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Post by music89 on May 26, 2015 5:30:12 GMT -5
I agree that her core fan base is R&B in the US, but that's not going to sell her a lot of albums, is it? She has always been a consistent seller because of her crossover appeal, and songs like Un-Thinkable or Fire we make don't seem likely to do that. Un-Thinkable was a huge R&B hit, and didn't even reach top 20 on the Hot 100. On the other hand, Girl on Fire was a hit around the world, something Un-Thinkable could never be. I don't think Alicia would limit herself to be that R&B singer who does well solely on US R&B charts and nowhere else. The tricky thing is finding a somewhere in the middle in a way to not alienate her fans. Yeah but perhaps she shouldn't release the cheesy pop girl power anthems as a lead single. The problem is her base thought the whole album was representative of that sound. GOF turned the base off so much that they just wrote off the entire album without giving it a try. And yes, Alicia is an international superstar. But she's sold very well in the international markets with ALL of her albums/R&B records--not just with As I Am / No One. BUT I Also think her base turned their back on her before the era began because they thought she stole a married man. Every time someone I know mentioned her they said one of two things: 1) home wrecker; and/or 2) why does she have to scream at the top of her lungs all the time. What I find funny is that almost all of the people who judged her have messed around with taken men. So I hope we are over this by now. This!!!! The homewrecker thing is "funny" tho. And people call her homewrecker but they don't know that Swizz had a baby girl with an English singer while he was still married with Mashonda and before hanging out with Alicia.
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Post by music89 on May 26, 2015 5:34:15 GMT -5
Doesn't Mean Anything was a wrong choice as the first single of The Element Of Freedom too. It's not bad but it's pretty boring. Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart was definitely better! But her team was trying to have another hit like No One.
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Post by Kishi KCM on May 26, 2015 8:48:23 GMT -5
Doesn't Mean Anything was a wrong choice as the first single of The Element Of Freedom too. It's not bad but it's pretty boring. Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart was definitely better! But her team was trying to have another hit like No One. "Doesn't Mean Anything" (as well as "Empire State Of Mind 2") became successful overseas. It didn't work here, they should have let TSWABH be the lead single in the USA.
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Post by felipe on May 26, 2015 18:35:17 GMT -5
I agree that her core fan base is R&B in the US, but that's not going to sell her a lot of albums, is it? She has always been a consistent seller because of her crossover appeal, and songs like Un-Thinkable or Fire we make don't seem likely to do that. Un-Thinkable was a huge R&B hit, and didn't even reach top 20 on the Hot 100. On the other hand, Girl on Fire was a hit around the world, something Un-Thinkable could never be. I don't think Alicia would limit herself to be that R&B singer who does well solely on US R&B charts and nowhere else. The tricky thing is finding a somewhere in the middle in a way to not alienate her fans. Well...she sold million copies with her previous albums (without releasing pop song)...while Girl On Fire sold just 750k. I know that R&B music was way more popular ten years ago, but releasing GOF as the first single was a bad choice because people who like her thought the album wasn't Soul/R&B enough. But when I think about it, I see Fallin', If I Ain't got you and No One as these anthemic songs with a lot of crossover potential, something Un-Thinkable was not. There's a reason people still perform If I Ain't got You year after year on talent competition shows but not You Don't Know My Name or Un-Thinkable. And I don't think that, should she decide to lead her 6th album with a straight-up R&B song like YDKMN Un-Thinkable, she'd be able to sell much, not in the US, not overseas.
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Post by music89 on May 27, 2015 15:08:18 GMT -5
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Post by cjay on May 27, 2015 18:52:27 GMT -5
Doesn't Mean Anything was a wrong choice as the first single of The Element Of Freedom too. It's not bad but it's pretty boring. Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart was definitely better! But her team was trying to have another hit like No One. I always thought TSWABH should have been the lead single. I actually think it would have done well on pop stations had Jive/RCA pushed it. It sounds like a crossover hit-not a mega smash though. I imagined it could have peaked top 15 with a push. But I could be very bias because this is HANDS DOWN my favors its AK SONG (not single) EVER!
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Post by Rican@ on May 27, 2015 19:35:57 GMT -5
Hmm she is shooting a video? Hope we are getting something great. This is tough position for her right now. I don't want to doubt her, but she has an uphill battle with picking the right track to lead off. I honestly don't know what to expect and every producers have been praising this "work".
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Post by music89 on May 28, 2015 11:25:32 GMT -5
She was filming a commercial for LEVIS :(
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on May 28, 2015 11:31:33 GMT -5
She was filming a commercial for LEVIS :( Will that be an exclusive for Tidal?
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Post by music89 on May 28, 2015 11:55:37 GMT -5
She was filming a commercial for LEVIS :( Will that be an exclusive for Tidal? Lmao
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Post by music89 on May 28, 2015 17:11:58 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2015 0:40:50 GMT -5
She play too much.
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Post by music89 on May 29, 2015 6:51:26 GMT -5
She better release something next month or early July
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Post by Rican@ on May 29, 2015 8:54:50 GMT -5
I don't like these damn photos either. I see as release something or disappear. A photo here and there is annoying to me (unless it is her cute family)
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Post by wavey. on May 29, 2015 9:55:30 GMT -5
Alicia is trolling hard.
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Post by music89 on May 29, 2015 10:45:23 GMT -5
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Post by Rican@ on May 29, 2015 10:59:30 GMT -5
She looks tired and that black, ugh. I want her to grow out her hair too
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Post by Leigh on May 29, 2015 12:35:24 GMT -5
I don't know why, but I have no excitement for an AK release right now at all - which is strange because I love her albums. I wish she would just disappear between now and the release and make me miss her again.
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Post by Linnethia Monique on May 29, 2015 12:38:00 GMT -5
That monkey look phat though.
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Post by Kishi KCM on May 29, 2015 13:37:27 GMT -5
I wouldn't know what to do if I was that close to Alicia!
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Post by Rican@ on May 29, 2015 17:29:52 GMT -5
I wouldn't know what to do if I was that close to Alicia! I know what I do. I got a dirty mind, Prince style :kii:
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Post by music89 on May 30, 2015 4:27:10 GMT -5
I met her in 2010. She's such a great woman! :)
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on May 30, 2015 6:42:38 GMT -5
I can't at this woman being a 10 min walk from my apt in Harlem when I am out of town.
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Post by dominika6816 on Jun 1, 2015 12:47:36 GMT -5
Give me album full of soulful r&b jams.
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Post by music89 on Jun 5, 2015 10:13:19 GMT -5
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Post by Rican@ on Jun 5, 2015 21:25:59 GMT -5
Single in the summer and new album in October, supposedly
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Post by music89 on Jun 6, 2015 3:45:02 GMT -5
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Post by vantiboy3 on Jun 6, 2015 10:20:44 GMT -5
Single in the summer and new album in October, supposedly Really? Reliable or just hearsay?
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Post by vantiboy3 on Jun 6, 2015 10:22:56 GMT -5
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Post by music89 on Jun 6, 2015 11:58:09 GMT -5
Single in the summer and new album in October, supposedly Really? Reliable or just hearsay? The source is the interview for the magazine "Grazia".
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