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Artist Of The Year?
Member Since: 7/1/2005
Posts: 12,107
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From the United States, unfortunately I'd have to say Fergie, then Rihanna (since her album sales are sooo low), but worldwide, I'd have to go with Nelly Furtado and then Avril Lavigne. All four = - _ - though.
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Member Since: 4/23/2007
Posts: 16,416
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Originally posted by Exodus
From the United States, unfortunately I'd have to say Fergie, then Rihanna (since her album sales are sooo low), but worldwide, I'd have to go with Nelly Furtado and then Avril Lavigne. All four = - _ - though.
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I agree
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Member Since: 2/8/2006
Posts: 12,651
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US - Fergie
Mexico - Camila/Belinda
Europe - Nelly Furtado
Asia - Utada H. (spelling???)
Latin America - Shakira lol jk i would go w/ Miguel Bose or Alejandro Sanz
Overall WORLD - WIDE ---------
NELLY FURTADO...
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Banned
Member Since: 7/28/2005
Posts: 9,146
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o plz. Everyone is not buying JT's album because of "Sexyback", so you can hush that one.
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Member Since: 2/8/2006
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^ i know right...besides everyone knows My Love is better lol IMO
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ATRL Senior Member
Member Since: 2/21/2005
Posts: 21,684
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Rihanna has the best single of the year and Kanye West is gonna have the best selling album, so I think those two are the artists of the year.
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Member Since: 11/24/2006
Posts: 24,963
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Rihanna, Avril, Britney
Really, Nelly furtado is so 2006, Fergie too
I would say for a n.1 Rihanna, just the sales are not her thing
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Member Since: 1/27/2006
Posts: 51,546
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Originally posted by ¤£°ø°®°D¤
o plz. Everyone is not buying JT's album because of "Sexyback", so you can hush that one.
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mmm Mike is actually kind of right. After "SexyBack" died out, which took MONTHS, his album started to slip in sales. "ML", "WGA,CA", and "SL" were like lucky spins and held the album in the top 50, "LS" on the other hand is starting to help it.
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Member Since: 4/19/2007
Posts: 6,714
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I think Fergie and Nelly are among the artists of 2006
Artists of 2007 should be Linkin Park, Avril, Norah, Maroon5, K.West........
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Banned
Member Since: 6/17/2007
Posts: 1,056
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Originally posted by izмαеeL
Umbrella did better than Say It Right WW
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LOLOL! You are so far from the real facts!!
By now, there's a big distance between "Umbrella" and "say it right" points... "Say it right" is way ahead!!
I mean, "Umbrella" isn't even bigger than "the sweet escape"...
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Member Since: 6/17/2007
Posts: 1,056
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Originally posted by MrDeeds
Rihanna, Avril, Britney
Really, Nelly furtado is so 2006, Fergie too
I would say for a n.1 Rihanna, just the sales are not her thing
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Oh yeah... you're right!!
Rihanna had a great single "Umbrella", her album is out for weeks and she hasn't achieved the Platinum mark worlwide yet...! I mean, Kanye West's new album will get over "Good girl gone bad" in just 3 weeks, maybe... oh yeah, she's the artist of the year!!
Avril??... LOLOLOL please!!! "Girlfriend" was a cool single, a cool single that had some ariplay and did good on charts... but that's it!! that song won't even be in top 5 at the end of the year... ... Then, her album sold good... but, let's face it... many artists sold or will sell best than her this year! ... ... What's comes after "Girlfriend"?... oh yeah,... "When you're gone"... cool song, not a hit... And that's it! Artist of the year? I don't think so!!...
Britney????????????????????????? Artist of magazine's covers!!!! Britney did nothing!!! I guess "Gimme more" will do something great on dancefloor charts! The song is a great dance song! it will do something like "Sexyback" in clubs... ... but, Britney did nothing so far to be artist of the year!! I mean, she did a crap performance at the VMAs, which put her even more distant from the "artist of the year" podium... ... ... ..
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Banned
Member Since: 6/17/2007
Posts: 1,056
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Quote:
Originally posted by Exodus
From the United States, unfortunately I'd have to say Fergie, then Rihanna (since her album sales are sooo low), but worldwide, I'd have to go with Nelly Furtado and then Avril Lavigne. All four = - _ - though.
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You're wise! (don't agree with the "avril" as second worlwide... that would be Fergie, Rihanna or Kanye West... even Madonna if she releases a huge first single ...)
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Member Since: 4/19/2007
Posts: 6,714
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Kanye West just did awesome in US. Can't you see he just sold more than 200K outside US ?!
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Member Since: 6/17/2007
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Originally posted by [Bask]
Kanye West just did awesome in US. Can't you see he just sold more than 200K outside US ?!
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yeah, you're right... but maybe he will do better for the next weeks outside U.S... even though I think he will never be that big outside the US... I mean, 50 cent sold more than him, without a single bombing right now... "Ayo tecnology" begins now to be played on radios...
Hmmm... There's a chance he gets to the 3-4 millions copies at the end of the year... hmm, but maybe you're right... Fergie is second worldwide... or Rihanna (if her album sells better with "Don't stop the music" ... 'cause "Shut up and drive" is such a flop... and "don't stop the music" has that vibe that may turn into a HUGE hit in Europe and Asia...)
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Member Since: 12/23/2006
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it surprised me that kanye didn´t even sell 200k outside US, considering it sold 957k in US!...i was so sure it was gonna be like 1,5 million, but "only" 1,15 million....so it´s obviously not gonna be the best selling album of the year, no matter how good it is, it will fall hard in sales after a while, though a 3x platinum cert. in US is a given.
i said it before, say it again, but a bit updated:
artist of the year in US: Fergie
artist of the year internationally: Justin, Nelly or Amy Winehouse (she outsells her peers by far every week now, whitout really having a single out or even promote!)
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Member Since: 5/4/2005
Posts: 21,850
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Rihanna!
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Banned
Member Since: 10/21/2001
Posts: 25,547
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Quote:
Originally posted by MrDeeds
Rihanna, Avril, Britney
Really, Nelly furtado is so 2006, Fergie too
I would say for a n.1 Rihanna, just the sales are not her thing
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Why are we even mentioning Britney in the Artist Of The Year race? LOL
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ATRL Administrator
Member Since: 6/29/2002
Posts: 77,601
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Artist of the Year is clearly Darren Hayes, since he released the best album of all time
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ATRL Moderator
Member Since: 12/21/2002
Posts: 20,569
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I'm not even gonna say.
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Member Since: 5/25/2007
Posts: 7,919
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RIHANNA... or maybe NELLY/FERGIE!!!!
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