Pretty Girls is a bomb: almost out of Top 20 after 5 days

[Cupid Boy 410]

 

Those hoping that Britney Spears would return to chart relevancy by recording a song with Iggy Azalea have some bad news. “Pretty Girls” is about to fall out of the Top 20 at iTunesafter only five days. The song is still shaded with a dark pink bar, which means the single is losing sales at a very high rate. Perhaps hurting her ankle isn’t Britney Spears’ biggest problem these days.

Billboard recently tried to positively hype the song, noting that it will debut in the Top 40 on next week’s Hot 100 chart.

“The single, released on RCA Records, is heading for a top 40 debut on the Billboard Hot 100 next week. (Highlights of the chart will post on Billboard.com on Wednesday, May 13, with the full chart to post the following day.) The track premiered May 4, after leaking a day earlier, and is off to a solid first week…’Pretty Girls’ is on course to sell upward of 100,000 downloads in its first week (ending May 10), according to industry forecasters.”

Several people ripped Billboard apart in the comments section of their article, noting that not only is “Pretty Girls” falling fast, but it hasn’t sold nearly what Britney Spears’ other new songs have in the past during the first week of release. Commenter Tiny Muldoon Lamb had some harsh words.

“Billboard needs to stop accepting money from Britney Spears’ camp. The song may debut in the Top 40, but it will drop like a fly after that. In any case, a top 40 debut is pretty bad, considering Britney has debuted at No. 1 in the past with new singles. The song is dropping off Amazon and iTunes faster than any song I’ve seen in ages. Tell us the truth, Billboard!”

“Pretty Girls” has received mixed reviews. The New York Post‘s Hardeep Phull, who is one of the most respected music critics today, gave “Pretty Girls” a half star out of five and calls the song “tragically bad.”

“Remember 2014, when music was better? Iggy Azalea obviously does, and that’s why her long-awaited Britney Spears collaboration has turned out to be a woefully formulaic rehash of last summer’s smash ‘Fancy.’ Flimsy electro breaks, Britney’s plastic sassiness, and another inane Iggy rap make this an embarrassment for all concerned.”

The lack of success for “Pretty Girls” could hurt Britney Spears’ next album project, which Giorgio Moroder helped produce. Britney Spears’ last album Britney Jean was considered a huge flop. Britney Spears, however, is having a very successful run of concerts in Las Vegas and is not about to go broke anytime soon.

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[artpopmess 369]

But I thought everyone said Iggy was a big deal. This doesn't add up

[Creyk 17,821]

Wait, but it Has Iggy in it!How is this possible? 

[Paper Gangsta 6,693]

It just got dark green update on iTunes  

[Bitch 180]

The song is horrible. Not surprised

[Enhsa 2,043]

 

[OBEY 57,109]

let's wait for the video, growth on radio + billboard performance
then, after we can say if the song is a flop or not

[Supersonic 49,376]

The racist curse of Eggy Eggz

[barcodemonster 3,525]

Laziness = flop single 

the song is like the 3rd rehash of fancy and the lyrics were probavly written by a ghost writer. Laziness doesn't get you a hit song. Either labels are stupid or Iggy and Britney didn't intend for this to go #1 because no hits now a days are created out of laziness. It's a repeated cycle 

[Fizzy 2,217]

It just got dark green update on iTunes  

It's also #20 tho

 

[RAMROD 109,713]

Wait, but it Has Iggy in it!How is this possible? 

omg is this sracasm, I lahv it if so tbh. 

[Born To Slay 10,996]

The video and award show performance are coming to help it and the song is off to a good start on radio, let's judge in a few weeks.

[Chic 20,830]

Tbh I think there are more important things to worry about than the Billboard chart position of a Britney/Iggy song. Not to mention the charts are determined by marketability rather than quality for the most part, as much as we'd like to validate our tastes in music in this way. Being away from GGD has really taught me that in the scheme of things, music is music and I couldn't give any less of a **** whether or not this singer is SLAYING and DRAGGING that generic ho. Like, no. The fact that music should be therapeutic and people always seem to get their panties in a knot over it is really backwards imo. I could only /wish/ an Iggy song's chart position was my primary source of concern in this life.

 

Not to derail your topic, js

[Fiona Apple 13,006]

Not yet a bomb.It is raising on the radio,the video isn't out yet and the performance is in one week. 

[Creyk 17,821]

Tbh I think there are more important things to worry about than the Billboard chart position of a Britney/Iggy song. Being away from GGD has really taught me that in the scheme of things, music is music and I couldn't give any less of a **** whether or not this singer is SLAYING and DRAGGING that generic ho. Like, no. The fact that music should be therapeutic and people always seem to get their panties in a knot over it is really backwards imo. I could only /wish/ an Iggy song's chart position was my primary source of concern in this life.

 

Not to derail your topic, js

​I don't think it's a big priority in anyone's life, but we are here to discuss pop culture and this is a part of that. No need to take everything so seriously