rolling pop 2011

I hope it at least means that we get "Pass Out" next.

Or maybe something awesome and new.

jessie j has broken the hot 100

this is just the beginning

i hope that one day when the books on 50 cent as a marketer AND viral marketing successes in music are written, that everyone remembers when 50 cent came on to dance to jeremih's "down on me" w/ some random internet dude in a video that now sits at 29 million views (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=50+cent+down+on+me+keenan&aq=) in the process vaulting a jeremih song that no one cared about to one of the biggest rap/r&b hits of 2011

that's pretty weird! i've heard the song on the radio a lot for a while, though, don't know if that video really has anything to do w/ that.

idk if there's any way to check a song's billboard performance by a week but i'm almost positive that the song had a fairly large re-entry into the hot 100 (like into the 80s maybe) the week after that video dropped & has risen slowly to where it is now

yeah it's possible, i could see it getting a bump from that but it seemed somewhat pre-destined as a hit (at least moreso than any other recent Jeremih and/or 50 song) from the jump

that jeremih album was mad underrated around here, not a lot of possible singles like the first one (which is a classic) but i guess by virtue of having fiddy this one's a good choice. not one of my favorite songs from it tho

http://acharts.us/song/58713

check the boxes for the "us singles top 100" (the hot 100) and "us airplay top 100" (hot 100 airplay) then click the "draw graph" thing to have it draw a pretty picture for you. to me it looks like a pretty typical chart trajectory: debuts, falls a little bit because initial sales begin to lag while airplay catches up, then eventually things align pretty well until it eventually peaks. that video was released november 8th, which was during billboard's sales tracking week going from the 8th to the 14th. for whatever strange reason, this corresponds to the chart dated november 27th, which is actually when the track debuted on the hot 100 at #67.

that said, i think that vid has definitely done something because i have at least one friend who only heard the song because of that video.

in other news, i am kind of shocked that a jennifer lopez song is in the upper reaches of the itunes singles chart right now.

it was dormant for two months (on itunes in mid sept), video w/ famous internet star is posted, track debuts in the top 70 of the hot 100 = a pretty good case that the video made it a hit (or at least sparked it to be a hit)

oh wow, it was out in september. yeah that definitely makes sense then

oh so that's why that jeremih song has been hanging round the uk charts too despite no evidence of any promo push lol

down on me is a drumma boy production fwiw

i doubt that anyone cares about such things but the pitbull/t-pain hit is suuuuuch a rip off of "sexy bitch"

I don't think I've been able to listen to it long enough to go into comparisons.

"Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor)" is so soul-killingly unpleasant it makes me want to forget ever listening to and enjoying any music by either Pitbull or T-Pain.

the lyrics in the chorus are beyond nonsensical

the funny thing is that benny benassi apparently is trying to do some david guetta thing & he got t-pain on the first single called "electroman" or some shit & it sounds juuust like the pitbull song minus anyone caring about it

"Hey Baby" is also the only top 10 hit T-Pain's had in the past 2+ years besides "Blame It," which is just so wrong.

i almost feel happy for pitbull that he can just go top 10 on autopilot now but yeah that song

it's almost like T-Pain is purposefully pronouncing his R's like Ke$ha now

"Hey Baby" is also the only top 10 hit T-Pain's had in the past 2+ years besides "Blame It," which is just so wrong.

So so true.

Pitbull released at least two singles last year that are exponentially fucking better than this.

PitbullEvery musician that released two singles last year released at least two singles last year that are exponentially fucking better than this.

Except Ke$ha.

RIHANNA AND CIARA ARE TWITTER BEEFING

ciara Ciara
Trust me Rhianna u dont want to see me on or off the stage

someone fucked someone

yooo

rihanna Rihanna
Good luck with bookin that stage u speak of

yooooooooooooo

Rihanna could NEVER

Good luck with bookin that stage u speak of

burn!

rihanna Rihanna
Ciara baby, I love u girl! U hurt my feelings real bad on TV! I'm heartbroken! That's y I retaliated this way! So sorry! #letsmakeup

from what i can tell, ciara was doing a fashion police kinda thing on E! tonight & she must've said something about something rihanna was wearing

#letsmakeup

my heart would not be able to handle a legit ciara/rihanna beef

is it over already??? so disappointing if it was

ha

at this

hahahahahahahahaha

#letsmakeup has to be the best part

lol at how they didn't actually @ each other

also that brief beef happened just as i got back from the rave at 6.30am in a somewhat altered state and i genuinely didn't think i could cope

"did i 4get to tip u #howrudeofme" is clearly the greatest thing anybody has ever said on twitter.

anyway is it likely that demi lovato will release an album this year? please say yes. i want it to be dramatic and tragic and amazing with lots of angry "Got Dynamite"-ish songs. is that too much to ask for.

it's supposed to come out in the spring, from what she's been saying about the album and what producers she's working with i'm guessing it'll be clubby love songs and not very dramatic or angry

the new willow single dropped yesterday fwiw

as suspected, it's not bad, but sadly kinda generic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g33vTF3k8kU

actually i kinda like this -- beat is bubbly in a cool way

wanna hear ramzi's opinion on it

idnf/w that

yah

^^

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