It seems everyone is flopping in a way or another:

Gaga- artpop
Rihanna- r8
Nicki- several singles
Katy- latest singles
Beyonce - 4
xtina
britney- bj
jlo
madonna- rh

etc.

pretty much everyone except taylor. is flopping now a normal thing?

4 continues to prove that it was ahead of its time.

R8 is setting trends my Fav

The kids have outgrown pop music. Pop is not hip anymore, it's deemed embarrassing in friend circles. Young listeners have shifted to New Weird America sound, which is a bootleg version of indie.

All Nicki's singles this era have done good though?

Pills N Potions wasn't a hit but it definitely wasn't a flop + the rest were at least moderate hits...

I don't know why everyone here says that Uncle, B'Day and Disease How We Do were flops. Sure they underperformed but they went Top 20 and were moderate hits.

the end of pop music era

Yes Artpop its impact

It's not like we have a choice anymore. Albums are hardly selling anyways and especially female artists that get a lot of love (and hate) here, bomb all the way.

it has always been

I mean how many albums are selling more then 4 now a day.

She did it last tho

4 has sold 3.2M as of today!!! That is not a flop.

4 is not a flop. Y'all need to stop. The singles flopped, the album sold 3,2 million. Even in 2011-2012 it did good.

Gaga started it as always. But yeah indie releases >

My fave Gaga always starting trends! She did it first! (or wait, she copied MDNA )