MisplacedValidity wrote:
Any theories as to why The Heat under performed? Or is there a universally accepted one?
Toni's previous albums sold well and should have built her a solid fan base. "He Wasn't Man Enough" was a solid lead single that sold well, won a Grammy, and actually finished at #10 on Billboard's year-end chart. Album sales in general were at their height at the time, and R&B music was pretty popular as well. Why did the album "only" debut with just under 200k, and why did it "only" sell 2 million copies?
2 million off of only 1 hit single is a hit album in my book. There was no hit to carry it after that, so the fact that it stopped selling was no surprise.