The biz is a whole different world now. It's not done changing. You have things like singles being released several times, like Pink's, that take a year to catch on.
I think #46 is pretty good to start off with. Sure, we were hoping for more, but it could have been much worse.
In the future, artists may end up making more money by touring or getting songs into commercials or movie soundtracks. I think even more VC songs could end up in movies.
Dan/NS