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Originally posted by Ozzy8923
I actually was thinking about FF's performance the other day, and I realized that it wasn't as bad as people make it out to be. I see all these comparisons to Beyonce, Rihanna, P!nk, Kelly albums but Britney is at a FAR different place than they are. Beyonce has the support of her R&B audience [which has always been a loyal one! Just look at Mary J. Blige]. P!nk and Kelly both have support from Adult Contemporary, which are constant album buyers as well, and Rihanna has tremendous crossover appeal which boosts her album sales, too.
Britney, on the other hand, has always been at the mercy of Pop radio and the Pop audience ONLY. The Pop audience is notorious for being extremely fickle in who they support and how they approach buying an album.
Just my 2 cents. Gaga as well is another artist who really doesn't have crossover appeal and is also at the mercy of Pop radio, but promotes enough to scan enough albums to come off with a solid # in the end. Whereas Britney who hasn't initiated a massive promotional campaign in 10 years.
In other words, FF was lucky to sell what it did.  |
No. Britney has had crossover appeal since her debut. Even more than Rihanna. She got smart and started going more urban because pop wasn't going to make her successful forever, and that was a smart move. It worked and she gained even more fans which added even more to her crossover appeal. However, with her breakdown, it basically tore her career. Her comeback album was solely pop, which is kind of a bad idea because she'd be seen as fully pop to the newer generation which would diminish her crossover appeal. FF was even more pop and there were so many things that went wrong with FF, that's why it underperformed. Hopefully #8 is actually urban so she attracts a wider audience again.
Britney was lucky to have a cross over appeal with her first two records, but that's because her star power was huge.
