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Old 06-09-2011, 21:40
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What do you think? In the US by the way, not worldwide.

She has just equalled with MJ's record of having 5 singles from a single album, all going to #1 in the US.

That is some pretty impressive stuff!!

Out of only 9 singles she has released, 6 of them have gone to #1, and 8 of them have gone Top 10.Also 7 of her 9 singles have gone Top 10 on this country.

She is unstoppable at the moment.
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Old 06-09-2011, 21:43
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Old 06-09-2011, 21:50
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In this country, definitely not. Acts like Girls Aloud, Westlife and Spice Girls literally had around 15-20 Top 5 singles each.

In the US, I'm not too sure. I'm fairly sure someone like Madonna or Beyonce has probably had equal or more success in the singles chart.
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Old 06-09-2011, 21:52
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Shame she sounds good on record but sh*t live
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Old 06-09-2011, 21:52
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Shame she sounds good on record but sh*t live
Agreed. Someone who can barely sing live doesn't really deserve that level of success.
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Old 06-09-2011, 21:54
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Not really.MJ was a worldwide phenomenon, Katy is just a successful artist.She is undoubtedly huge right now, but MJ had double the success of 'Teenage Dream' for 3 consecutive albums, which is extremely difficult.And in his era it was definetely harder for an artist to get a No.1.Also, sometimes I feel like Katy gets amazing chart placings and great chart runs but her songs do not have any significant impact.Her success seems to be rather superficial if you ask me.My classmates are still singing MJ's songs and some of them go as far as trying to learn the dance moves and that is 20 years after his peak .Sorry, but I can't really see any of Katy's hits standing the test of time to that extent...
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Old 06-09-2011, 21:55
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In this country, definitely not. Acts like Girls Aloud, Westlife and Spice Girls literally had around 15-20 Top 5 singles each.

In the US, I'm not too sure. I'm fairly sure someone like Madonna or Beyonce has probably had equal or more success in the singles chart.
But what I mean, she has had 6 #1s out of only 9 singles, if she does another three albums, she will get a few more #1s. I'm talking about the US and not here.

She is huge in America, and everything she does, seems to turn to gold. And all of her singles that have gone to #1 have all sold more than 3x platnium in the US.

She is fairly new, after a few more years, if she is going strong, she will be up there with the best.
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Old 06-09-2011, 22:11
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She won't last.. she's bubblegum
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Old 06-09-2011, 22:22
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But what I mean, she has had 6 #1s out of only 9 singles, if she does another three albums, she will get a few more #1s. I'm talking about the US and not here.

She is huge in America, and everything she does, seems to turn to gold. And all of her singles that have gone to #1 have all sold more than 3x platnium in the US.

She is fairly new, after a few more years, if she is going strong, she will be up there with the best.
I really don't know about that. Her album sales aren't anything to brag about at all and I can't imagine her tours rake in that much money (am happy to be proven wrong). The problem with the singles chart is that success doesn't really guarantee anything. I'd certainly feel much more comfortable as a fan if my fave was selling a ton of albums rather than singles.

I love Ms. Perry for what she is, but her music is so unthreatening and unoriginal I honestly can't see her sticking around forever.
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Old 06-09-2011, 22:28
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If we're talking single chart success, Rihanna is the one to watch. When all is said and done, she'll be the one with the most #1's. Not necessarily the better or even the most memorable songs, but certainly she's got the charts by the balls.

All Katy has done is have 5 hits on one album. It's impressive, but doesn't really mean anything more than it is.

So, no.
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Old 06-09-2011, 22:52
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I doubt she's bothered about not selling albums.... she just made £30,000,000 from the 'Teenage Dream' album.

She's also on a lucrative world tour.
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Old 06-09-2011, 23:01
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I doubt she's bothered about not selling albums.... she just made £30,000,000 from the 'Teenage Dream' album.

She's also on a lucrative world tour.
this! music credibly and longevity is admirable. having 5 us #1s and making a ton of cash is also impressive. i for one like her music and i am not afraid to say so!
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Old 06-09-2011, 23:01
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What do you think? In the US by the way, not worldwide.

She has just equalled with MJ's record of having 5 singles from a single album, all going to #1 in the US.

That is some pretty impressive stuff!!

Out of only 9 singles she has released, 6 of them have gone to #1, and 8 of them have gone Top 10.Also 7 of her 9 singles have gone Top 10 on this country.

She is unstoppable at the moment.
She has enormous digital/radio power in the US in terms of singles, but no one is here for her albums.

Teenage Dream has sold 1.7m in over a year with 5 #1's. Pretty dreadful when you compare it to Born This Way which has sold the same in just over three months with a #1, a #3 and a flop single.

The only reason her singles do so well is because they're inherently inoffensive, soulless and generic slices of radio food produced by Dr. Luke.

Not to mention that ET required a remix with an urban artist (which helps on radio) to reach #1, and Last Friday Night required a discount to 0.69c as well as another desperate remix with yet another urban artist.

So when you take everything into account, she's very unimpressive.
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Old 06-09-2011, 23:04
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I doubt she's bothered about not selling albums.... she just made £30,000,000 from the 'Teenage Dream' album.

She's also on a lucrative world tour.
That's great, but it's not got much to do with the point I was making. We're talking long term.
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Old 06-09-2011, 23:07
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She has enormous digital/radio power in the US in terms of singles, but no one is here for her albums.

Teenage Dream has sold 1.7m in over a year with 5 #1's. Pretty dreadful when you compare it to Born This Way which has sold the same in just over three months with a #1, a #3 and a flop single.

The only reason her singles do so well is because they're inherently inoffensive, soulless and generic slices of radio food produced by Dr. Luke.

Not to mention that ET required a remix with an urban artist (which helps on radio) to reach #1, and Last Friday Night required a discount to 0.69c as well as another desperate remix with yet another urban artist.

So when you take everything into account, she's very unimpressive.
Pretty sure Gaga's on more than 1.7 million. Wikipedia (lol wikipedia) says it's sold 5 million .
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Old 06-09-2011, 23:10
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She has enormous digital/radio power in the US in terms of singles, but no one is here for her albums.

Teenage Dream has sold 1.7m in over a year with 5 #1's. Pretty dreadful when you compare it to Born This Way which has sold the same in just over three months with a #1, a #3 and a flop single.

The only reason her singles do so well is because they're inherently inoffensive, soulless and generic slices of radio food produced by Dr. Luke.

Not to mention that ET required a remix with an urban artist (which helps on radio) to reach #1, and Last Friday Night required a discount to 0.69c as well as another desperate remix with yet another urban artist.

So when you take everything into account, she's very unimpressive.
Is the 1.7 million figure worldwide or just US? If it's the US it's a bit rubbish, if it's worldwide that's absolutely appalling for someone who has so many hit singles.
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Old 06-09-2011, 23:11
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Pretty sure Gaga's on more than 1.7 million. Wikipedia (lol wikipedia) says it's sold 5 million .
Born This Way has sold 1.7-1.8m in the US, and around 4.3m worldwide. It's shipped 5m+ worldwide though.
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Old 06-09-2011, 23:13
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Is the 1.7 million figure worldwide or just US? If it's the US it's a bit rubbish, if it's worldwide that's absolutely appalling for someone who has so many hit singles.
Teenage Dream has only recently passed 4m and is out of the top 20 worldwide, selling pitiful amounts each week.
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Old 06-09-2011, 23:16
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Having poor album sales = minimal fanbase + minimal casual interest in her beyond singles.

That isn't good. Especially when you consider she's had FIVE #1's from this album. People would rather buy each single, leading up to half the tracklist and are STILL unconvinced on her to commit to buying the rest. It's uncommon for an album to have so many #1's because at some point the album shifts major numbers that reduces the latter single sales. Obviously that didn't happen.

Selling bucket loads of singles is of course nice compensation, but it does mean she's completely at the mercy of continuing producing radio friendly hits because she hasn't got much to fall back on. She doesn't have a fanbase to pull her through a flop, and if she couldn't muster much after a huge debut and an even bigger follow up era...
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Old 06-09-2011, 23:16
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Teenage Dream has only recently passed 4m and is out of the top 20 worldwide, selling pitiful amounts each week.
So she's selling around 800k for every number one single in the US, WORLDWIDE. I can't believe it's that little, that's really changed my opinion of her. Anyone who depends entirely on their singles instead of their albums is lacking in artistic integrity really.
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Old 06-09-2011, 23:21
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So she's selling around 800k for every number one single in the US, WORLDWIDE. I can't believe it's that little, that's really changed my opinion of her. Anyone who depends entirely on their singles instead of their albums is lacking in artistic integrity really.
Yup, pretty much. Perry is a singles artist, mainly popular among the iTunes generation who has no appeal to adults who actually buy albums.

Unlike someone like Gaga who appeals to everyone, although bad single choices and poor management has somewhat diminished her popularity with said iTunes generation.
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Old 06-09-2011, 23:22
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this has all been discussed before and it changes nothing. some people will say her achievement means nothing, others will wish her well.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...ght=katy+perry
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Old 06-09-2011, 23:55
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I am astonished that Katy Perry is being mentioned in the same breath as Michael Jackson.
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Old 07-09-2011, 00:25
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That's great, but it's not got much to do with the point I was making. We're talking long term.
Who cares about long term when you've got £30 million
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Old 07-09-2011, 00:34
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I am astonished that Katy Perry is being mentioned in the same breath as Michael Jackson.
me too not needed.
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