If the music is good enough and people are enjoying it, then her success is well deserved. I don't approve of her (or the label's) shady tactics to manipulate the charts and bring in more sales, but I really loved the 'Teenage Dream' era so I don't care anymore. It is true pop perfection.
I think her success is well-deserved...Teenage Dream was a really good listen for a pop album from start to finish which is why I started being a semi-fan...
California Gurls, Teenage Dream and Firework all went number one without any tactics. ET's remix was treated as the official single and rightfully so since it was used as a countdown single before the album release, not to mention it beats with and without Kanye. LFN topped iTunes for an entire week and Airplay for at least 2 weeks as well so it deserved to be number one. TOTGA is actually one of my faves but it doesnt have smash written on it, if it goes number one it probably will be the only single she has that didnt deserve it...so her single success is well earned but at this point its moreso about breaking a record rather than just promoting her material
Her album sales cant be manipulated and on her second album her first-week and longevity is impressive. Her international sales are also great for an artist with virtually no international appeal, outside of MAYBE ET every song on Teenage Dream was tailored for american radio so I can say she did exactly what she needed to do to get what she should have back
Katy had a commercially successful tour, 98% full and over a million attended. Let's talk about how she won several fan-voted awards like the VMA's, EMA's, and PCA's. She has a large fanbase, not massive, but it is large and dediicated. It is still growing.
Interested to know your thoughts here. The album was nominated for several grammys, then we have 6 top #5 hits and over 15 million digital downloads. If Britney sent out The One That Got Away would it even make an impact on radio?
She deserves it. Why shouldn't she? It's not like she is holding a knife to the general public's throat and forcing them to like her music. People will listen to and buy wha they want, and apparently, that's what the general public has wanted over the past 16 months (the curren span of the teenage dream era). She's already outsold her debut album by nearly 500K copies (OOTB was released in 2008 and has sold nearly 1.5M copies while TD was released in 2010 and has sold over 1.9M copies since then), so there is a growing genuine interest in Katy Perry as time goes on. So with that said, I definitely think her current success is well deserved.