Jeremiah Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Can you name an era that had a #1 song but said song wasn't the biggest hit off the album? A very obvious example would be Britney's Femme Fatale, where Hold It Against Me (#1) got overtaken by Till the World Ends (#3) (and potentially I Wanna Go (#7) too). Which other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatyPrismSpirit Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Renaissance as Cuff It proved to be a bigger song in the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAg Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 definitely Femme Fatale!! Till the World Ends was MASSIVE compared to Hold It Against Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAg Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 oh wait not OP posting that too lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blown away Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Red I Knew You Were Trouble (#2) is bigger than We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (#1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relampago. Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Isn’t Stay bigger than Diamonds in the US? I might be wrong about that but I remember it being a bigger hit years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bears01 Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said: Renaissance as Cuff It proved to be a bigger song in the end . Cuff It will be hitting a billion spotify streams in 2024 probably, while Break my Soul will be struggling to hit 400 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Jacobs Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 23 minutes ago, Relampago. said: Isn’t Stay bigger than Diamonds in the US? I might be wrong about that but I remember it being a bigger hit years ago. I see why you're saying it but no. Diamonds was way bigger. Stay was just massive as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonnie Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Halo -----> Single Ladies Cuff It ----->Break My Soul I think those are the best examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle-x Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Single Ladies (#1) vs. Halo (#5). Both huge hits but Halo has inched ahead of it as time passes. Maroon 5's Payphone (#2) vs. One More Night (#1). The former has 1.4 billion on Spotify to the 674 million of the latter and sold more. I might be delusional but is there a case to be made that Work (#1) has been slightly overshadowed by Needed Me (#7) or Love on the Brain (#5)? At least stateside? Work feels like a bigger chart hit but the other 2 feel way more enduring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holiest Dreams Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Red: IKYWT > WANEGBT 1989: it had multiple #1s but Style & WD are both much bigger than Bad Blood after all these years reputation: an argument can be made for Delicate being as big as LWYMMD, and DBM is coming to be bigger than both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cefh Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Thriller (#4) is bigger than both Billie Jean (#1) and Beat It (#1) All 3 are massive tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holiest Dreams Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, Kyle-x said: Single Ladies (#1) vs. Halo (#5). Both huge hits but Halo has inched ahead of it as time passes. Maroon 5's Payphone (#2) vs. One More Night (#1). The former has 1.4 billion on Spotify to the 674 million of the latter and sold more. I might be delusional but is there a case to be made that Work (#1) has been slightly overshadowed by Needed Me (#7) or Love on the Brain (#5)? At least stateside? Work feels like a bigger chart hit but the other 2 feel way more enduring. I’m pretty sure Needed Me and LOTB (the latter especially) have much better recurrent stats than Work, which has very low numbers for a 9-week #1 from as recent as 2016. And LOTB has had great numbers for a while, even before SBHTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawk Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Bad Romance bigger than Just Dance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimberly Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Hot N Cold (#3) -- 8x Platinum I Kissed a Girl (#1) -- 6x Platinum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah Posted May 10, 2023 Author Share Posted May 10, 2023 8 minutes ago, Cefh said: Thriller (#4) is bigger than both Billie Jean (#1) and Beat It (#1) All 3 are massive tho I don't have the numbers but I'm confident La Isla Bonita is bigger than any of the other True Blue singles #1 Live to Tell #1 Papa Don't Preach #1 Open Your Heart #3 True Blue #4 La Isla Bonita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MingYouToo Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 12 minutes ago, Kyle-x said: Single Ladies (#1) vs. Halo (#5). Both huge hits but Halo has inched ahead of it as time passes. Maroon 5's Payphone (#2) vs. One More Night (#1). The former has 1.4 billion on Spotify to the 674 million of the latter and sold more. I might be delusional but is there a case to be made that Work (#1) has been slightly overshadowed by Needed Me (#7) or Love on the Brain (#5)? At least stateside? Work feels like a bigger chart hit but the other 2 feel way more enduring. Not a Rih stan but I swear to god before I got into charts that Needed Me was like her MEGAHIT! She gave birth to the whole trap pop r&b sound that Ariana ran with tbh! Halsey's Now or Never another smash hit is a complete derivative of Needed Me! I heard that song EVERYWHERE! Rih truly is a hitmaker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happylittlepunk Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 16 minutes ago, Holiest Dreams said: Red: IKYWT > WANEGBT 1989: it had multiple #1s but Style & WD are both much bigger than Bad Blood after all these years reputation: an argument can be made for Delicate being as big as LWYMMD, and DBM is coming to be bigger than both Bad blood is a terrible song it’s no question those other 2 songs in the long term would be bigger and surpassing it. It only got big because of the mv and drama behind it during that time period other wise the song would no doubt be a major flop for Taylor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEUTRON Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 16 minutes ago, Holiest Dreams said: Red: IKYWT > WANEGBT 1989: it had multiple #1s but Style & WD are both much bigger than Bad Blood after all these years reputation: an argument can be made for Delicate being as big as LWYMMD, and DBM is coming to be bigger than both Blank Space annihilates anything from 1989. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekkan Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 20 minutes ago, Kyle-x said: I might be delusional but is there a case to be made that Work (#1) has been slightly overshadowed by Needed Me (#7) or Love on the Brain (#5)? At least stateside? Work feels like a bigger chart hit but the other 2 feel way more enduring. Oh I absolutely agree with you. Also, I would argue that Unfaithful turned out to be bigger than SOS in the end as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dejmieeen Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 21 minutes ago, Cefh said: Thriller (#4) is bigger than both Billie Jean (#1) and Beat It (#1) All 3 are massive tho I disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umich Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Idk but I feel like Adore You is bigger than Watermelon Sugar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackoutbaby Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Femme Fatale for sure. Maybe Ciara’s debut? I feel like 1,2 Step was bigger than Goodies overall (both were huge, though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naikuun Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 It's not a weekly #1 but Levitating aka the biggest hit of 2021 didn't feel as big as Don't Start Now. Maybe it was bigger worldwide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gov Hooka Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Smooth Criminal is bigger and more remembered than all the other 5 number one singles from Bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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