When you see a singer burst onto the scene with one of the biggest hits ever, bypass one hit wonder status with 4 more hits (including another #1) in the same year, and go Platinum with her debut album, and then she sells less than 300,000 after almost a year with the followup, you really have to wonder what went wrong.
Could Ke$ha have remained successful if she hadn't gone on a 2 year break? With Nicki Minaj emerging as the hot female pop rapper in her absence, should she have attempted to remarket herself? Was there even anything she could have done - was Warrior doomed to flop from the beginning?
Yes, she should have put out music continuously and not taken breaks so early in her career. Doesn't make sense to take a break almost as long as how long you've been out, if that makes sense.
I think that there are just too many pop divas. Only the best are going to survive it. Britney saw lackluster success. Beyonce did. Gaga declined. Ke$ha flopped. Rihanna and Katy have remained consistent. And then you have all the other fillers (if you will) like Selena etc who have had moderate success. It's too bad because I thought Warrior was really good.
I think Ke$ha has done well with her achievements, however sadly not everyone can have a long lasting career that spans multiple years. Some strike while the iron is hot and get huge and are considered yesterday's news by next year no matter how good the music is. I say the reason people weren't buying into Ke$ha's new album Warrior was because a lot of ppl where over that style of music coming from her. And pre judged/skipped the album based off of the singles whih you can't blame them too much for. I don't think it's impossible for ke$ha to come back with some form of succes but the next single needs to not be about partying.
I think what happened with her is that with Warrior she drifted away from the formula she used in her past work (the whole 'let's party all night' formula) which made her past work hits. With Warrior she evolved as an musician and re-invented her entire image and sound from her previous works and made music with more substance, depth, meaning, and purpose and completely isolated what made her successful (messy glitter image and party music) and the GP couldn't adapt and get with it, IMO. Not saying it's a bad thing.
Ke$ha is a single artist, GP doesn't care about the full album althought Ke$ha's ones are good. If you as a single artist stop releasing new music and following the music trends, you will being forgotten. Sad but true.
I guess it was bad timing. Die Young and Diamonds were released at the same time and the tragedy that made the song being banned made the album suffer.
she waited way too long to release Warrior. if she knew it would take so long to finish the album, she should've at least released a 3rd single from Cannibal to keep her name out there...maybe gotten a lead single finished in time for spring 2012 to be a summer smash with a 2nd single to follow in the fall before the album
She's not as talented or versatile as the other girls so as electropop is dying out in favor of more organic, simpler production, she's fading away with it.
I think Ke$ha has done well with her achievements, however sadly not everyone can have a long lasting career that spans multiple years. Some strike while the iron is hot and get huge and are considered yesterday's news by next year no matter how good the music is. I say the reason people weren't buying into Ke$ha's new album Warrior was because a lot of ppl where over that style of music coming from her. And pre judged/skipped the album based off of the singles whih you can't blame them too much for. I don't think it's impossible for ke$ha to come back with some form of succes but the next single needs to not be about partying.
Every song on Warrior except "Dirty Love", "Wonderland", and maybe "Love Into the Light" is in the dance-pop / party / rap style that made her popular. Including all three singles that have been released from it. I don't think material is the issue.
Stay pre$$ed!!1
