O1LT.COM SPECIAL REPORT-BIGGEST ACTS TURNING OUT TO BE THE BIGGEST FLOPS!!!
By L.T. Dinwiddie
The world's biggest acts turning out to be the biggest flops!
It seems that the biggest acts can’t seem to sell records according to billboard.com. Three top tier entertainers that have always dominated the charts have failed to reach gold status after most of them have been on Billboard for at least three weeks. Here is my full report
Christina Aguilera: After being on the charts for 5 weeks her newest album “Back to Basics” has failed to sell over 500,000 copies and hasn’t been certified gold by the RIAA. Christina Aguilera’s last album “Stripped” sold over 12 millions copies world wide, but her latest musical project is looking to me more of flop.
Beyoncé Knowles: Now before I say what I am about to say, please understand that I am not attacking Ms. Knowles. I am just comparing past sales records to current sales figures. I realize that she has only been on the Billboard 200 for two weeks, but compared to previous sales results she should already be on her way to a platinum album which doesn’t seem to be the case. One thing I find completely interesting about her latest album is that it reportedly sold 541,000 copies in its first week according to soundscan, yet billboard hasn’t certified it gold on their charts. I pay close attention to the billboard weekly, hell even daily sometimes and I know they are pretty thorough in their chart updating. What I also find VERY interesting is after being on the charts for just one week “B-Day” sales plummeted from 541,000 copies to 162,000 copies. All that tells me is that fans weren’t the only one’s buying albums. Someone else had have helped along the way, her record label perhaps?
OutKast: With all the rumors of a break up it seems that fans have mix feelings about the future of Outkast. The pioneering southern hip-hop group that brought us all such great hits like “Mrs. Jackson”, “Rosa Parks”, and "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)" has seemed to go their own ways musically. Their latest CD hit stores in August in conjunction with their first movie as a group “IdleWild”, and though their movie was a mild success, fans seemed to lose interest in Outkast’s music capability on this album after just one week. The “IdleWild” Soundtrack debuted at number 2 selling over 196,000 copies. But after being on the charts for more then 3 weeks it has also failed to sale over 500,000 copies. A failure in comparison to their last album “Speakerboxx/The Love Below”, which sold 10 million copies to date.
Either music fans are losing interests with today’s current music, or these artists have been around too long where people have lost interest.Whatever the reason is you can’t help but notice that at the end of the day the lack of sales of their CD’s will affect their bottom line. No matter what the may say artists want and need to sale records. Let’s hope we see a turn around going into the holiday season.
The world's biggest acts turning out to be the biggest flops!
It seems that the biggest acts can’t seem to sell records according to billboard.com. Three top tier entertainers that have always dominated the charts have failed to reach gold status after most of them have been on Billboard for at least three weeks. Here is my full report
Christina Aguilera: After being on the charts for 5 weeks her newest album “Back to Basics” has failed to sell over 500,000 copies and hasn’t been certified gold by the RIAA. Christina Aguilera’s last album “Stripped” sold over 12 millions copies world wide, but her latest musical project is looking to me more of flop.
Beyoncé Knowles: Now before I say what I am about to say, please understand that I am not attacking Ms. Knowles. I am just comparing past sales records to current sales figures. I realize that she has only been on the Billboard 200 for two weeks, but compared to previous sales results she should already be on her way to a platinum album which doesn’t seem to be the case. One thing I find completely interesting about her latest album is that it reportedly sold 541,000 copies in its first week according to soundscan, yet billboard hasn’t certified it gold on their charts. I pay close attention to the billboard weekly, hell even daily sometimes and I know they are pretty thorough in their chart updating. What I also find VERY interesting is after being on the charts for just one week “B-Day” sales plummeted from 541,000 copies to 162,000 copies. All that tells me is that fans weren’t the only one’s buying albums. Someone else had have helped along the way, her record label perhaps?
OutKast: With all the rumors of a break up it seems that fans have mix feelings about the future of Outkast. The pioneering southern hip-hop group that brought us all such great hits like “Mrs. Jackson”, “Rosa Parks”, and "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)" has seemed to go their own ways musically. Their latest CD hit stores in August in conjunction with their first movie as a group “IdleWild”, and though their movie was a mild success, fans seemed to lose interest in Outkast’s music capability on this album after just one week. The “IdleWild” Soundtrack debuted at number 2 selling over 196,000 copies. But after being on the charts for more then 3 weeks it has also failed to sale over 500,000 copies. A failure in comparison to their last album “Speakerboxx/The Love Below”, which sold 10 million copies to date.
Either music fans are losing interests with today’s current music, or these artists have been around too long where people have lost interest.Whatever the reason is you can’t help but notice that at the end of the day the lack of sales of their CD’s will affect their bottom line. No matter what the may say artists want and need to sale records. Let’s hope we see a turn around going into the holiday season.
posted by IM OVER IT at 9/24/2006
4 Comments:
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