Monica has a loyal FANBASE. This is very smart. She can promote her album on the tour & she can release a new single. Her new song has done fairly well on Urban radio. She's a very solid artist. Shut up with the flop shyt. It's annoying damn. BLK people don't purchase as much music as others. Has any other R&b artist outside of Beyonce even gone gold? It's absurd. Radio hinders many artists too, because, they don't play them. Labels should also start promoting their artists. Lastly, being a great singer isn't enough, just because you can sing doesn't mean that people will like the material. It has to resonate with the gp.