, 2014
34, "All That She Wants," Ace Of Base, 1993
33, "1, 2 Step," Ciara feat. Missy Elliott, 2005

32, "Woman," John Lennon, 1981
31, "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," Celine Dion, 1996

 

30, "Gloria," Laura Branigan, 1982
29, "I Love You Always Forever," Donna Lewis, 1996
28, "Dancing Machine," Jackson 5, 1974
27, "Twisted," Keith Sweat, 1996
26, "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here," Deborah Cox, 1998

25, "You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift, 2009
24, "Limbo Rock," Chubby Checker, 1962
23, "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)," Backstreet Boys, 1997
22, "Since U Been Gone," Kelly Clarkson, 2005
21, "Y.M.C.A.," Village People, 1979

 

20, "Thinking Out Loud," Ed Sheeran, 2015
19, "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight," England Dan & John Ford Coley, 1976
18, "Trap Queen," Fetty Wap, 2015

17, "Dynamite," Taio Cruz, 2010
16, "From a Distance," Bette Midler, 1990
15, "I Wanna Sex You Up," Color Me Badd, 1991
14, "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum, 2010
13, "He'll Have to Go," Jim Reeves, 1960
12, "Hanging by a Moment," Lifehouse, 2001
11, "Breathe," Faith Hill, 2000

 

10, "Counting Stars," OneRepublic, 2014
9, "Nobody Knows," The Tony Rich Project, 1996

8, "You Make Me Wanna…," Usher, 1997
7, "Hurts So Good," John Cougar, 1982
6, "Waiting for a Girl Like You," Foreigner, 1981
5, "You're Still the One," Shania Twain, 1998
4, "Whoomp! (There It Is)," Tag Team, 1993
3, Apologize," Timbaland feat. OneRepublic, 2007
2, "You Were Meant for Me"/"Foolish Games," Jewel, 1997 (yes, the No. 2-biggest No. 2 hit of all time; and, of course, it's a two-sided hit)

and …

 

 

1, "How Do I Live," LeAnn Rimes, 1997

 

 

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8218920/-lady-gaga-sales-number-2-hot-100-hits-ed-sheeran-record-ask-billboard

 

where is Missy's work it???

Posted

Why are some of you bringing Diamond certifications to this? This is based on chart runs on the Billboard Hot 100.

 

It's like saying that Baby should be the biggest hit of all time on the Hot 100 just because it's certified 12x Platinum :skull: 

Posted
12 minutes ago, Green said:

Why are some of you bringing Diamond certifications to this? This is based on chart runs on the Billboard Hot 100.

 

It's like saying that Baby should be the biggest hit of all time on the Hot 100 just because it's certified 12x Platinum :skull: 

Hush or quote me next time, he said Bad Romance 'wasn't that big of a hit'. How would a Diamond song be 'not that big of a hit'.

 

I didn't say it should be high on the all-time list. I just disagreed with the logic of saying it's not a big hit because it's not high on the all-time chart, especially when it has a Diamond certification.

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But monsters told me BR was the biggest #2 of all time??

Posted
2 hours ago, Green said:

Why are some of you bringing Diamond certifications to this? This is based on chart runs on the Billboard Hot 100.

 

It's like saying that Baby should be the biggest hit of all time on the Hot 100 just because it's certified 12x Platinum :skull: 

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Posted
On 2/25/2018 at 0:22 PM, Green said:

8, "You Make Me Wanna…," Usher, 1997

iconic song

 

 

 

....and iconic messy thumbnail

 

 

Posted
10 hours ago, Enoch said:

iconic song

 

 

 

....and iconic messy thumbnail

 

 

:rip:

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Bad Romance is bigger than all of these. 

Posted
12 minutes ago, Mariano said:

Bad Romance is bigger than all of these. 

BR bigger than You belong with me, twisted, its all coming back to me and stay with me ?

:bibliahh:

 

Posted
26 minutes ago, Enoch said:

BR bigger than You belong with me, twisted, its all coming back to me and stay with me ?

:bibliahh:

 

That's exactly what I said + all the others in the OP too. 

Posted (edited)
11 minutes ago, Mariano said:

That's exactly what I said + all the others in the OP too. 

Youre wrong though and BB and a lot of others in the thread agree with me

 

 

Y.M.C.A. Is an even far bigger gay anthem than “bad romance”

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Posted
12 minutes ago, Enoch said:

Youre wrong though and BB and a lot of others in the thread agree with me

 

 

Y.M.C.A. Is an even far bigger gay anthem than “bad romance”

Nobody said anything about gay. Bad Romance is by far the biggest song out of these. There are a few others that are really big too.  But if you honestly think these 30 something songs are all bigger than BR :skull:  Then you can agree with BB and the others sharing the same opinion all you want. 

I can be 1 person thinking BR is bigger y'all can be 1M people thinking that and you can still be wrong, you know that right? :rip:  

Posted (edited)
10 minutes ago, Mariano said:

Bad Romance is by far the biggest song out of these.

On what stats/basis?bad romance only has sales

 

 

a lot of songs above it in the list have larger  recurrent airplay/ culutural impact it their heydays and even now

Edited by Enoch
Posted
Just now, Enoch said:

On what stats, bad romance only has sales

 

 

a lot of songs above it have large culutural impact it their heydays and even now

Bad Romance is the one with cultural impact, it was the most watched video on the internet at the time and has only gotten bigger and bigger with time.  It's 12xplatinum, it charted at number 50 on the Hot 100 last year after Superbowl. 

Cultural Impact isn't something to use against Bad Romance :rip:  And yes it does have sales.  If streaming was counted back then BR would have been number 1 for weeks. 

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