Shame about her third era but she has had a lot of success.
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Originally posted by PopNStuff
I'm really confused about why people are congratulating her album sales.
She had 3 eras and this is how much she sold. Plus when you compare her single to album ratios it's not something to applaud.
I'm surprised why someone like, say, Katy Perry would get dragged and then Kesha is praised.
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Because she was able to sell 1.5 million albums (For Animal) with the throwaway trashy party girl image. Generally this image is reserved for artists which sell next to nothing in albums, but she managed to sell quite a bit, which is impressive for such an abrasive image. I mean, would you listen to "Blah, Blah, Blah" and think the album it came from sold more than a million copies?
Contrast this to Katy Perry who has an image that is all age friendly, and her music is very conservative pop which is designed to be mass consumed. Katy's singles were also much bigger on radio. People always forget that BBB and TIO had very low peaks (around 50 and 60 million AI respectively) and were short lived (which also makes their sales even more impressive).