Girl. You mean the third album, as in the one she died during? Of course it's going to sell a lot. The idiocy
She wasn't around to promote it and shoot videos yet it still sold 3 times as much as the other girls. Don't tell me 12 million people paid their hard earned money to purchase the album just because the artist had died. That's idiocy in the proper sense of the term this time
" To be sure, Blake was
aiming for something
distinctly new-
sounding, not the top
of the charts. Many of
the places Aaliyah
has resurfaced are
forthright about their
oddball intentions.
The first time he
heard her music,
Chris Keating thought
it was "way-
weirder...than the
Sonic Youth record
that came out around
the same time."
That's meant as a
compliment, and
Yeasayer's new
Fragrant World
sometimes does
resemble "an Aaliyah
album if you played
it backwards and
slowed it down," as
Keating has described
it. But the "very
futuristic" sound and
"unexpected
production" he
admires are things
many indie artists
work deliberately to
achieve. "
If it's the impact that matters, Brandy wins without a doubt. Artists can dress and look like Aaliyah as much as they want, but guess what? Brandy has ALL the vocal influence. Brandy basically set the blueprint for a child star with a music career. She is the one that they should be like.
"Nobody wants to see her nowadays" but millions of people tune in to the Game to watch her and attend her concerts. She just performed at the African American Festival yesterday, and slayed.
AND LOL AT YOU LISTING TINASHE!!! Tinashe herself has stated she isn't inspired by Aaliyah and never grew up listening to her music
-Jazmine Sullivan
-Jessica Sanchez
-Rihanna
-Ariana Grande
-Red Hot Chilli Peppers
-India.Arie
All of the above have STATED they are greatly inspired by Brandy's vocals, along with countless other artists. Brandy is humble, and is ALWAYS giving artists credit. She also said that after Aaliyah's death
I don't know about the vocals, people mostly mention Whitney, Mariah, Celine or Xtina (younger generation) as vocal inspiration but okay, I'm not informed
Brandy is not the only one appearing on The Game so what she performed in Africa? I never said she's flop or something
I know that Tinashe is not inspired by Aaliyah, but a lot people think that, I mean if you are black female artist with tomboy style, people automatically assume that's Aaliyah influence, even she's wasn't the first tomboy in the music industry, it's the impact
again I never said that Brandy is nobody and she doesn't matter, I'm sure she inspired people too it's just Aaliyah was more characteristic I guess? like you can tell than certain artist was inspired by her style, music, dance, whatever, like I would never know that RHCP were inspired by Brandy, you just don't see/hear it
She wasn't around to promote it and shoot videos yet it still sold 3 times as much as the other girls. Don't tell me 12 million people paid their hard earned money to purchase the album just because the artist had died. That's idiocy in the proper sense of the term this time
The album was struggling to go gold before she died, granted that was with no promo, but let's not act like it was this huge album before she died, because it wasn't.
The REAL tea is that for someone who was such a FLOP, nobody cares about to only be in the industry for SEVEN years having the same or close to amount of impact of someone who is ALIVE and WELL for a TWENTY year career
The album was struggling to go gold before she died, granted that was with no promo, but let's not act like it was this huge album before she died, because it wasn't.
She died about 6 weeks after the album release and thanks to her label messing up there was no single at the time to carry the album. Also bare in mind that in 2001 albums had actual longevity. 570k copies sold in 6 weeks was amazing and promising
She died about 6 weeks after the album release and thanks to her label messing up there was no single at the time to carry the album. Also bare in mind that in 2001 albums had actual longevity. 570k copies sold in 6 weeks was amazing and promising
I understand that, but the point of you bringing up an album from 2001, while were in a discussion about the 1990's was what?
The album was struggling to go gold before she died, granted that was with no promo, but let's not act like it was this huge album before she died, because it wasn't.
The sales for the album were around 62k and the week she died it shot up to #1 with 300k+ sales on the Billboard 200. The album was nothing and so was Aaliyah until she died.
I don't know about the vocals, people mostly mention Whitney, Mariah, Celine or Xtina (younger generation) as vocal inspiration but okay, I'm not informed
Brandy is not the only one appearing on The Game so what she performed in Africa? I never said she's flop or something
I know that Tinashe is not inspired by Aaliyah, but a lot people think that, I mean if you are black female artist with tomboy style, people automatically assume that's Aaliyah influence, even she's wasn't the first tomboy in the music industry, it's the impact
again I never said that Brandy is nobody and she doesn't matter, I'm sure she inspired people too it's just Aaliyah was more characteristic I guess? like you can tell than certain artist was inspired by her style, music, dance, whatever, like I would never know that RHCP were inspired by Brandy, you just don't see/hear it
LOL. Brandy's "Moesha Braids" are iconic
Just stop. Aaliyah is glorified after her death. The fact that she was flopping so hard with her album until her death.
Brandy is the biggest name on The Game and a lot of people started tuning in because of her (including me).
YOU LITERALLY SAID TINASHE IS INSPIRED BY HER. People think the same thing with Beyoncé or any white female popstar (madonna) or female vocalist (Mariah).
Fact is Brandy had more influence, was the biggest teen star, and kinda s*** on Aaliyah ever since she debuted.
The sales for the album were around 62k and the week she died it shot up to #1 with 300k+ sales on the Billboard 200. The album was nothing and so was Aaliyah until she died.
Get your facts straight, the album's opening week sales were 180k and the album was basically gold before Aaliyah died. Aaliyah was nothing until she died? But she had two multi platinum albums, a gold album, a number 1 single, several movie roles lined up and several top 10 hits and praise from legends like Whitney, all before she died.
How tf was her album flopping it it was her fastest selling ? One in A Million debuted barely top 20 with 40K and sold 2-3 million NONE of you gorls are Miss. Cleo so stop the antics just like Bey haters claiming her album wouldnt even go GOLD and what happened ?
The album was struggling to go gold before she died, granted that was with no promo, but let's not act like it was this huge album before she died, because it wasn't.
Actually she was promoting it a bit (the vocals )
And then she was at 106 & Park the week before her death.
Just stop. Aaliyah is glorified after her death. The fact that she was flopping so hard with her album until her death.
Brandy is the biggest name on The Game and a lot of people started tuning in because of her (including me).
YOU LITERALLY SAID TINASHE IS INSPIRED BY HER. People think the same thing with Beyoncé or any white female popstar (madonna) or female vocalist (Mariah).
Fact is Brandy had more influence, was the biggest teen star, and kinda s*** on Aaliyah ever since she debuted.
Aaliyah's album was already certified Gold and peaked in the top 5, and was actually selling better than "Full Moon" was, not to mention it was already selling faster than her last two albums did, which peaked at the BOTTOM top 20 of billboard and STILL WENT MULTI PLATINUM.
so what she performed in Africa? I never said she's flop or something
People think the same thing with Beyoncé or any white female popstar (madonna) or female vocalist (Mariah). 
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