R.E.M. Posted November 25 Posted November 25 14 minutes ago, Sailor Moon said: ariana's problem .. i remember it missing #1 being a few points short against fancy in hindsight this is for the best; imagine your first #1 being shared with Iggy Azalea would've been a stain in an otherwise string of perfect #1s (minus SWU) 3
Bubble Tea Posted November 25 Posted November 25 59 minutes ago, Strawberry Bubble said: bad romance being blocked by tik tok is a good example of this But it wasn't really "in the bag" given there was a competing huge smash? IDK
Ivan_brit Posted November 25 Posted November 25 Levitating & Dont Start Now still hurts it got #2 peak Avril Lavigne Complicated, Bad Romance & Since You Been Gone 2
LittleStarmen Posted November 25 Posted November 25 TikTok was def bigger than Bad Romance back then. It was keshas first song/hit akin to just dance/poker face 3 1
Erreur2 La Nature Posted November 25 Posted November 25 Billboard worked really hard to get Levitating blocked 4 1
ArtForFreedom Posted November 25 Posted November 25 1 hour ago, synk said: Levitating the most iconic one maybe in recent memory but also Material Girl, Express Yourself
Princess Aurora Posted November 25 Posted November 25 (edited) You Need To Calm Down and Old Town Road. Lil Nas X really blocked everybody.... Edited November 25 by Princess Aurora
Roberto Posted November 25 Posted November 25 Die with a smile, that was so tragic but something even more tragic and iconic was Levitating. 1
Sailor Moon Posted November 25 Posted November 25 30 minutes ago, R.E.M. said: in hindsight this is for the best; imagine your first #1 being shared with Iggy Azalea would've been a stain in an otherwise string of perfect #1s (minus SWU) she was so unlucky chartwise in the first few years of her career, thankfully it turned in her favor later with a string of #1s back to back I remember fans fuming because she released the lyric video a bit later during the tracking week, which might've help the song gain a few points 4
Distantconstellation Posted November 25 Posted November 25 Tiktok was huge all over the world and was selling a lot more. Just like how all yall always talk about streaming now and that we should focus on sales well back then it was almost all about sales and Kesha was outselling Bad Romance. I remember even a lot of the other stan bases (Britney, xtina, Beyonce) buying tiktok and even her album just to block and piss of the gaga fans.
Plastic Posted November 25 Posted November 25 1 hour ago, Doctor Dick said: Yes but popularity was still measured in terms of how many views you had and people consumed music like that as well. Bad Romance was a monster smash and was even more supported for free than Kesha's song was. In today's charts BR would've knocked down Kesha. It's so surreal that we are here now. It brings me back to when I would exclaim "but imagine if Britney debuted in the streaming era!!!!!" OT: Definitely Bad Romance getting blocked Tik Tok. Instantly came to mind.
naval23 Posted November 25 Posted November 25 Pon De Replay getting blocked by Mariah's "We Belong Together" despite being #1 in sales was tragique 1 2
Popboi. Posted November 25 Posted November 25 1 minute ago, naval23 said: Pon De Replay getting blocked by Mariah's "We Belong Together" despite being #1 in sales was tragique We Belong Together fully monopolized the radio chart, it was a monster on Pop, Rhythmic, AC, HAC, Urban... all at the same time 3
Jeremiah Posted November 25 Posted November 25 Blackout before Billboard got out of their way to make a last minute rule change applicable the same damn week. 1
NEUTRON Posted November 25 Posted November 25 2 hours ago, Popboi. said: No one expected streaming to count back then, so Once upon a time there was thing called the iTunes gift card Christmas boost. Ke$ha benefitted massively from it and came out of the holiday freeze stomping on everybody. 1
John Slayne Posted November 25 Posted November 25 i'm shocked Espresso never reached the top in the us and obviously DWAS now falls under this category too Bad Romance is a Diamond single, idk who are OGHs trying to gaslight saying it wasn't a competitive hit
kataraqueen Posted November 26 Posted November 26 2 hours ago, Doctor Dick said: Yes but popularity was still measured in terms of how many views you had and people consumed music like that as well. Bad Romance was a monster smash and was even more supported for free than Kesha's song was. In today's charts BR would've knocked down Kesha. Tik Tok was omnipresent you guys are ******* deluded 3
Dula Peep Posted November 26 Posted November 26 Since U Been Gone, Levitating and Bad Romance are the trinity for me
LustSpell Posted November 26 Posted November 26 2 hours ago, Sailor Moon said: ariana's problem .. i remember it missing #1 being a few points short against fancy It wasn't even a few. It was 0.3% at its closest between All of Me, Fancy and Problem Possibly one of the most competitive weeks in history 3
Popboi. Posted November 26 Posted November 26 10 minutes ago, NEUTRON said: Once upon a time there was thing called the iTunes gift card Christmas boost. Ke$ha benefitted massively from it and came out of the holiday freeze stomping on everybody. This is exactly why Bad Romance never stood a chance. TT was the PERFECT song to purchase for NYE, then the album release and radio airplay was high alongside those things.
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