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Fergie's 2016 single M.I.L.F. $ is having a moment on Twitter right now as people reminisce on the song's quirkiness ten years on. Do you remember this mid-2010s bop? I recall the music video doing quite well on YouTube back in the day, and the song is quite the guilty pleasure now.

This classic

I think radio liked Avril as a more palatable younger option compared to her peers, which is why songs like Complicated, I'm With You, and My Happy Ending were big adult contemporary and HAC radio smashes whilst contemporaries like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera struggled to even make the top 20 there with their songs. Pop rock made her sound more mature, and the times she strayed to pop-punk before i.e. with Sk8er Boi, she hadn't found much cross-format airplay support. She also had never had any rhythmic support (which was competing with CHR as the biggest radio format at the time in terms of audience impressions). This was also Girlfriend's issue. It went to number only on pop radio, whilst stalling at number 13 on HAC (around the same position as songs as like Don't Tell Me, Nobody's Home, and Keep Holding On, all of whom peaked much lower than Girlfriend on pop radio and had much less sales). Even on pop radio it wasn't a dominant hit; it spent a sole week at number one and it was only fourth in terms of audience impressions that week. It also had very little longevity, exiting the top ten just three weeks after hitting the summit. Its relatively moderate radio performance also explains why its Hot 100 longevity was also so unimpressive; it spent its first 18 weeks in the top ten but left the chart just 6 weeks later. To sum up, Girlfriend was not a radio favourite because of its pop-punk sound, leading to it not having a lot of cross-format play and even the format that did support it did so half-heartedly, compromising its longevity and leading to a mediocre airplay performance relative to the songs' downloads success and its cultural recognition.

And then Marcia Cross next

Should've been a single!

I remember reading about the songwriting splits of several pop stars on a pop music subreddit back in the day: To me Rihanna getting 1% song royalties on a song she allegedly wrote kinda confirms she was not very involved with the writing process.

This classic:

Quite an odd pick but I've always been mesmerized by how stunning she looks and how good her vocals sound, plus I love the chair dancing and On a Night Like This is an S-tier song:

Love Moo but she has never struck me as someone with especially high morals.

Album release!

I'm Coming next

Roar is bland, Yes, And? is annoying. Pick your poison.

Liz Phair? Exile in Guyville was so rapturously received, but the follow-ups didn't get that level of praise. The self-titled did decently for her standards commercially, but it was so (unfairly) panned at the time.

This album is sooo good actually! Dancing On The Wall, Eastside Girls, On Call, Girl's Girl, Why Do I Get a Good Feeling >> I am so excited to see them in November.

It sounds like I Didn't Just Come Here To Dance's little sister.

One of her best songs omg.

Yes H.E.R. yes flop

I feel very sad for her parents; they lost both of their children at very young ages in a span of just 3 years.

Her debut single came out 6 years before Katy and Gaga's.

Are you surprised the Queen is still so young even after a 22 year career and 9 albums? Did you catch her at a Bachelorette Party?

Not everyone wants to do penetration #sidehere #foreplaycounts

X going top 20 again almost 20 years after release, deserved for Mama's best album

Oh you hit the nail on the head

Love your signature!