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Kelly Clarkson new album bombs in the US
Oh dear...
http://www.idontlikeyouinthatway.com...-is-sorry.html Back to the drawing board methinks...or was that the Ironing Board?
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She should have listened to him.You can't follow a huge, world wide smash hit album with an album which will practically desert everyone who was into the last one. The new one is just far too rocky for her fans and she should have realised this. I wonder if he'll keep her signed up?
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its not bombed at all.its sold over 500,000 copies so far in the first few weeks.its gone gold already...
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I didn't know half a million copies was a bomb.
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I don't think it has bombed IMO. It's gold already and sold more in the first week than 'Breakway' did.
I think maybe overall so far 'My December' might have sold less than 'Breakaway' but its far from flopping. I think with 'How I feel' set to be the third single, sales should pick up as imo 'How I feel' is like some of the songs from her last album. |
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I didn't know half a million copies was a bomb.
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I think saying that the album has "bombed" is a tad harsh. "Underperformed" may be more accurate. I got the album a couple of weeks ago and was half expecting it to be a disaster after all the negative publicity that has surrounded it. But I've been pleasantly surprised by it.
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I'd say "not done quite as well as expected", but it definitely didn't flop. After all, it was the #1 album in the world in its first week.
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I'd say "not done quite as well as expected", but it definitely didn't flop. After all, it was the #1 album in the world in its first week.
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The thing is, Kelly said in numerous interviews that this album wouldn't do as well as her previous one. She never expected it to because the songs aren't as catchy and radio-friendly.
i do think she could do a lot more promotion in the UK though, like get on chatshows...i like her music, but know very little about her, i can't even say ive heard her speak! if the British public got to know her better, she'd pick up sales IMO. She gets good airplay, but its that 'buy CD's 3 times a year for mothers day, fathers day and xmas' type consumer she needs to attract IMO, ie the ones that go for the artists they 'know well' |
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I'd say "not done quite as well as expected", but it definitely didn't flop. After all, it was the #1 album in the world in its first week.
There are alot of Kelly fans on here in denial (I don't hate her by the way. I have both the albums) but come on, even she has admitted it on her website that it hasn't worked. She's admitted defeat. Clive will steer her back in the right direction for the next album i bet. |
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i do think she could do a lot more promotion in the UK though, like get on chatshows...i like her music, but know very little about her, i can't even say ive heard her speak! if the British public got to know her better, she'd pick up sales IMO. She gets good airplay, but its that 'buy CD's 3 times a year for mothers day, fathers day and xmas' type consumer she needs to attract IMO, ie the ones that go for the artists they 'know well' |
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"My December" on the world chart:
1 - 4 - 10 - 14 In its 4th week, its out the top 10 and only selling 87,000 copies. She'll be lucky to sell 20% of what "Breakaway" did at this rate. It doesn't help that there isn't a decent second single to lift those sales either. We all know she got it wrong and it seems she has realised as well. A bitter victory for Clive Davis, proven right in the media spotlight, but he's just lost out on millions of album sales. Hopefully, she'll get back to Max Martin and they can get some decent songs back out again. |
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Maybe if Clive Davis had supported Kelly and hadn't publicly slated her album instead, she'd be doing better, yes?
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I think her music should speak for itself, she could talk about the songs and what they are about but it shouldn't matter about her personally.
BUT there is a huge market of people who rarely buy CD's/dont listen to the radio often...who will buy CD's for presents etc. ie people who could be unaware of Kelly at the moment. I dont see how going on jonathan ross/parkinson would do her any harm, and as I said may introduce her to a new market. |
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according to perez hilton she'll be back in the studio soon to make a new album that will out next year that will have more radio friendly singles, it will be like "My December" never happend!
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Maybe if Clive Davis had supported Kelly and hadn't publicly slated her album instead, she'd be doing better, yes?
Conversely, maybe if little miss trumped up hadn't bitten the hand that has fed her so well over the last couple of years and realised without her mentor she amounts to very little, the ensuing album would have done very well. |
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Conversely, maybe if little miss trumped up hadn't bitten the hand that has fed her so well over the last couple of years and realised without her mentor she amounts to very little, the ensuing album would have done very well.
You're exactly right and Kelly will be right back with him now and the new album will no doubt be released soon and billed as the follow up to Breakaway with 'My December' wiped from memory like someone else on here said. She should have known though to follow up something as sucessful as Breakaway is to release something just as similar e.g Breakaway 2, to guarantee the worldwide hits and cement her as a superstar. It could and would have worked out! God i'm so angry and frustrated that she couldn't see this! After that 3rd successful abum would have been the time to become more experimental not after her first big success. However, i'm sure if Clive gets this new album together soon i'm sure all is not lost for Kelly otherwise she'll turn into an Alanis Morrisette type artist and i don't want her to (i'm sad enough that it happened to Alanis with that horrendous 2nd album all those years ago )
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i personally do agree...
BUT there is a huge market of people who rarely buy CD's/dont listen to the radio often...who will buy CD's for presents etc. ie people who could be unaware of Kelly at the moment. I dont see how going on jonathan ross/parkinson would do her any harm, and as I said may introduce her to a new market. |
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according to perez hilton she'll be back in the studio soon to make a new album that will out next year that will have more radio friendly singles, it will be like "My December" never happend!
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