#PrayforXtina

November 15th, 2012, 04:02 pm

#PrayforXtina

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

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.

Tagged: christina aguilera, music / musician

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I didn't even know she had an album coming out until like a week or so ago. She did like zero promo ahead of its release. If I'm not a diehard fan, how was I supposed to know?

I feel bad for her, to be honest.
I mean, it's one thing to not be able to duplicate any of your past huge success.
But then for everyone and their mother to also write articles like, dissecting every last reason why she sucks at life.... That's gotta hurt.
I do think she comes across sort of bitchy sometimes but I also think she clearly has a really amazing side to her but people just continue to shit on her.

dont feel bad . shes only failing because she doesnt wanna work as hard as all the new popstar do.

but like ppl keep talking about her image, and ya irl she can look like a mess, but the images and looks she was sporting in the actual promo pics for LOTUS are stunning, she should always keep up with that soft pastel pink look imo

except for that fucking hideous embarrassing cover. she probably picked it herself. she is just so out of touch.

The problem that I think Xtina has--both on Bionic and on Lotus--is that trying to jam a huge voice like hers into an modern pop/dance song just doesn't really work. And since she insists on oversinging everything, it just makes the pop songs she pushes out even more awkward. Her voice is built for ballads and jazzy songs. There's a reason that she's remembered for those two things. And as long as she tries to be this pop star a la Ke$ha, Britney, and Katy Perry, she's not going to do well.

i agree, we get it she has the voice but shes overdoing it. i had to stop listening to the cd halfway through to give my ears a break

I love floptina posts.

she's just out of touch/unaware of what it takes to sell an album nowadays. that and people are nhf her sloppy clownish image of late.

I don't get this fascination with bragging rights of selling big shit to fans. As a fan one should only care about her putting out music, touring the albums and being there to listen to them/see her. Leave the record sale numbers to the managers and executives.

You realize that in the pop world album/single sales determine how much labels are willingly to support future albums, how many singles and music vids get released and the size of our favs tours... right?!!

It's not just bragging right it's how long an era is going to last and how big it's going to be.

Exactly. Duh.

If no one's buying the album, chances are there will be no tour. In the Pop world, that matters.

wtf its out already?

her voice is also her biggest weakness, shes overdoing it. it doesnt really work with those pop songs

Edited at 2012-11-15 10:40 pm (UTC)

Came out Tuesday

hah I saw Lotus on the shelf today but I bought the new Toby Keith.

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kurtvonnegut

oh I'm all over the board I love Godsmack, T.I., Hanson, Avril Lavigne, Three Days Grace, Carrie Underwood... and Toby Keith ha I'm not embarassed!

She needs to do a theater tour and make that paper that she can't with album sales.

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Half me thinks there's no way RCA would ever drop her. But the other half me thinks that since they now have all of Jive's clients, she's no longer the only top dog on their label so...

i can see her ~parting ways with them

i mean, she's known for over-singing live for GOT.DAMN. my ears when i first listened to "sing for me". i had to turn the volume down on my computer. the album is TURRIBLE.

Also, I think her constant over-singing is turning people off.

yeah, my mother can't stand her for that reason alone.

That oversinging is the worst. It wrecks every Xmas song she got her hands on.

HANG A SHINING STAAAAAAAAAAR UPON THE HIGH
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUFHFHDIH;SDFJ;LKDFJJOOOOOH

I mean...

what's wrong with the album? i love it!

Did she work with Linda Perry or Sia at all on this album?

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Christina's best songs have been written by Linda and Sia IMO.

I hate that I now care about this ho'

I just wanna fucking slap the shit out of her for being so fucking lazy and she has no excuse.

Short rant: so fucking annoyed that she didn't promote this album because what I've listened to so far is REALLY good. I mean, for a catchy pop album. Circles is so fucking excellent. I never listened to Bionic, but I'm under the impression that that ACTUALLY sucked. But Lotus doesn't, at least not half of it, which is enough to fucking promote it imo. Half of pop albums are shitty fillers, so this is no excuse.

This is some masochistic bullshit she pulls man

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