France is the 5th most important / prestigeous market in music industry.

Why Xtina is unpopular in france?

1. Christina Aguilera
Peak: #44
Not certified


2. Mi reflejo
Peak: out
Not certified


3. My kind of christmas
Peak: out
Not certified


4. Stripped
Peak: #49
Not certified


5. Back to basics
Peak: #10
-Gold certification-


6. Keeps getting better: a decade of hits
Peak: #9
Not certified


7. Bionic
Peak: #23
Not certified


8. Burlesque
Peak: #108
Not certified


TRIVIA:
1) She never got a top 5 album in France
2) She never got a platinum album in France
3) With the exception of "B2B" all of her albums failed to reach a certification


I don't know what happened in France with her, did she promoted there?, Why french people don't like her at all?

lets discuss.

Why not?

Yikes, they really don't use her

Although I've noticed American artists in general chart less in France - maybe Francophone recordings take precedence first.

I think France is very sweet and flexible market, actually a lot of international divas find success there like: Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Shakira, Katy Perry, Beyonce, etc.

Madonna is super successful there, and Britney has several platinum albums there and all of her albums certified.


So thats why I find weird that huge cold response french people have given to Xtina.

That's really weird.

wow now that is floppy.

Maybe a French person can explain why...

Although American artists tend to have great advantages of being played in foreign countries, it seems that sometimes individual countries are more resistant.

Not necessarily.

Shakira's "La Tortura" peaked at #7 on the French singles chart. Its respective fully Spanish album ("Fijacion Oral Vol. 1") peaked at #6. Her "Sale El Sol" album, which is primarily Spanish, peaked at #1 and is certified as Diamond.

These are just examples of Spanish language songs/albums, so really France can be quite accepting of other music.

Any french user here on ATRL?

But this is very simple: they don't like her

I know you don't honestly care about France.

She's popular enough over there, and the good amount of records she sold last year with her top 3 hit shows that. She's global, and that's all that matters.

thats not an excuse.

France is a popdiva lover / supporter .... usually popstars find success there.

So its weird the cold response ..... has she promoted there or something? .. because looking at her results I could swear she is like a D-list / E-list minor celebrity there.

Not really Rihanna has plenty of hits there, so does Madonna and Britney. I think its because her music never appealed to France. France seems like a tough country to crack, but once you made it you stay there. Shakira is also pretty huge there.

Wow, a very surprising weakness for her. They don't use her at all.

Dont they have certain quotas in France where they have to play 50%(or whatever) French music?

UK artists do quite well there. Adele obviously, but now also Birdy is quite popular right now.

Even J.Lo has found moderate success there.

But waiT. According to the dictionary global means the entire world...ergo this statement is not valid.

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France is actually a hard market to crack