Mariah is currently the only artist in the top 50 who’s there on airplay alone, and at 24, that’s an amazing feat.
As for her tactics, they’re waiting it out.
They’ll wait til ‘Touch My Body’ starts to stall, release a remix and then release the song for digital download.
If the track can be at 24 with solely ‘album version’ airplay and hasn’t yet stalled then i’m not only sure it’ll enter the top 15 based on airplay, but, once released, it can hit the No.1 spot.
IF they release it at the end of March, hoping airplay is good enough, it could hit the No.1 spot. 14 days later the album gets released. it’s cert. to be a HUGE seller, meaning that even if the single doesn’t get pushed into the top slot at the end of the month, it really could do it that week.
Further, when the remix drops, L.A Reid may use the same tactics he did when the single was initially released – release it digitally to all radio stations at once. ‘Touch’ has been such a success that its guaranteed DJ’s will play the remix, boosting impressions in unison and therefore pushing the track up more.
L.A Reid is a clever, clever man.

Janet reaching No.19 is only due to digital album sales. Any songs also available for download that also feature on the album will receive a boost when the album is released.
Congrats to her on the No.1 album, but at 170k, sales are weak.
It’s interesting to see Usher jump from 51 to 1 with downloads of 200k, but how long he can maintain those download levels remains to be seen. An album isn’t due ’til June so expect more singles before then. In my opinion, they need to be careful. Yes, he’ll sell bucketloads of the album, but due to the time span in between the first single and album release, he could be treading a line in terms of long term sales.

Lyrically she’s back on track. The vocals are more robust than they’ve been in a decade. She is experimenting with a lot of new things.

She has balanced commercial with personal stuff and depth. B. Scott posted a VH1 review which was really specific; Look in her tag.

i don’t like the lyrics but the pop sound, it’s so light and airy, get it mimi and i am SOOO happy for usher, hopefully this will get his cd RELEASED, i hate the title, ‘Here I Stand’ too mushy lol but i’m glad SOMEONE dethroned talentless Flo Rida and GET IT JANET TOO, SHE’S #19, FROM LIKE #53, THE SHORT TIME SHE PROMO’D ANYTHING FOR ‘DISCIPLINE’ SHE DID GREAT!!

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