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Originally posted by ElectricFrancis
Remember when everyone back then in 2011 was saying: "Oh my gaashh, Britney's coming for Gaga's wig, the world ain't ready bitchezz!!"
It all ended up on Britney underperforming and proving that she just can't come back huge. FF was full of hit singles, but what happened?
Looks like people never learn.
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Funny, I seen an album released in the 1st quarter and was poorly promoted. When the lead single was released in January, the entire album wasn't even finished. We didn't get a music video till super late in the release and no televised promo till the week of the album release. The name of the album wasn't picked yet, the artwork wasn't ready, Britney didn't even begin the process of working out yet, and so on till just under a month before the FF release date.
For God sake, Britney didn't even leave the state of California to promote the album outside of two Vegas clubs. Heck, she didn't even leave LA County till the GMA performance in San Fran, then hightailed it back to LA. Nothing about that era was planned or organized. Jive just wanted more money before they folded later that year.
Even with all that, she still managed to sell 11 million records+ WW. It's not bad, but it's not great either. Yes, the early FF performances were HORRID, no argument here on that matter. I find it flattering when Beyonce, P!nk, and Britney are expected to sell at the same length and levels of the current pop starts of Gaga, Rihanna, and Katy Perry. It says well for their relevance in today's music climate.