J Lo's 'This Is Me... Now' Debuts At #38 On BB200

[DenisMarquina80]

The album isn't bad but isn't that good either. 'Can't Get Enough', 'Rebound' and 'This is Me.. Now' are the standouts but I prefer when JLo releases bangers instead of mid tempo songs or balads 

[sochaotic]

This makes me kinda sad. this is a HUGE flop, even by veteran standards. The albums movie had a super high budget so I’m actually kinda surprised. She’s been doing a pretty big promo run too.. Hoping at least her single will be a sleeper hit.

[Broccoli Spears]

I listened to the album and watched the movie. Neither were great but I was very impressed with her dancing. Easily the best dancer amongst her peers.

I saw somewhere it only sold around 40,000 copies worldwide proving the point that the overwhelming majority do not care for new music from her. Shame, she’s released some great tracks in the past. Nostalgia and celebrity will help sell out arenas and if she takes the tour outside of America, I’d probably go.

Edited February 27 by Broccoli Spears

[Britneystanley]

I didn’t think it would be top 5 but was not expecting it to be this bad 🙈

 

any other artists of her calibre had as low a debut as this? 

[descg]

8 hours ago, waynebradybyday said:

She’s never really had a mega hit album or movie, really, except for her debut album and maybe one movie.

Her second album sold the same as the first, 9/10 millions both,  also the third sold 5/6 millions. Not bad.

[sharkboy11]

She worked HARD to promote this album. She was everywhere. And yet no one bought the album. Does she even have fans? Aside from the 6,000 who bought physical copies?

[Britneystanley]

Just been looking at other female artists who have had debuts as low charting as this. Alicia keys album in 2020 only got to 41. This too surprises me 

[blair warner]

Back in 2002 'This Is Me... Then' debut at #2 and went on to sell 6 million units worldwide. 

This just shows how much her singing career has declined in popularity. The new album will struggle to reach even 200,000 give or take. 

[SJK]

8 hours ago, Markoct said:

The only good song is Rebound and the rest is cookie cutter hallmark production melodies. 38 is high if u ask me  

I 'got enough' from my first listen. Some songs I couldnt even get through

Stopppp. Here’s me actually into the album. I’ve been listening to it since it came out 😭

[SJK]

7 hours ago, sochaotic said:

This makes me kinda sad. this is a HUGE flop, even by veteran standards. The albums movie had a super high budget so I’m actually kinda surprised. She’s been doing a pretty big promo run too.. Hoping at least her single will be a sleeper hit.

I don’t know why anyone’s surprised it didn’t perform well. Older acts just can’t sell records anymore. 

[anti aging]

i find her so boring, so in your face and just constantly releasing things 

[Jup1ter]

The only thing I know about her is that she's Robin Lou friend and client

But this pop up on my YouTube now and I'm watching it 

[padam]

11 hours ago, sochaotic said:

This makes me kinda sad. this is a HUGE flop, even by veteran standards. The albums movie had a super high budget so I’m actually kinda surprised. She’s been doing a pretty big promo run too.. Hoping at least her single will be a sleeper hit.

She personally financed $20 mil for that album movie. I watched it out of curiosity, and it was kinda bland. I feel bad for her anyway. Even though there wasn't a single song stuck with me, it was crystal clear that she poured her heart and soul on this album & the movie. It's a shame it flopped this bad.

Edited February 28 by padam

[EduardoFoster]

I’m not gonna try to defend this project but I’m just gonna state some facts. J-Lo, Madonna, Britney all have old fans (I’m talking over 30yo). It’s harder for this audience to make these artists number one on Billboard. The algorithm changed to focus on streams, and teens are the only demographic with the time and energy to stream 24/7.

That being said, it doesn’t mean the project is a flop. It means it is a flop according to the current BB algorithm. But it’s also the #1 movie on Amazon. So baby girl knows what she’s doing. I’m not even a fan, I’m just saying it as it is.

Regarding the album, I don’t like the whole thing but I think it’s a good effort, I agree with the Pitchfork review, 6.6/10.

Edited February 28 by EduardoFoster

[EduardoFoster]

I think Billboard should do a major change on their algorithm and change the focus from number of streams to number of daily listeners.

[KarmaComa³]

On 2/27/2024 at 6:08 AM, AII said:

Let's not forget that this was with very hard promotion. Definitely a flop. Even Jewel could do better. 

She even appeared on a fake interview on an Italian successful tv show to promote 😭