Ke$ha's 2nd album "Warrior" is expected to open with 80K in the US, which is half of what her debut album "Animal" did its first week. Die Young has been holding pretty well on iTunes but its success was not very remarkable compare to her previous singles. Do you think Ke$ha is fading or there were other factors involved for the album's underperformance? Discuss and keep it cute.
She's a single artist, period. She's just not interesting or unique enough to be a huge album seller in the US and a big global star. Oh well though. I guess not everyone is capable of doing it.
Despite some of the opinions. I think it's because Kesh truly has yet to find her niche sonically tbh. I love dance K$ but I truly believe that she is meant to be an indie pop, rock artist. Until she starts to make the music that she truly wants to make instead of the top 40 kinda stuff then the underperformance will continue. You can still incorporate all of those elements and still make it radio friendly. Hence "Last Goodbye"
I don't think Ke$ha is really everyone's cup of tea to be honest. There is a stigma attached to her name - that she is talentless autotuned brat, basically. The single choices only add to this negative reception. Hence, why would people buy a whole album from her if they view that as a poor representation of her entire work. 'Die Young' is probably one of her most successful singles. It may not have peaked at #1, but I think it's already having more longevity than WRWWR. She needs to release 'Last Goodbye', which is a balance between vulnerability and mainstream appeal.
She has never been an album seller. Ever. Animal only opened at number one because there was a discount and there wasn't huge competition. It only sold 1.4 M with multiple hits and Tik Tok selling 9M+. She makes party music and those kind of songs rarely sell albums.
She had mediocre WW sales with Animal, she should NOT have tooken a 2 year break and expect to be global, Die Young was no where near Tik Tok's success or impact WW, she was forgotten about in the 14 month hiatus, Tik Tok ***** on Die Young in infectiousness and freshness, EDM is fading from the mainstream, RCA choses generic singles, etc.
She won't be selling many albums until she releases an album selling single or more singles in general, I guess they wanted DY to be generic to get her back up the charts.
I think a part of why she is underperforming is because she waited too long to release her next album. A break is always good but you don't want it to be too long.