Ya they didn’t flop, but they were merely kept afloat based on her name. By her incredible singles standards, they were flops. Work was a return to form. It saved her pop credentials as being the unbelievable hitmaker that she is.
he wasn't ever super unsuccessful, but not afraid was eminem's first real hit in years, since before 2004, and it and love the way you lie made the album way more successful than relapse, so it saved eminem's career as a singles artist. (also, relapse sucked, so it was a return to quality too...)
he wasn't ever super unsuccessful, but not afraid was eminem's first real hit in years, since before 2004, and it and love the way you lie made the album way more successful than relapse, so it saved eminem's career as a singles artist. (also, relapse sucked, so it was a return to quality too...)
"Moves Like Jagger" is the ultimate example. "U + Ur Hand" too, for sure, because P!nk was on the way out (flop album, "Stupid Girls" wasn't that big, and then "Who Knew" flopped when it was first released).
Fancy by Iggy Azalea definitely, after so many tries that era.
Work by Rihanna ft. Drake, saved her era from being one big messy flop.
Those are the only 2 recent ones I can think of. I don't think Lady Gaga, Katy, or Taylor have really had any "career-saving songs" moments, although if Gaga ends up with a #1 smash in her LG5 era, that will be a career-saving type song as far as her music after ARTPOP.
A lot of people were writing her off after the last four singles from her I'm Your Baby Tonight album "under-performed" by her standards:
- "Miracle" went to #9 and fell off the charts rapidly.
- "My Name Is Not Susan" peaked at #20 and faded just as fast.
- Both "I Belong to You" and "We Didn't Know" didn't even make the HOT 100 (they were commercially available, one even had a music video, and both had some minor success with R&B radio, but pop programmers showed no interest).
The commercial success of IWALY, its parent album, and the movie proved that Nippy was still one of the three main ladies in music.
