Despite putting out a solid sophomore effort in the form of ‘Ms. Kelly’, it’s common knowledge that since release the album has underperformed. Like many, I’ve been awaiting Kelly’s say on the matter. In a recent interview with MSNBC, she said the following: AP: So, let’s talk about the album’s first week’s sales.
Rowland: Yes, I came in at No. 6 and sold 86,000 records — in a declining market, might I add. I’m very proud of that. Not everybody’s selling records like they used to. Even the biggest artists don’t come out and go platinum in a week anymore. It’s a different day and age in the music industry.
In fairness to Kelly, she had a point about coming in at a respectable number in a rapidly changing market. However, I’m really hoping she realizes that a ‘declining’ market is neither the main or only reason for her poor sales. Put simply, Kelly isn’t in a good situation – in terms of label priority or management. The sooner she realizes that, the quicker her chances of success will materialize.
Your thoughts?
well….let Kelly just live in her little bubble. Anyway, where are those videos for “Comeback” and “Work”……thats the real issue at hand. Are they gonna wait until everyone just completely forgets who Kelly is?
Like This isn’t a strong first single, i hated it at first then it grew on me, now it’s my jam, but once Comeback and Work (which is my favourite)comes out the album will sell more, some people wait until the second or third single before they buy an album i usually do except with Ludacris cos that’s my baby but i bought her album straight away and i loved it
Y’know, I must admit, label priority really does play a major role in all this. I haven’t seen even one commercial for the release of Kelly’s album like we saw for Destiny’s Child or Beyonce. I don’t see other related label sites pushing the release of the album of a member of a such a huge girl group like back when DC or Beyonce released something. Not really hating on them or anything but seriously it almost feels like Kelly has to work just as hard as LeToya who got kicked out of the game a long time ago and had to scratch and scrape to prove her worth as opposed her recently being a part of such as huge group just before her album dropped.
I dunno….I agree that pushing more singles would definitely help as Like This was a good effort but it wasn’t the strongest effort. It did great but after seeing almost ALL her live performances and hearing it on the radio and such I think we’re ready for the next hottest thing from Kelly. I really wish they would push her album more…it’s really really good. It has a nice theme and a great flow but no one really knows because it’s not really promoted as such.
Not to be hating again but B’Day sounds rushed and while some of the songs work individually they don’t really make as great an album as it is promoted to be but here we are with a well-put-together album and no one to back it.
It’s really sad….I really wish I could help.
I don’t think matthew has her best intrest at heart. I think she should find new managment
The 1st problem was when the cd was going to drop. First was last year, then it was in June and once more it was pushed back to July. And on top of that they drop one song “Like This” and video, and allows it to stay out there for 6 months and doesn’t do a follow-up song. There was no real promotion at that time. For someone with Kelly’s status her promotion should’ve been bigger except it wasn’t. She supposedly did two videos, but where are they? There is no clear direction. It’s as if the label doesn’t want her to succeed. Now managment is suppose to be first loyal to their artist and help the move the label along, but that is not happening. It as if her management doesn’t have a clue as to what is going on. The only reason that “Ghetto” is taking off is because several radio stations started playing it on their own-and that is a good thing for Kelly. The label released “Comeback” as a 2nd single and only after realizing that “Ghetto” is gaining momentum do the label “release” it as the 3rd single. It’s mind blowing the treatment she is receiving and if Kelly doesn’t realizing it soon her singing career will hit the toilet.
declining market my ass. How is Fergie selling +50k albums a week for months straight: it’s called a quality album and good singles. Kelly’s scraggly ass is trying to take a page from BeYAWNce’s book: trying to cover up the facts! Always a lie.
Poor thing, she is living in her own world. It has nothing to do with a falling industry stupid donkey, it has to do with lack of interest. Nobody gives a s*** about you Kelly! Kelly has been on the scene since 1998, is a member of the world’s biggest selling female group and has had world wide exposure. And her excuse for being #82 in just 4wks of being on the chart is “falling industry”. B**** please!
People tend to forget that Kelly, being the brilliant person that she is, told everyone last year she was dropping an album. Through her own fault she re-did her CD with practically the same to little effort. Now anyone in that situation would probably scrap the whole album and and put out new music. Kelly adds 3 songs to her re-vamped album and now it was suppose to go platinum plz. She needs to stop being a shadow and stop making up lame excuses. I was one of the many people backing Ms. Kelly and although I like the album truth be told it was a ver bad effort on her end. Please people no need to compare Bey, RiRi to Kelly because it’s obvious she isn’t as aggressive as she needs to be!
dwayne: u never saw the ms. kelly commericals?!! they showed em on mtv for awhile but i guess u never saw them
but neways i think miko said it all about her saying she was going to scrap most of the songs and start over but she only had like 3 or 4 new songs! all of the songs just seemed old when the cd came out cus theyd been on the internet for a yr! not sayin they were bad i liked that album alot but she should of had alot more new songs! cus i think love, work, and this is love were the only songs i hadnt heard prior till the album leaked.
Here’s my thing. The promotion for ‘Ms. Kelly’ was the poorest I’ve seen for any artist. I mean T.I. who beat her had commercials and appearances everywhere like a month before his album came out. Meanwhile Kelly only received ‘one’ commercial on BET/MTV the day it was released and ended a week later. Thats messed up on Mathew’s part. If he was to promote Kelly’s album, he should’ve did like he did for Bee’s album. I mean she was everywhere.
Also I knew something was wrong when I thought she was releasing an album June of 06…but long and behold, thats when Bee was premiering Deja Vu and her album was coming out. I foresaw this last year. I support both Bee and Kells but the media is going to accept Bee over Kells because, well she was the leader of DC, great solo success, and because she’s a light skinned girl with great songs. As far as her being in Bee’s shadow, she needs to separate herself from Bee and DC3. Like at the BET awards man please. Kelly should’ve had her own set. As soon as I saw that I was like…well ppl still go be talking about her in Bee’s shadow.
…and when is Comeback supposed to premiere? It’s been 5 months since ‘Like This’ premiered. Kells and Mathew need to step up they game. But maybe Kelly will promote herself better with new seasons of talk shows like Tyra, Oprah, and Ellen hopefull.
I like Kelly’s Album and I do R&B music and I’m very critical. I think she could have done some stronger notes and push her vocals a little more, but other than that, that beats are hot, the topics and the lyrics. My favorite song is Flashback. I think its all about promotion as everyone is saying..If u all go back when Ashanti came out.. they pushed her so much.. you were like if I see Ashanti one more time. No commercials, you don’t see her on anything. I know management does have a lot to do with it but the artist has to push to. I BET Beyonce has a lot of say so and she fights her way to stay at the top. She is not sitting back letting her management do everything.
common peeps i really do not care for kelly flopland nor beyonce. i am not a kelly fan but i must say i saw this girl everywhere u can think of
1, Bet black carpet
2. Bet Awards
3, 106 n park
4. Black hair
5. Essence
6. radio stations
7. right on magazine
8. Hype Hair
9. HipHop weekly
10. Jimmy Kimmel
11. The early show
12. Fox 26
19, Mike and juliet show
20. Wendy Williams radio
21.a*** awareness in houston
22. MTV commercials
23. TRL
24. BET commercials
So many more that i cant even remember. this has absolutely nothing to do with her label. it is just that people aint feeling her like that. you can come out with mediocre hooks and think it’s that ish lets be real. I told y’all i was gonna bump like this, who did she tell and what da f*** does that mean, i’ve got that comeback, the hubba bubba( lame hook again)like lets us be real there are too many rnb singers this days so no one is looking for a mediocre song not cos you r from the biggest selling female group in the world u are guaranteed success, that is a great lie. Poor girl make music and stop dwelling in error. people tend to blame the knowles but everywhere beyonce promoted her album kelly has been there, i am not thier fans but i hear a lot of people talk about those two so just to deliever my opinion. There is saying that goes this way once you blame your failure on others u would always be a faillure. So people dont blame her failure on anybody but her
Kelly baby drop that Zero (Mr. Knowles) and get you a hero Jermaine Dupre!!! Mr. Knowles is looking after his daughter sweetie and I’m so sick of seeing her I don’t know what to do. Damn the b**** comes out with a albumn every week. Anything that JD touches turns to gold…get with him….I love your CD though Girl, you just need better management.
Georgia Girl!
Beyonce’s songs were repetive and they all sounded the same and formula made. They were all about basically the same thing…so even if Kelly’s album is mediocre, Beyonce’s album was worst than mediocre and it still sold.. so i think it has everything to do with promotion, when BDay was coming out there was alot more promotion then Kelly’s..i didnt even kno wen Kelly’s album dropped, but everyone knew Bey’s album was dropping on her birthday Sep. 4 like 2 or 3 months b4 it dropped.
I blame kelly to busy trying to upstge letoya luckett by out selling her.She forgot to promote her ownself.
Now you know how Janet Jackson felt when her album bombed. It’s all about promoting $$$$$$$.