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    Why did Nothing Really Matters flop in America?

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    8 minutes ago, Donna said:

    Yes, I agree about the releases of those singles.  They took too long to release them and when it did, radio wasn't playing the songs as much.  POG should have been a top 10 in the U.S. and they could have made it happen if they made sure the single was out earlier. 

    I think the non-single release of Beautiful Stranger irks me the most because that song would have definitely been a top 5 if not another #1 for her.  It reminds me how they handled Into The Groove in the U.S.  There is no doubt in my mind ITG would have been a #1 hit for as well.

    absolutely! :lord:

    it was so difficult back then

    nowadays Tay farts and gets 1000 top tens

    Why did Nothing Really Matters flop in America?

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    2 hours ago, Blue Jean said:

    Yes.

    Once again, no. :laughing: This wasn’t the reason. It was to sell more albums and make more money. This was the period where Sony were discounting Mariah singles to 99c to ensure she’d get to #1. Im sure if Warner wanted to get Madonna more chart hits they could have but that clearly wasn’t their goal. They were also quite happy to see Beautiful Stranger and American Pie miss out on becoming big chart hits just to force Madonna fans to buy some crappy soundtrack albums. If Madonna and her label had the mentality of a Mariah or Taylor she’d probably have had 20 or more Billboard #1’s in total.

    Heartbreaker was 69 cents back then '(99)

    btw One Sweet Day ('95)  was 49c for the cd single and 99c for the cd maxi

     

    Madonna at the time was charging 2-3.99usd for a CD single and 6-7.99usd for a CD maxi :drama:

    Why did Nothing Really Matters flop in America?

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    9 hours ago, bstranger said:

    If I remember well, Billboard changed the rules by the time of The Power of Goodbye, so it failed to reach Top 10. About the time of Nothing Really Matters, Warner wasn't interested to promote the single in favor for the coming of Beautiful Stranger. 

    the rules changed right after (like, the literal week after) POG's peak, if you notice the week after the change the single fell a lot (from #11 to #30) , it all happened because those rules meant -in short- that pop radio got less weight and had to compete with country and R&B, and all of those airplay-only singles that were not eligible before got to chart... I think we got lucky POG got to #11 BUT had they released the CD single+maxiCD at the same time one or 2 weeks before (with the radio peak) , we for sure would've got another top 10.

    They took too long , again.

    Why did Nothing Really Matters flop in America?

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    well POG had its final week on the charts wayyyy back in Jan '99 and NRM made its debut in....May '99

    the maxi was released in March (limited vinyl) and peaked in May (thanks to the CD version btw)

    the CD single got released in May same for the maxi

    and it got airplay but back in March (on top40 mainstream) and peaked in April but the WR geniuses decided to wait until May to release the CD single and maxi

    so yeah they took forever and didn't really push it much

    Human Nature original chart run

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    1 hour ago, clkelley39 said:

    This. There was a HUGE shift in the 90's. Everything got serious and everybody was grumpy and judgmental. Songs like "Don't Stop" and "Survival" with their corny lyrics would have been absolute flops here in the US. "Human Nature" didn't chart highly because it wasn't played much on the radio, but it was played ALL THE TIME on MTV, which doesn't effect it's chart position. I never realized it wasn't a hit until years later. 

    wtf ? so songs like Monica's Don't take it Personal;  Notorious BIG's One More Chance, , BIIM's Water Runs Dry, All 4 One's I can Love you like That , Shaggy's Bombastic and quite a few others -that did much better than M's HN-  didn't have corny lyrics?? LOL

    :Madonna034:

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    anyway.. Take a bow was still on the chart (#44 I believe) when HN was still climbing it (#51 that same week in July ) that must have hindered both BedtimeStory and HN's chart success and neither of those songs were the soft pop R&B-ish that U.S. radio wanted from her

    :Madonna051:

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