question! who picks the singles? o_O they really should pay attention to the consumers. i feel that the people getting paid to choose singles are jaded. they're getting paid & they're looking at songs differently. i feel like they focus more on what's hot now, with the type of sound the single has and who's featured...the two factors that these people think will make the single a chart-topper.

i guess it works for artists that are already hot on the market. consumers expect hot features and the mainstream sound. but for a relatively 'new' artist, they should be picking singles that shows off the artist and the song that's relate-able. grab your consumers in that approach, instead of relying on features and the particular sound that's 'in.'

for example, One Night Stand i feel was chosen because FAME was about to be released, and they relied on Chris and that song to push for One Night Stand's success. the audience that they used to determine the next single off of NBA was Chris's, not Keri's. Don't get me wrong, the song was hot, but they shoulda targeted Keri's core audience. there were other songs on NBA that could have had single potential i.e. Beautiful Mistake and Buyou and Gimme What I Want and even the mid-tempo Toy Soldier.

So for album 3, i'm honestly suggesting to ask her True Blues about her singles lol (seriously) *wink*