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Originally posted by EnoughSaid
GIRL! One In a Million, If Your Girl Only Knew both #1 at urban and TOIGMHT went #9 on BB Hot 100, IYGOK went #11 and this is a time that Hot 100 was not a great reflection because a lot of songs couldn't chart if they weren't released comercially as singles, Britney the biggest artist alive at the time didn't get a single #1 post BOMT until Womanizer? Do you think that means a damn? Artists pushed their albums and got hits on top 40, airplay charts which Aaliyah charted with all her singles
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omg stop
those were not big hits, just minor hits on the main chart at best... ciara got legit HUGE HITS
and why did you bring britney into this... she was selling albums like hot cakes with bigger hits
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Originally posted by Theus
Uh no and you are still ignoring everything said about her being a slow seller. To compare One In A Million opened with 40k in 1997 and it had a legit hit (If Your Girl Only Knew) when it got released unlike self titled which sold more than OIAM did despite We Need A Resolution doing poorly on charts and it was stable at the top 20 of the Billboard 200 before her death, unlike One In A Million.
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uh... how is that even relevant
she was a newbie in the 90s and developed a fan base by 2001 (7 years in the industry) so of course she could sell an album better and without a hit single
that doesn't change what i said... that the album was not doing well before death
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Originally posted by KingOfUrbanPop
The ENTIRE era was a mess on a FLOP label that could barely afford certs + flop singles + didnt she DIE early in the era so SHOULDNT have sold more after her death + IC4U came out a year later and it's out of print and not available to buy anywhere in over half a decade.
I wasn't speaking on "recent" acts, I meant in general.
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she died about 2 months into the era and sold like 450K... it went on to sell 2.9 million
i still don't get why you mentioned that.. can't think of any other artists in recent years who died suddenly and i'm sure all of them got a boost in sales after death, which isn't really my point anyway. just saying that she wasn't selling that well before death