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Originally posted by fortheloveofmusic
Celine could still do stadiums/arenas if she wanted to. Mimi was never a touring act. It takes a strain on her fragile voice. She's not built for that kind of strenuous vocal activity. Janet's theater tour was decently successful and the fact that she still has an audience in the U.K, Australia, South Africa, Asia etc is indicative of her longevity also.
Madonna is doing well touring wise but all of the female 'legends' are doing ok commercially. Oh and COADF did not do 12 million, but ok
Let's applaud all of the female legends
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Bloodshy & Avant reported in an interview that Confessions had sold 12 million WW. They worked with her on the album.
Mimi isn't a touring act because she couldn't perform in a stadium even if she wanted to, she couldn't sell it out. It has nothing to do with her voice, she would sing the same were it in a stadium or a parking lot, microphones and speakers do the work of amplifying it. The truth is that Madonna destroys them all in touring, and in terms of single success as well....Celine, Janet and Mariah may have sold around the same with their last albums but their lead singles didn't go Top 10 in 20 countries like Madonna's did. Or in the case of 4 Minutes, #1 in 20 countries. And Mariah and Janet are way way more local as seen by their WW album sales.