It's shows that before the internet labels could literally choose and pick what looked huge behind-the-scenes.
Another thing:
When "You Are Not Alone" debuted #1, they made it look HUGE and earth-shattering since he was the first artist to do it. In reality, what had happened was, they let the song surge all the way up radio without being available for sale, then released it on sale so it went right to #1. Back then, you weren't allowed to chart on Hot 100 unless the song was on sale.
"You Are Not Alone" only sold 120,000 first week. That was good, but nothing earth shattering (Whitney sold 632,000 of IWALY 2 years prior!) yet they made it seem like it was a huge huge release. Funny thing -- "Fantasy" debuted at #1 two months later, with 229,000 in sales. If Michael was truly this out-of-this world never before seen power, why did Mariah sell almost double? He was truly not as big as him / his label tried to fool everyone into believing in the press.
Fast forward to 2001 when "Invincible" 363,000 first week. 363K wasn't nothing huge in 2001 to open with (the average #1 album in 2001 sold 422,202 copies so it was actually BELOW what the average #1 album was selling). Yet they had him block-out Times Square and made it seem like "the King of Pop was having a huge return!!!". That's when everything started backfiring for him.
This tea.
It's really satisfying to know that all of this headline news-garnering hysteria was actually propaganda calculated by his team and not genuinely created from the GP's love and adoration for him. This all makes me laugh when you see people say Madonna is attention-seeking and needs people to love her because it could have been a lot worse. Imagine she had this kind of team behind her.
You know, that actually is a good point. The album sold around 20 million copies worldwide and looking at the receipts of the whole era they do look very impressive but when you look at the release date... there were plenty of albums selling the same amount of copies if not more. And yet because it was Michael Jackson everything did look monstrously huge. Interesting to read what was going on behind-the-scenes.
you mean Dangerous???
even if 30M is inflated
it's considered the best selling New Jack Swing album so that's something
It's really satisfying to know that all of this headline news-garnering hysteria was actually propaganda calculated by his team and not genuinely created from the GP's love and adoration for him. This all makes me laugh when you see people say Madonna is attention-seeking and needs people to love her because it could have been a lot worse. Imagine she had this kind of team behind her.
What is the most impressive and underrated of her career is that she went so long without any major scandal.
No crimes, no legal trouble, no drug scandal, no nude leak, and she never even dramatically gained weight or anything.
It's shows that before the internet labels could literally choose and pick what looked huge behind-the-scenes.
Another thing: When "You Are Not Alone" debuted #1, they made it look HUGE and earth-shattering since he was the first artist to do it. In reality, what had happened was, they let the song surge all the way up radio without being available for sale, then released it on sale so it went right to #1. Back then, you weren't allowed to chart on Hot 100 unless the song was on sale.
"You Are Not Alone" only sold 120,000 first week. That was good, but nothing earth shattering (Whitney sold 632,000 of IWALY 2 years prior!) yet they made it seem like it was a huge huge release. Funny thing -- "Fantasy" debuted at #1 two months later, with 229,000 in sales. If Michael was truly this out-of-this world never before seen power, why did Mariah sell almost double? He was truly not as big as him / his label tried to fool everyone into believing in the press.
Fast forward to 2001 when "Invincible" 363,000 first week. 363K wasn't nothing huge in 2001 to open with (the average #1 album in 2001 sold 422,202 copies so it was actually BELOW what the average #1 album was selling). Yet they had him block-out Times Square and made it seem like "the King of Pop was having a huge return!!!". That's when everything started backfiring for him.
MJ also had the first song ever to debut in the top 5 on the Hot 100
without his repression technique...Mariah wouldn't have 3 #1 debuts and two #2 debuts
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Sources have HIStory at 20m.
eh...it's still considered the best selling New Jack Swing album
even though it deff doesn't even deserve that title
shameless trend-hopping with that album
What is the most impressive and underrated of her career is that she went so long without any major scandal.
No crimes, no legal trouble, no drug scandal, no nude leak, and she never even dramatically gained weight or anything.
She is one of the most disciplined girls.
I take pride in knowing my faves were never scandalous to the point where they weren't the ones in control. Madonna had her scandals/controversies but she created them herself: Sex book, American Life etc. And Shakira... well, she's a humanitarian and pure goddess.
I take pride in knowing my faves were never scandalous to the point where they weren't the ones in control. Madonna had her scandals/controversies but she created them herself: Sex book, American Life etc. And Shakira... well, she's a humanitarian and pure goddess.
Tommy straight up said when Invincible was bombing and they refused to keep throwing away millions in unethical promotion and etc that was when Michael got mad and started accusing him of being racist and coming forward with accusations so he could be dropped from Sony (the original Kesha vs. Dr Luke kii), and go to a new label who would do everything he said. He was obsessed with making all his follow-ups to Thriller look just as huge as Thriller, when they were normal eras at the end of the day.
It's really satisfying to know that all of this headline news-garnering hysteria was actually propaganda calculated by his team and not genuinely created from the GP's love and adoration for him. This all makes me laugh when you see people say Madonna is attention-seeking and needs people to love her because it could have been a lot worse. Imagine she had this kind of team behind her.
Also why I value Madonna's hard work and efforts more. It always felt more organic and less orchestrated. And Beyonce gives the best of both (propaganda with a side of humility).
I take pride in knowing my faves were never scandalous to the point where they weren't the ones in control. Madonna had her scandals/controversies but she created them herself: Sex book, American Life etc. And Shakira... well, she's a humanitarian and pure goddess.
I find it the opposite. She created controlled scandals. But there were ones like the Sean Penn mess that, as a result of her being a woman, happened upon her. And she took it in stride.
I find it the opposite. She created controlled scandals. But there were ones like the Sean Penn mess that, as a result of her being a woman, happened upon her. And she took it in stride.
Omg. I was watching Cadillac Records and finally pinned down what's wrong with Beyonce's acting.
Her facial acting/expressions and body language are well done and convincing (watch any of her music videos) But her vocal acting/delivery is a bit one-dimensional and stiff. She sounds too much like "Beyonce" when she delivers a line. It's not dynamic enough. It feels like she's spouting fed lines as opposed to speaking words that originate from the mind of the character she's portraying.
tl;dr: Beyonce needs to learn how to make her dialogue delivery extremely fluent and convincing
Why was she puking while shopping and just standing there / fighting? 
He was obsessed with making all his follow-ups to Thriller look just as huge as Thriller, when they were normal eras at the end of the day. 
