I'd really appreciate it if you guys could fill out my survey on Art Official Age, it's for my college work. It's focused on the marketing of the album, so it seems to fit this thread nicely, thanks https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RVPW5MF

Radio Update: This could be us gets some spins on urban AC:

Daily US Radio Updates - Urban AC 2015/01/25 | Click the headers to sort | Urban AC archives

[Edited 1/26/15 2:11am]

[Edited 1/26/15 10:02am]

linus4000 said:

Radio Update: This could be us gets some spins on urban AC:

Daily US Radio Updates - Urban AC 2015/01/25 | Click the headers to sort | Urban AC archives

Pos	Pos+	Artist	Title	Spins	Spins+	Bullet	Bullet+	Aud	Aud+	Days	iTunes	Pk	PkSp	PkBl	PkAu
1	=	AVERY*SUNSHINE	Call My Name	2067	+6	10	+6	13.971	+0.320	271	--	1	2104	288	14.250
2	=	KEM	Nobody	1883	+10	114	-45	12.383	+0.041	145	--	2	1883	248	12.383
3	=	SAM SMITH	Stay With Me	1825	+18	-91	+55	11.810	+0.060	273	44	1	2549	290	17.878
4	=	TREY SONGZ	What's Best For You	1628	+14	11	+48	9.214	+0.061	236	--	1	2099	394	12.785
5	=	TAMAR BRAXTON	Let Me Know f/Future	1477	+29	173	+35	9.030	+0.108	102	469	5	1477	305	9.030
6	=	JOHNNY GILL	Behind Closed Doors	1241	+29	-30	+17	6.324	+0.136	191	--	6	1317	361	7.329
7	=	USHER	Good Kisser	1198	+14	-108	-3	8.536	+0.120	260	--	1	2118	358	15.471
8	=	D'ANGELO	Really Love	1136	-4	138	-95	7.729	+0.213	41	--	8	1143	403	7.768
9	=	JOE	If You Lose Her	1114	+37	-5	+69	5.870	+0.489	151	--	6	1220	206	6.422
10	=	MARY J. BLIGE	Whole Damn Year	896	+18	-150	+78	5.255	+0.410	125	--	5	1272	525	7.703
11	=	JAZMINE SULLIVAN	Forever Don't Last	868	+37	78	+68	4.268	+0.278	124	1378	10	868	191	4.272
12	+1	CHARLIE WILSON	Goodnight Kisses	784	+37	234	+23	4.752	+0.253	101	--	12	784	234	4.752
13	-1	DISCLOSURE	Latch f/Sam Smith	765	-4	7	+7	5.507	+0.093	128	162	9	844	200	6.213
14	=	RAHEEM DEVAUGHN	Queen	685	-21	-49	-41	3.865	-0.202	117	--	12	763	201	4.312
15	=	MORGAN JAMES	Call My Name	574	-8	-31	-4	2.632	-0.007	150	--	12	792	158	3.675
16	=	SAM SMITH	I'm Not The Only One	549	+5	121	+37	4.621	+0.298	72	13	16	549	140	4.621
17	=	TANK	Stronger	386	-48	-96	-84	1.389	-0.345	133	--	14	631	187	4.185
18	=	COMMON & JOHN LEGEND	Glory	349	-37	109	-103	2.658	-0.391	13	157	18	386	265	3.333
19	=	JAMIE FOXX	Ain't My Fault	328	-2	-37	+0	1.557	-0.019	92	--	18	449	112	2.461
20	+2	MARK RONSON	Uptown Funk f/Bruno Mars	305	+75	247	+72	2.134	+0.489	14	1	20	305	247	2.134
21	-1	ESTELLE	Conqueror	271	-48	-1	-58	1.378	-0.293	69	--	19	319	62	1.671
22	+1	CASE	Shook Up	210	+2	80	-15	1.021	-0.027	16	--	22	210	95	1.048
23	+1	CHRIS BROWN	New Flame f/Usher & Rick Ross	200	+2	2	+4	1.465	+0.049	151	172	21	248	56	1.928
24	-3	ANTONIQUE SMITH	Hold Up Wait A Minute (Woo Woo	198	-37	23	-43	0.822	-0.310	134	--	21	236	83	1.163
25	=	FAITH EVANS	I Deserve It	174	+0	8	+8	0.768	-0.001	129	--	21	269	82	1.525
26	=	BOYZ II MEN	Losing Sleep	124	+7	-3	+13	0.640	+0.048	128	--	21	283	123	1.730
27	=	CALVIN RICHARDSON	Hearsay	119	+4	34	+1	0.473	-0.009	56	--	27	119	40	0.482
28	=	ELLE VARNER	Don't Wanna Dance f/A$AP Ferg	99	-1	-8	+5	0.161	-0.021	73	--	26	149	104	0.436
29	=	GOAPELE	Strong As Glass	98	+1	9	-3	0.276	+0.014	58	--	29	100	43	0.348
30	+3	ARETHA FRANKLIN	Rolling In The Deep	93	+9	81	+1	0.840	+0.108	16	--	30	108	83	1.016
31	+1	CON FUNK SHUN	Your Night	87	+2	-14	+5	0.201	-0.001	163	--	22	235	73	1.187
32	-1	SISQO	Lips	86	+0	-23	+1	0.141	-0.007	87	--	26	138	41	0.475
33	-3	URBAN MYSTIC	Feel Good	84	-4	-37	+1	0.207	+0.015	149	--	22	291	134	1.845
34	=	3 WINANS BROTHERS	I Really Miss You	80	-1	3	-7	0.137	-0.003	36	--	32	92	31	0.148
35	=	BEYONCE	Ring Off	79	-2	4	+2	0.487	-0.001	59	--	27	161	82	1.143
36	=	TREY SONGZ	Touchin, Lovin f/Nicki Minaj	71	+2	17	+2	0.434	-0.006	63	205	32	91	38	0.467
37	=	USHER	She Came To Give It To You	68	+0	-1	+3	0.919	-0.008	135	--	33	97	24	1.070
38	+5	TINASHE	2 On f/Schoolboy Q	67	+10	10	+12	0.450	+0.068	95	338	36	69	36	0.465
39	=	RICKY DILLARD & NEW G	Amazing	67	+1	-4	+1	0.625	+0.000	282	--	33	86	28	0.790
40	-2	SMOKIE NORFUL	No Greater Love	65	-1	17	-2	0.576	-0.001	157	--	30	89	55	0.821
41	+7	PRINCE	This Could Be Us	63	+15	57	+14	0.085	+0.020	2	--	41	63	57	0.085
									+0.021	168	430	33	95	22	1.601

[Edited 1/26/15 2:11am]

It was barely released to radio last week & has gained spins this FAST! It will beat D'angelo's "Really Love" to number one shortly.Then 's number one album "ArtOfficialAge" will be headed 4 half a million by spring.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

linus4000 said:

Radio Update: This could be us gets some spins on urban AC:

Daily US Radio Updates - Urban AC 2015/01/25 | Click the headers to sort | Urban AC archives

Pos	Pos+	Artist	Title	Spins	Spins+	Bullet	Bullet+	Aud	Aud+	Days	iTunes	Pk	PkSp	PkBl	PkAu
1	=	AVERY*SUNSHINE	Call My Name	2067	+6	10	+6	13.971	+0.320	271	--	1	2104	288	14.250
2	=	KEM	Nobody	1883	+10	114	-45	12.383	+0.041	145	--	2	1883	248	12.383
3	=	SAM SMITH	Stay With Me	1825	+18	-91	+55	11.810	+0.060	273	44	1	2549	290	17.878
4	=	TREY SONGZ	What's Best For You	1628	+14	11	+48	9.214	+0.061	236	--	1	2099	394	12.785
5	=	TAMAR BRAXTON	Let Me Know f/Future	1477	+29	173	+35	9.030	+0.108	102	469	5	1477	305	9.030
6	=	JOHNNY GILL	Behind Closed Doors	1241	+29	-30	+17	6.324	+0.136	191	--	6	1317	361	7.329
7	=	USHER	Good Kisser	1198	+14	-108	-3	8.536	+0.120	260	--	1	2118	358	15.471
8	=	D'ANGELO	Really Love	1136	-4	138	-95	7.729	+0.213	41	--	8	1143	403	7.768
9	=	JOE	If You Lose Her	1114	+37	-5	+69	5.870	+0.489	151	--	6	1220	206	6.422
10	=	MARY J. BLIGE	Whole Damn Year	896	+18	-150	+78	5.255	+0.410	125	--	5	1272	525	7.703
11	=	JAZMINE SULLIVAN	Forever Don't Last	868	+37	78	+68	4.268	+0.278	124	1378	10	868	191	4.272
12	+1	CHARLIE WILSON	Goodnight Kisses	784	+37	234	+23	4.752	+0.253	101	--	12	784	234	4.752
13	-1	DISCLOSURE	Latch f/Sam Smith	765	-4	7	+7	5.507	+0.093	128	162	9	844	200	6.213
14	=	RAHEEM DEVAUGHN	Queen	685	-21	-49	-41	3.865	-0.202	117	--	12	763	201	4.312
15	=	MORGAN JAMES	Call My Name	574	-8	-31	-4	2.632	-0.007	150	--	12	792	158	3.675
16	=	SAM SMITH	I'm Not The Only One	549	+5	121	+37	4.621	+0.298	72	13	16	549	140	4.621
17	=	TANK	Stronger	386	-48	-96	-84	1.389	-0.345	133	--	14	631	187	4.185
18	=	COMMON & JOHN LEGEND	Glory	349	-37	109	-103	2.658	-0.391	13	157	18	386	265	3.333
19	=	JAMIE FOXX	Ain't My Fault	328	-2	-37	+0	1.557	-0.019	92	--	18	449	112	2.461
20	+2	MARK RONSON	Uptown Funk f/Bruno Mars	305	+75	247	+72	2.134	+0.489	14	1	20	305	247	2.134
21	-1	ESTELLE	Conqueror	271	-48	-1	-58	1.378	-0.293	69	--	19	319	62	1.671
22	+1	CASE	Shook Up	210	+2	80	-15	1.021	-0.027	16	--	22	210	95	1.048
23	+1	CHRIS BROWN	New Flame f/Usher & Rick Ross	200	+2	2	+4	1.465	+0.049	151	172	21	248	56	1.928
24	-3	ANTONIQUE SMITH	Hold Up Wait A Minute (Woo Woo	198	-37	23	-43	0.822	-0.310	134	--	21	236	83	1.163
25	=	FAITH EVANS	I Deserve It	174	+0	8	+8	0.768	-0.001	129	--	21	269	82	1.525
26	=	BOYZ II MEN	Losing Sleep	124	+7	-3	+13	0.640	+0.048	128	--	21	283	123	1.730
27	=	CALVIN RICHARDSON	Hearsay	119	+4	34	+1	0.473	-0.009	56	--	27	119	40	0.482
28	=	ELLE VARNER	Don't Wanna Dance f/A$AP Ferg	99	-1	-8	+5	0.161	-0.021	73	--	26	149	104	0.436
29	=	GOAPELE	Strong As Glass	98	+1	9	-3	0.276	+0.014	58	--	29	100	43	0.348
30	+3	ARETHA FRANKLIN	Rolling In The Deep	93	+9	81	+1	0.840	+0.108	16	--	30	108	83	1.016
31	+1	CON FUNK SHUN	Your Night	87	+2	-14	+5	0.201	-0.001	163	--	22	235	73	1.187
32	-1	SISQO	Lips	86	+0	-23	+1	0.141	-0.007	87	--	26	138	41	0.475
33	-3	URBAN MYSTIC	Feel Good	84	-4	-37	+1	0.207	+0.015	149	--	22	291	134	1.845
34	=	3 WINANS BROTHERS	I Really Miss You	80	-1	3	-7	0.137	-0.003	36	--	32	92	31	0.148
35	=	BEYONCE	Ring Off	79	-2	4	+2	0.487	-0.001	59	--	27	161	82	1.143
36	=	TREY SONGZ	Touchin, Lovin f/Nicki Minaj	71	+2	17	+2	0.434	-0.006	63	205	32	91	38	0.467
37	=	USHER	She Came To Give It To You	68	+0	-1	+3	0.919	-0.008	135	--	33	97	24	1.070
38	+5	TINASHE	2 On f/Schoolboy Q	67	+10	10	+12	0.450	+0.068	95	338	36	69	36	0.465
39	=	RICKY DILLARD & NEW G	Amazing	67	+1	-4	+1	0.625	+0.000	282	--	33	86	28	0.790
40	-2	SMOKIE NORFUL	No Greater Love	65	-1	17	-2	0.576	-0.001	157	--	30	89	55	0.821
41	+7	PRINCE	This Could Be Us	63	+15	57	+14	0.085	+0.020	2	--	41	63	57	0.085
									+0.021	168	430	33	95	22	1.601

[Edited 1/26/15 2:11am]

It was barely released to radio last week & has gained spins this FAST! It will beat D'angelo's "Really Love" to number one shortly.Then 's number one album "ArtOfficialAge" will be headed 4 half a million by spring.

I'm glad that "This Could Be Us" is gaining traction at radio, but why does everything come back to D'angelo. It's as if people want to make them out to be adversaries.

todesm said:

Prince #15 with morgan james - call my name

tatocorcu said:

todesm said:

Prince #15 with morgan james - call my name

That lady can sing...

bashraka said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

It was barely released to radio last week & has gained spins this FAST! It will beat D'angelo's "Really Love" to number one shortly.Then 's number one album "ArtOfficialAge" will be headed 4 half a million by spring.

I'm glad that "This Could Be Us" is gaining traction at radio, but why does everything come back to D'angelo. It's as if people want to make them out to be adversaries.

It's a healthy adversary. Eye like that both are out at the same time. It's just 4 fun on my end. Eye'm a fan of both. It's obvious D is a huge fan. He I'm sure is turning flips @ being on the charts @ the same time as his hero..

The song is up from 175 last week to 35 this week on AllAccess.com Urban AC chart. Bam!

tatocorcu said:

todesm said:

Prince #15 with morgan james - call my name

That lady can sing...

I dont listen to the radio so I havent heard her there before, but I just checked her out on youtube and DAAAMN she sings the hell out of that song. The lyrics take on a different feel when a woman sings it.

U KNOW gained more attention on the urban AC Charts months ago (which is a sub chart of the already subchart rnb chart ), and still it didn't make the weekly charts, only daily charts. So, chances for THIS COULD BE US are weak to make the weekly charts. U KNOW was at about 100 spins a day, and then vanished all of a sudden.

Funny, at that time CALL MY NAME was already stuck in the #14/15 rank. This track has strong longevity, it already spent 27 weeks on the real rnb charts in 2004.

The WB statement is a lot of noise about nothing, we will talk about it when it will make at least the real rnb charts.

By the way, AOA is not on the rnb charts anymore. It surely didn't pass the 100 k mark yet in the USA.

If Prince was a smart guy, he would perform this horrible song on the next grammy. But we all know this won't happen.

It's a good song from a great album. I personally could care less about radio play or charts, but I hope it gets some attention as the album deserves to be heard.

RODSERLING said:

U KNOW gained more attention on the urban AC Charts months ago (which is a sub chart of the already subchart rnb chart ), and still it didn't make the weekly charts, only daily charts. So, chances for THIS COULD BE US are weak to make the weekly charts. U KNOW was at about 100 spins a day, and then vanished all of a sudden.

Funny, at that time CALL MY NAME was already stuck in the #14/15 rank. This track has strong longevity, it already spent 27 weeks on the real rnb charts in 2004.

The WB statement is a lot of noise about nothing, we will talk about it when it will make at least the real rnb charts.

By the way, AOA is not on the rnb charts anymore. It surely didn't pass the 100 k mark yet in the USA.

If Prince was a smart guy, he would perform this horrible song on the next grammy. But we all know this won't happen.

.

[Edited 9/11/15 9:06am]

linus4000 said:

Radio Update: This could be us gets some spins on urban AC:

Daily US Radio Updates - Urban AC 2015/01/25 | Click the headers to sort | Urban AC archives

Pos	Pos+	Artist	Title	Spins	Spins+	Bullet	Bullet+	Aud	Aud+	Days	iTunes	Pk	PkSp	PkBl	PkAu
1	=	AVERY*SUNSHINE	Call My Name	2067	+6	10	+6	13.971	+0.320	271	--	1	2104	288	14.250
2	=	KEM	Nobody	1883	+10	114	-45	12.383	+0.041	145	--	2	1883	248	12.383
3	=	SAM SMITH	Stay With Me	1825	+18	-91	+55	11.810	+0.060	273	44	1	2549	290	17.878
4	=	TREY SONGZ	What's Best For You	1628	+14	11	+48	9.214	+0.061	236	--	1	2099	394	12.785
5	=	TAMAR BRAXTON	Let Me Know f/Future	1477	+29	173	+35	9.030	+0.108	102	469	5	1477	305	9.030
6	=	JOHNNY GILL	Behind Closed Doors	1241	+29	-30	+17	6.324	+0.136	191	--	6	1317	361	7.329
7	=	USHER	Good Kisser	1198	+14	-108	-3	8.536	+0.120	260	--	1	2118	358	15.471
8	=	D'ANGELO	Really Love	1136	-4	138	-95	7.729	+0.213	41	--	8	1143	403	7.768
9	=	JOE	If You Lose Her	1114	+37	-5	+69	5.870	+0.489	151	--	6	1220	206	6.422
10	=	MARY J. BLIGE	Whole Damn Year	896	+18	-150	+78	5.255	+0.410	125	--	5	1272	525	7.703
11	=	JAZMINE SULLIVAN	Forever Don't Last	868	+37	78	+68	4.268	+0.278	124	1378	10	868	191	4.272
12	+1	CHARLIE WILSON	Goodnight Kisses	784	+37	234	+23	4.752	+0.253	101	--	12	784	234	4.752
13	-1	DISCLOSURE	Latch f/Sam Smith	765	-4	7	+7	5.507	+0.093	128	162	9	844	200	6.213
14	=	RAHEEM DEVAUGHN	Queen	685	-21	-49	-41	3.865	-0.202	117	--	12	763	201	4.312
15	=	MORGAN JAMES	Call My Name	574	-8	-31	-4	2.632	-0.007	150	--	12	792	158	3.675
16	=	SAM SMITH	I'm Not The Only One	549	+5	121	+37	4.621	+0.298	72	13	16	549	140	4.621
17	=	TANK	Stronger	386	-48	-96	-84	1.389	-0.345	133	--	14	631	187	4.185
18	=	COMMON & JOHN LEGEND	Glory	349	-37	109	-103	2.658	-0.391	13	157	18	386	265	3.333
19	=	JAMIE FOXX	Ain't My Fault	328	-2	-37	+0	1.557	-0.019	92	--	18	449	112	2.461
20	+2	MARK RONSON	Uptown Funk f/Bruno Mars	305	+75	247	+72	2.134	+0.489	14	1	20	305	247	2.134
21	-1	ESTELLE	Conqueror	271	-48	-1	-58	1.378	-0.293	69	--	19	319	62	1.671
22	+1	CASE	Shook Up	210	+2	80	-15	1.021	-0.027	16	--	22	210	95	1.048
23	+1	CHRIS BROWN	New Flame f/Usher & Rick Ross	200	+2	2	+4	1.465	+0.049	151	172	21	248	56	1.928
24	-3	ANTONIQUE SMITH	Hold Up Wait A Minute (Woo Woo	198	-37	23	-43	0.822	-0.310	134	--	21	236	83	1.163
25	=	FAITH EVANS	I Deserve It	174	+0	8	+8	0.768	-0.001	129	--	21	269	82	1.525
26	=	BOYZ II MEN	Losing Sleep	124	+7	-3	+13	0.640	+0.048	128	--	21	283	123	1.730
27	=	CALVIN RICHARDSON	Hearsay	119	+4	34	+1	0.473	-0.009	56	--	27	119	40	0.482
28	=	ELLE VARNER	Don't Wanna Dance f/A$AP Ferg	99	-1	-8	+5	0.161	-0.021	73	--	26	149	104	0.436
29	=	GOAPELE	Strong As Glass	98	+1	9	-3	0.276	+0.014	58	--	29	100	43	0.348
30	+3	ARETHA FRANKLIN	Rolling In The Deep	93	+9	81	+1	0.840	+0.108	16	--	30	108	83	1.016
31	+1	CON FUNK SHUN	Your Night	87	+2	-14	+5	0.201	-0.001	163	--	22	235	73	1.187
32	-1	SISQO	Lips	86	+0	-23	+1	0.141	-0.007	87	--	26	138	41	0.475
33	-3	URBAN MYSTIC	Feel Good	84	-4	-37	+1	0.207	+0.015	149	--	22	291	134	1.845
34	=	3 WINANS BROTHERS	I Really Miss You	80	-1	3	-7	0.137	-0.003	36	--	32	92	31	0.148
35	=	BEYONCE	Ring Off	79	-2	4	+2	0.487	-0.001	59	--	27	161	82	1.143
36	=	TREY SONGZ	Touchin, Lovin f/Nicki Minaj	71	+2	17	+2	0.434	-0.006	63	205	32	91	38	0.467
37	=	USHER	She Came To Give It To You	68	+0	-1	+3	0.919	-0.008	135	--	33	97	24	1.070
38	+5	TINASHE	2 On f/Schoolboy Q	67	+10	10	+12	0.450	+0.068	95	338	36	69	36	0.465
39	=	RICKY DILLARD & NEW G	Amazing	67	+1	-4	+1	0.625	+0.000	282	--	33	86	28	0.790
40	-2	SMOKIE NORFUL	No Greater Love	65	-1	17	-2	0.576	-0.001	157	--	30	89	55	0.821
41	+7	PRINCE	This Could Be Us	63	+15	57	+14	0.085	+0.020	2	--	41	63	57	0.085
									+0.021	168	430	33	95	22	1.601

[Edited 1/26/15 2:11am]

.

Oh God, what a horrible list. Just reading it is depressing enough, let alone if I had to actually listen to it. The only good song on the entire list is "Uptown Funk". Why an established artist like Prince would want to be a part of this list is beyond me unless maybe to try to make a difference and change the list for the better. But if that's the case, "The Gold Standard" would have been sent to radio instead. Prince is just adding to the snoozefest rather than trying to make it better.

RespectYourPrivacy said:

RODSERLING said:

U KNOW gained more attention on the urban AC Charts months ago (which is a sub chart of the already subchart rnb chart ), and still it didn't make the weekly charts, only daily charts. So, chances for THIS COULD BE US are weak to make the weekly charts. U KNOW was at about 100 spins a day, and then vanished all of a sudden.

Funny, at that time CALL MY NAME was already stuck in the #14/15 rank. This track has strong longevity, it already spent 27 weeks on the real rnb charts in 2004.

The WB statement is a lot of noise about nothing, we will talk about it when it will make at least the real rnb charts.

By the way, AOA is not on the rnb charts anymore. It surely didn't pass the 100 k mark yet in the USA.

If Prince was a smart guy, he would perform this horrible song on the next grammy. But we all know this won't happen.

why so negative? cant appreciate anything can you?

horrible song? go check the reviews by non turds on the youtube link of the song

In the contrary, I appreciate a lot of things. Don't appreciating a crap like THIS COULD BE US, and recalling the absurdity of the Urban AC Charts which is a sub-sub charts where he can't even rank a single during a plain week, doesn't make me a negative man. Maybe just realistic ?

I don't care about the reviews. Seriously Rolling Stone called it one of the 50 best songs of 2014 ? Then, I don't want to hear the 49 others, for god's sake.

Like Vainandi said, GOLD STANDART would have been a smarter choice. Maybe they don't want to hire a guy to make a radio edit version of the song.

RODSERLING said:

RespectYourPrivacy said:

why so negative? cant appreciate anything can you?

horrible song? go check the reviews by non turds on the youtube link of the song

In the contrary, I appreciate a lot of things. Don't appreciating a crap like THIS COULD BE US, and recalling the absurdity of the Urban AC Charts which is a sub-sub charts where he can't even rank a single during a plain week, doesn't make me a negative man. Maybe just realistic ?

I don't care about the reviews. Seriously Rolling Stone called it one of the 50 best songs of 2014 ? Then, I don't want to hear the 49 others, for god's sake.

Like Vainandi said, GOLD STANDART would have been a smarter choice. Maybe they don't want to hire a guy to make a radio edit version of the song.

[Edited 9/11/15 9:06am]

RODSERLING said:

U KNOW gained more attention on the urban AC Charts months ago (which is a sub chart of the already subchart rnb chart ), and still it didn't make the weekly charts, only daily charts.

I dont think there was any official push for U Know from either Warners or P's camp.

RespectYourPrivacy said:

RODSERLING said:

In the contrary, I appreciate a lot of things. Don't appreciating a crap like THIS COULD BE US, and recalling the absurdity of the Urban AC Charts which is a sub-sub charts where he can't even rank a single during a plain week, doesn't make me a negative man. Maybe just realistic ?

I don't care about the reviews. Seriously Rolling Stone called it one of the 50 best songs of 2014 ? Then, I don't want to hear the 49 others, for god's sake.

Like Vainandi said, GOLD STANDART would have been a smarter choice. Maybe they don't want to hire a guy to make a radio edit version of the song.

you clearly dont know much about radio, once a song hits a certain position on the urban ac chart, the urban stations will automatically pick it up. the Gold Standard is not a radio song, urban ac isnt a sub sub chart, its a different format. i think i'm done debating with you, not an even fight.

Why is it not a radio song? I don't hear any cussing in the song. Is it because it's an actual uptempo funk jam which wouldn't fit in with the format of the snoozefest that they play all day? Well, the urban adult contemporary station in my area plays lots of uptempo funk jams during the Lunchtime Oldies hour and on weekends when they play all oldies. They even slip in an old funk jam every now and then periodically throughout a normal day. So why not give them an actual new funk jam since apparently some people listening to the station still like funk? And as for length, hell, I've heard "Lady Cab Driver", "Automatic", "DMSR", and the 12 Inch version of "Let's Work" played in their entirety numerous times so once again, why is "The Gold Standard" not a radio song?

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Hell, somebody needs to give the stations some new funk to try to change things and get the mainstream in general out of dull slump it's been in for 20 years. Giving them something that fits in with the majority of what they're playing contributes more to the problem rather than trying to correct it.

V10LETBLUES said:

As I have said before, I have no idea who the target audience is for this album. There is no single. Nothing on it could ever be a hit on it. The ONLY possible single is Anotherlove from the Plectrum album. Everything else is radio repulsive.

U'll b eating those words by summer. TRUST ME U WILL! Hopefully your account is deleted by then.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

V10LETBLUES said:

As I have said before, I have no idea who the target audience is for this album. There is no single. Nothing on it could ever be a hit on it. The ONLY possible single is Anotherlove from the Plectrum album. Everything else is radio repulsive.

U'll b eating those words by summer. TRUST ME U WILL! Hopefully your account is deleted by then.

RespectYourPrivacy said:

RODSERLING said:

In the contrary, I appreciate a lot of things. Don't appreciating a crap like THIS COULD BE US, and recalling the absurdity of the Urban AC Charts which is a sub-sub charts where he can't even rank a single during a plain week, doesn't make me a negative man. Maybe just realistic ?

I don't care about the reviews. Seriously Rolling Stone called it one of the 50 best songs of 2014 ? Then, I don't want to hear the 49 others, for god's sake.

Like Vainandi said, GOLD STANDART would have been a smarter choice. Maybe they don't want to hire a guy to make a radio edit version of the song.

you clearly dont know much about radio, once a song hits a certain position on the urban ac chart, the urban stations will automatically pick it up. the Gold Standard is not a radio song, urban ac isnt a sub sub chart, its a different format. i think i'm done debating with you, not an even fight.

I'm sorry, URBAN AC CHARTS is a sub-sub chart. Just take a look at the spins, the audience...THIS COULD BE US will have a minimum of impact when it (if it ever does) cracks the top 40 rnb chart.

U KNOW get about 100 spins/ a day during a whole week, and then vanished. It never made the weekly UAC charts.

TCBU is currently at # 30 (+5) for the 27 th january. I hope it will get higher and higher, but without music video and promotion by Prince, it's a domm-fated single.

Why GOLD STANDART is not a radio song and why TCBU is one ?

[Edited 1/28/15 3:22am]

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

V10LETBLUES said:

As I have said before, I have no idea who the target audience is for this album. There is no single. Nothing on it could ever be a hit on it. The ONLY possible single is Anotherlove from the Plectrum album. Everything else is radio repulsive.

U'll b eating those words by summer. TRUST ME U WILL! Hopefully your account is deleted by then.

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Someone needs to spike KCOOL's chocolate milk with some antifreeze. "This Could B Us" is a novelty song dedicated to an outdated meme.

controversy99 said:

tatocorcu said:

That lady can sing...

Funny that there are two songs called "Call My Name" on the list at the same time. Wonder how often that happens? One is written by Prince and one by somebody else.

Creep was a hit by 3 acts at roughly the same time. And all 3 songs were different songs: TLC, Stone Temple Pilots, and Radiohead. I'm too lazy to see just how close the releases were, but it was likely all in a 16 month period or maybe much closer. And the Prince connection? Two of them at least: TLC had covered IIWYG on the same album, and Prince later covered Radiohead's Creep. Creepy.

RODSERLING said:

U KNOW gained more attention on the urban AC Charts months ago (which is a sub chart of the already subchart rnb chart ), and still it didn't make the weekly charts, only daily charts. So, chances for THIS COULD BE US are weak to make the weekly charts. U KNOW was at about 100 spins a day, and then vanished all of a sudden.

Funny, at that time CALL MY NAME was already stuck in the #14/15 rank. This track has strong longevity, it already spent 27 weeks on the real rnb charts in 2004.

The WB statement is a lot of noise about nothing, we will talk about it when it will make at least the real rnb charts.

By the way, AOA is not on the rnb charts anymore. It surely didn't pass the 100 k mark yet in the USA.

If Prince was a smart guy, he would perform this horrible song on the next grammy. But we all know this won't happen.

V10LETBLUES said:

As I have said before, I have no idea who the target audience is for this album. There is no single. Nothing on it could ever be a hit on it. The ONLY possible single is Anotherlove from the Plectrum album. Everything else is radio repulsive.

laurarichardson said:

RODSERLING said:

U KNOW gained more attention on the urban AC Charts months ago (which is a sub chart of the already subchart rnb chart ), and still it didn't make the weekly charts, only daily charts. So, chances for THIS COULD BE US are weak to make the weekly charts. U KNOW was at about 100 spins a day, and then vanished all of a sudden.

Funny, at that time CALL MY NAME was already stuck in the #14/15 rank. This track has strong longevity, it already spent 27 weeks on the real rnb charts in 2004.

The WB statement is a lot of noise about nothing, we will talk about it when it will make at least the real rnb charts.

By the way, AOA is not on the rnb charts anymore. It surely didn't pass the 100 k mark yet in the USA.

If Prince was a smart guy, he would perform this horrible song on the next grammy. But we all know this won't happen.

-- Good Lord !!! It is a RnB A/C Tune being played on RnB A/C stations which is were it is suposed to be. AOA is not a pop recording and none of the songs will get play or Pop stations you are the only one who seems unable to grasp this concept. I know that AOA hung aroung in the Top Twenty of the RnB chart for over 5 months with not one song getting Radio Ariplay it was bound to fall out with no promotion but hanging on for 5 months was a good run. With the single getting play the CD may move back up the chart.

I completely understood the concept of charts and sales, thank you. IIRC, you were the one who didn't understand that AOA never went to #1, and that it only charted one week on the top 20, and not even two months on the top 200.

RNB AC audience is considerably smaller than the actual rnb charts. Almost every tracks on AOA could be played on rnb radio stations and becoming a hit, if Prince played the game. Even WAY BACK HOME could be played on pop stations.

THIS COULD BE US remains at #30 with 93 spins.

Strikes me in an odd way, some of Prince's peers/competitors on this chart: Johnny Gill, Trey Songz, D'Angelo, Joe, Charlie, Bruno, Case, Boyz II Men, Sisqo... I'm not sayin' AC R&B is a has-been haven but...