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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2012 18:38:37 GMT -5
I'd like to know why it's not getting added or getting more play. It's a good song, even though I would have chosen something else for second single. For BTIKM, it was easy, wrong song for CHR. This song is a perfect CHR song. I do not for a second think it is homophobia, too many small markets are spinning it and Adam was gay when WWFM and IIHY were hits. British invasion, "true" but Sammy Adams is not British. And if we're talking about RCA having a bad radio team, once again, they did OK by Sammy Adams!
It's frustrating as hell. This album is so great and deserves to have 4-5 singles off of it. Right now, I am wondering if we will even get a 3rd one!
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Post by stardust on Jun 19, 2012 18:39:35 GMT -5
Well, not the best adds day for sure. Adam has done all he can do here, it seems to me. Maybe he can make some waves in Britain and Europe for a while. Meanwhile RCA needs to kick some butt! It's so strange. The media loves him, but radio not so much. Fans need to do what they can to help (such as requesting, voting and remaining positive). Adam will not give up.
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Post by jean1010 on Jun 19, 2012 18:58:40 GMT -5
Why is this happening? RCA seemed so confident about this song. It just breaks my hear for him and us fans. What I am worried about is RCA giving up, and not trying a third single if this doesn't became at least a moderate hit. I hope this is not too much angst for the numbers spot.
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Post by bullsfan on Jun 19, 2012 18:59:53 GMT -5
Adam is in a weird postion. The media loves him, and he is probably the most famous pop star who isn't getting any radio play.
This is going to be really unpopular, but I think the concentration on Queen is hurting the progress of his own album, at least in the US (and maybe in Canada and Australia). His album dropped here, and now he is basically gone until August. I just think it's bad timing. His team can try to pick things back up in the Fall, but once an album has dropped out of the BB200 it is very hard to resurrect it. And there will be a whole new group of "highly anticipated" albums being released in the fall.
I am still trying. If NCOE can't crack CHR top 40 I doubt there will be a third single, at least in the US. And, unless something with radio changes it would probably be best not to release another...
Sorry :(
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Post by rabbitrabbit on Jun 19, 2012 19:23:18 GMT -5
You know, there are several songs around Adam on the HAC charts in the US and Canada and the CHR charts that have experienced similar forward, stall, backward, restart movement, even by artists that have had recent hits.
From what I can tell it's the way it works for many artist's trying to get songs up the chart that aren't either established hit makers, or brand new phenoms.
We can talk about why it's happening until the cows come home and the same varied menu of reasons will be posited and debated as have been posited and debated before, which can be interesting and informative, I've learned a lot in the past few months.
But even if you ignore the whys and wherefores, it's happening because it happens. To many songs and many artists. What it doesn't mean is that the song is doomed or dead. What it also doesn't mean is that the song will become successful. It just means that we're all here stuck in the middle together doing our best and awaiting developments.
So settle in for the long haul, do what you need to raise your spirits and get your second wind, and do what you CAN do. Fans have limited agency, but we do have some (and we can influence other fans in our community, which may be even more significant).
I wouldn't count out RCA or Adam or the public or radio stations too early (even if Adam is out of the country, he's done his in-person station visits already). There will be plenty of opportunities for back-seat quarterbacking, grieving or rejoicing after all is said and done.
My motto is from Mother Jones: "Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2012 19:32:07 GMT -5
Adam is only gone until mid July, not August. The Japan trip is August tho and I expect they will do some promo while there. I don't know why and I don't know how they will get radio to spin Adam. It breaks my heart too because we know he wants radio. All the flowery poetic posts about all the great things he is doing (and he is) do not change the fact he needs and wants radio play. Can not be a Pop star without it. ETA: RabbitRabbit, I posted and ran and I think we were posting at the same time. I was not referring to your post here. I love your posts, they are the right combination of realism and hopefiulness.  |
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Post by stardust on Jun 19, 2012 19:32:45 GMT -5
You know, there are several songs around Adam on the HAC charts in the US and Canada and the CHR charts that have experienced similar forward, stall, backward, restart movement, even by artists that have had recent hits. From what I can tell it's the way it works for many artist's trying to get songs up the chart that aren't either established hit makers, or brand new phenoms. We can talk about why it's happening until the cows come home and the same varied menu of reasons will be posited and debated as have been posited and debated before, which can be interesting and informative, I've learned a lot in the past few months. But even if you ignore the whys and wherefores, it's happening because it happens. To many songs and many artists. What it doesn't mean is that the song is doomed or dead. What it also doesn't mean is that the song will become successful. It just means that we're all here stuck in the middle together doing our best and awaiting developments. So settle in for the long haul, do what you need to raise your spirits and get your second wind, and do what you CAN do. Fans have limited agency, but we do have some. I wouldn't count out RCA or Adam or the public or radio stations too early (even if Adam is out of the country, he's done his in-person station visits already). There will be plenty of opportunities for back-seat quarterbacking, grieving or rejoicing after all is said and done. My motto is from Mother Jones: "Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living." I totally agree! It's not over until it's over. ;D |
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Post by bullsfan on Jun 19, 2012 19:40:13 GMT -5
Well, I just said a return to the US in August anticipating that he would be doing some amount of International promo after Queen. Certainly he will go to Australia and New Zealand. Has he been to Finland yet? They made a big deal about this being an International release---he may have a lot of spots to visit.
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Post by mika on Jun 19, 2012 19:50:22 GMT -5
You know, there are several songs around Adam on the HAC charts in the US and Canada and the CHR charts that have experienced similar forward, stall, backward, restart movement, even by artists that have had recent hits. From what I can tell it's the way it works for many artist's trying to get songs up the chart that aren't either established hit makers, or brand new phenoms. We can talk about why it's happening until the cows come home and the same varied menu of reasons will be posited and debated as have been posited and debated before, which can be interesting and informative, I've learned a lot in the past few months. But even if you ignore the whys and wherefores, it's happening because it happens. To many songs and many artists. What it doesn't mean is that the song is doomed or dead. What it also doesn't mean is that the song will become successful. It just means that we're all here stuck in the middle together doing our best and awaiting developments. So settle in for the long haul, do what you need to raise your spirits and get your second wind, and do what you CAN do. Fans have limited agency, but we do have some (and we can influence other fans in our community, which may be even more significant). I wouldn't count out RCA or Adam or the public or radio stations too early (even if Adam is out of the country, he's done his in-person station visits already). There will be plenty of opportunities for back-seat quarterbacking, grieving or rejoicing after all is said and done. My motto is from Mother Jones: "Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living." Rabbit is wise, as always. (Of course, now I have 'stuck in the middle with you' in my head so thanks for that  ) |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2012 19:51:14 GMT -5
Well, I just said a return to the US in August anticipating that he would be doing some amount of International promo after Queen. Certainly he will go to Australia and New Zealand. Has he been to Finland yet? They made a big deal about this being an International release---he may have a lot of spots to visit. Adam has concerts scheduled here in the U.S. during the 2 weeks of July. Maybe he will head to Australia/NZ the first week in August prior to the Japan festival. |
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