Cyrax

Any news on this? It's coming in the Summer I guess, but anything on producers, collaborators?

TIC is really a dead album, 16 out of its 17 tracks are on Celebration, most of them in the same versions. It reappeared on iTunes for a while but it is no longer pushed in any markets, it's probably on the verge of going out of print. It is unlikely that it could add to its total at this point but of course it will remain the best selling solo female greatest hits album no matter what.

No they won't. Madonna is certainly not going to rush to the studio after she finishes her 8 months long tour. In 2 or so years when the new album can come out, album sales will be even lower and less relevant and she will once again focus on the tour. It's funny how all the stress about Madonna flopping is in fact about Madonna earning slightly less $$$ than she actually is. Why can't it be accepted at the age of 54 and after 30 years in the biz she's no longer "chart queen" and enjoy that she's still going on and give new songs and live performances for the fans? Those tweeters harassing Guy Oseary about promo is simply scary, I'd love to know what he really thinks of that.

Due to its chart peak it's included on Number Ones which was quite a success so I wouldn't think a song like that is "forgotten".

And by Michael Jackson. Black or White must be one of the most famous "rap interludes"!

Can't believe I've been voting for Telephone since like round 1 and it's gonna win. :(

Sorry if this has already been asked elsewhere, but what's the story behind the Bee Gees Number Ones re-entry?

Isn't she currently on tour, which is meant to earn her a whole lotta more money than iTunes singles sales? :unsure:

She doesn't need to promote since she doesn't get that much more money out of that compared to XF, it's the label who should be more upset about the CD not reaching 500k yet.

I'm surprised Best Of Bowie sold that much, considering his semi-retirement...

Good is subjective and those albums sold because of the hype, Taylor Swift was predicted to sell a million long before anyone heard a song from the album, people buy (or used to) buy albums based on the songs they are exposed to, of course good word of mouth always helps but in the 90s there were plenty of albums bashed by critics that became hits, also a lot of albums that everyone only bought for one big hit and the rest of the tracks nobody cared about. Cheryl Cole is a good example, her albums (well at least the second, can't recall reviews of the first) were trashed by critics but they still sold very well, do you think if there was no "check before buy" then people would have bought LESS Cheryl because of critics? I seriously doubt that. On one hand you have iTunes now that allows people to buy the *one* popular song and just ignore the album, they are not forced to pay for 10 more tracks they don't have the time/patience/interest to check out, this is the general trend but the few albums that defy this cannot be called "better" because it's subjective and I'm pretty sure many people who buy the hits on iTunes have no clue whether the parent album is good or bad. Then there's illegal downloading, you have too much faith in people that download first and then supposedly buy it, I don't think that's the case, it might be true for a select few people who still enjoy collecting CDs, or fans of an artist that want to support them, but chances are, if they download good quality files then they probably won't need the actual CD. So it is bigger than just "have a choice" but I still can't feel sorry for the labels and the shops because they got the most out of pop music before the digital era, they sold millions of CDs in the past that people probably never listen to anymore since music became so disposable with the media always hyping the new and moving on from the old acts.

There are fans of any artist who worship the latest stuff like it was the best thing ever, it's hardly an indicator, lot of Christina fans were happy about Bionic as well. 'Underperforming' has nothing to do with fan response because that doesn't pay the bills, the general public does. And yes Aphrodite spent 6 months on the chart but most of the time its sales were very low, just 5k/week and not even the subsequent singles could give it a bigger rise for a long time.

Fan response is always the same, some hating, some loving it. I don't see how it can called be a "good" era for her when all the promo she did was for nothing, she proved that an X-Factor slot is not invincible, not something to be proud of.

Always been like that but guess the internet speeds it up and makes it worse. For example everything Christina did in 2010 was instantly torn apart online so she didn't even have a chance to get some positive word of mouth. But yes, it's a reasonable guess that artists currently enjoying hits will be in the flop group in the near future and other acts will replace them.

Probably, but I think Rihanna will already overshadow her before Gaga's comes out. Britney is one of those acts who are expected to do well until the end of time due to her name alone but pretty sure most people moved onto the more current ladies by now and Britney is already just riding Katy Perry's and Ke$ha's sound with Martin and Luke.

I've nothing against Mika, but it's not like his singles in 2007 were any different than "flash-in-the-pan" escapism songs. :unsure: Also, Scissor Sisters is hurt by the fact that everyone and their brother did the retro-80s dance pop already, same thing for Goldfrapp, these albums didn't offer anything new after La Roux or whatever. But then again I'm pretty sure if "Rocket" was released by Rihanna/Lady Gaga/Katy Perry/Kylie Minogue then it would have been a multiple-week #1 so who knows at this point...

Kylie definitely underperformed, compared to the hype and promo she got, she's struggling to reach platinum. However, Christina Aguilera is the biggest disaster of 2010 by far.

In this case people clearly bought the album instead though. MJ's Bad also comes to mind, among the 10 biggest albums ever but only had one #1 hit while most of its singles are considered classics today.

They really were. :( The top 3 albums still sold more than the US top 3 though, that's something at least.

You could say the same about pop music in general, it's driven by hype and promotion, for example it's not hard to think that a song like Get Outta My Way or Better Than Today would have done a whole lot better if Rihanna or Katy Perry sang them instead of Kylie. It's never about quality, because quality is subjective and the charts are not supposed to be about claiming superiority in taste.

Is Duffy still charting in the albums?

Finally, been voting for September since TAB left. :P

It would be out of the top 40 by now anyway, labels are interested in total sales and it should have been selling on iTunes based on the promo and airplay already.

But Kylie herself is proving that promo is not the cure for everything and is in fact a waste at the moment, plus Madonna already moved on from the regular record-contract methods, she had quotes like "you can't download a live show", she will not be bothered about #1 albums and singles because she doesn't need it. It's the fate of established acts, even though fans think they will remain successful due to their name. Neither Kylie herself is losing sleep over her chart performances, but unlike Madonna, it's unclear whether she will keep on recording music for the sake of it.

It only spent like 2 weeks in the top 40, that's quite a flop, considering the amount of exposure it got. Same goes for BTT.