It still has something to do with it. Seeing Adele has one highest score of anyone this year and Janelle's albums is still one of the highest critically acclaimed albums of the past 5 years. Not to mention the majority of albums with Substance are more likely higher than ones with none. How many songs with depth or ballads does Teenage Dream have compared to LOUD? And TD success has nothing to with it being good music. Considering the majority of her audience are kids & teens. Music Critics are professional people and KNOW what they're talking about. Teens & Kids could care less if the song is good or has substance. As long as it catchy, they'll buy it. ****** songs Party Rock Anthem being #1 is proof of that. If Katy's album was so good it would've gotten a better score and would be so damned by her peers & critics. End OF.
those reviews are a mess, for example:
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After some severe front-loading, the album is filled out by songs that are too dark or lifeless to work alongside the Candyland motif of the cover and sunbeamy splash of California Gurls.
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Unfortunately, the fun peaks around the time that Snoop Dogg officially hands over his thug-life card during the previously released "California Gurls," a slice of sunny disco-pop perfection that suggested Teenage Dream just might trump 2008's spotty but enjoyable One Of The Boys. Instead, Perry returned with lots of ho-hum ballads
Most of these reviews claimed that CG was the best song on the album, and that Firework was a forgettable mess Those critics clearly didn't know what they were talking about when they heard the album for the first time, anyway since then the album has been nominated to Album of the Year at the Grammy, Juno, Brit, and AMAs, and that's the END of it
You tried to make it seems as if Rihanna was on the same level as Katy when she started. Which she wasn't. Music Of The Sun & A Girl Like Me have more substance than both of Katy's albums. Rihanna has already proved herself to be critically & commercially successful. So even now, LOUD may not be the most substantial album but at least it has some compared to Katy's none. Rihanna has already proven herself to be have substance & depth with Rated R. Unlike Katy who hasn't. So how can the Rihanna now "with more album" still be on the same level as Katy in terms of depth & substance? Exactly, she can't. You still fail.
My point was that Rihanna has put out so many albums, and yet her recent one has next to no substance. Katy has just had two. If you're willing to let it slide with Rihanna, why not Katy? Especially as she has been in the music business for a lot less time than Rihanna?
Rihanna proved herself with Rated R, I'm not saying she didn't. That was her FOURTH album. And then she took a couple of steps back with LOUD, but yeah.
And I repeat, once again, since it doesn't seem to get through to you, I'm not saying that Teenage Dream is better than your precious fave's last album, or that her album bites. LOUD having more substance than Teenage Dream has nothing to do with anything I said. Dx
It's funny how everybody "in" the industry (I use the term lightly, of course) is lashing out at Katy now since she's been so successful this era. But during her One Of The Boys era, people were cool with her.
It happened with Gaga, it's happening with Katy, it will happen with the next IT chick in music but Kelis is clearly reaching to get those headlines, anybody who says otherwise is a fool, she knew what she said would get everyone hot & bothered and it's exactly what it's doing.
Most of these reviews claimed that CG was the best song on the album, and that Firework was a forgettable mess Those critics clearly didn't know what they were talking about when they heard the album for the first time, anyway since then the album has been nominated to Album of the Year at the Grammy, Juno, Brit, and AMAs, and that's the END of it
Taylor Swift won album of the year against I Am...Sasha Fierce in 2009 and we all know which is the better album w/ substance. All award shows are fixed in some way. We're as crtics aren't. Some critics are more credible than others. You didn;t even post a link to WHICH critics said. That, all and all Katy's critic score is still bad. Which meant the majority of critics STILL thought the album was bad.
Exactly. All these people are bashing Katy because she is so successful. Just like Gaga some months ago.
The difference is (and no shade here), Katy songs are way more commercial/with no substance and she lacks some vocal ability. Therefore she is a easier target than Gaga was.
Taylor Swift won album of the year against I Am...Sasha Fierce in 2009 and we all know which is the better album w/ substance. All award shows are fixed in some way. We're as crtics aren't. Some critics are more credible than others. You didn;t even post a link to WHICH critics said. That, all and all Katy's critic score is still bad. Which meant the majority of critics STILL thought the album was bad.
According to Metacritic, Taylor got better reviews than Beyonce, Fearless was pretty much critically acclaimed overall, as all of Taylor's albums are.
According to Metacritic, Taylor got better reviews than Beyonce, Fearless was pretty much critically acclaimed overall, as all of Taylor's albums are.
She's always so underrated here. But she's not underrated when it comes to album sales and tour grosses (did you see the latest box scores?), so she'll live.
She's always so underrated here. But she's not underrated when it comes to album sales and tour grosses (did you see the latest box scores?), so she'll live.
Yes, I did. I like BadBitchRihanna and Taylor can be dragged for a lot of reasons but she cannot be dragged for her critical acclaim, especially since she writes/produces the albums all by herself, when will some of the other girls do it?
Yes, I did. I like BadBitchRihanna and Taylor can be dragged for a lot of reasons but she cannot be dragged for her critical acclaim, especially since she writes/produces the albums all by herself, when will some of the other girls do it?
And that's why, despite her massive success (and at such a young age too), you don't see too many threads like this one about Taylor.
According to Metacritic, Taylor got better reviews than Beyonce, Fearless was pretty much critically acclaimed overall, as all of Taylor's albums are.
Which only proves my point even more on how award shows are fixed. They had greater albums with better scores all around and still didn't get nominated. Katy's AOTY nomination still means nothing. They only used her for ratings and promotion.
My point was that Rihanna has put out so many albums, and yet her recent one has next to no substance. Katy has just had two. If you're willing to let it slide with Rihanna, why not Katy? Especially as she has been in the music business for a lot less time than Rihanna?
Rihanna proved herself with Rated R, I'm not saying she didn't. That was her FOURTH album. And then she took a couple of steps back with LOUD, but yeah.
And I repeat, once again, since it doesn't seem to get through to you, I'm not saying that Teenage Dream is better than your precious fave's last album, or that her album bites. LOUD having more substance than Teenage Dream has nothing to do with anything I said. Dx
LOL. What does how many albums have to do with an artist's acquisition of critical acclaim? Gaga with TF and TFM have better scores than OOTB and TD, and that's with 2 albums. TF was mostly fun pop music, just like TD but there's no comparing with TD since TF has been a better album any day of the week.
Which only proves my point even more on how award shows are fixed. They had greater albums with better scores all around and still didn't get nominated. Katy's AOTY nomination still means nothing. They only used her for ratings and promotion.
TD's nomination was probably a blatant shade by Grammys, or even the result of someone from Capitol filling Grammy panels' with money generated from TD's singles sales and numerous discounts. I mean who can blame them?