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Originally Posted by Thinny
I find the US charts so confusing as there's so many of them. It's broken down into so many different sub catagories that they don't really seem to mean anything. It's nowhere on the actual Billboard Hot 100 charts. Any article that acts like selling 1,887 downloads is a big deal is nothing more than a puff piece. It has all the signs of a paid for article to me. Has anyone in the US actually heard the song getting much airplay on pop radio?
It states that Legendary is currently 14 on the adult contemporary chart. Even Story Of Love charted higher on this chart (13) with Limitless making no. 10 and Do What You Can 11. None of those were "hits". So I don't really see how Legendary is doing better than anything in the last 15 years?
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If one really wants to know how a song is being received spotify streams is the best indicator. Legendary has been crawling at a snails pace since shortly after it's release.
We Made It Look Easy being the next single would make sense to me here in Jon's delusion. I believe someone mentioned Jon had stated at a listening party the song would be a huge hit.
I think we all agree Bon Jovi will never have another hit like the old days. But I think a proper rock song à la Have A Nice Day while it wouldn't be a huge hit would gain more traction than a song like Legendary.
So many fans have turned their back on new Bon Jovi music over the last 15 years or so it would be a slog no doubt. But If you're not going to have a hit no matter what you release may as well release a rock song/album and start trying to win back the fanbase that has been eroded. With a proper rock album the general sentiment would be Bon Jovi is back and the next two albums or so Jon still wants to make could build on the momentum.