PrudenceHCharmed Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 She also sold 3M singles and 3M ringtones in before somebody bring up the payola arguments, why? Kesha, Adele, Dua would later join the list of only a handful of female manage to achieve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naval23 Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 (edited) It was surprising because it was the 9th most downloaded track of the year but it's airplay was MASSIVE (#11 of the decade, #1 of the year) that it's massive airplay was enough to give it the #1 title of 2007 over Rihanna's "Umbrella" which was the 3rd biggest downloaded track and 3rd biggest radio song of the year iirc To put it into context, Fergalicious was neck and neck with Irreplaceable's downloads (Fergalicious was #10 for downloads of 2007, but only #53 for airplay which bumped it all the way down to #19 on the year-end chart) Hot Digital Songs Year-End: #9 - Irreplaceable (#1 airplay = #1 Hot 100) #4 - Umbrella (#3 airplay = #2 Hot 100) #10 - Fergalicious (#53 airplay = #19 Hot 100) Edited July 7, 2022 by naval23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheep Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 6 minutes ago, naval23 said: It was surprising because it was the 9th most downloaded track of the year but it's airplay was MASSIVE (#11 of the decade, #1 of the year) that it's massive airplay was enough to give it the #1 title of 2007 over Rihanna's "Umbrella" which was the 3rd biggest downloaded track and 3rd biggest radio song of the year iirc To put it into context, Fergalicious was neck and neck with Irreplaceable's downloads (Fergalicious was #10 for downloads of 2007, but only #53 for airplay which bumped it all the way down to #19 on the year-end chart) Hot Digital Songs Year-End: #9 - Irreplaceable (#1 airplay = #1 Hot 100) #4 - Umbrella (#3 airplay = #2 Hot 100) #10 - Fergalicious (#53 airplay = #19 Hot 100) Wasn't B'Day released through the record label that the term payola was invented for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
State of Grace. Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 The song was obviously big but payola airplay helped a lot honestly. Its recurrent streams (<200k daily) are pretty bad for a song that spent 10 consecutive weeks at #1 too. Umbrella was robbed and Bey had way better songs that deserved its success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoAddams Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jude Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Isn't it the song with most AI in US radio of all time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightingale Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Not shocked. Growing up whenever someone would even mention something being to your left I feel like everyone would go "to the left, to the left." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naval23 Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 16 minutes ago, Jude said: Isn't it the song with most AI in US radio of all time? yes I think so other than Mariah's "We Belong Together", "Happy" and "Blurred Lines" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrudenceHCharmed Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 22 minutes ago, Jude said: Isn't it the song with most AI in US radio of all time? Yeap. I think Check On It was also one of the song that has the highest amount of AI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAallday Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 I mean, it was so massive that year. As was Umbrella, but this is about Irreplaceable and it’s mass appeal. an anthem tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
45seconds Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 1 hour ago, State of Grace. said: The song was obviously big but payola airplay helped a lot honestly. Its recurrent streams (<200k daily) are pretty bad for a song that spent 10 consecutive weeks at #1 too. Umbrella was robbed and Bey had way better songs that deserved its success. We can riddle off songs all night with low streams but spent multi-weeks at #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protocol Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 It was the rare song that worked on both HAC radio and urban radio so it had enormous record-breaking airplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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