UK Charts Discussion - Track "Applause" here!

[Jase 13,236]

iTunes Update
 

01. Wake Me Up - Avicii

02. Love Me Again - John Newman
03. Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. & Pharrell) - Robin Thicke
04. I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) - Icona Pop
05. Bang Bang - will.i.am
06. Come & Get It - Selena Gomez
07. Reload (Vocal Version) [Radio Edit] - Sebastian Ingrosso, Tommy Trash & John Martin
08. La La La (feat. Sam Smith) - Naughty Boy
09. Jack - Breach
10. Let Her Go - Passenger

 

11. The Other Side - Jason Derulo

12. Holy Grail (feat. Justin Timberlake) - Jay-Z

13. Here's To Never Growing Up - Avril Lavigne
14. Brokenhearted (feat. B.o.B) - Lawson
15. Lost & Not Found (feat. Louis M^ttrs) - Chase & Status
16. Everything Has Changed (feat. Ed Sheeran) - Taylor Swift

17. Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. & Pharrell) - Robin Thicke
18. Wild (feat. Big Sean & Dizzee Rascal) - Jessie J
19. Treasure - Bruno Mars
20. Walks Like Rihanna - The Wanted

 

21. True Love (feat. Lily Allen) - P!nk

22. Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys

23. Lighthouse - Lucy Spraggan
24. Play Hard (feat. Ne-Yo & Akon) - David Guetta

25. Dear Darlin' - Olly Murs

26. Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams) - Daft Punk

27. Bounce - Iggy Azalea
28. Crazy Kids (feat. will.i.am) - Ke$ha

29. Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton) - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
30. Antenna (UK Radio Edit) - Fuse ODG

 

31. Get Lucky (Radio Edit) [feat. Pharrell Williams] - Daft Punk

32. Heart Attack - Demi Lovato
33. #Beautiful (feat. Miguel) - Mariah Carey

34. Another Love - Tom Odell

35. What Love is Made Of - Katy B

36. Lighters (The One) - Gabz
37. Black Skinhead - Kanye West

38. Thinking About You (feat. Ayah Marar) - Calvin Harris

39. Miss Jackson (feat. Lolo) - Panic! At the Disco
40. Waiting All Night (feat. Ella Eyre) - Rudimental

Bubbling Under
 

54. Tunnel Vision - Justin Timberlake
83. It's Time - Imagine Dragons
95. Babel - Mumford & Sons

[Diamond Heart 4,400]

I didnt expect Come & Get It to be doing so well tbh 

[StrawberryBlond 14,718]

What is going on with Right Now? It's not impacting anywhere. On the release info, it claims its been sent to radio on June 12th and was available for download on July 8th. But It's only sitting at #97 in the UK (it debuted at #36 when the album was released). It has no video and there doesn't seem to be an overall worldwide release and it is the next worldwide single. I've noticed that Rihanna's team seem to be letting everything after the second single flop recently. TTT seemed to halt all promotion after WFL which is weird because she should have milked its success to get a huge second single. It's no wonder that album's singles are almost completely unknown by the public. And it seemed that after Stay ran its course, Def Jam stopped caring and just focused on putting her on tour. The whole point of putting out a mega generic single like Right Now is to achieve a hit, so why is it being allowed to flop? Interest in Rihanna's album has taken a dramatic dip (it was at #75 last week and hasn't improved much since then), which is very unusual for her at this stage and her UK stint of the tour will be over on Friday, so she'll have had her promotional opportunities are about to run dry for this era. If this were Gaga, we'd be going nuts with "WTF is going on with her new single?!" posts.

[Jase 13,236]

What is going on with Right Now? It's not impacting anywhere. On the release info, it claims its been sent to radio on June 12th and was available for download on July 8th. But It's only sitting at #97 in the UK (it debuted at #36 when the album was released). It has no video and there doesn't seem to be an overall worldwide release and it is the next worldwide single. I've noticed that Rihanna's team seem to be letting everything after the second single flop recently. TTT seemed to halt all promotion after WFL which is weird because she should have milked its success to get a huge second single. It's no wonder that album's singles are almost completely unknown by the public. And it seemed that after Stay ran its course, Def Jam stopped caring and just focused on putting her on tour. The whole point of putting out a mega generic single like Right Now is to achieve a hit, so why is it being allowed to flop? Interest in Rihanna's album has taken a dramatic dip (it was at #75 last week and hasn't improved much since then), which is very unusual for her at this stage and her UK stint of the tour will be over on Friday, so she'll have had her promotional opportunities are about to run dry for this era. If this were Gaga, we'd be going nuts with "WTF is going on with her new single?!" posts.

 

Its been available to download since Unapologetic was released; people just cherrypick/download it from the album. As for what's going on? Absolutely nothing. I can confirm it hasn't ONCE even cracked the itunes top 100 here. it's one of the biggest flops of her career here, and Radio 1 + Capital have both dropped it from their playlists.

 

I couldn't be more confused because it's a generic club banger which the public love (and club bangers are NOT going out of style here; I mean look at 'Play Hard' by David Guetta, which has performed very well), and, well, it's Rihanna, and she always does well here.

[Klou 2,414]

I don't get why people are confused as to why Right Now isn't performing. It's simply just not a good song.

[Better Day 5,766]

I don't get why people are confused as to why Right Now isn't performing. It's simply just not a good song.

It's sounds like your average generic dance song that the GP loves

[SomethingMore 1,701]

Gaga is sooo going to snatch Rihanna's wig for biggest female artist in the USA 

[Fame IV 4,426]

33 days to go!

[Jase 13,236]

I don't get why people are confused as to why Right Now isn't performing.

...because Rihanna always has mega hits in the UK and it's a generic dance song which the public love? It's really not that hard to understand why people are confused

[Jase 13,236]

iTunes Update

 

01. Wake Me Up - Avicii

02. Love Me Again - John Newman
03. Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. & Pharrell) - Robin Thicke
04. I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) - Icona Pop
05. Bang Bang - will.i.am

06. Reload (Vocal Version) [Radio Edit] - Sebastian Ingrosso, Tommy Trash & John Martin
07. Come & Get It - Selena Gomez
08. La La La (feat. Sam Smith) - Naughty Boy
09. Jack - Breach
10. Let Her Go - Passenger

 

11. The Other Side - Jason Derulo

12. Holy Grail (feat. Justin Timberlake) - Jay-Z

13. Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. & Pharrell) - Robin Thicke
14. Everything Has Changed (feat. Ed Sheeran) - Taylor Swift

15. Here's To Never Growing Up - Avril Lavigne

16. Lost & Not Found (feat. Louis M^ttrs) - Chase & Status

17. Brokenhearted (feat. B.o.B) - Lawson

18. Treasure - Bruno Mars
19. Wild (feat. Big Sean & Dizzee Rascal) - Jessie J

20. True Love (feat. Lily Allen) - P!nk

 

21. Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys

22. Lighthouse - Lucy Spraggan

23. Walks Like Rihanna - The Wanted
24. Play Hard (feat. Ne-Yo & Akon) - David Guetta

25. Dear Darlin' - Olly Murs

26. Antenna (UK Radio Edit) - Fuse ODG

27. Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton) - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

28. Bounce - Iggy Azalea

29. Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams) - Daft Punk

30. Get Lucky (Radio Edit) [feat. Pharrell Williams] - Daft Punk

 

31. Crazy Kids (feat. will.i.am) - Ke$ha

32. #Beautiful (feat. Miguel) - Mariah Carey

33. Heart Attack - Demi Lovato

34. Thinking About You (feat. Ayah Marar) - Calvin Harris

35. Another Love - Tom Odell

36. Take Back the Night - Justin Timberlake

37. Lighters (The One) - Gabz

38. What Love is Made Of - Katy B
39. Black Skinhead - Kanye West

40. Miss Jackson (feat. Lolo) - Panic! At the Disco

 

Bubbling Under

 

62. Tunnel Vision - Justin Timberlake
71. It's Time - Imagine Dragons

97. Home - Gabrielle Aplin

[Klou 2,414]

...because Rihanna always has mega hits in the UK and it's a generic dance song which the public love? It's really not that hard to understand why people are confused

 

Just because something is generic doesn't automatically imply that the GP will like it. They're not buying it so they obviously don't like it enough.

[craig 680]

I don't get why people are confused as to why Right Now isn't performing. It's simply just not a good song.

 

I agree, it's a 2nd rate David Guetta production with 3rd rate lyrics about "living for the moment" (which remind me of every recent Pitbill song). Plus hardcore Rihanna fans already have the album, and there hasn't been decent promo.

 

There is no such thing as a "generic sound" the public likes. Every sound goes through a cycle from risky, to fresh, to safe, to stale, to behind the times.

[Jase 13,236]

Just because something is generic doesn't automatically imply that the GP will like it. They're not buying it so they obviously don't like it enough.

 

You're giving the GP too much credit

 

Rihanna's star could very well be fading in the UK. It's not as clear-cut as you make it out to be.

I agree, it's a 2nd rate David Guetta production with 3rd rate lyrics about "living for the moment" (which remind me of every recent Pitbill song). Plus hardcore Rihanna fans already have the album, and there hasn't been decent promo.

 

...Where Have You Been (another generic club hit) was released after TTT sold well + had no promo, and it did really well...so...yeah.

[craig 680]

 

 

...Where Have You Been (another generic club hit) was released after TTT sold well + had no promo, and it did really well...so...yeah.

 

Calvin then was a lot fresher than Guetta now (the breakdown thing etc). That's one of C's best song, but Rights Now is hardly one of G's best.

 

It was also closer to Rihanna's UK peak in the Loud era.

But she flopped with the 2nd single from TTT too, even though it was a Dr. Luke production.

[Jase 13,236]

Calvin then was a lot fresher than Guetta now (the breakdown thing etc). That's one of C's best song, but Rights Now is hardly one of G's best.

 

It was also closer to Rihanna's UK peak in the Loud era.

But she flopped with the 2nd single from TTT too, even though it was a Dr. Luke production.

 

Guetta's still "in", though...

 

Sorry, but this isn't about the quality of the song. Rihanna's released some absolute turds over the years (Hello, You Da One), and they've always performed at least decently. Right Now is possibly the biggest flop of her career EVEN WITH Radio 1 + Capital support, and her album currently sits at #69 on the album chart. It's getting very apparent that the public are becoming bored.