I came up with a great idea! Each week , I will post up an flop music artist that some people don't give a two cent about. So you can get to know them more better.
The first one flop artist I want us to talk about is Destiny's Child own Kelly Rowland.
Kelly Rowland
NOTE : Kelendria Trene Rowland (born February 11, 1981) commonly known as Kelly Rowland, is an American recording artist, actress, dancer and model who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the American girl group Destiny's Child.
Rowland began her solo career in 2002 with the release of her debut album Simply Deep, which contained influences of alternative-R&B and rock music It that included her joint worldwide number-one single "Dilemma" with rapper Nelly, as well as subsequent singles "Stole", "Can't Nobody" and "Train on a Track."
Simply Deep
U.S Billboard 200 Album Chart : #12 (Gold)
Dilemma (A Grammy Winning Song )
U.S. Billboard Hot 100:#1
Stole
U.S Billboard Hot 100: #27
Can't Nobody
U.S Billboard Hot 100 : #97
Train on a Track
Following the group's disbandment in 2005, Rowland released her second solo effort, contemporary R&B album Ms. Kelly in 2007. Considerably less successful than its predecessor , it produced the hit singles "Like This" and "Work."
Ms. Kelly
U.S Billboard 200 Album Chart :#6 (Gold)
Like This
U.S Billboard Hot 100 :#30
Work
Ghetto
In 2009, Rowland scored her second number-one hit on the UK chart with her contribution on DJ David Guetta's single "When Love Takes Over." The song earned her a second Grammy Award as a solo artist, and resulted into their 2010 joint single "Commander," Rowland's third number-one hit on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart and first release off of her third studio album.
When Love Takes Over (A Grammy Winning Song)
U.S Billboard Hot 100 : #76
Third Studio Album : Never came out!
Commander
Rose Colored Glasses
Grown Woman
Forever And A Day
Motivation
Artist GPA:
Vocal: B (3)
Dance : C (2)
Performance: D(1)
Music: B (3)
I've always been a Die Hard Kelly Rowland Stan. But i stop stanning after Ms Kelly album. I still love her music though.
1- Bad Manager & Labels & Poor Marketing strategy.
2- No. She's Too Good and her voice is
3- I Think Kelly Need to make Music from the Heart and Stop Following trends. She also need a great Team. She need to be Confident about her music and stop being a label puppet.
4- I dont Know but i think it's just some kind of Buzz single and then she will drop a great single that give her a mainstream success.
5- I've too many songs of her than i love :
- Unity
- Still In Love With my Ex
- Forever just a minute away
- Flashback
- This Is Love
- Comeback and Better Without You.
I think she flopped because the euro/dance thing wasn't suited well for the U.S. Motivation is doing pretty good on radio, and it isn't even on iTunes yet. Looking forward to your future posts.
I think she flopped because of poor promo & just overall laziness. Having said that I think she totally missed an opportunity to gather an overseas audience.