February 24, 20241 yr I am not surprised with the album performance at all. I think it did well to achieve what it did.
February 24, 20241 yr The market's obviously changed a lot in the last decade, and *many* of the albums above are hits collections or old studio albums that always chart simply off the back of regular streaming rotation, A.K.A. didn't have that to compete with in 2014. The oldest album above A.K.A. was Carole King's Tapestry enjoying a short-lived resurgence (its second of three weeks back in the top 40 - can't remember why). That aside, the oldest was Ed Sheeran's +, about three years older, re-surging in the lead-up to Ed's x album release. Above This Is Me...Now are 16 hits collections... only, if I've counted correctly, four of which came out this decade. That's before we look at the older studio albums that behave like GH albums (Arctic Monkeys - AM, Fleetwood Mac - Rumours, etc) that are also above it. It's a different game, so like-for-like comparisons are hard. I don't think This Is Me...Now can be called a success in the UK, it hasn't really performed that well, but I also didn't expect anything otherwise really. A top 40 peak would've been nice, but that's only a few hundred sales difference really. For an album with no real promotional presence in the UK, by an artist whose last top 40 hit (and last album) was a decade ago, it fared about as I expected. I think it's a solid, consistent album anyway, definitely better than A.K.A. which I thought was a bit patchy. Can't Get Enough is sticking with me pretty well, especially the Latto version! Need to find time to watch the film.
February 24, 20241 yr I think the #55 position is made so much worse by all the formats which were available for it. It means her fanbase is probably in the hundreds. But like has been pointed out in the thread, I don't know what possessed the label to think there was enough interest there to push the boat out that far after being inactive since a #41 album ten years ago.
February 24, 20241 yr With absolutely zero UK promo and no sign of her tour coming here. For what it’s worth, I did see it stocked in Asda yesterday which I was pretty surprised about. Like why bother if they have no plans to actually promote it? They’re not gonna sell themselves
February 24, 20241 yr I wonder why she has not done any promotion for it? I mean Justin Timberlake was performing on Graham Norton this week for his single, surely she is a big enough act to warrant an interview and performance on the show? That show worked wonders for Cher's Christmas song and album (alongside other promo too obs)
February 25, 20241 yr She kind of could've had the Brits gig as global icon, but it's Kylie so a bit lost promo opportunity there.
February 25, 20241 yr J Lo as the Brits global icon? You kind of have to be a global icon for that :lol:
February 25, 20241 yr I think that JLo nowadays is just a celeb, more famous for who she dates/marries etc than her music sadly
February 25, 20241 yr J Lo as the Brits global icon? You kind of have to be a global icon for that :lol: I mean she has headlined the Super Bowl halftime and received the Vanguard Award at the VMAs - it's not THAT far-fetched and would've been brilliant promo locally.
February 25, 20241 yr I mean she has headlined the Super Bowl halftime and received the Vanguard Award at the VMAs - it's not THAT far-fetched and would've been brilliant promo locally. No she’s definitely deserving that other person is just a hater
February 25, 20241 yr J Lo as the Brits global icon? You kind of have to be a global icon for that :lol: JLO is probably more known worldwide than what Kylie is (and I say that as a huge Kylie fan but JLOs definitely more known globally). I’ve managed to watch the visual album and yeah it’s an experience. You can see there’s been a lot thrown at it and the budget appears high but it can be a confusing watch. The music itself is decent enough maybe a bit JLO by numbers but it was definitely stronger than AKA. You can see it’s a project she’s feeling inspired by. A shame it didn’t peak higher I’d have expected the visual album element to have perhaps helped push it in week one but even in her peak I don’t think she was ever a huge albums act.
February 25, 20241 yr Yes, she's perhaps better known globally than Kylie, but the fact that she's not big in the UK would prevent the Brits for ever considering her for the Global Icon award. In that sense, Kylie is more deserving. It would be pretty baffling to the general public if J Lo was awarded it! (Also, I'm not a hater, far from it, I love a lot of J Lo's discography... this album, however, is just not it). Edited February 25, 20241 yr by Mangø
March 3, 20241 yr I want to like "Can't Get Enough" but it sounds so dated like some singles from her 00s stuff. Edited March 3, 20241 yr by Red Blooded Man
May 31, 20241 yr Is that because of poor sales do we think? I am honestly shocked at how far her star has fallen in the music business. I know she hasn't been a massive album seller for a while but I thought she was still big on name alone!
June 1, 20241 yr At least some of the tour dates were selling ok, but maybe she thought that it's not enough + the divorce etc. But it's interesting, her previous arena tour 5 years ago was almost sold out. Edited June 1, 20241 yr by Sour Candy
June 1, 20241 yr At least some of the tour dates were selling ok, but maybe she thought that it's not enough + the divorce etc. But it's interesting, her previous arena tour 5 years ago was almost sold out. She is getting divorced again? From Ben? Honestly cannot keep up with this woman's marriages :blink:
June 1, 20241 yr There's no confirmed divorce, just rumours of things not being well between them at the moment.
June 1, 20241 yr I just read up on it saw it's just rumours. Didn't realise she had been married 4 times that first husband Ojani Noa is fit :wub:
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