"Not Anymore" is a song recorded by American singer

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released as the lead single taken from her second studio album '' Lady Love'' (2009). The song was written by

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and produced by

Bei Maejor Brandon Michael Green (born July 23, 1988), better known by his stage name Maejor (formerly Bei Maejor and later Maejor Ali), is an American record producer, singer, and songwriter from Detroit, Michigan. Green has written and produced songs f ...

. It was digitally released on February 3, 2009 through

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Music video

The video was shot in Los Angeles on February 13, 2009. The mini-movie was directed by

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. It is set in the 1960s, but has a modern feel similar to Barber’s video for

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's "

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." The video begins on an old revival tour bus, travels to a backstage area, and ends on an “American Bandstand”-like stage. LeToya plays Dorothy Campbell, or "Dot", who is the newest addition to a Motown record label and is burning up the charts, eventually moving on from the man who broke her heart and reveling in the ultimate revenge — success. Her boyfriend is played by

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, who cheats on Dot with one of her background singers. The video is split into 3 sections/time periods – 1961, 1964 and 1968. The sets, costumes and props change accordingly in each section to show the trends, fashions and styles of those particular years. The video was released on March 10, 2009. As of May 5, 2009 the video has peaked at number three on ''

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''.

Chart performance

"Not Anymore" was the most added song at Urban radio as of February 28, 2009, and one of the top 20 gainers on Urban stations after an increase of 132 spins. The single entered the US

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chart at No. 98, eventually peaking at No. 18 to become her third top 20. The song peaked at No. 7 on the US

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chart. On July 11, 2009, the song peaked at number eighteen on the US

R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (previously known as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay) is a chart published by ''Billboard'' magazine that ranks the top R&B and hip hop songs in the United States, based on audience impressions from a panel of radio stations monitored ...

chart, the song spent a total of twenty-two weeks on the chart. On September 26, 2009, "Not Anymore" debuted at number forty on the

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chart for one week before falling out the chart.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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