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Alicia Keys Earns Fifth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart with 159K in sales |
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Alicia Keys Earns Fifth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart with 159K in sales
http://www.billboard.com/news/alicia...08037752.story
To be honest, it's actually quite disappointing even though its good to sell 159,000 today's era but for someone like Alicia Keys she should've sold more than that. Even her last era that was either a flop or so-so success sold 417K and it didn't debut at No.1. I know her popularity isn't anywhere near Beyonce's but she was/is as good of an album seller as Beyonce is but I guess not this time. Rihanna's opening week sales were higher than Alicia's as RiRi earned 238K. This week Ri got 72K. |
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Is Alicia Keys' new album any good? I haven't checked it out yet.
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It's not her best album but that's low for even alicia keys. Oh well. It should go GOLD at least and bag her a few grammy noms.
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SOOO Happy for her. I thought she'd miss it. Low sales but then sales are atrocious now.
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The music industry is really going through a crisis, isn't it? Her last album opened with almost 400k copies sold iirc. And Ke$ha is projected to sell 80k next week...Wow! I hope album sales bounce back soon.
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80k is ok for Kesha. She isn't the type of artist to sell millions of albums. Plus you need to remember that she hasn't had a monster hit on this album. Tik Tok was huge, which led to interest in buying her debut.
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http://www.billboard.com/news/alicia...08037752.story
To be honest, it's actually quite disappointing even though its good to sell 159,000 today's era but for someone like Alicia Keys she should've sold more than that. Even her last era that was either a flop or so-so success sold 417K and it didn't debut at No.1. I know her popularity isn't anywhere near Beyonce's but she was/is as good of an album seller as Beyonce is but I guess not this time. Rihanna's opening week sales were higher than Alicia's as RiRi earned 238K. This week Ri got 72K. |
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80k is ok for Kesha. She isn't the type of artist to sell millions of albums. Plus you need to remember that she hasn't had a monster hit on this album. Tik Tok was huge, which led to interest in buying her debut.
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I do not think the music industry is in a crisis at all. Kesha's lack of progression is what I reckon has harmed the sales, and Alicia, well she is a respected acclaimed musician, but her album sales decrease with each album. Also many people still regarding her Songs in A minor album as an album she has failed to match.
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I do not think the music industry is in a crisis at all. Kesha's lack of progression is what I reckon has harmed the sales, and Alicia, well she is a respected acclaimed musician, but her album sales decrease with each album. Also many people still regarding her Songs in A minor album as an album she has failed to match.
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I actually found this album a throwback to her earlier music, which is why It didn't hit the spot with me but still expected her past fans to want to come back to this. Songs in A minor for me never and still doesn't the hit the spot for me but I can see why it has maintained a masterpiece tag on it.
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It's interesting to read the different reactions to this album. I love Alicia's first two albums and have found her albums since to be inconsistent and very safe bar a few standout tracks. That said, I'm really enjoying Girl on Fire, much more than I thought given that I hate the lead in single, and IMO it's her most consistent album since Diary Of.
I would have expected her to sell more in her first week especially as the single has been so big and the album has been getting positive reviews from a number of sources. As little-monster said, her sales are decreasing with every release, something which is to be expected with an artist who's now a decade into their career, and album sales have been fairly dire this year so those are factors but nonetheless that's a significant decrease since her last album. It'll be interesting to see how it fares in the long-run. |
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As a massive Alicia Keys fan it is slightly disappointing to hear there's been a decrease in sales but as someone mentioned she is a decade into her career and music sales overall have been quite poor.
Regarding the new album I love it and can hear bits from all her albums previous on this one, I find it difficult to pick a favourite track as it changes each time . What are everyone else's favourite tracks from the new album?Nikki
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. What are everyone else's favourite tracks from the new album?