SuperLoverboy wrote:
The Rebirth Experience wrote:
SexForYaStereo wrote:
Not to burst your bubble, but it's all relative. It went to #1 ahead of all the other big radio hits at the same, and hung around long enough to
sell over 500k downloads during a time that you yourself just admitted wasn't a huge time for downloads.
OF course it did. People only bought her single, and not that horrible unlistenable album. It's the same thing with Rihanna. The single (at least
Rihanna had more than one LMAO!) blows up 'cause it's easier to spend 99cents instead of $10.00 - in the end, Madonna lost in the US.
So what'd she do? Grabbed Timbaland and JT, because she knows she's not relevant in the US on radio. If it wasn't for her fanbase buying the
singles (the same crazed fans that spend $300 - $2,000 to see this woman on tour) her songs wouldn't even chart.
Madonna is not relevant. M. Dolla? Girl boo!
But people did buy her album. It sold 2 million copies which was a hell of a lot more than many big radio artists were selling at the time.
The figures I've seen are 1.7million. Any established artist with a 20+ year career should have a solid fan base of at least 2milion.
That sales total is FAR from impressive when you say her name in front of it.
Just like Glitters 700k total, and Charmbracelets 1.2million total.
How many artists with a 20+ year career are still selling 2 million copies? That is not true at all. Most artists struggle to remain relevant and are
lucky to go Gold that late in their career. Only huge names like Michael Jackson and Madonna can sell that much at their ages, and that just goes to prove my
point.