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Post by I'M ON ONE on May 4, 2010 15:56:17 GMT -5
16 11 USHER OMG f/will.i.am 5467 4154 1313 36.641
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on May 5, 2010 12:08:10 GMT -5
Congrats Usher!
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Post by Grenade on May 5, 2010 12:09:54 GMT -5
SMASH! Go Usher!
I'm glad this was able to sneak in a week at #1 because Eminem might take over next week, plus this is falling on iTunes.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on May 5, 2010 14:56:11 GMT -5
He has NINE Hot 100 #1's?? That seems like alot, but he racked the bulk of them up during the Confessions era (I forget how huge that era was for him).
It's also weird that "Nice and Slow" was his first #1 on the Hot 100 and "U Make Me Wanna" wasn't.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on May 6, 2010 6:07:15 GMT -5
Four of his nine #1's are from the Confessions era.
The only reason "You Make Me Wanna..." didn't go to #1 is because it came out at the same time as Elton John's memorial song to Princess Diana.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on May 7, 2010 16:00:57 GMT -5
Top 10 at Pop!
13 10 USHER OMG f/will.i.am 6006 4823 1183 39.64
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Post by I'M ON ONE on May 10, 2010 19:36:00 GMT -5
Usher had Oprah and her audience saying “OMG” when he performed his No. 1 single with will.i.am on Monday’s “Oprah Winfrey Show.” Also, find out who Usher has been popping bottles (of milk) with lately, below.
Usher then appeared in the studio at the end of the show to perform his #1 hit "OMG," produced by Will.I.Am. The singer had fun during his appearance, dancing with Oprah and even tossing his designer shades toward her after he walked away from their twirl.
Oprah was fully engaged in Usher's performance, especially during the song's chanting "Oh, oh, oh," which she repeated while wearing Usher's shades.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on May 11, 2010 19:09:48 GMT -5
11 8 USHER OMG f/will.i.am 6768 5472 1296 44.032
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Post by angeltimes on May 12, 2010 7:36:37 GMT -5
A lot of people have been buzzing about his Oprah performance. Good Job
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Post by The Music Man on May 15, 2010 11:04:34 GMT -5
This is growing on me slightly, but the song structure is so strange to me. With only two verses in four minutes, it kind of meanders all over the place; half the time I get distracted midway through. The monotone delivery doesn't help, either. Usher sounds like he was preoccupied reading emails on his Blackberry while he laid down the vocals.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2010 12:21:28 GMT -5
This is growing on me slightly, but the song structure is so strange to me. With only two verses in four minutes, it kind of meanders all over the place; half the time I get distracted midway through. The monotone delivery doesn't help, either. Usher sounds like he was preoccupied reading emails on his Blackberry while he laid down the vocals. Yeah, the vocals are too Will.I.Am and not Usher enough...plus the lyrics are so campy and unlike him, too. Plus, the production is pretty turgid, even compared to Will's recent stuff for the B.E.P. Honestly, while I don't love the album, it's MUCH better than Here I Stand, and I wish they had pushed "Little Freak" as hard...that one was epic, and came off as much more...genuine. I also really like "There Goes My Baby." This is kind of like his E=MC2 (quality-wise), except his third single went to number one instead of the first.
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Post by Chains on May 19, 2010 19:53:54 GMT -5
This is kind of like his E=MC2 (quality-wise), except his third single went to number one instead of the first. I completely disagree. I don't think this could be compared to E=MC2 in any way.
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Post by cking33 on May 19, 2010 21:40:12 GMT -5
This is growing on me slightly, but the song structure is so strange to me. With only two verses in four minutes, it kind of meanders all over the place; half the time I get distracted midway through. The monotone delivery doesn't help, either. Usher sounds like he was preoccupied reading emails on his Blackberry while he laid down the vocals. I feel exactly the same, but he must be doing something right on this one, because obviously people like it. smh.
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Post by angeltimes on May 20, 2010 1:10:19 GMT -5
This being the 3rd single and having 3 other moderate hits before it worked better for him and is going to give his album longer legs IMO.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2010 1:41:33 GMT -5
This being the 3rd single and having 3 other moderate hits before it worked better for him and is going to give his album longer legs IMO. How so? There's nothing else remotely poppy on the record.
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Post by Someone Like You on May 20, 2010 4:39:55 GMT -5
It doesn't have to be poppy, Urban likes Usher even when he has a mediocre record.
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Post by Q on May 20, 2010 9:13:46 GMT -5
"Guilty" is a pop hit.
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Post by angeltimes on May 20, 2010 9:35:18 GMT -5
Yea Gulity is a pop hit and why does it have to be poppy anyway? He is a urban artist, the world doesn’t revolve around the pop charts,
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Post by Q on May 20, 2010 10:15:49 GMT -5
If he wants a multi format hit it needs to be poppy. No urban singles really cross over these days. Even when he had an Urban hit with "Hey Daddy" no one was running around screaming Usher is back. He needs something that crosses all formats to keep his "comeback" going.
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Post by Chains on May 20, 2010 12:27:43 GMT -5
If he wants a multi format hit it needs to be poppy. No urban singles really cross over these days. Even when he had an Urban hit with "Hey Daddy" no one was running around screaming Usher is back. He needs something that crosses all formats to keep his "comeback" going. I just think that Pop needs to embrace him completely. They could have made "Lil' Freak" a hit if they wanted.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on May 20, 2010 12:49:50 GMT -5
If they follow this up with "Guilty" at all formats, he'll be fine for a second smash this era.
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Post by angeltimes on May 20, 2010 13:39:07 GMT -5
If he wants a multi format hit it needs to be poppy. No urban singles really cross over these days. Even when he had an Urban hit with "Hey Daddy" no one was running around screaming Usher is back. He needs something that crosses all formats to keep his "comeback" going. I just think that Pop needs to embrace him completely. They could have made "Lil' Freak" a hit if they wanted. Right. And if you look at all his hits, he never really makes "pop songs." He has always made urban songs that crossed over. "OMG" is his poppiest single to date. Everything else has been very r&b.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2010 14:11:01 GMT -5
Right, but what kind of R&B is Pop playing now? Virtually none.
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Post by angeltimes on May 20, 2010 15:11:49 GMT -5
That doesnt mean he needs to change who he is as an artist to fit what pop is playing.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on May 20, 2010 15:46:36 GMT -5
I'm interested to see what's going to happen on the Pop chart between OMG, Ke$ha, Alejandro, Airplanes and California Gurls coming up fast.
Ke$ha is obviously going to be the next #1 on Pop, but then it's between OMG and Alejandro (video coming soon and big second wind), with Airplanes coming on strong and then California Gurls not much further behind, at the rate it's rising.
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