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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 19, 2021 12:06:54 GMT -5
I remember as a kid people really thought Hammer's "2 Legit 2 Quit" was a bomb...but it went platinum, right? So, someone was buying it. XD It under performed given the promotion behind it, but artists today would be thrilled to go not just platinum, but triple platinum. It was like a lesser version of Michael Jackson following up Thriller with Bad. Sure, it sold less, but it sold a hell of a lot. Hammer going from 100 to nothing is a myth. Heck, even The Funky Head Hunter went platinum.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 19, 2021 19:03:28 GMT -5
I remember as a kid people really thought Hammer's "2 Legit 2 Quit" was a bomb...but it went platinum, right? So, someone was buying it. XD It under performed given the promotion behind it, but artists today would be thrilled to go not just platinum, but triple platinum. It was like a lesser version of Michael Jackson following up Thriller with Bad. Sure, it sold less, but it sold a hell of a lot. Hammer going from 100 to nothing is a myth. Heck, even The Funky Head Hunter went platinum. And let's be honest, the landscape around Hip Hop had changed so much that the real question was "Would ANY Hammer record have been able to sell well at the time?"
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Jul 19, 2021 19:41:43 GMT -5
Robin Thicke’s Paula sold 530 copies in the UK. Bare in mind this was just 12 months after Blurred Lines was one of the biggest hits of the year. The real life "can I borrow a feeling?"
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 19, 2021 20:22:15 GMT -5
Robin Thicke’s Paula sold 530 copies in the UK. Bare in mind this was just 12 months after Blurred Lines was one of the biggest hits of the year. The real life "can I borrow a feeling?" I said literally the same thing in the "how to kill your career" thread ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by Savage Gambino on Jul 20, 2021 7:24:18 GMT -5
Robin Thicke’s Paula sold 530 copies in the UK. Bare in mind this was just 12 months after Blurred Lines was one of the biggest hits of the year. [Language Warning] It really cannot be overstated just how hard Robin Thicke fell off. He went from being one of the undisputed stars of R&B and heard everywhere, to being damn near unpersoned. Also, shoutout to that first page; not only am I not the first person to mention Paula (fourth reply), but I'm not even the first person to bring up Todd's Trainwreckords series (eleventh reply).
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Post by mcstoklasa on Jul 20, 2021 8:35:45 GMT -5
Artistically, St. Anger has to be up there. And this is coming from a Metallica fan. Pretty sure it sold fine despite sucking
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Post by wildojinx on Jul 20, 2021 8:43:15 GMT -5
Huey Lewis and the News: Small World. Worst selling Huey Lewis album, and proof nobody wanted to hear him going "serious".
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 20, 2021 8:58:09 GMT -5
"Shadow Work" by Trapt, only sold 600 copies. In comparison, "DNA" by the same band, sold 4,500 copies. "This is not where you belooooong." -The charts, to Trapt.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Jul 20, 2021 9:26:02 GMT -5
Artistically, St. Anger has to be up there. And this is coming from a Metallica fan. Pretty sure it sold fine despite sucking Double Platinum in the US, 2 million units. About 6 million worldwide. Most artists would kill for those numbers, but for Metallica, it's pretty bad.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 20, 2021 9:40:43 GMT -5
Artistically, St. Anger has to be up there. And this is coming from a Metallica fan. Pretty sure it sold fine despite sucking It sold fine but it basically killed the band's reputation and Even worse, their long term relevance. Even their subsequent albums (which were actually good, I'm not counting LuLu) sold less than they used to. They went from being the band everyone listens to to the band your stoner uncle listens to.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Jul 20, 2021 9:42:27 GMT -5
Pretty sure it sold fine despite sucking Double Platinum in the US, 2 million units. About 6 million worldwide. Most artists would kill for those numbers, but for Metallica, it's pretty bad. Yeah, Todd in the Shadows did a video about it. Sold well, but critical and fan reception was poor.
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Post by 4real on Jul 20, 2021 9:46:58 GMT -5
I remember St Anger getting decent reviews at the time. At least by the U.K. press. But once everyone heard the album for themselves…yeah it quickly became the butt of all the jokes. I like Frantic & The Unnamed Feeling as songs but as a full album it’s unlistenable.
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Post by No Longer a Produceman on Jul 20, 2021 10:06:58 GMT -5
Artistically, St. Anger has to be up there. And this is coming from a Metallica fan. Pretty sure it sold fine despite sucking Which is why I said artistically. 🙄
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jul 20, 2021 10:20:36 GMT -5
Jewel- 0304. This gives me a good excuse to post Todd In The Shadows' excellent video about the album and why it was such a misstep for her. (Language Warning). I get what she was trying to do, and why she was trying it, but.....nah. Jewel had a very loyal fanbase that was never gonna go along with it
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jul 20, 2021 10:30:20 GMT -5
Bell Biv Devoe were one of the hottest acts in the early 90s, then their second record came out and...hell, I don't know what happened there.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Jul 20, 2021 12:16:31 GMT -5
Katy Perry’s Witness.
“Chained to the Rhythm” was a big hit, but the entire album was just some sort of vanity project for a rich white woman who seemed to have gotten the slightest realization of her privilege for the first time.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 20, 2021 12:26:23 GMT -5
Jewel- 0304. This gives me a good excuse to post Todd In The Shadows' excellent video about the album and why it was such a misstep for her. (Language Warning). I get what she was trying to do, and why she was trying it, but.....nah. Jewel had a very loyal fanbase that was never gonna go along with it Great points! I hate the sell out argument when it comes to non-pop artist trying to go pop. Unless you’re selling 600 copies like that other band mentioned chances are if you’d had any success in music you sold out a long time ago. So unless your an angsty male teenager too idealistic for his own good, there’s no reason to get all huffy about it. Chris Cornell’s Timbaland album kind of reminds me of Jewel trying to go pop. He similarly had a completely different fanbase. I was actually rooting for him because I’m a big Chris Cornell fan. Plus, I don’t have anything against pop music, especially pop from around that time. Jewel claiming she was just joking and not owning her change in direction was pretty lame though.
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Jul 20, 2021 13:05:55 GMT -5
Babyface's Face2Face album that dropped on Sept. 11, 2001 effectively ended his stay in mainstream music, as he decided to try something different... it didn't work.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jul 20, 2021 13:37:39 GMT -5
I get what she was trying to do, and why she was trying it, but.....nah. Jewel had a very loyal fanbase that was never gonna go along with it Great points! I hate the sell out argument when it comes to non-pop artist trying to go pop. Unless you’re selling 600 copies like that other band mentioned chances are if you’d had any success in music you sold out a long time ago. So unless your an angsty male teenager too idealistic for his own good, there’s no reason to get all huffy about it. Chris Cornell’s Timbaland album kind of reminds me of Jewel trying to go pop. He similarly had a completely different fanbase. I was actually rooting for him because I’m a big Chris Cornell fan. Plus, I don’t have anything against pop music, especially pop from around that time. Jewel claiming she was just joking and not owning her change in direction was pretty lame though. I'm also of the belief that her heart wasn't in it, which is a huge problem when you're trying something different. Fans aren't dumb. They'll see right through it
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Post by nickcave on Jul 20, 2021 13:47:52 GMT -5
Megadeth's Risk
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