Discussion: Why Are Roman Reloaded's Opening US Sales Lackluster? - Page 8

BreatheMusic

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Originally posted by Venus

Because her fans are selling everything they own in order to get cab fare to visit her. Therefore, they have no money to afford the album.

Bitch!

Sláy

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Originally posted by Cap10Planet

Its biggest sales were in the first week...

The week she went to #1, she sold only 45k. She got to #1 in a weak race.

Oh and 45k is her UK predicted sales.

Sláy

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Originally posted by Praise Mariallah

!!!

This is so true, it all ties into black people being more religious than most. After Nicki's Grammy performance everyone was almost certain she "worshiped the devil" and that kinda mess does. not. fly. with urban audiences. Nicki better rebuke the evil spirit that has engulfed her being!

This is so true! The amount of folk telling me Bey worshipped the Devil because of Sasha...they clearly did not get the stage personae thing....SMH....I loved her Graammy performance and thought it was funny, and wacky...but most didn't get it.

Sláy

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Originally posted by Rivington Reject

I don't know if I can speak for the general public when I say this but one thing that has put me off about Nicki is that there's no direction with this era. What is she trying to convey? All I see from her is weird and crazy outfits. She's just really trying super hard to be out there. Maybe people don't get what Roman Reloaded is suppose to be about?

Unfortunately this is true. Non fans/neutrals don't like her or rate her. They think she's a joke due to her amount of pop features. They said it about Gaga till recently.

jose168

because its a terrible album

Sláy

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Originally posted by Division

If Nicki plays her cards right, she's looking at atleast 700,000 - 800,000 year-end sales from the UK alone.

Really? Maybe, but this time next year. My fave didn't get that with lots of airplay and hit after hit (well she got 813k but that took a while). If radio are here for Nicki then she'll sell, they ignored PF totally, especially Radio1, when 1xtra are playing her but mainstream aren't then you know it's ********.

HausOfA-M

1. She alienated her Urban base by choosing Starships as the first single and with the tra$h-pop side of the album. And Urban fans are the ones who buy albums, so she's getting the numbers a pop singer would get, maybe slightly higher;

2. The Urban buzz single, Stupid Hoe (song/video), wasn't well received;

3. Laurieann Gibson. Grammy Performance was a mess;

4. April release;

5. Awful critical reception isn't going to get more people interested in your album;

6. Annoying persona and image

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7. As I read on other sites, many, many, many people think this is a Pink Friday re-release. Putting Pink Friday and Reloaded in the same title was an awful decision, especially when Pink Friday title was made to coincide with the first album Black Friday release.

8. This:

I honestly expected at least 350K, though. She seemed to be ready to smash and to have a lot of buzz.

Oh, well.

RihRihGirrrl

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Originally posted by HausOfA-M

like seriously what urban buyer would be caught dead with this ****

Reed

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Originally posted by RihRihGirrrl

like seriously what urban buyer would be caught dead with this ****

Thats not an excuse. PF's cover was just as girly and did way better.

HausOfA-M

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Originally posted by RihRihGirrrl

like seriously what urban buyer would be caught dead with this ****

Similarly, I think the BTW cover was one of the reasons why the album didn't fully match expectations. I mean, she tried to appeal to the older audience by releasing songs like You And I and The Edge Of Glory, but with that cover...

HausOfA-M

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Originally posted by Reed

Thats not an excuse. PF's cover was just as girly and did way better.

This cover is just embarassing.

RihRihGirrrl

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Originally posted by Reed

Thats not an excuse. PF's cover was just as girly and did way better.

Im not saying that's the reason but it goes to show how completely over-the-top she's been this era

IVY

basically because all the songs she is been releasing lately weren't that good and very forgettable and she totally abandoned her true identity that people fell in love with when she first came to the music scene,she became illusional that she can do anything and people will still love her ,things will even become more worse for her because I think the public have just realized that she's not that good

RihRihGirrrl

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Originally posted by HausOfA-M

Similarly, I think the BTW cover was one of the reasons why the album didn't fully match expectations. I mean, she tried to appeal to the older audience by releasing songs like You And I and The Edge Of Glory, but with that cover...

exactly I can imagine people second guessing themselves

Lippy

This album needed something like "Moment for Life" to sell it.
She should have gone more urban. Urban fans buy albums way more than the pop ones.

gotintoririfever1

Hip Hop crowd is much much much stronger than the pop crowd that's it.

G4L

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Originally posted by collin

I didn't even build my point around Gaga, sis.
Artists that have enough star power will debut well. The end.

Its not about star power, it's about buzz. If an artist already has a lot of songs out there before their album comes out (and nicki did, she had mix tapes, other stars like lana del rey etc had this too), and especially when they have a following on the Internet, that can make all the difference when it comes to opening sales of their first album. When PF came out there was a lot of buzz around nicki, she wasnt that well known yet, and she wasn't the popstar we see her as today. She was the new female rapper on the scene, but this time around we know what to expect of her and I think that's why her album sales are so poor.

G4L

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Originally posted by Sexy Boy

This album needed something like "Moment for Life" to sell it.
She should have gone more urban. Urban fans buy albums way more than the pop ones.

!!!! Pop fans are very fickle.

Personally I think Champion sounds a lot like Moment 4 Life, and it even has the same themes in the lyrics.

Hooligan

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Originally posted by gotintoririfever1

Hip Hop crowd is much much much stronger than the pop crowd that's it.

Tell that to Bow Wow, Nelly, Ludacris, Ja Rule, 50 Cent, Flo Rida, Snoop Dogg, and Waka Flocka, for instance. Just because one is Hip Hop doesn't mean the Urban community is going to buy the album. And I'm not saying all of the artists I've listed are flops, I'm just saying Hip Hop listeners are fickle as well.

SixWholeYears

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Originally posted by Lil Misty

Like Marina and the Diamonds

, well, she didn't sell out she's always had a pop feel but you can tell shes coming for the charts now but in an amazing way. Primadonna and Radioactive are amazing songs, Primadonna being the more generic of the two imo.