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Originally posted by Flanders
That's not even a little bit true. Not having chart hits doesn't damage one's brand at all - just look at Bernie. Her brand is the strongest of any current female in the industry.
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But where would Pepcé be without the iTunes stunt? It is what saved her. This hitless album (though I still can't wrap my head around XO not smashing) would've done even worse than 4.
Pepcé is a master at building and maintaining her brand outside of music. Most artists are only here for the music and don't make a spectacle of their own lives. Pepcé both sells and advertises herself in many different ways, very lucrative ways. The image she has built is why she gets so much media attention and why people go to her tour.
But her career as a recording artist will be harder to pick back up the longer she is without a hit.
It's 2014. Even the gays have abandoned Gags. Billboard already spilled that tea.
)/Beyoncé than Gaga. WAY more.
