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Hi Dan!
Avril Lavigne is the next one (coming very soon!) since no female has been posted since November, then AC/DC will follow 😉
I compared Justin with Janet and Britney because they are, in some way, related. But you're right to compare him better with Bruno and Justin B. It's incredible that Justin is perceived as bigger than them. In my opinion, that's because he always had a good marketing team that exaggerates his success, but this time, for the first time, the media, which have always praised him, are destroying him. I believe that this semi failure with his new album is an example of the influence of the media in the success in a artist sometimes. If they had praised his super bowl, now the sales of album would be better. I think the public is very manipulable and, for some reason, now we have to crush Justin.
Do you plan to do an analysis of Ricky Martin or Julio Iglesias soon? I wonder who would be the most successful Latin artist in history.
90 million is incredible......................i don't know why anyone would be upset with those totals.
like too see if robbie williams/take that can beat him...........especially since he has no sales in the u.s.a.
Hi Nathan!
His cumulative tally is obviously good! The disappointment is more about status vs real sales. I posted Avril Lavigne right now: they both debuted in 2002, they both issued 5 albums (although JT's fifth is still new) and Avril has much less collaborations. I'm quite sure 95% of people would expect JT to be much higher, they are almost tied (46m vs 43m) with the gap and more being entirely due to featurings. There is a gap between the general public's perception and the reality. He is one of the biggest from the last 15 years, but one out of many more big artists, rather than topping them!
I don't know exactly why, but I never liked the artists who are at the same time both singers and actors. 🙂
I did not understand what the reason you're saying in the comments that JT never had was as big as his competitors like Bruno, Ed Sheeran and Bieber.
I think the FutureSex / LoveSounds era was huge and I would like to better understand your statement. I'm new to the readings on this site.
Hi Alisson!
FS/LS was similar to the big albums of Bruno, Ed and Bieber in the US but that's it. He never had albums spending 10+ weeks at #1, never really got the top seller of his era. He did top the Soundscan list in 2013 but only due to the lack of competition. Divide dominated like crazy, so did Purpose, with weeks at 1, 2 or even 3 singles simultaneously Top 3/5, Diamond albums in countries like France or Australia, something that James Blunt did in mid-00s. JT never managed this kind of success, he was big but not that big. For example, the one truly dominating charts and sales in 2007 was Amy Winehouse.
He could never have been as big as his competitors like Bruno, Ed Sheeran, Amy Winehouse or J.Bieber imo. Because he was to busy with his film career. His filmography is bigger then his discography. Says it all, really.
No singer/actor for you?
How about:
1. Frank Sinatra
2. Elvis
3. Sting
4. Oh yeah........none of them have been done yet ......(better include police when doing Sting.......even if you do seperate it)
Honorable mention..........Rod Stewart (Play it to the bone.......I know I'm reaching, but really dying to see Rod [Jeff Beck/Faces included}
You forgot David Bowie, too. He had a cameo appearance in the Twin Peaks. 🙂
