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Jan 28 14 2:12 PM

mcfan wrote:

For one I hardly think songs like 'Underneath the Stars' or 'Never Forget You' were heavily promoted by Sony at Urban radio. The focus was more on their Pop counterparts 'Forever' and 'Without You'.  

'Anytime You Need a Friend' was her first underperforming single at Pop radio, it was not going to do amazing at Urban radio.

'Crybaby' cannot be used as a valid example at all. It was released between all the drama and as Nick said it got to where it got thanks to West Coast support alone, which is considerable.
The Butterfly era was also handled poorly in general by Sony after 'Honey' (#4). 'Breakdown' was #13 on R&B Airplay though and 'My All' was another top 20 hit.

After TEOM, Mariah released poppy singles and I'm not surprised they didn't support them after 'Touch My Body' (#2). It was like Mariah had done a loyalty deal with them (talking about how R&B success was important to her, how her wins in the R&B categories at the Grammys meant more, releasing a format-specific single) only to break it shortly after.
'Bye Bye' was entirely too Pop for the Urban landscape at the time; 'I'll Be Lovin'U Long Time' was a bigger hit at Rhythmic but by then the flop curse was in full force.
'Obsessed' is the only single I think they didn't support enough.

I also believe that Mariah's labels have done a terrible job with Urban AC radio, often not bothering to send her songs there. After 'Fly Like a Bird' they should've started catering to that format more imo. Half of the Memoirs album would've been played by those stations, but they didn't even try.   

If R&B radio truly loved her, she wouldn't need a lot of promotion to do well.

In re: to "AYNAF" are you saying R&B radio followed Pop's lead? That's how it reads.

How many West Coast stations played "Crybaby?"

You basically have excuses for every song smiley: roll The reality is, though, if R&B radio was truly supportive of her they would have jumped on some of those singles regardless.