It would have been a nightmare for an artist of her stature.
1. People made her seem like a flop during the I...Am Tour for selling 8,000 seats out of a 12,000 arena, so they would have dragged her mercilessly for putting 90% of her North American tour tickets on Groupon despite being the most liked person on Facebook and selling 6,000 seats in a 21,000 seat arena:
2. People would drag her for being "the hottest chick" in the game, yet having all of her videos ignored at the VMAS and not being able to book the Grammys without collaborator.
3. People point out the "hypocrisy" of her singing songs like "Independent Woman" and "Single Ladies" despite the fact that she is married, so I'm sure they would point out the hypocrisy in singing about being hit with whips and chains barely a year after Jay-Z her kicked her forehead in.
4. There would be a massive "Please sit down" petition for her releasing an album so close to another one.
5. And of course she would be dragged for peaking at #3 and not even crossing 2 million in her home market despite all of the hit singles.
6. She would probably not have any of her current endorsements and would not have been invited to sing at the Inauguration.
The Loud era, is better served for an artist like Rihanna whose star power comes on a Pay-As-You Go plan.
. How y'all going to put my new at the time ass up against an ATRL legend like Nicole?
Now that's someone who knows how to drag.
