Competition.
While performers may deny it fervently, they well and truly are in direct competition with each other.
An obvious sentiment? Perhaps.
However, with many of today’s acts sharing one other’s ‘casual audience’, it’s oft in the interest of these acts to create the illusion of mutual support at face value, while their teams forge plans to see their act outperform the other on the back end.
A little dramatic on our end? Well, tell that to Katy Perry– the Pop Princess whose inked an exciting new deal with Clear Channel to ensure her new single ‘Roar’ dominates US radio!
With the threat of Lady GaGa’s ‘Applause’ all too potent, Perry has inked a deal with Clear Channel- forging an arrangement whose terms will come into fruition today!
To be specific, 12pm today will see Clear spin ‘Roar’ every hour on the hour on all participating radio stations that the mass media companies own.
How many they own?
850.
Giving US consumers no choice but to consume the uplifting release, this deal will see the number soar on the Billboard Hot 100 this week thanks to its initial airplay surge.
However, in what will guarantee an impressive ascent on the tally, its digital download sales will only be taken into account next week- on course to snatch the top spot from Robin Thicke‘s smash hit single ‘Blurred Lines’.
Needless to say, Camp Perry are leaving nothing to chance this time around, realising that while GaGa will fare far better than she will on the ‘200’, Katy always shone brightest in the Hot 100- hence the moves they’ve put in place to ensure she wins there.
b****
When Mariah did this with Beautful, TGJ accused her of “buying” a hit. It’s ok for Katy to do this though?
^ no , its not okay its some b******* & that why I now have more respect for a flop than a fraud ass b****. . . what type of s*** is this? how can u sleep well at night knowing you subliminally manipulate consumers? success should be NATURAL & ORGANIC smh.
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The song is wack.
What is the point it your single going to no.1 if you had to BUY its place.
Rihanna does this too. And performs it on EVERY tv show in history.
desperate smh.
Receipts of Rihanna doing this??
^ lets not go there, now, Lovebird honey she did a 7 country tour do u think Roc nation doesn’t buy airtime? We’re talking about Jay z , the n**** who had his commercial on every network promoting that samsung ass album
And it is #2 on iTunes. Winning, slaying, snatching wigs. Yassss Katy.
Roar
#1 United States
#1 Armenia
#1 Brazil
#1 Canada
#1 Chile
#1 Cyprus
#1 Greece
#1 Hong Kong
#1 Indonesia
#1 Jordan
#1 Malaysia
#1 Mexico
#1 New Zealand
#1 Nicaragua
#1 Peru
#1 Philippines
#1 Singapore
#1 Spain
#1 Taiwan
#1 Thailand
#1 Turkey
#1 Vietnam
#2 Argentina
#2 Colombia
#2 Costa Rica
#2 Czech Republic
#2 Guatemala
#2 Honduras
#2 Israel
#2 Italy
#2 Moldova
#2 Russia
#2 Sweden
#3 Australia
#3 Finland
#3 France
#3 Hungary
#3 Lebanon
#3 South Africa
#3 Sri Lanka
#3 United Arab Emirates
#4 Malta
#4 Panama
#4 Slovenia
#5 Mongolia
#5 Paraguay
#5 Venezuela
#6 Azerbaijan
#6 Ecuador
#7 Luxembourg
#7 Poland
#8 Netherlands
#8 Norway
#8 Switzerland
#10 Austria
#10 Slovakia
#13 Belgium
#13 Denmark
#13 Germany
#17 Portugal
#21 Ireland
#24 Bahrain
#28 India
#29 El Salvador
#41 United Kingdom
#42 Mauritius
#53 Barbados
#59 Bulgaria
#119 Japan
#151 Ukraine
#157 Saudi Arabia
#218 Estonia
Yes girl, you better post those receipts!
OMG the slayage
#1 boo
Yasssss the slayage has begun.
Cool. I purchased the song. Unfortunate given the Brave comparisons, but you can’t deny that the song isn’t made for radio. It’s great and catchy. Nothing groundbreaking or fresh, but it’s not a typical ‘dance’ track. I’m eager to hear the 2nd single and see how this era spans out.
Smart business, bad artistry. Your music should be dope enough to get spins off it self and the fans. But this the nes business, make deal that buys your album, spin your songs and pay for your videos.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I didn’t know adele did this too *side eyes her as well*
#HONESTY
TGJ you guys are late. This deal happened the day Roar leaked and had been playing on iheartradio stations every hour. Plus she’s one of the headlining acts at thus year’s iHeartRadio festival. The slayage has began. Roar is #1 on iTunes too. With streaming and digital sales Roar will make a decent debut despite Billboard only counting half of its weekly tally due to being released in the middle of the week.
Of course shes using clear channel
Smart move Katy……
Shityonce should take notes…
Why should she? She’s Beyonce who is bigger than Katy and Miley put together. Have a nice day HELP.
^ 4’s lead single chart performance says otherwise
^ But her tour numbers don’t.
Run The World is almost Platinum in the USA while Body part has yet to crack Gold. RTW USA sales >> Body Part and I’m Out combined sales worldwide.
^Body party charted higher than RTW though and RTW been out close to 3 yrs 😆 Lets compare body party in 3 yrs then get @ me 😉 DEAD @ u comparing slow songs to fast songs that was performed everywhere from Oprah finale to Billboard where she was presented with an award. Nice try, ugly 😆
Wait for what lol?
RTWG sold 2 million worldwide, “Bathroom Party” is about to drop off the Top 100 in the states without earning a f****** 1X d*** cheese certification.
The song is beyond basic and silly can’t believe its doing so good the majority has bad taste in music tbh…. Taylor Swift makes better music than Katy Fugly Perry.
A C-error fan should know all about basic.
^ Nothing in ciara’s woman of the year catalog of music says “basic” f*** try again
she won 3 ascaps at only 19 yrs old ===>>>
it’s pissing me off that gaga is rush releasing APPLAUSE just to dethrone roar. but in the long run ROAR will win. No one is here for gaga except her fans and the snippet wasnt that hot and radio will fade the son away just like JUDAS.
No she not weres the proof.
She is thirsty for the attention. I’m over it tbh
A very smart deal. Adele Justin Timberlake and Mariah Carey did this with their lead singles and it worked. I’m sure getting her to perform at this years iHeartRadio festival was part of the deal too. Katy and her team may be the smartest in music. I doubt even with the heavy airplay and digital sales Roar will debut at #1. Billboard will only count three days of digital sales and four of streaming and airplay.
The song is cute but not my cup of tea… I only listen to Urban now.
Its a nice song, I like it!!
Beyoncé and Dead People Sell Magazines, Nicki Minaj Does Not
BY CHARLOTTE COWLES
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WWD has released this year’s magazine newsstand numbers so far, which means it’s time to pit each celebrity’s selling power against the others! Sure, magazines’ newsstand sales matter much less than ad dollars and many other metrics, but isn’t it interesting to see hard data proving that people want to read about Miley Cyrus more than Taylor Swift? Here’s a roundup of publications’ most and least popular issues, and the cover girls who sold them (or didn’t).
Beyoncé (of course) killed it on Vogue’s March cover, which even outsold the magazine’s exclusive interview with Michelle Obama in April. (The numbers: 355,397 to 293,798.) Rooney Mara’s February issue didn’t fare so well, though, possibly because she looked so forlorn.
Audrey Hepburn covered Vanity Fair’s best-selling May issue, while Taylor Swift covered their lowest seller in April. (The numbers: 308,000 to 211,000.) Remember how people did’t buy magazines with Taylor Swift on them in 2012? They still don’t. Meanwhile, this proves that dead people can sell magazines — which explains what Diana is doing on this month’s cover, again.
Lauren Hutton is Town & Country’s best seller, because she is hands-down fabulous and cuts her own hair. You can expect some dead cover girls in this magazine’s future as well, according to editor-in-chief Jay Fielden, who tells WWD, “We love dead people … What genre of books is most popular? Biographies. And those are often about dead people.” (To which we say: Therein lies the difference between books and magazines. But anyway!)
Cosmopolitan’s two top sellers: Miley Cyrus and Kim Kardashian. Worst seller: Rachel Bilson.
Olivia Wilde was Marie Claire’s best seller; Heidi Klum was their worst.
Nicki Minaj’s covers for Elle and T*** Vogue performed badly for both publications. Perhaps it’s because Elle made her look sort of grungy, which is … yikes.
Drew Barrymore was a win for Harper’s Bazaar in March, while Jennifer Lopez tanked in February.
And surprise, Kate Hudson can still sell! She’s behind Glamour’s best-selling April cover (323,810). Also, Anne Hathaway, who made for the second-most popular issue (January, 306,428). Sadly — and a bit surprisingly — Dakota Fanning’s March cover was a bomb.
Girl if you dont get outta here with that b*******.
And if I don’t what are you going to do?……NOTHING
Ooop. And they still shade Beyonces pulling power.
Just a lil Shade for this Monday…..Beyonce has no new muisc and still gets more shine………………….
Bestselling Vogue, bestselling fragrance line, her Superbowl the biggest moment on Twitter this year all with no supporting new area. Just her NAME. Beyonces star power>>>>>>
THE POWER OF BEYONCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Til Bey comes back I will enjoy this cat fight with Gaga and Katy ….oh the irony of it all………………
People won’t waste a damn 0.99$ on this b**** while being featured in every Song out there, why they will waste money on buying a magazine having her ?
Her Career is dead , her latest effort is a Standard Flop on arrival.
➡
Good for HoneyB tho. 😉
lol I don’t really keep up with Nicki, I think she will be find. She should take it easy on the featured and focus more on herself.
But why is she buying airtime though? Surely if the song is great, it will be on heavy rotation on every radio station, without her buying airtime?
This is cheating!! Next she is gonna buy the #1 spot on BB 100
Im pretty sure gaga will be using clear channel aswell.
Nah sis, she don’t need to force her music down peoples throat. People willingly listen to her.
BUT YOU TRIED
Everyone is doing it now, Which Confirm that People are not Interested in your Music so you have to shove it down their throats till they buy it out of “Catching Up” .
The Music industry is Dead.
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IKR, something is really wrong with this blog. Once the comments reach a high number like say 70, I can’t see the ones that follow.. Even after refreshing 😐
Exactly.
Roar
#1 United States
#1 Armenia
#1 Brazil
#1 Canada
#1 Chile
#1 Cyprus
#1 Greece
#1 Hong Kong
#1 Indonesia
#1 Jordan
#1 Malaysia
#1 Mexico
#1 New Zealand
#1 Nicaragua
#1 Peru
#1 Philippines
#1 Singapore
#1 Spain
#1 Taiwan
#1 Thailand
#1 Turkey
#1 Vietnam
#2 Argentina
#2 Colombia
#2 Costa Rica
#2 Czech Republic
#2 Guatemala
#2 Honduras
#2 Israel
#2 Italy
#2 Moldova
#2 Russia
#2 Sweden
#3 Australia
#3 Finland
#3 France
#3 Hungary
#3 Lebanon
#3 South Africa
#3 Sri Lanka
#3 United Arab Emirates
#4 Malta
#4 Panama
#4 Slovenia
#5 Mongolia
#5 Paraguay
#5 Venezuela
#6 Azerbaijan
#6 Ecuador
#7 Luxembourg
#7 Poland
#8 Netherlands
#8 Norway
#8 Switzerland
#10 Austria
#10 Slovakia
#13 Belgium
#13 Denmark
#13 Germany
#17 Portugal
#21 Ireland
#24 Bahrain
#28 India
#29 El Salvador
#41 United Kingdom
#42 Mauritius
#53 Barbados
#59 Bulgaria
#119 Japan
#151 Ukraine
#157 Saudi Arabia
#218 Estonia
HAVE A SEAT B****!
I’m a Navy, Baby.
We have double what you have and Plus 2 bonus #1’s MORE THAN ANY ANY ARTIST from this generation . 😉
good for katy though, so bad it won’t last this long.
Omg I’ve just read that Applause is out today too. Wow!
These artists coming up with more and more creative ways to get that #1 on BB 100/200…
THE STRUGGLE!!!!!!!!!
We need to go back to basics. Do away with downloads and iTunes, people must buy the physical copy… Do away with streaming, people must listen to the radio, and artists mustnt be allowed to buy airtime!!!!!!
Radio is Biased though, look at the post we are in.
I say Stream the Album” wherever you like”, if you like it, support the artist and buy it in the form you like, usually I buy 2 versions, Digital one for Iphone/iPod and such and then the physical copy to blast in the car or anything else.
Make use of everything.
Yep I buy physical copies, I’m old school with it.
@richie:
I still do WHILE it cost A lot, But I’m Rich, No worries. 😉
Life is great@Pop let me find out your my long lost African Brother lol.
Gaga’s 99 cent deal and video release on the iTunes release to capitalize on the new streaming rule though. Artist have found ways to top the charts since they began. Nothing new
GaGa tweeted:
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I like the song im glad she chose something safe & radio friendly as the first single its a great choice can’t wait until the video is released! Im so glad Katys back tbh!
If this was Beyonce or Rihanna certain people would be dragging.
yep, I hate to say this but it’s true. Katy and Gaga = white and Beyonce and Rihanna = Black ….You get it sad but so true.
Artist are desperate now a days. These streams just place these artist high on charts while still not selling anything. Ciara made it to top 25 on BB but Body Party has yet to go gold. What’s the point of these new rules?
body party is r&b and its sold about 350k it will be gold by next months end it was never released to pop radio, just urban & slayed with thousands of impressions there alone 😀
Faf stfu stop with the f****** excuses theres no reason body party shouldn’t not be gold by now the song has been out 5 + months performed on multiple talk shows and even reached top 20
Lol as if Roar isn’t selling though.
Wait gaga so desperate she releasing applause smh.. let katy get her shine s***
Sis you are TRYING the most though, chill down
This is why I say itunes counts wayyyyyyyyyyy too much remember when artists had successful albums? Now the single precedes the album and even MONSTER smashes like “blurred lines” only lead to 170k in sales first week. Albums don’t linger like they used to Mya released “Fear of Flying” and flopped at first until “Free” was released & it grew to be a massive hit.
RIP the industry
You’re acting like mega smash hits leading to flop followup singles and poor album sales is something new. See James Blunt after Beautiful or the guy who sang Bad Day.
GAGA IS RELEASING APPLAUSE TODAY TO RADIOS.
LOL.
SHE IS BEING TOO SHADY. SERIOUSLY.
*Pulls out popcorn*
RIHANNA WHERE U AT
You wack h*** leaked it, so she released it early. Where is the shade in that?
She is taking a break. She tweeted that there will be no new album this year. So we will have to quench our thirrst with Unapologetic and old albums 🙂
Being An Educated , Tech-savvy artist is always a blessing, I will Always give it to GaGa when it comes to this.
She will come off as insecure to “some” though, as if she felt the “heat” from “Roar” and blah blah blah.
Interesting watch.
LOL @ rihanna taking a break. where’s y’all 3rd single? What happened to “I’m out”, I mean “pour it up?” 😆
@faf you’re so shady now hun….Come back to the light babe.
I must say I bought Ciara and it was just alright.
@FAF you’re so shady now hun….Come back to the light babe. lmao
I must say I bought Ciara and it was just alright.
GaGa releasing today makes her seem so desperate
What’s sad if this was Beyonce Ciara Rihanna or Nicki you people would be ripping them apart but since it white girl Katy its coo? This is B*******!
yep just sad the same thing. Sad but so true and it’s no shade towards Katy nor Gaga.
SAID
Go Katy!
@FAF is one annoying B**** you stan for two flops!!! Deal with it h**
RIP TO THE MUSIC INDUSTY
I cant at the hypocritical b****** on this site praising her for doing this.
I hate Clear Channel!
plus 1
So some people tried to drag Mariah and her team for doing this when the woman is over 40 and it´s almost impossible for females that age to be played on radio… but truth is every single singer does it now, including all these young and “current” artists who are slaying (or we are supposed to think so) like Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake or Rihanna. Hell I say yes for Mariah or Madonna doing it if these basic b****** do it. Hell even the flop that is JLo did it with her last single too.
I just want to know where is the fair and unbiased #Shade like you threw when MC did this exact same thing with #Beautiful?
Love ROAR, it’s empowering to me. A little cliche, but she has never been anything but that to me, so i like it for what it is, a catchy pop song. However, this was a coward move, but business is business and you cant knock her hustle. I don’t listen to radio anyway, and im gkad because i dont wanna hear the song on the hour, i’d get bored of it.
LORD if Beyoncé did this a few people on here would be dragging her for the GAWDS! *Side eye* I guess the same goes for Rihanna too…