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Originally posted by ashuduff
You talk about it being her comeback album and all the promo she did. All of that hyped everybody up and so it was an extra blow when the sales weren't as strong as expected.
Nonetheless, it is Christina Aguilera and her previous projects have been successful, so of course it's a surprise to see this flop. Just out of curiousity, why did she flop? B2B, KGB, Stripped all sold reasonably well.
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But see, there was no hype. I only mention comeback album, because that's what it was. If you weren't aware, the lead single & release of the album were 3 months apart. The hyped had died almost immediately when "NMT" first premiered. Once it premiered and it was determined it was a horrible song, no one cared anymore. Everyone expected it to bomb on iTunes & radio (which it inevitebly and quickly did), and put the icing on the cake the video is horrendous. There were no longer anymore expectations by the time June rolled around. The promo she did also came long after "NMT" flopped, so the promo was not apart of the hype. It was more of sadly watching her push the record down our throats when the public was already over it months before.
As for why it bombed, In my opinion, because of the long wait + her peers, and the terrible music.
(sorry for the essay)