Originally scheduled to hit stores December 15th, Mary J Blige’s forthcoming LP ‘Stronger’ will now arrive in stores December 22nd – just in time for the Christmas sales surge.
Her team making such a move screams strategic, as well as a little desperate (yes I said it!). The album, Mary’s 9th, was previously set to battle it out with Alicia Keys’ latest effort as well as Chris Brown’s comeback and Lil’ Wayne too. Yet, with her Drake-assisted single ‘The One’ struggling on the charts and there being an unusually low awareness level of her project in its entirety, the Christmas week move seems like it’ll be her best bet on the sales front.
It’ll be quite interesting to see how things pan out with her project post-Christmas, as – having released her last few LP’s in that exact release window – someone, be it her label or management etc, seem to drop the ball and her album’s seem to disappear into a black hole (see: ‘Growing Pains’). Here’s hoping this time proves different.
14 COMMENTS
amar
November 4, 2009 at 4:41 am
sales done meant ****
its what the album is like, i buy an album because of its quality etc, not how many times it has been sold
people who do that are stupid
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lena
November 4, 2009 at 5:09 am
Sam, her album was first scheduled for Nov 24, then moved to Dec 15 and now this—- it is desperate because The One and Stronger didn’t live up to the hype on the charts- plus no promo pics, no news on the album- just seems a mess- they should move to next year even if they miss xmas sales-
no one’s checking for Mary now- she needs tostop showing up at industry events, parties etc and get working on the album- i know that i’m not checking for her this time- i hope she brings it because iw as not a fan of her last album and i did not really fell ‘fine’ or ‘work that.
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New York
November 4, 2009 at 5:39 am
For number 1 Mary never do well on the charts but her cd ‘s do so if Mary was to drop her cd it would hit number 1 and growing pains sold 629,000 copies with hardly no promotion and besides alacia keys who got lucky Mary haves the biggest first week sales of a female from Whitney, Mariah, Beyonce and so on……………
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Gary
November 4, 2009 at 8:55 am
Yall just need to not forget that Mary J. Blige is the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul and Rn’b , ok her promo is sometimes not where she have to be , but she wont fail … yall see with the Oscars and Grammys !
ps : i’m still highly dissapointed by the non-success of ‘ The One ‘ … this song should’ve been N#1 on the main chart ! anywho … i’m out
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GeeMan
November 4, 2009 at 9:42 am
Hopefully things change because at this point in the game these young kids buying music today if they are not feeling it you may not achieve the success you hope for. Either Mary is good she has already claimed her spot in the game all these young chicks are trying to get there.
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parisian girl
November 4, 2009 at 11:09 am
so desperate,but i don’t feel bad for her that’s what she gets for releasing this crap song called’the one”,she needs to get her shit together for the next album,people don’t care about title,queen of hip-hop or not,they won’t buy your album if you release bad songs!
i’m still waiting for”be without you”part2
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trina
November 4, 2009 at 11:18 am
SHE ONLY DOES WELL IN SALES CAUSE SHE RELEASES IN NOV OR DEC FOR HOLIDAYS.
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HereForMary
November 4, 2009 at 11:33 am
LOL @ a LEGEND being desperate who has been in the game for over 2 decades, bitch u sound stupid as this flop as site, where is yall albums? Grammys? #1′s? EXACTLY! Mary can release her album WHENEVER and WHEREVER, ALOT of artist release during Christmas dumb bitch and NEVER EVER sold like Mary, so your opinion is null and void bitch. She is here to stay, deal with it. She will be here when u die off from AIDS bitch.
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HereForMary
November 4, 2009 at 11:35 am
LOL @ this dumb retard making up bullshit HATING on the QUEEN! You dumb broke faggot, “Growing Pains” sold 629,000 in the first week and it’s overall sales were 1.6 MILLION, now where is the logic dummy?
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HereForMary
November 4, 2009 at 11:36 am
@Lena, Mary dont need yo broke ass bitch, are u retarded? She has lasted over 2 decades dumb bitch. Mary’s MILLIONS of fans all around the world>>>>>>ONE broke bitter bitch that CANNOT relate to being married and in love. Stay STUCK in the PAST ugly bitch.
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HereForMary
November 4, 2009 at 11:39 am
@parisian girl Ugly bitch your opinion doesn’t matter, Mary will sell REGARDLESS to what you or anyone else things negatively. She is already established and a LIVING LEGEND! She aint going NOWHERE! She can sing about food and it will sell. So fuck you and die off like yo granny bitch. You broke hoe, people on the INTERNET opinion DO NOT matter, yall dont even buy albums anyway dumb bitch.
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HereForMary
November 4, 2009 at 11:41 am
@trina And when do u sell ugly bitch? Nov & Dec has NOTHING to do with anything dumb bitch. ALOT of artist have released albums during that time and have NEVER sold like Mary, so egg on your face ugly bitch.
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parisian girl
November 4, 2009 at 1:06 pm
LMAO@hereformary!!!
wow 5posts in a row,seriously?stop plzzz my heart can’t take nomre,lol
i won’t let you come for mi wig like that bish!!
you know damn well i’m right!yes mary is a legend blablabla but we are in 2009 not in 1995
open your eyes girl”you delusional,you delusional,why u waisting ur time”…
if my opinion does not matter,why did you just have a mental breakdown 5minutes ago?LMAO!!
hoe sit DOWNe!!!
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Darrell H-Town
November 5, 2009 at 12:35 pm
@hereformary i agree with u imo Mary still the best……………..
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