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It should have had a 5th single, IMO, even if her label or Carrie herself didn't want to. MS was a very weak single (just look at its radio and digital performance) and didn't help much push album sales. That's another discussion, though.
. Wow, we are a spoiled fanbase.
Yeah, a number two song is just a terrible performance
Yeah, a number two song is just a terrible performance
Slow climb, sold poorly (even though it was ok for its radio performance). Yes, we are, blame it on Carrie. 
I don't, cause I didn't post Blown Away numbers.
Misunderstanding!
Oops my bad.
Well if she is to pull a Shania and release all the songs as singles (they probably would not all hit #1, but at least Top 10), there's no way it's not going beyond 2 million copies!
Having a fifth single would not have changed Carrie's career dramatically (Unless something like "Quitter" crosses over...), but it would at least have added 200-300k copies of album sales to "Play On", which would of course not sufficient for it to obtain a Triple Platinum certification, but, a sale is a sale! And there would probably be another Gold, if not Platinum single, more Country airplay in total equals to a higher radio familiarity and more money for the writer(s).
I don't think she herself would need to be there to promote the single actively. At most she'll need a few days in total for radio interviews and maybe a performance or two. She doesn't even have to do a video. I think it's really just to do with MS underperforming on radio at that time. It's like how Katy Perry's label did not release "Hummingbird Heartbeat" as a single after "The One That Got Away".
I think 5 singles is almost a guarantee to a 2x platinum album. Depending on the choice, the 5th single could be a hit right around Christmas and boost sales a bit (not really that much, though, but as you said, a sale is a sale). She doesn't really have to promote that much. Perform BA at the Grammys, TBC on AI and at the ACMs. I don't think it's that much. She could release the 4th single and just release a video and perform it at the CMAs. The 5th single could be promoted really well (ACAs, PCAs, Grammys, idk) and she would have to choose a very good single to close the era with a bang. Sounds good to me.
No problem.
If Carrie was going to release 5 singles from Play On (the same singles she released, plus one) the album would have probably sold by now 200k-300k more. Had she chose the right singles, it could be really close to 3x platinum (SWISLY, WCIS). TH and MS were just poor choices.
I want her so bad to release at least 5 singles this time around.
