You can't deny Shakira had way more promo. She was on The Voice. That alone >>> anything Britney could have done.
They are all flops, but Shakira did better worldwide didn't it?
I wasnt stating that it didnt...and im also not stating that that album isn't a flop ( it is ) and it has but Shakira has had problems in the US for a while now. She has to promote. Britney is name brand here in the states. She barely did promo for Blackout and it still well. This isnt an excuse. It flopped plain and simple.
Oh word? We're comparing Mariah Carey's 14th studio album to Britney Spears' 8th when Mariah had an 8 year head start in the game?
I love Britney, but let us not compare apples to oranges. BJ was indeed an underperformance (some call that a 'flop') and by a lot of standards so was MIAMTEC, but again we really don't wanna delve too deep into comparisons because SOME artists are just gonna come out looking like losers. So we might as well just play nice and let everyone eat their flop cake.
In what way was Britney Jean a success? All the singles flopped, the album flopped, everything about the era flopped. Comparing the album to 3 flop eras doesn't make any sense. Mariah's album along with JLo's were just released and Shakira has never been that big in the US in the first place. Britney however...