30,000 units.
Believe it or not, that is how much Jennifer Lopez’ latest LP ‘AKA’ is set to move in its first week of release.
Fortunately for her fans, that sales prediction did nothing to deter the upbeat performer’s promo efforts this week, joining ‘The Breakfast Club‘ for an interview arranged to support the project.
There, in keeping it 100 with the show’s hosts, she weighed in on her own sales and shared her thoughts on Mariah Carey’s ‘The Elusive Chanteuse’, which now stands as the singer’s lowest performing album to date.
Lopez’ words below…
On Carey’s ‘Chanteuse’, she shared:
I just think Mariah and I we did what the kids are doing already. We had the time where we would drop the thing and it would straight to #1 and the album would go to #1 and we did that two, three times, four times over…she probably did it more times than I did.
At a certain point in your career, there’s reinvention that has to go on but you’re in it for a marathon. It’s not about a sprint, this is not a movie, it’s not an opening weekend.
Then, on her own LP, she explained:
There’s singles that’s going to come out over the next six months, so to me the release of the album is a celebration because it’s the beginning of something new, and I’m lucky enough to have a company behind me who gets the album and understands me as an artist. It’s not about the first day sales, we’re in a different time in our career, we’re in a different status.
Nothing drains me more than to come to this site and the writers are too lazy to transcribe what was said in the interview for people who may not be able to view on a mobile device. With that being said JLONO need to stick to acting and hang the music thing up unless she is singing in espanol. At least Mariah album is actually good.
Plus I don’t think anyone was buying Her jenny from the block routine in 2014.
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she actually aging… I’ve never seen her this close up before. she’s still s*** tho!
How dare this THOT speak of Mariah. She will never be in Mariah’s lane. Mariah writes and produces her own music and can sing. J-HO can’t do any of yhe above.
Excuse me but she actually is, both their new CD’s are in the tanker..maybe they should do like lady gaga and sell it for 99cents.
I love how TGJ wrote daily essays calling Mariah a flop etc. But that don’t do that with J-Ho. I would respect TGJ if they would just admit they hate Mariah.
My sentiments exactly!! Every day TGJ had a post about Mariah’s sales but they on mute about the extremely low numbers predicted on J’lo album. This site is too biased to be taken seriously!
yeah! they did the same thing to xtina who’s each last two albums sold twice as much as jlo’s. they drag her by claiming the music was no good, she didn’t promote and the public was no longer interested in her, she was nothing but a flop tv music judge and she didn’t promote her music like she should have. well, as we see promotion doesn’t always do the trick. yes, it’s obvious that tgj has it’s favorites even if they are flops. i’ve been talking about their bias toward jlo for ages. by the way, jlo needs to keep mariah and whitney out of her mouth. she’s not even close to their league.
FLOP H0
She ahould officially rename her album D.O.A. Dead On Arrival Kiiiiii
No shade but J.Lo has never sold albums. Ever. They are always terrible
Please don’t ever compare her to a sales titan like Mariah who writes and produces her music alongside her collaborators. They are in totally different leagues.
JLo use to be a “Album Seller”. On The 6 and Jlo were huge sellers. So was The Remix’s. The Rebirth Era and beyond was Jlo transition into low low album sales. She was right about she use to. Although Marian topped the charts waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay longer!
Mariah
B**** you tried it! Byeeeee!
KNOW YOUR S*** BEFORE YOU TALK IT! Jlo has SEVERAL MULTI PLATINUM ALBUMS. Your shade or no shade was a FAIL! Use Wikipedia for a change!
Anyways glad she promoted! The truth is people just don’t give a f*** anymore and she had no hits on the radio neither did moriah. These b****** are old! No one cares anymore. But I’m glad she said she’s releasing more singles! Good for her!
What does age have to do with “MUSIC?”
J.Lo did basically EVERY press outlet possible including : concerts, late night tv performances/skits, tons of interviews and is on American idol currently. Mariah did one concert @8am a week or two before her album was released and had a Saturday (the day where TV is least watched) special with Matt Lauer n still sold more. One tried (J.Lo) harder than she’s ever tried to promote and the other (mariah) basically didn’t try at all.. Not to mention one has sold more than any chick in the game so.
YESSS PREACH DOWN!! *enters your church*
U betta talk about *sits next to SLAYRIAH in the
church*
This THOT is famous for the clothes she wears and jumping from D-ick to d-ick, and the numerous times she’s been clocked stealing music. She a ran through h-o.
She wouldn’t be aggressively promoting this album like she currently is, if she didn’t care about its commercial success. The difference being, Mariah did ZERO promotion for this album. She’s letting the music be the selling point, while JLo is promoting to no end. It is what it is! 30K is abysmal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb31s7L7lwU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wVjXZYIrXA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RToqE2DJ7bs
You were saying?
The first link is performance that she did almost a week after her album released.
The second link contains an interview with no performance.
The third link is an interview where she barely (if at all) talks about her upcoming album.
Stay pressed about your non-factor fave and her endless campaign.
So is the TGJ gonna start shading J-HO to no end like they did with Mariah?
#I’ll be waiting
They won’t
The sad thing is everyone is starting to notice the “hate” thrown Mariah’s way by TGJ!! The owners are simply pathetic!
Sam, you called Mariah a flop. So what does that make J-Ho? Call her a flop or admit you hate Mariah. You are so biased. You praise Cheryl Cole, Brandy, Ciara, J-No Kelly Rowland and then call Mariah a flop. The irony.
Sam. You’re delusional, you’re delusional, (He’s all up in my George Foreman).Boy you’re losing your mind. (Mind)It’s confusing yo, you’re confused you know,Why you wasting your time?
Sam’s on his job he’s hatin hard Mariah ain’t gonna feed him she’ll let him starve he’s gasping for but she’s ventilation
(In My Florida Evan’s Voice) Damn! Damn! Damn! This is bad. We shaded the hell out Ciara for her numbers but she’s clearly The Captain of The Boat these bishes are in kiii. I still LUV your Stage Slayyyyyyying Jlo!
Well I don’t think what she said at all was negative or anything. I mean you’d have to watch the video clip to hear all of what she said. And it’s true you get to certain point and things do calm down and it’s not about proving your self because you have a history that speaks for itself. So if anything she was really defending Mariah.
“We had the time where we would drop the thing and it would straight to #1 and the album would go to #1 and we did that two, three times, four times over…she(Mariah) probably did it more times than I did.” There aint no PROBABLY about it J-Ho you delusional tramp.
You betta go awwwwff!
The biggest kiiii is that J-Ho’s biggest selling album was the album where she and Tommy Mattolla stole Mariah’s songs and concepts from her Glitter album. LOL
She is right though! However, her statement suits Mariah more than herself, because JLO has never had huge album sales at any point in her career! And I nearly choked at “probably”. She tried it with that one.
And your statement is invalid! Jlo has several
MULTIPLATINUM albums! Guys we get it! Yal love Mariah
And beyonce! They can do no wrong in your eyes! But
Don’t sit here and act as if Jlo hasn’t contributed to the
Music industry damn!
Umm, but don’t go putting words in my mouth!! I never said that JLO has contributed nothing to the industry but her sales were decent/average at best! She didn’t have any blockbuster smashes like Mariah! I’m just being honest.
JLO isn’t worried honey… She uses her album as a marketing tool. Not for coins! She’s still getting it…. no struggle here, like some of your faves
Some people in this post are clearly PRESSED. They bash Sam for shading their favs, but visit every JLO post to do the same. I swear if A.K.A doesn’t become the flop they want it to be 6 months from now (after “Booty” and a few other hot singles are released) there will be some serious meltdowns. The want and desire to see Jenny fail is too real! People that aren’t in a good position currently to do so, really shouldn’t have so much hate for other artists that know how to sell their body of work. No need to entertain all this drama, time will prove what any artist is truly capable of.
Lol you’re way too much! You could have just scrapped that essay and address the Lambs directly! I don’t know why you need to be so damn shady and one sides all the time. Even @JohnVidal has called you out on this! Lambs aren’t the only ones who talk crap but you only manage to call them out for it. You make a lot of great and respectful comments about this blog, and you seem to be very knowledgable about music in its entirety but your biased opinions (specifically when it comes to Mariah/Lambs) are undeniably evident. That’s all…
ON this blog*
Slayriah
Essay? It’s more like a paragraph. Far as I’m concerned, I’m not here to attack the lambs. I don’t take none of this stuff personal. It’s just that SOME of you do the most. You guys love to compare and tear down other artist (then do a 360 when it’s convenient). I see that you’ve humbled yourself since Mariah’s first week numbers. For the record, I’ve already stated that Mariah’s album was very solid & grown up. No hate here at all! I just don’t understand why some bitter a** haters (not everyone that hate JLO) feel it’s necessary to go at Jenny’s throat in every post. At the end of the day she’s still very accomplished. BTW, I’m not delusional. JLO’s first week looks like it may be awful, but I believe it will do better gradually. I’m here for JLO. Some are not (and I could care less)!
This interview was awkward but cute. J Ho, is really doing the most for this album promo. To bad, its still gonna sell 25-35K…
This thot is the biggest flop of the past few years, maybe the decade so far. Yes I know Nelly Furtado only sold 6K first week but she had nowhere as much promo and didn’t have 108320 “buzz” singles before her album release; she also didn’t suck d*** for the biggest producers in Urban music at the moment. I thought she was an icon? 30-35K is a disaster, even with how bad the industry is right now. Most mainstream indie bands have done better. Kii at her possibly not outdoing Cage the Elephant numbers. Basic b**** needs to retire and shill Olay cream or something.
LOL Envy hates Mariah. No matter what anyone sense around her says, he will see her as boogie until the day she dies.
Anyway, no negativity is needed. Charm… was awkward, but the interview, like her promo campaign, had all the correct ingredients imo. It was cute to watch. She was defending Mariah and saying that she nor Mariah has anything to prove, and I personally agree. I do think Mariah is regarded higher as an artist, but I still do agree. I bought the album out of sympathy, and honestly it has fun dance tracks. Big Booty is a hit. I hope they release it and it becomes a hit. Good luck to JLO and Mariah.
^ Right, I think she said a lot to defend herself and Mariah. I don’t know why there’s so much beef. Anyway, I think they both delivered great albums and at the end of the day both fan bases should be happy.
^See Slayraih, here’s another compliment! 🙂 I’d say absolutely nothing about Mariah’s album if I thought it was sh**ty! Seriously though, good luck to them both!
LOL ok at least she admits Mariah did it more times than her 🙂 But reinvention? Really Jennifer? And even now, Mariah still sold double, despite having a longer career and no promo around the album release date. When has a JLo album sold that big anyway? Apart from “JLo”? (and not that BIG).
That said, she wasn´t being negative. She was nice. She just tried it with that “probably” 🙂
TBH NO SHADE, but JLO has never been taken serious as an artist, only as a brand. She was used only to torture Mariah. Tommy stole and did all types of stuff to Mariah, but she still survived. She is a stronger person because of it tho, so I think the JLO vs Mariah thing is really really annoying. I mean REALLY REALLY ANNOYING.
SN: JLO is a great entertainer. I hope she tours, because I’ll go to a show of hers. It seems like it would be fun.
First of all..JLO never dissed Mariah..she was making a point..you thirsty thots on this blog kill me every f*ckin time!!!!
Yessss, it’s the same shade stuck on repeat!
Good thing she has clothes and perfume at the local Sears/Macy’s. Goodness knows music and acting aren’t exactly her forte…
HAAAAA!!!! B**** Mariah did what you could never dream of!!! She did this s*** 1000000x better than you!!!! She’s been here 9 years longer than you and you still flop harder!!! Bye b****!!!
Its so funny how TGJ wrote essays upon essays about Mariahs album sales however they are gonna try and sneak this past us and throw Mariah in to try and do a comparison!
This site shaded Mariah so hard it forced negative energy all over the project for anyone following this blog. Yet Jlo’s flop album sales are just gonna fly by like a ghost in the night.
Puh lease!
@ROYALKEV
I was not trying to come down on you. I respect you because you leave great comments on here. But the bias is still there when t comes to your evaluation of what the lambs do. You failed to address that which is what I pointed out before. It’s okay though carry on I guess.
Right? I’m biased. Lambs aren’t attacking JLO at all. Matter of fact they were just recently singing Kumbaya together on most of these JLO post. I’m being delusional, because I don’t see 1001 old, random comparisons between these girls (i.e. Mariah’s 59K to this JLO estimate of 30K) and the constant rehashing of the JLO/Mariah/Tommy Mattola saga. My fault, it’s the Navy, or C-squad — or wait, Hive and Monsters that I should be referring to that keep focusing on this feud that took place before all their favs solo careers. Makes sense! Gotcha, I’m good now!
Return to song … *Someone’s singing Lord, kumbaya*
You’re gonna continue to dodge what I say, it’s okay…
I love Jennifer, she’s hustler.
She never was an album seller so there’s nothing new there.She was famous for her b*tt and her lovelife. Kim Kardashian took that spot from her since.
I think she should get back together with Ben Affleck. He’s f*cking his marriage and they have some unfinished business.
Yeah, Brandy’s 65k looks good now, don’t it?
How dare the b**** even compare herself to mariah when she can’t even outsell today’s artists(rih and bey) having been out over 10 years longer than then #bye h**
still like her more the drunkriah at least queen J-lo sings live.
She has always show love to Mariah, i wish she would act like a b**** tho, cause it’s never enough for the lambs, she could have say that Mariah is God and they would still hate on her. 30 first week, 50+ first week, what the hell are the lambs happy about, both flops are disastrous, if anything Mariah’s case is more embarrassing because she was bigger, J.Lo on the other hand, never saw big sales, like Mariah did, J.Lo can flop, it’s not a big deal, however Mariah flopping this hard is more chocking to me, J.Lo have no excuse to flop so bad with all this promo but so does Mariah, she should have sold 175+ first week, based only on her name, Janet Jackson has been out of the spotlight for 6 years now, she doesn’t do a lot promo and has always debuted a #1 on the Billboard 200 with good sales, if her next album top the charts once again then my point would be proved, lambs need to worry about Mariah, instead of hoping that someone else flop harder than her, wish the best to both.
You sound just like @ROYALKEV, all you talk about is The lambs, the lambs, the lambs the lambs and the damn lambs!! As if JLO fans never come for Mariah! I like both of you but these one sided/biased are irking me.
He really just said that!!!
Some Lambs will have you thinking you’re crazy listening to their logic sometimes.
LOL Slayriah, how can you talk? Like seriously, how can you talk? You shaded Bey & JLO religiously for so long (although you’ve suddenly turned over a new leaf and started praising B lately — which half the time makes me wonder if my eyes are getting tired or something). I’ll admit that I wasn’t fond of you until I saw that you CAN make a lot of sense when you rise above the drama (same with Stephy). I’ve always had a level of respect for John & Dossome. I’ve seen them around for a while. I think they’re often tasteful with their discredits, but you’re quick to turn a blind eye to some things you simply don’t want to admit to.
Yes I’ve dragged or shaded Beyonce, just like Beyonce fans have dragged/shaded Mariah! As for Jennifer, I don’t think I’ve ever really dragged her! I really don’t care for her at all. Even earlier I was saying that I feel bad for her only selling 30k with this massive promo. I’ve always been a fan of Beyonce anyway, outside of these pressed ass blogs.
I love how ppl take the time out of their so call “productive” day to check for JLO hehe. she still a great entertainer & the album is hot.
I’ll take her flops over cowriah the drunk any day…
I always thought she should stick to acting.
30k…..55k;Same difference, they are both beyond flops. Both groups in here sound sad af.
Sam why aren’t you posting about the massive flop that is D.O.A.? Predictions lowered to 28-32K. Her stans are so bitter that they’re planning on buying Sam Smith’s album on iTunes so he can block Lana? I don’t know why though? I haven’t seen a Lana stan mention J-Ho outside of this site.