Britney didn't sell a tremendous number of records either. WTH outsold HIAM. TTT did well but not that well (2X platinum thanks to a remix). IWG did poorly compared to its AI. Criminal bombed. None of her songs did very well outside the US.
Britney toured but the tour was plagued with stories of Groupon deals, empty seats and poor performances which only added insult to the injury her image sustained after the 2008 lipsynching controversy. The little promo that she did was also met with media ridicule. True, Avril was sort of a non-entity but she didn't have the press scrutinizing her lack of dancing and singing. You have to look beyond the mere "Britney had a tour, Avril didn't" surface.
Change it up. Put Beyonce vs Britney or Rihanna vs Katy.
But seriously, it's obvious Britney had a better year. More records, more airplay, more awards, more albums, more singles, tours. I mean, what does Avril have that Britney didn't?
Change it up. Put Beyonce vs Britney or Rihanna vs Katy.
But seriously, it's obvious Britney had a better year. More records, more airplay, more awards, more albums, more singles, tours. I mean, what does Avril have that Britney didn't?
Only one of those would spark an actual debate, though.
Britney didn't sell a tremendous number of records either. WTH outsold HIAM. TTT did well but not that well (2X platinum thanks to a remix). IWG did poorly compared to its AI. Criminal bombed. None of her songs did very well outside the US.
Britney toured but the tour was plagued with stories of Groupon deals, empty seats and poor performances which only added insult to the injury her image sustained after the 2008 lipsynching controversy. The little promo that she did was also met with media ridicule. True, Avril was sort of a non-entity but she didn't have the press scrutinizing her lack of dancing and singing. You have to look beyond the mere "Britney had a tour, Avril didn't" surface.
Why do you focus only in What The Hell Vs HIAM?
What about Till The World Ends Vs Smile? And I Wanna Go Vs Wish You Were Here?
WTH outsold HIAM for less than 500k while TTWE outsold Smile for more than 2 million
Not really easily. In 2010, would you in your wildest dreams have guessed that Avril's 1st single would outsell Britney's 1st single, and with a fraction of the airplay? That Avril would only sell 200k albums less than Britney and outsell her outside the US?
Not really easily. In 2010, would you in your wildest dreams have guessed that Avril's 1st single would outsell Britney's 1st single, and with a fraction of the airplay? That Avril would only sell 200k albums less than Britney and outsell her outside the US?
I don't know about the first, but a lot of people were confident that Avril would outsell her easily.
Britney had more singles success although globally WTH was bigger than any of Brits singles. They had about the same level of album success and Britney had the bigger tour. They both underperformed but Brit did better although don't forget we're comparing an album packed full of Dr Luke hits and one that only had 3 mainstream sounding songs on it that was mostly made up of self-written songs that didn't fit the current trends in pop and radio boycotted Avril while practically throwing themselves at Britneys feet.