BOMT > OIDIA > Britney. Peaked.

[HIM]

Discuss to me why Britney couldn’t match or outdo her debut. 
 

Her follow up album was highly anticipated but it didn’t surpass BOMT sales. Then after ODIA, Britney album sold even less. 
 

Take into account that other popular and big acts would go on to outsell themselves again and again. 
 

Examples: 

Michael Jackson: Got To Be There < Off the Wall < Thriller. Peaked. 
 
Celine Dion: Unison < Celine Dion < The Color or My Love < Falling into You < Let’s Talk About Love. Peaked.

Madonna: Madonna < Like a Virgin < True Blue < The Immaculate Collection. Peaked.

Mariah Carey: Mariah Carey > Emotions < Music Box. Peaked. 

They peaked but they continued to go on and outsell a flop album. Not Britney. Her sales are a downward slope compared to other artists. I think BJ still surpasses Glory am I right? 

Why Britney only peaked with her first album. The only spike in her sales are between Blackout and Circus but after Circus she began to sell less and less. Whhyyyyyyy???? I’m kinda pressed about it 

[Rachel Green Geller]

I guess BOMT was a huge success that everyone simply loved. From that moment on, it's always been "cool" to hate Britney though. So I guess as years went by she relied mostly on her fanbase and casual listeners, but people who were determined to hate on her or thought she was a manufactured puppet didn't as much as listen to her on the radio. Other pop acts didn't trigger such kind of love/hate reactions,  I guess. That said, she's still the 2nd biggest act in the US in the 00s.

That's my 2 cents. 

[Stefani]

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Madonna: Madonna < Like a Virgin < True Blue < The Immaculate Collection. Peaked.

I like how Like A Prayer doesn't exist.

[very_urban]

What a weird *** comparison. Michael Jackson's first album was released when he was like 13 and it sold 1.5M worldwide. Obviously that wouldn't be his peak. BOMT was an entirely different thing.

Same with Celine Dion's first album. It sold 4M worldwide, so unlike with BOMT there was far more room to grow.

Edited February 21, 2023 by very_urban

[HIM]

20 minutes ago, Stefani said:

I like how Like A Prayer doesn't exist.

Oops forgot to include it with a less than sign. Oh well 

[HIM]

27 minutes ago, Rachel Green Geller said:

I guess BOMT was a huge success that everyone simply loved. From that moment on, it's always been "cool" to hate Britney though. So I guess as years went by she relied mostly on her fanbase and casual listeners, but people who were determined to hate on her or thought she was a manufactured puppet didn't as much as listen to her on the radio. Other pop acts didn't trigger such kind of love/hate reactions,  I guess. That said, she's still the 2nd biggest act in the US in the 00s.

That's my 2 cents. 

Thanks for the reply! Yeah, I guess after her initial success people tuned out, slowly not at all once. Since 25M for Oops is still outstanding. It’s unfortunate that even when Britney started to experiment and write her own songs during her two eras before hiatus she didn’t gain more fans. Oh well sales do not diminish her icon status which is cemented already. I just wish Britney had more 7-10M+ albums in her discography sometimes. Whatever. 

[Spicechinodiva]

35 minutes ago, Stefani said:

I like how Like A Prayer doesn't exist.

Or ray of light, Music and coadf, or even this tour which saw instant sell outs and more shows being added than the other tours post sticky and sweet 

[Spicechinodiva]

35 minutes ago, very_urban said:

What a weird *** comparison. Michael Jackson's first album was released when he was like 13 and it sold 1.5M worldwide. Obviously that wouldn't be his peak. BOMT was an entirely different thing.

Same with Celine Dion's first album. It sold 4M worldwide, so unlike with BOMT there was far more room to grow.

Céline dion was only being marketed in French markets,  of course those numbers reflect that..

 

[Spicechinodiva]

45 minutes ago, Rachel Green Geller said:

I guess BOMT was a huge success that everyone simply loved. From that moment on, it's always been "cool" to hate Britney though. So I guess as years went by she relied mostly on her fanbase and casual listeners, but people who were determined to hate on her or thought she was a manufactured puppet didn't as much as listen to her on the radio. Other pop acts didn't trigger such kind of love/hate reactions,  I guess. That said, she's still the 2nd biggest act in the US in the 00s.

That's my 2 cents. 

The reaction came from mom's, they even said, my little girl will be married before she even had intercourse. 

 

I will approve of her dates by asking questions and dates only in my house. That was an actual conversation the mother was born In 1960 something..

[very_urban]

5 minutes ago, Spicechinodiva said:

Céline dion was only being marketed in French markets,  of course those numbers reflect that..

 

That's beside the point. Her debut album sold 4 million, so unlike BOMT she had far more room to grow.

[No Seas Cortes]

BOMT and OIDIA's sales were that huge that it's just too hard to outsell it 

[MoodRing3]

Her first two albums belong to the best selling albums of all time and her 3th sold more than some of her peers best selling one!! 

So i don‘t get your point? 

[BlurredLover]

2 hours ago, HIM said:

Discuss to me why Britney couldn’t match or outdo her debut. 
 

Her follow up album was highly anticipated but it didn’t surpass BOMT sales. Then after ODIA, Britney album sold even less. 
 

Take into account that other popular and big acts would go on to outsell themselves again and again. 
 

Examples: 

Michael Jackson: Got To Be There < Off the Wall < Thriller. Peaked. 
 
Celine Dion: Unison < Celine Dion < The Color or My Love < Falling into You < Let’s Talk About Love. Peaked.

Madonna: Madonna < Like a Virgin < True Blue < The Immaculate Collection. Peaked.

Mariah Carey: Mariah Carey > Emotions < Music Box. Peaked. 

They peaked but they continued to go on and outsell a flop album. Not Britney. Her sales are a downward slope compared to other artists. I think BJ still surpasses Glory am I right? 

Why Britney only peaked with her first album. The only spike in her sales are between Blackout and Circus but after Circus she began to sell less and less. Whhyyyyyyy???? I’m kinda pressed about it 

Max Martin Peak… 

Britney the artist peaked ITZ and BLACKOUT… sorry she didn’t sell as high but it’s the truth… she was basically a girl group with her name attached solely… 

Convo over 🫠

[Broccoli Spears]

You tend to forget that in the early 2000s illegal downloading was taking off and impacting the sales of all artists. There was no iTunes, so unless you purchased a physical copy you were downloading it for free from Napster or Limewire. And it wasn’t like today where you can stream a song repetitively and have it count as “sales” either. 

[MathCarmignani]

i feel like BOMT really set the bar high saleswise, the chance of her or anyone topping that in 00s was very very small. Still with OIDIA she held that 1st week record and still sold like water. I always consider OIDIA to be a more successful album than BOMT because that record holds a lot of power to me. Coming into the Britney era from two incredibly successful eras made everyone see Britney as a flop but as she said herself, she still outsold many many other people with that one. Overall I think that having BOMT and OIDIA as a starting point for this conversation is unfair cause those were two absolute monsters of albums. She always kinda followed/slightly outsold the sale trends of the moment she released her albums until Britney Jean and Glory in my opinion where it just didnt work