Rihanna’s ‘Needed Me’ Continues Chart Climb/ ‘Kiss It Better’ Plummets

Published: Tuesday 19th Apr 2016 by That Grape Juice_

 

Was “#FlopLikeRihanna” too soon? For many Rihanna naysayers, it very well may be.

While ‘Kiss It Better’ has yet to gain steam on the Billboard charts, it’s sister single ‘Needed Me’ looks poised to make some surprising moves. How so?

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For as it stands this week, ‘Needed’ is sitting in the Top 40 range on the Billboard Hot 100, having jumped 14 spots from the 47 to the 33 slot.

Meanwhile, fan-favorite ‘Kiss’ seems all but forgotten footnote at the number 83 spot, having slipped from the 80 slot since last week. This, despite the launch of its accompanying video.

“Anti” itself sits at #5 on the Top 200 charts bested Justin Bieber’s “Purpose” and Zayn’s “Mind of Mine”, while Kanye’s “Life of Pablo” stands in the way of the album regaining its #4 spot.

Do you see success in either single’s near future? Are you #TeamNeededMe, #TeamKissitBetter, or #TeamNeither?

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  1. Arfa April 19, 2016

    Shes a fuucking mess

    • LOL April 19, 2016

      LOL NO A MESS WOULD BE THAT HOOKER JAY Z MARRIED STEALING DANITY KANE SONG IDEAS FOR HER COMEBACK LOL.

    • Fancy BISH April 19, 2016

      Needed Me is a VERY GOOD song…I’m a fan of The Weeknd, and this song sounds like something he would sing with some lyric changes, of course…I just heard it today on Spotify…I can’t believe the Navy haven’t snatched my wig yet, since I was throwing pure shade when ANTI first dropped lol…I bought Super Wig Glue, just in case ya’ll try to snatch it lol…let me tell ya, TWO BLACK WOMEN OWN the Billboard Hot 100 all time record for the most weeks at #1! I love it honey! I. LOVE. IT. 🙂 #Hot100RiRi #Hot100MiMi

    • Love April 20, 2016

      Wait let me get this straight so y’all out here claiming Rihanna is “flopping” meanwhile this girl have had the number 1 song in the country for 9 weeks straight, the 2nd person with the most weeks at being #1 beating out the f****** Beatles Lmaoo this same girl who has 14 #1 songs the same girl who is the most viewd person on YouTube the same girl who is the most popular artists on Spotify the same girl who is the most stream artist, the same girl who is breaking records every other day Lmaoo nah nah nah that jealousy and hatred must be running deep but if this is what flopping is I want to floplikerihanna cause I don’t see your faves in any of those categories.

  2. LB April 19, 2016

    If Needed me dethrones Work, I will scream.

    Oh and kiss it better isn’t doing that bad, it is climbing on radio FAST

    Honestly I am shocked needed me is doing better than Kiss it better, I thought for sure KIB would smash first time.

  3. HELP April 19, 2016

    shes trash

    • rosy3 April 19, 2016

      You p**** is trash no one Will sleep with you why it smells like a sewage

  4. Coolness April 19, 2016

    Glass John, the producer behind Kiss It Better was right when he said it was a gem. That’s why so many assumed it would take off right after Work. The fact that this isn’t the case is surprising to me because it seemed like the biggest fan favorite of the album tracks.

    • Toerag April 19, 2016

      That’s the way this era is good tracks don’t do as well as the rubbish ones I like kiss it better and you needed me waa a fav from the first listen I will never like work but like I said look at what out at the moment it fits in like a glove unlike real good songs that seem to struggle and is me or do we have a new age of rappers sounding the same with there styles cos that panda track sounds like 50 tracks that I have heard so far this year even rihanna jumped on the bandwagon with that style with a few of her songs

  5. Rihboy April 19, 2016

    People want that urban grit and kiss it better, tho a jam, isn’t the Rihanna people are keen of these days. She needs to drop the video. It has a James Bond girl tease to it from the pictures I have seen a while ago. It will help. It’s moving up on iTunes and billboard. May crack the top 10 but isk about number 1 just yet. We will see.

  6. Bish Bye April 19, 2016

    See this is why I hate music now. How tf can you all let Work go #1 and Kiss it Better struggle when it’s one of the best songs in her career? #BishBye

    • Rihboy April 19, 2016

      You all. Ain’t just the navy keeping work at1. According to the amount of streaming it’s been getting we had help.

      • rosy3 April 19, 2016

        Rih is mainstream and did not p*** off white people so they helping her stay on top and besides she was seen hugging Taylor Swift these black artist cannot rely on only black people to buy their stuff and music drake took a page put his mama book that’s why drake will always sell albums

  7. B_Roni April 19, 2016

    I told you guys needed me would take off. If you go to iTunes and look at the popularity, needed me has been purchased more than kiss it better. Needed me is just better in my opinion. But if she pops this video and needed me climbs to number 1……….

  8. IStan4Rihanna. April 19, 2016

    “Needed Me”.

    .

    The song is gaining rapidly on SPOTIFY, Airplay and on ITunes and once that video is released… WIGS WILL BE SNATCHED.

    .

    I adore ‘Kiss It Better’ but I knew that ‘Needed Me’ would surpass consider it’s been charting on the Hot 100 since the release of the album. Furthermore, ‘Kiss It Better’ is a guitar-driven, mid-tempo, power-ballad oriented song and Pop radio simply isn’t interested in that right now unless it’s Adele as those type of songs are her niche. I won’t cancel the song out just yet as it’s still growing (I’ll give 3 more weeks to finally decide it’s fate) but it will remain a gem in her catalogue for years.

  9. DIABETIC STROKE April 19, 2016

    Besides maybe 5 tracks the ANTI MIXTAPE/EP (which is only 48 minutes long/less than B’day) is really a PATHETIC showcase. The bad songs ruin what culd have been a great throwback R&B album. Needed me is even worse than work and so is woo & despado. Most of the album is either snippets/interludes or druged up sonically. Only like 3 REAL songs on the whole thing. Rih was right to give it away. Its not worth buying and the sells outside the US show that.

    • rosy3 April 19, 2016

      Why your crusty fat ass on rih post go eat some Biscuit and gravy go away peasant

    • LOL April 19, 2016

      LOL AND YET FLOPMATION COULDN’T EVEN OUTCHART AN INTERLUDE LOL.

    • Toerag April 19, 2016

      No no no your wrong work is Awful woo is nice I like one as well

  10. Mariah The Legend April 19, 2016

    Is this blog on Beyonce’s payroll? where was the article about Formation flopping and failing to chart? where is the article about no one showing up to buy Ivy Flop clothing? biased much? LMFAOOOOOOOO #FlopLikeBeyonce

    • rosy3 April 19, 2016

      Where is the post about her liNE flopping in nordstrom instead they coming for rih kiss it better which is out performing fornication really grape nasty juice

    • RihYonce April 19, 2016

      Stfu !!! Formation was free ! & it wasn’t available for streaming either nor was it listed on vevo . IVY park is selling out & it’s only a temporary line so your shade is whack , when her album drops nobody is gonna care for Rihanna & you. Can bet on that which is why her album came first

      • Love April 20, 2016

        Didn’t y’all say the same thing about work when formation came out but yet many many weeks later work is number 1 and formation came and went no one talked about that s*** after a week past.

  11. LOL April 19, 2016

    LOL DEFLECTING FROM THE FACT THAT ALL OF THOSE SONGS OUTPEAKED FLOPMATION LOL.

    #FLOPLIKEBEYONCE

    • RihYonce April 19, 2016

      And beyonces album will outsell ANTI in a single day. ????

  12. #Beautiful April 19, 2016

    It was NOT a good idea to release both at the same time. Both are somewhat urban song… When you release them both normally the GP and radios have to pick one. #JusticeForKissItBetta

  13. kmilan April 19, 2016

    Sam So shady you must really like rihanna

  14. RihYonce April 19, 2016

    I love “kiss it better” personally my favorite on the album , I hope it will at least crack the top 10 it deserves it , “needed me” video should’ve been dropped on the same day the video dropped for “kiss it better”

  15. ???Chile, take this “Itty Bitty Piggy” to the market and make sure you hold her hand while crossing the street!??? April 19, 2016

    Top 40 already!!! @LB and @Stan, she did it again, y’all!!!!

  16. ilovemusic April 19, 2016

    That’s because this song is amazing.

  17. Sam April 19, 2016

    Kiss it better would be doing better if the video had been better because tbh it’s a totally waste, kinda like the original “work” video.
    I think that people brought the album based off KIB and Work and then were surprised by the rest which has continued to keep sales and streams stable.
    I was really disappointed with the video considering the team and resources Rihanna has, as well as the BBHMM & Work videos and the clips seen for the needing me video.

  18. datredd23 April 19, 2016

    Anti tour 1,432,620 attendance of 20,737 Bell Centre Montreal

  19. Samsung brought my albums April 19, 2016

    Samsung is giving away needed me?

  20. Jay_Scorpio_Navy_2005 April 19, 2016

    KISS IT BETTER like Cheers to the freakn Weekend was released just for the fans but we all know NEEDED ME was always the 2nd Single from ANTI so its really no surprise that Kiss It Better is not doing well on the charts

    NEEDED ME has not been officially released as WORK is still dominating the charts poised to be her longest Number 1 Single if it continues to post big numbers

  21. FORMATION #FLOP April 19, 2016

    Needed me will go str8 to no1 once the video drop

  22. FC/JC April 19, 2016

    FLOP

  23. Tran uk anti bloper honioey love but it okay girl April 21, 2016

    Riri will release a second anti album

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