What’s wrong with you Brits that you don’t fancy divas from this side of the pond? Rihanna’s Rated-R and Mariah Carey’s Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel are certified flops in the UK, entering the charts at a lowly #16 and #23, respectively (well, not so respectively). Looks like those X Factor appearances didn’t do a damn thing for either singer’s album (and somewhat to our surprise, Mariah’s seam-popping decolletage didn’t add any chart buoyancy.)
So what do British people like?
Their own reality show stars, of course. Britain’s Got Talent’s Susan Boyle is sitting pretty in the top spot, while X-Factor boy band JLS is #2. Apparently the exception to this is the Black Eyed Peas, holding the #3 spot for the moment and perhaps readying to kick these TV show singers to the curb in the next few weeks.
To be fair to you Brits, we don’t seem to like ‘em much either—MC’s Memoirs peaked only at #3 on the Billboard 200 before a fairly rapid descent on the chart, and Rihanna’s album is projected to flop here, too.
Not one to contemplate failure as an option, Carey’s going right back to work: amid rumors about her leaving Def Jam, Mariah’s prepping a remix album of Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel. Her manager Chris Lighty Tweeted the news, adding that they’re working on a Target exclusive.
Is there a point in making a bunch of remixes for an album nobody listened to? Or do the powers that be think fiddling around with the tracks and appealing directly to the club scene will woo MC’s fans back into her arms? Good luck, Mimi. In case it doesn’t work out, you can always fall back on your award-winning acting career.
As for Rihanna, the message is pretty clear: given that the ratings for her 20/20 interview were sky high, it seems the American audience, at least, is more interested in listening to her depressing personal life than her depressing music. Drag. But probably nothing that a bona fide hit can’t fix. We’ll have to wait and see if any of Rated-R‘s singles can get anywhere near “Umbrella”-like success.
Hooray for obsessive, geeky chart prognostication! This I can get behind.
Another good reason to move to the UK.
“Respectively” and “respectfully” are different words. They mean different things. I learned that difference in third grade.
You’re getting paid, right?
@LHS: Seriously. I got through three paragraphs before realizing that I was reading Idolator 2.0. Petting the dog on this one.
@Alice: it already been established that: A. Becky weren’t no English major, and B. Becky don’t see no need to check facts.
@Alice: No disrespect – ha ha – but I thought that was a fairly obvious play on words.
I don’t know what this site has against Mariah Carey. Yes, her latest album is not a big-seller. Yes, we’re used to seeing her sell gazillion records everytime her album drops. But don’t you think she deserves a bit of respect from any pop music site? She’s pop royalty . . . not everyone likes her . . . but she has a legacy . . . and this should be respected. I think artists like Elvis, The Beatles, Barbra Streisand, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Diana Ross . . . and of course Mariah Carey (and other music icons I fail to enumerate) should not be subjected to scathing articles such as this . . . even to such a point as to write about her “seam-popping decolletage”, which has nothing to do whatsoever about her music (and to add inappropriate). If you but took your time and listen to her latest album, you’d eat your own words and realize that it has its merits. When we talk about artists I mentioned earlier, we should not only look at the album/record sales they generate. . . I think we should be over that . . and talk about the MUSIC.
Barnok/Muse, great to have you back! Your balanced, unbiased assessments of Mariah Carey were sorely missed on Idolator 2.0.
BTW, in UK it sold like 75K (SILVER) Mimi scored another PLATINUM record with sales over 1.3MIL with “Obsessed” (27th top 10 single- among top 5 artistes) Memoirs went Platinum in Korea, top ten in many Asian countries (Japan,Phillipines..), reached top 10 in Australia (6), Canada (5), France..other Europe countries….she is recording a new song with Westlife- which will be #1!
…and Bryan Adams is still big in Canada. What’s your point?
Flop flop flop flop.
No one likes them.
we like BEYONCE!! HEHE…SHE ALWAYS DOES WELL HERE! SEXY, CAN ACTUALLY SING, DANCE, ISNT STARVING YET HUMBLE? SHE HAS MY VOTE ANY DAY. Even though I was a little alarmed by her “video phone” video at first, I get that she playing a character and lets face it we all have a sex-kitten inside us somewhere. I think Rihanna and Mariah try too hard. Mariah could sing but lost it somehow and as for Rihanna…….why is she even considered a singer? BAFFED BAFFED BAFFLED!