keri hilson should have said, regardless of her feeling towards ciara. " me and ciara are cool, an she's talented and i wish her the best of luck with her album". everytime ciara has been asked about keri, she always replied "me and keri are cool, i'm, past that or i'm here to talk about my album or single or whatever" i don't think keri hilson was shading ciara but when she said "ouch" towards ciara's sales, a lot of ppl, like me, took that the wrong way. keri hilson shoulda just said "well i'm here to talk about no boys allowed" and kept it moving. in the music industry, one comment can end an artist's career and keri shoulda learned from the turnin me on remix which almost ended her career before it even got started and to all the ppl saying ciara is a flop, 2 albums not selling well does not an artist a flop, i can bet money that if ciara keeps releasing singles/videos and keeps promoting basic instinct that it can pick up in sales, keri is the one who should be embarrassed at the fact that keyshia cole and jamie foxx barely promoted their albums and did not have not one hit single and are expected to sell 50,000 more than her when she's been heavily promoting her album since september, ciara's album didn't sell well and the singles weren't massively successful because they weren't promoted at all. keri's singles/videos and album have been promoted so much on BET, MTV, VH1 and Fuse and she's only expected to sell just 90K while Keyshia and Jamie are expected to sell 140K, Ciara still sold 40K without any promo, so imagine if Ciara promoted Basic Instinct as much as Keri promoted her album, I can bet money that she woulda sold over 150K in the 1st week, just remember keri, ciara let u in the industry when fantasy ride didn't sell well, if it sold over 1 million copies, you'd still be a nobody Ciara: Goodies 5 million WW The Evolution 2.5 million WW Fantasy Ride over 1 million WW (source Soundscan) 8 platinum singles (Goodies, 1-2 Step,Oh, Like You,Promise,Like a Boy, Just Stand Up, Love Sex Magic) 5 Gold singles (Lose Control, So What, Get Up, Cant Leave Em Alone, Ride) 3 Top 3 Billboard 200 albums(1 of 4 female artists to do this in the 2000's decade) 12 Billboard 100 Top 40 singles/16 R&B/Hip-Hop Top 50 Songs singles(tied with Beyonce for most Top 10 entries on the R&B/Hip Hop Songs charts by a female in the 2000's decade) What does Keri Hilson have, oh that's right, Knock You Down which didn't even go Gold and it was one of 2009's most successful singles. Yeah Ciara may have only sold 38K in the 1st week, but she's still far more successful than you by a long shot