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#PrayforXtina

Lotus is a flop. Why isn't Christina Aguilera selling more albums?



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The release of her new album Lotus was supposed to be a glorious victory lap for Christina Aguilera. After the dual duds of 2010′s critical and commercial failures Bionic and Burlesque, the once-platinum-plated pop star set out to reinvent herself: She divorced her husband of five years, became a coach on the hit series The Voice, and recommitted herself to her music.

Only part of that plan seems to be working for her. While her visibility factor is way up thanks to the big ratings for The Voice, it’s still bad news at the cash register. Final numbers won’t be in until next week, but right now, album sales tracking service Hits Daily Double is currently projecting Lotus will sell somewhere between 75 and 80 thousand copies in its opening week.

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I forsee her having an "Emancipation of Mimi"-esque comeback in the next 3-5 years, but at least for the moment, her music career is done.
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brokenbeauty08 15th-Nov-2012 09:54 pm (UTC)
She's obvs talented but her team sucks at promotion, she hasn't really adapted to this era of music that fits her and she comes off arrogant sometimes (when she said that she didn't even know if gaga was a man/woman, bionic was art and people just didn't get it, etc. etc)

I think she can still turn things around.
saltireflower 15th-Nov-2012 09:54 pm (UTC)
She flopped because her recent music hasn't been that great.
jesusbitches 15th-Nov-2012 09:59 pm (UTC)
ia Her album is a mess and I never got the hype for Your Body.
turi 15th-Nov-2012 09:55 pm (UTC)
My heart just isn't into slamming her anymore, I may be depressed
yummyhead2toe 15th-Nov-2012 09:56 pm (UTC)
The intro sounds like a song Tyra Banks would sing/create in GarageBand.
whitegirlthin 15th-Nov-2012 09:56 pm (UTC)
All she needs to do is give up the Pop star act and go the adult contemporary route a la Adele
ch33rylips 15th-Nov-2012 09:57 pm (UTC)
The correct answer to the why Xtina is flopping is C. she didn't promote her shit.
lovedforaday 15th-Nov-2012 09:58 pm (UTC)
you would think that she’d be able to convert more than one half of one percent of that show’s audience into album buyers.

those same people don't even purchase most of the voice contestants' material, why would they buy the judges' just because?

Lotus was just mediocre. maybe if it was promoted and Xtina was actually, sort of, likeable it would have done better. who knows?
snortingcoke 15th-Nov-2012 09:58 pm (UTC)
i love her music but i do think it's because she's become unlikeable. in stripped and back to basics, she managed to be confident and cocky but it wasn't arrogant. that's changed lately. and i have to agree with the commenter that said part of it is her style, because if she seems like she doesn't care why would anyone else? and it's not even her weight, because you can wear weight well enough if you choose to, but she always looks like a hot mess with her clown make up.
safaiagem 15th-Nov-2012 09:58 pm (UTC)
Back to Basics was such a good album. Why doesn't she do more of that stuff?
snortingcoke 15th-Nov-2012 09:59 pm (UTC)
i agree it was so flawless and definitely the kind of music that suits her voice. she needs to stop trying to be electro-pop
ch33rylips 15th-Nov-2012 10:23 pm (UTC)
BECAUSE BABY JANE IS DEAD.
booneral 15th-Nov-2012 10:29 pm (UTC)
mte, she's always set on trying something different for each album, but BTB worked so well with her. idk why she just couldn't stick with it
robotpotatoes 15th-Nov-2012 09:58 pm (UTC)
OP, let's be real... she will never have an emancipation of mimi moment... ever.
calinewarkwc69 15th-Nov-2012 09:58 pm (UTC)
Correct me if I am wrong? But back in the day, didn't she release a spanish album? Or, an album in Spanish? Whatever the right way to ask that is... didn't she? Am I imagining things? Just seems like that brilliant idea of hers has fallen off the map completely which says a lot.
vampireweekend 15th-Nov-2012 09:59 pm (UTC)
yes she did mi reflejo
calinewarkwc69 15th-Nov-2012 10:06 pm (UTC)
Did it do well? I just remember thinking being in the record store (because we still had them back then, ugh, I'm so old) and being like "What the fuck? She speaks Spanish?!?!?"
anitakkkat 15th-Nov-2012 10:11 pm (UTC)
Yes she did, I had that album and I loved it
78ml 16th-Nov-2012 12:38 am (UTC)
this puta only did a spanish album because she tried to ride the latin wave

just for convenience

no one likes esta pendeja in latin america
cosnicgirl 15th-Nov-2012 10:00 pm (UTC)
I think that she should have established a clear sound first besides her voice before changing her style every album. She tried to go the Madonna route but I think that worked against her.
bighype 15th-Nov-2012 10:02 pm (UTC)
she's not doing any promo and she needs better producers.
_scarlett_icons 15th-Nov-2012 10:03 pm (UTC)
wow, ONTD's obsession with Christina's career is a little sad.



robotpotatoes 15th-Nov-2012 10:08 pm (UTC)
declining* career... forgot a word.
hahahey 15th-Nov-2012 10:22 pm (UTC)
ONTD is obsessed with everyone's career, that's what it's for.
ch33rylips 15th-Nov-2012 10:25 pm (UTC)
Idk why ppl are acting brand new, ontd has always gone in on pop stars *we care about*.
megisthesex 15th-Nov-2012 11:36 pm (UTC)
seriously? this shit is why this community exists
whitegirlthin 15th-Nov-2012 11:46 pm (UTC)
Stupid/laughable comment tbh
78ml 16th-Nov-2012 12:42 am (UTC)
boo fucking hoo!!11

lulufairybubble 15th-Nov-2012 10:14 pm (UTC)
Lawd I did not want to spill the tea.
No tea No shade but as much as y'all hate on Christina...you expect a lot out of her. Unlike*calm yourselves* Britney. I am a fan of both but I will keep it real. We expect more from Christina. You accept bare minimum from Britney cuz at least it's something. We really know nothing of her....her fave color and drink. Very basic things. With Chris she always shared more of herself. We know more so we want her to do more. From Christina it isn't acceptable to not perform perfectly. If she went on stage and did nothing y'all would slay her. She'd never work again probably. You call her unlikeable for how she is on her show but accept Britney not really saying much more than 'awesome'. It's two different standards. I'm not saying either is right or wrong but we need to acknowledge that it is there.
ch33rylips 15th-Nov-2012 10:27 pm (UTC)
Britney's favorite color is baby pink and her fav drink is a strawberry frap with whip from Starbucks.
lulufairybubble 15th-Nov-2012 10:29 pm (UTC)
used to be baby blue when she dating JT
ponpiri 15th-Nov-2012 10:41 pm (UTC)
So much can be said about the treatment of both stars. The short answer is that Britney and her team were very smart with her image from the beginning. Britney was the marginally talented pop star with the great cocktease/good girl image who didn't offend anyone. Christina is mega talented. She knows it and wanted everyone else to. Not only that, but she was so in your face at that time. In general, no one likes that.
jothelion84 16th-Nov-2012 01:26 am (UTC)
tbh tho there's a reason why Britney's more guarded and she doesn't share a lot with us. i dont know if you remember the letters she'd post on her website when she was in her breakdown in 06-08 but those were heartwrenching and the way ppl took advantage of her...and please dont compare christina's last two years to that bc thats not even alike, Britney's meltdown was like 10x worse, at minimum,
britneyrocks26 16th-Nov-2012 04:17 am (UTC)
You say you're a fan of Britney and you don't know the basics about her, like her favorite drink and color?

Her favorites colors are baby blue, and pink.

Her favorite drink is coke/pepsi and starbucks.
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