US Charts Discussion

[Mills 446]

BTW got a DEAL and It was Born This Way a.k.a the most anticipated thing in music for the last 10 years by The new Queen of POP - Lady Gaga   there was no payola It was all legal and It was normal .. most stations played the song every hour without even a deal

Agreed. Coming off from an era like the TF/TFM where she scored 6 consecutive #1 Pop Songs and simply dominated everything, from awards to album sales, wouldn't need any "payola". It was the hype and anticipation alone that drove BTW, the lead single, to the top of the charts back then. Nothing else. 

[Bt1 5,213]

WTF ? BTW is one of the best songs written in recent years .. don't let the hate for the song get to you ...  BTW has 0 flaws seriously, I hate how underrated this song is   And the song as a whole doesn't matter .. the slayage was always going to be this big ..  Lady Gaga was everything back then...

She only need it Judas to change that.

[MonsterMum 2,532]

Imagine slayage if it was actualy good song and song loved by the public

 

Huh? It's a good song and been a number 1 hit around the world? 

[Bt1 5,213]

I like BTW enough but it is a bit underwhelming... Now imagine if The Edge of Glory was released as the lead single :nooo: The slayage would have been real and the rest of the era would have gone more smoothly.

I dont know. BTW had also the gay factor.

[Mariano 958]

BTW sold 8.2M in 2011 alone - as much as Rolling in the deep sold WW in 2011 ... then in 2012 RITD outsold BTW by far, but in 2011 BTW was as successful WW as RITD which is a lot .. and Imagine if BTW sold as much in the USA as RITD did ... the song would've been 10M WW..

[Jjang 2,262]

So Applause sold 2M in the US already??

*2.101m

[Harry 26,836]

1. EMINEM – The Monster f/Rihanna: 181.522 (- 6.146)
2. ONEREPUBLIC – Counting Stars: 163.775 (- 4.915)
3. IMAGINE DRAGONS – Demons: 153.923 (- 4.558)
4. AVICII – Wake Me Up: 140.329 (- 4.486)
5. PITBULL – Timber f/Ke$ha: 127.022 (- 3.351)
6. LORDE – Royals: 126.017 (- 3.294)
7. DRAKE – Hold On We’re, Going Home: 112.311 (- 1.591)
8. PASSENGER – Let Her Go: 88.320 (- 1.585)
9. ZEDD – Stay The Night f/H. Williams: 82.012 (- 3.055)
10. LADY GAGA – Do What U Want f/R. Kelly: 75.845 (- 1.350)

 

11. ELLIE GOULDING – Burn: 73.738 (- 2.430)
12. MILEY CYRUS – Wrecking Ball: 73.708 (- 1.926)
13. NEIGHBOURHOOD – Sweater Weather: 70.309 (- 1.272)
14. KATY PERRY – Roar: 68.692 (- 2.201)
15. MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS – White Walls f/ScHoolboy Q: 67.167 (- 1.397)
16. LORDE – Team: 64.881 (- 0.882)
17. MARIAH CAREY – All I Want For Christmas Is…: 63.239 (+ 5.717)â–²
18. A GREAT BIG WORLD – Say Something w/C. Aguilera: 63.003 (- 1.291) â–¼
19. ONE DIRECTION – Story Of My Life: 61.943 (- 1.610)â–¼
20. LADY GAGA – Applause: 59.195 (- 0.842) â–¼

 

All songs got negative because it was Christmas Day. However DWUW got the best update in the top ten.

[Paper Gangsta 6,693]

Huh? It's a good song and been a number 1 hit around the world? 

 

BTW sold 8.2M in 2011 alone - as much as Rolling in the deep sold WW in 2011 ... then in 2012 RITD outsold BTW by far, but in 2011 BTW was as successful WW as RITD which is a lot .. and Imagine if BTW sold as much in the USA as RITD did ... the song would've been 10M WW..

I didn't say it flopped. But main reason of its sucess was because of monumentum it had back then. If Gaga released Applause instead BTW i guess it would have sold around 6m only in US

[Mills 446]

1. EMINEM – The Monster f/Rihanna: 181.522 (- 6.146)

2. ONEREPUBLIC – Counting Stars: 163.775 (- 4.915)

3. IMAGINE DRAGONS – Demons: 153.923 (- 4.558)

4. AVICII – Wake Me Up: 140.329 (- 4.486)

5. PITBULL – Timber f/Ke$ha: 127.022 (- 3.351)

6. LORDE – Royals: 126.017 (- 3.294)

7. DRAKE – Hold On We’re, Going Home: 112.311 (- 1.591)

8. PASSENGER – Let Her Go: 88.320 (- 1.585)

9. ZEDD – Stay The Night f/H. Williams: 82.012 (- 3.055)

10. LADY GAGA – Do What U Want f/R. Kelly: 75.845 (- 1.350)

 

11. ELLIE GOULDING – Burn: 73.738 (- 2.430)

12. MILEY CYRUS – Wrecking Ball: 73.708 (- 1.926)

13. NEIGHBOURHOOD – Sweater Weather: 70.309 (- 1.272)

14. KATY PERRY – Roar: 68.692 (- 2.201)

15. MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS – White Walls f/ScHoolboy Q: 67.167 (- 1.397)

16. LORDE – Team: 64.881 (- 0.882)

17. MARIAH CAREY – All I Want For Christmas Is…: 63.239 (+ 5.717)â–²

18. A GREAT BIG WORLD – Say Something w/C. Aguilera: 63.003 (- 1.291) â–¼

19. ONE DIRECTION – Story Of My Life: 61.943 (- 1.610)â–¼

20. LADY GAGA – Applause: 59.195 (- 0.842) â–¼

 

All songs got negative because it was Christmas Day. However DWUW got the best update in the top ten.

And DWUW is still in the top 10, contrary to what some people predicted. 

[Paper Gangsta 6,693]

I like BTW enough but it is a bit underwhelming... Now imagine if The Edge of Glory was released as the lead single :nooo: The slayage would have been real and the rest of the era would have gone more smoothly.

MTE

[GagaStan95 10,478]

10. LADY GAGA – Do What U Want f/R. Kelly: 75.845 (- 1.350)

[MonsterMum 2,532]

I didn't say it flopped. But main reason of its sucess was because of monumentum it had back then. If Gaga released Applause instead BTW i guess it would have sold around 6m only in US

 

Yes the name Gaga was a selling point. Now it's harder for her and I don't see a problem in that tbh.

 

Maybe it re-lights that little fire in her that she wants to crawl her way up again, on different occassions she has stated that it feels like a new beginning to her.

Or maybe this is what it's gonna be like. Music not for the masses but for the refined that don't mind spending a bit of time looking for references and meanings. 

Only time will tell...

[Mills 446]

Here are some of the notable updates outside the top 20:

 

KATY PERRY – Dark Horse: 43.006 (+ 0.301)

BEYONCE – Drunk In Love f/Jay Z: 28.314 (+ 0.201)

BEYONCE – XO: 17.391 (+ 0.377)

[GagaMyBlood95 9,915]

DWUW getting the best update in TOP 10

[PatrickMonster 6,515]

amazing update to DWUW, smallest decrease in the top 10