From 3,000,000 in US to 600,000 in 1999-2001.
A mental breakdown put her in hospital.
A mental breakdown on TRL.
Movie to go along w/ Soundtrack; budget over $20 million for movie -- movie made less than $5 million.
$100 million 5 album contract w/ Virgin; after Glitter flopping she is pushed out the contract after 1 album for a $55 million payout.
Lead Single discounted to 49cents after not reaching Top 60, despite all her previous 8 Lead Singles reaching #1; peaked at #2 even w/ discount. Soundtrack released on same day as 9/11.
Debuted and peaked at #7.
Virgin also had to lay off 3,000 workers and end many of their artists' eras (Janet's 'All For You' an example) early due to the severe money loss.
Such a QUEEN. + the iconic breakdown on E!.
This is the definition of a huge flop. Gaga's not flopping, she's just doing mediocre. Mimi's comeback tho >>>> her flop.
Mariah's fall from grace certainly provided lots of fodder and garnered a decent bit of press coverage.
But there's something really spectacular about the way the ARTPOP experiment has gone down in such an inglorious blaze. The attention Gaga has recieved for her recent underperformance is in some way a testament to her cultural significance, but I'm most intrigued by the way the media, in particular, have fed the beast and contributed to the idea of the "sinking ship." I mean, when you have reputable publications citing a fabricated and somewhat implausible report about an extravagant and misguided album campaign that has your major label scrambling for cash and threatening its employees with layoffs... well, there just has to be a sense that a heck of a lot of people are against you. The ARTPOP era not measuring up to expectations from commercial and critical standpoints has been the story of Gaga's 2014.
Sure, Britney also has a flop album, but most traces of that bad news were carefully buried under articles about her triumphant turn on the Vegas strip.
Sure, Bionic was DOA, but Christina was too much of a non-entity by the time of its release for most people to take notice of her failures or successes.
Mariah's fall from grace certainly provided lots of fodder and garnered a decent bit of press coverage.
But there's something really spectacular about the way the ARTPOP experiment has gone down in such an inglorious blaze. The attention Gaga has recieved for her recent underperformance is in some way a testament to her cultural significance, but I'm most intrigued by the way the media, in particular, have fed the beast and contributed to the idea of the "sinking ship." I mean, when you have reputable publications citing a fabricated and somewhat implausible report about an extravagant and misguided album campaign that has your major label scrambling for cash and threatening its employees with layoffs... well, there just has to be a sense that a heck of a lot of people are against you. The ARTPOP era not measuring up to expectations from commercial and critical standpoints has been the story of Gaga's 2014.
Sure, Britney also has a flop album, but most traces of that bad news were carefully buried under articles about her triumphant turn on the Vegas strip.
Sure, Bionic was DOA, but Christina was too much of a non-entity by the time of its release for most people to take notice of her failures or successes.
