Why do the monsters insist, like a blind man trying to find his way across the highway, that Katy is local? Her tour was sold out all over the world, her singles are hits all over the world, she sells albums all around the world.
A sold out tour is nothing to brag about when it grossed only $150 million from over 100 dates.
It's true though. She starts off the era with the best photoshoot of her career, but people still have the bitter taste of the BTW era in their mouths. August 19th will be the moment of truth.
The good sistrens need to cleanse their palette with Applause.
I think rih's greatest album would actually be really successful. People would like to have all of her good singles compiled into one CD instead of going through her albums where it'd just have one or two good songs.
I recently made a Rih 'GH' playlist
We Found Love
Diamonds
Only Girl (In The World)
Don't Stop The Music
Stay
S&M
SOS
Disturbia
Unfaithful
Take A Bow
What's My Name?
Where Have You Been
Man Down
Shut Up And Drive
California King Bed
Birthday Cake (Remix)
Pon De Replay
Umbrella
A sold out tour is nothing to brag about when it grossed only $150 million from over 100 dates.
She was playing smaller venues because her label underestimated the demand (hence all of the dates being sold out) and ticket prices were low. That's why the gross was smaller.
It's easy to buy a 99 cent single of a song you like and want to sing on the way to work.
It takes a little more to spend $18.99 on a full album because you don't know what to expect.
But it takes a HELL of a lot of thinking to spend $100 on seeing someone live on stage for 4 hours when you know they aren't going to make you feel like it was a good investment.
You build your brand as an entertainer by using the opportunities given to you by live television audiences. People will talk and they will talk far and loud.
Some exceed.
I mean the Queen hasnt been to Australia/New Zealand since god knows when and she sold out 17 shows back to back.
It's Katy's first big tour. Most people do not come out with a 100M+ tour with just one big album.
It took Rihanna seven albums to do it. Taylor Swift two.
Her tour was sold out all over the world, her singles are hits all over the world, she sells albums all around the world.
