Posted June 29, 200619 yr Seriously, I can´t think of anything on this album apart from Hips... being really huge in the charts. Obviously she will score at last one more hit after the sucess of HDL, but I don´t think that will be such a big hit, and after that, I think the album will be pretty much done, specially in USA. Her pop/rock tracks doesn´t seem to have much appeal over there.
June 29, 200619 yr I think that any single released from the album will be a hit around mainland europe, there are other singles on the album with the potential to be hits so i say yes.
June 29, 200619 yr shakira delivered a very uncommercial album for sony, they can't control the music she makes cause she has so much control like a colombian version of kate bush she writes and produces and will tweek a track for ages to get it just so like she did with 'la tortura' she worked on it another month after it was 'done' just changing small things till she had it how she wanted it the public don't really get her or the different sides to her they prefer only belly dancing shakira, i think this album and FO1 is for the fans that have known her before she isn't about making 10 commercial tracks to give the public what they want, having said that 'illegal' is the next most commercial track after 'hips' then maybe 'animal city' remixed i think 'hips don't lie' has done a great job to draw people in to OF2 but they will find the album challenging and not what they are expecting at all but thats good shakira won't give them what they want all the time Edited June 29, 200619 yr by perfecto
June 29, 200619 yr illegal will be another hit for her if its the 2nd single There's already been two singles from OF2! :blink:
June 29, 200619 yr shakira delivered a very uncommercial album for sony, they can't control the music she makes cause she has so much control like a colombian version of kate bush she writes and produces and will tweek a track for ages to get it just so like she did with 'la tortura' she worked on it another month after it was 'done' just changing small things till she had it how she wanted it the public don't really get her or the different sides to her they prefer only belly dancing shakira, i think this album and FO1 is for the fans that have known her before she isn't about making 10 commercial tracks to give the public what they want, having said that 'illegal' is the next most commercial track after 'hips' then maybe 'animal city' remixed i think 'hips don't lie' has done a great job to draw people in to OF2 but they will find the album challenging and not what they are expecting at all but thats good shakira won't give them what they want all the time I agree with all of that I dont think that OF2 was made to be commericial, if it was then she wouldnt have put a song like HDYD on it. At the very least though, HDL has done it's job and attracted people to the album so they can see she is more than 'hips'. Id love her to be contreversial and release HDYD or Timor, but I think Illegal/AC would be rather big hits. My dream for the singles is to have a Las De La Intuicion/Timor double sing, that would so rock!
June 29, 200619 yr but really it's just the artists. example, someone like anastacia who dosnt have alot of sucess with her singles but massive sucess on her album where as someone like britney for example, has sold millions with her singles but her albums arnt as sucessfull but if you madonna it's just the same vice-versa
June 30, 200619 yr Author but really it's just the artists. example, someone like anastacia who dosnt have alot of sucess with her singles but massive sucess on her album where as someone like britney for example, has sold millions with her singles but her albums arnt as sucessfull but if you madonna it's just the same vice-versa Britney also sells millions of her albums. Same for Madonna. And both usually grab # 1´s on the singles chart.
June 30, 200619 yr so does shakira in the rest of the world but she is not that big here and there are a few reasons for this, she is ignored or shunned by many parts of the media for what reason it is not clear maybe cause english is not her first language and so she isn't taken seriously as an A Grade Singer big example is radio 1 not playing her last 3 singles and also its hard to 'get' shakira cause she won't stick to one sound and experiments alot 'timor' is such a daring and bewildering song the public will either love it or hate it there is no inbetween with this song, radio won't touch its too political....its a serious subject over a catchy dance beat? it confuses people it shouldn't work but it does cause there is something real and honest about it and then you realise the reason is cause shakira wrote and produced it it is coming all from her, i don't think sony is brave enough to release 'timor' even though its popular with the fans Edited June 30, 200619 yr by perfecto
June 30, 200619 yr Is there a forum on the officail shakira site? if so we should strat a thread dedicated to timor getting a release.
June 30, 200619 yr she visists the site sometimes, but really it wont determine if it will be a single or not. They brought a poll out officially by sony after OF was released and Timor was the Breakthrough favourite, yet someone on this forum told her he wanted it to be a single and she just said 'another choice' which obviosuly means it is highly unlikely it will be a single.
July 1, 200619 yr she visists the site sometimes, but really it wont determine if it will be a single or not. They brought a poll out officially by sony after OF was released and Timor was the Breakthrough favourite, yet someone on this forum told her he wanted it to be a single and she just said 'another choice' which obviosuly means it is highly unlikely it will be a single. Is someone my name? :P She doesn't like timor. You could tell when I said she should release it and she quickly said "Another option". My other option was 'Hey you' which she was more impressed with! :D
July 1, 200619 yr I don't want hey you as a single either, i would only be happy with timor, animal city or costume makes the clown
July 2, 200619 yr Is someone my name? :P She doesn't like timor. You could tell when I said she should release it and she quickly said "Another option". My other option was 'Hey you' which she was more impressed with! :D i think she was suprised you chose one of the most uncommercial and riskiest tracks from the album, i think she knows sony wouldn't agree with it as a second single thats why she was very matter of fact when she said 'another option', its almost like what sony has said to her before, she never said she didn't like it i think she was taking into consideration sony's input, risky singles usually come at the end if at all after the album has done really well, thats when record companies can risk things sometimes but 'timor' may have to remain a hidden gem on OF2
July 2, 200619 yr i think her best bets for the enxt singles would just be animal city and illegal. i cant remember where, but i think i read that timor wasnt to be released because its too politcal or something? maybe someone could help me out.
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