Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol) on Leona Lewis in 2008:

 

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I'm not a big fan of shows like The X Factor, but when talent like this comes along, I can't slate it. She's going to be around in 20 years. She's the next Whitney. She takes my breath away.

HDD predicting 1989 would open with 600K  

When all those chart prediction pages predicted that Levitating would go #1... just for Leave The Door Open to score another week at the top 

Solar Power being critically acclaimed 

"Happy" is one of my favorite Leona songs. 

Edited July 12, 20233 yr by vuelve88

I thought As It Was sounded like a flop lead single 

Me predicting the most successful re-recording to sell 75k during the first week at most. 

2 minutes ago, Blue Rose said:

 

Not only did it not hit #1, it couldn't even make top 70 year end 

 

She went from churning out 13-15x platinum hits to a 2x platinum lead single and it would be her last top 10 hit ever

4 minutes ago, Blue Rose said:

A reverse “Look Out Beyonce, Tinashe is Coming” expedition  

Not a prediction that failed terribly but Pitchfork predicted Ellie Goulding could be the sound of either 2012 or 2015 when they reviewed Lights back in February 2010, and funnily enough she ended up releasing new albums in those exact years and her two most ubiquitous hits (Lights and Love Me Like You Do) also ended up smashing in those respective years.

Stupid Love #1 on the Hot 100.

3 minutes ago, naval23 said:

 

Not only did it not hit #1, it couldn't even make top 70 year end 

 

She went from churning out 13-15x platinum hits to a 2x platinum lead single and it would be her last top 10 hit ever

It went #1 in my flop country. Did they lie? 

"New Queen of Pop" Lady Ga Ga 

10 minutes ago, Blue Rose said:

is Ashanti that girl Gaga supposedly killed by pushing her from a rooftop? 

Stupid Love being extremely stable, which is a good sign.

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3 minutes ago, Badgalbriel said:

is Ashanti that girl Gaga supposedly killed by pushing her from a rooftop? 

What? No  Ashanti was pretty big in 2001-2004 and her debut album till this day has the highest first week sales for a debut artist. Her peak was in 2002, a year before Beyoncé’s debut and she flopped after Beyoncé smashed. 

22 minutes ago, BuzzCharts said:

I thought As It Was sounded like a flop lead single 

Lmao I remember

 

OT: That Harry's contract with Columbia was too big and he'd flop

 

That Olivia Rodrigo was waiting too long for her second era and she'd absolutely flop

 

That Dua Lipa would remain "faceless"

16 minutes ago, naval23 said:

 

Not only did it not hit #1, it couldn't even make top 70 year end 

 

She went from churning out 13-15x platinum hits to a 2x platinum lead single and it would be her last top 10 hit ever

Came here to say all the delusionals that were collapsing when she announced her return with Rise just for it to underperform and then again pre Witness with them warning everyone she was gonna be smashing left and right just for it the absolute disaster that was to unfold. 

29 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

When all those chart prediction pages predicted that Levitating would go #1... just for Leave The Door Open to score another week at the top 

Because Billboard sabotaged her last second for speaking up against Palestine

When we all thought Normani would become the new Main Pop Girl after Motivation came out

2 minutes ago, Love Again said:

Because Billboard sabotaged her last second for speaking up against Palestine

didn't Billboard filter out like 16k VPN digital downloads 

2 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

didn't Billboard filter out like 16k VPN digital downloads 

Lots of fanbases especially BTS has done this and Billboard has consistently rewarded them. Dua had that No.1 until they delayed the chart. 
 

 

Just now, Love Again said:

Lots of fanbases especially BTS has done this and Billboard has consistently rewarded them. Dua had that No.1 until they delayed the chart. 
 

 

it’s a shame neither DSN or Levitating went #1 tbh lol. but LTDO was an AMAZING hit