I have to agree with the Black girl with the glasses and the Hispanic looking girl. The dude made some good points too and the Asian girl also made some good points, but I can tell they were a little bit biased because they are not fans. The things I say Ciara needs to do to make a strong comeback are: 1. New label, she should've left Jive when LA Reid left because they did not promote/market Fantasy Ride in the correct way. That album could've easily sold a good 5-6 million WW and produced more than 1 hit single 2. New image. Since 2004, her image and fashion style has been the same: laid back and at times boring as hell. I am not saying she has to be out there like Gaga and Rihanna, but if she just swtiched her image and style with her next album, that'll definitely catch more people's attention 3. Musically, I don't think Ciara needs improvement, her music is very good IMO. I just think she needs to go in a different direction with her music. I understand she wants to focus on Urban/R&B music but if she wants to be remembered as an icon/legend, she needs to broaden her musical style. Personally Fantasy Ride should've been released now instead of Basic Instinct because it had more songs that could've crossed over to both Pop and Urban markets: High Price, Pucker Up, I'm On, Echo, When I, TMWYNI, Keep Dancin' on Me and Turntables 4. Stop being a socialite. I understand she's really good friends with LaLa and Kim K. but they're socialites and she's now getting the reputation of being a socialite. 5. Work on her vocals. Ciara actually can sing, she just has such a soft voice and she's shy. Janet and Aaliyah both had soft voice and were shy at first, but they never held back vocally. I am not saying Ciara has a huge powerhouse voice like Beyonce, but if Ciara really pushes her vocals, she get more recognition. 6. Improve her performances. Ciara is a great performer, but she needs to start improving her performances. Dancing isn't gonna get much far CiCi. Janet, Beyonce, Gaga, Madonna and even Rihanna, bring extra factors to their performances: stage props, attention grabbing outfits, pyrotechnics, light/special effects and video interludes. 7. Finally, take control over your career. Stop letting other people make deicsions like: single choices, videos, promo/marketing for you and decide for yourself how those things will be handled. When it was revealed how she wanted the singles for Fantasy Ride and Basic Instinct to be released I bawled uncontrollably for days. For Fantasy Ride she wanted the singles to go in this order: 1. High Price 2. Lover's Thing 3. Turntables 4. Like a Surgeon 5. I'm On 6. Tell Me What Your Name Is 7. Pucker Up and for Basic Instinct: 1. Gimmie Dat 2. Turn It Up 3. You Can Get It 4. Yeah I Know 5. Heavy Rotation 6. I Run It. As a fan, I just hope with her 5th album, she takes all 7 of my points in consideration because she needs to.