it's the crossroads of flops...
Crossroads pulled in over 60M when it was all said and done and did 4x the budget. Bought the writher that does scandal her first nice home...still underperformed based on her star power at that point.
Then you have true flops like the iconic Glitter and gigli so even when she flops she's still at the top.
Did it underperform? Yes.
Did the album flop? Yes. I mean she managed to get to 7 albums (which is a feat in itself in pop music) and all were platinum shipped...until Britney Jean.
She BARELY managed coming out of that era with an iconic song.
She lucked out with Work btch barely being iconic.