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Celeb News: Forbes: Christina A. saved Epic
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Forbes: Christina A. saved Epic
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A few months ago, most people had never heard of A Great Big World, the indie pop duo that recently teamed up with Christina Aguilera to give us the heart-wrenching No. 1 track “Say Something.” Recent events have spurred hefty growth in their online fan base, now they’re opening for Maroon 5 at a major venue, and performing on nationally syndicated award shows. All this exposure could prove invaluable as the band prepares to release their debut album this coming January.
In the past two months, A Great Big World has added about 20,000 new Facebook page likes, a 1,400% increase from the two months prior, and close to 80% of their current total. It is a similar story on Twitter, where their 12,000 new followers is a bump of 2,600%, and more than 80% of their total following. They count close to 130,000 page views on Wikipedia, a leading indicator for sales, and spikes in their data coincide with key events.
That’s when things started snowballing, and fast. Axel and Vaccarino launched the new band name the same day the episode aired. Now record labels had their eye on them, and in May they sat down with music mogul L.A. Reid and penned a deal with Black Magnetic/Epic Records. A few months later, a choreographer for So You Think You Can Dance wanted to use another one of their tracks – “Say Something” for a performance. That’s when Christina Aguilera first heard it, and immediately reached out. The guys were blown away. “We were like, uhm… is she sure?” Vaccarino jokes.
Within weeks they had re-recorded the track as a duet with the pop star, and performed on The Voice. The support of Aguilera, who has a massive online fan base, with close to 17 million Facebook page likes, and 11 million Twitter followers was invaluable, and the performance certainly caught the public’s attention. The video itself has attracted about 1.5 million views on YouTube, and that week A Great Big World saw more than 26,000 Twitter mentions – close to a 275% increase from the week before. When the official music video for “Say Something” was released a few weeks later they saw their YouTube video views skyrocket. Since then, they have seen close to 7 million views on their official channel, an increase of more than 7000%.
L.A. Reid is back at Epic on a 24/7 basis following two seasons as a judge on The X Factor, and his increased presence and focus are making a big difference for the label. Things are really starting to hum again of late; industry observers are giving the renowned creative exec major props for signing breakthrough act A Great Big World, which has this week’s top-selling single. Epic also finds itself with a wholly unexpected Album of the Year Grammy nominee in Sara Bareilles’ The Blessed Unrest. Additionally, Reid brought in high-energy Todd Glassman to spearhead the label’s promotion efforts and recently upped Urban head Benny Pough to EVP. With Reid once again doing his magic, industry observers expect 2014 to be a major turnaround year for Epic.
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what a legend
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I hope legend can save her own career. She's been very generous these last few years.
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She is a saint...
"Moves like Jagger"
"Feel This Moment"
"Say Something"
and now Lady Gaga
but the questions is
who will save Christina Aguilera?
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the real mother teresa tbh 
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Originally posted by Bie
I hope legend can save her own career. She's been very generous these last few years.
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Her "career" includes the #1 TV show in America, a slew of top 10 hits in the past two years and the rejuvenation of NBC, Maroon 5, and now Epic. Others are in far, far more precarious positions.
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Legend AND humanitarian 
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Why's X the 1 that needs career saving when she's doing better overall than all her 1999 peers?
Global iTunes Artist Ranking -
35 Christina Aguilera
38 Britney Spears
128 Jennifer Lopez
N/a Jessica Simpson
N/a Many Moore
Xtina has been there, done that. Now it's time to help others get hits. Its a win, win for her anyways since she gets chart/sale credit for every song she helped get big.
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Originally posted by TheVoiceXtina
Her "career" includes the #1 TV show in America, a slew of top 10 hits in the past two years and the rejuvenation of NBC, Maroon 5, and now Epic. Others are in far, far more precarious positions.
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I mean her musical career, not TV judge career. I hope she can smash with her own solo song, not with Adam ft Christina or Pitbul ft Christina.
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Originally posted by Grin Toll
She is a saint...
"Moves like Jagger"
"Feel This Moment"
"Say Something"
and now Lady Gaga
but the questions is
who will save Christina Aguilera?
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Alive ✔
Mentally sane ✔
Talented ✔
She's just fine right about now
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Originally posted by Bie
I hope legend can save her own career. She's been very generous these last few years.
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"hope the legend save her own career" blah blah blah the same **** that i get to see everytime i see a positive thread about legend x. The source is FORBES not huffingpost or media take out. I bet you'll be jumping for joy if it was your fave who is featured in this article 
Take your anger and transparency somewhere.
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Member Since: 10/29/2011
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Originally posted by Grin Toll
She is a saint...
"Moves like Jagger"
"Feel This Moment"
"Say Something"
and now Lady Gaga
but the questions is
who will save Christina Aguilera?
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If Jesus didn't need anyone to save those sinners 
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Originally posted by Bie
I mean her musical career, not TV judge career. I hope she can smash with her own solo song, not with Adam ft Christina or Pitbul ft Christina.
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Christina Aguilera & A Great Big World and their equal billing duet song says hi
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Originally posted by D.M.F
Why's X the 1 that needs career saving when she's doing better overall than all her 1999 peers?
Global iTunes Artist Ranking -
35 Christina Aguilera
38 Britney Spears
128 Jennifer Lopez
N/a Jessica Simpson
N/a Many Moore
Xtina has been there, done that. Now it's time to help others get hits. Its a win, win for her anyways since she gets chart/sale credit for every song she helped get big.
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Not a single lie spotted
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Originally posted by Bie
I mean her musical career, not TV judge career. I hope she can smash with her own solo song, not with Adam ft Christina or Pitbul ft Christina.
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She's just warming up. Solo success is coming soon.
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Originally posted by Bie
I mean her musical career, not TV judge career. I hope she can smash with her own solo song, not with Adam ft Christina or Pitbul ft Christina.
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Look @ her. A woman of many talents.
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Originally posted by TheVoiceXtina
Alive ✔
Mentally sane ✔
Talented ✔
She's just fine right about now
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All it takes to be a popstar, tbh
Christina Aguilera - 8,251,439
Stripped - 4,284,152
Back to Basics - 1,702,445
Bionic - 284,518
Lotus - 242,684
97%+ Album Sales Drop ✔
Not One Top 20 Solo Hit since 2008 ✔
Not One Top 5 Solo Hit since 2002 ✔
Go-To Feature Artist ✔
Reality TV / Talent Contest Judge ✔
Looks like a has-been to me
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Originally posted by gotintoririfever1
"hope the legend save her own career" blah blah blah the same **** that i get to see everytime i see a positive thread about legend x. The source is FORBES not huffingpost or media take out. I bet you'll be jumping for joy if it was your fave who is featured in this article
Take your anger and transparency somewhere.
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Anger? Transparency? 
I've always been a fan. I bop to her songs almost everyday. I still listen to GIAB, Beatiful, ... I have nothing against this article. I just want her to smash on her own. An I wrong?
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Originally posted by fabbriche
She's just warming up. Solo success is coming soon.
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She will smash next era 
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The new Jesus.
Saving the others, but not himself.
Bow down! 
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