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Most monumental album flops/ rave is #5 http://www.spinner.com/20...ops-no-25/
#25 Pop - U2 (1997)(1.5 million) #24 Powerballin - Chingy (2004)(600K) #23 Forever - Spice Girls (2000)(200K) #22 Warning - Green Day(2000) (1.1 million) #21 Crown Royal - Run DMC (2001)(150K) #20 Dead Ringer - Meatloaf (1981)(< 500K) #19 Playing With Fire - Kevin Federline (2006) (18K) #18 Journey Through The Secret Life Of Planets - Stevie Wonder (1979) (<500K) #17 Altered Beast - Matthew Sweet (1993) (180K) #16 I'm In You - Peter Frampton (1977) (1 million) #15 Schizophrenic - JC Chasez (2004) (120K) #14 ...But The Little Girls Understand - The Knack (1980) (500K) #13 Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys (1989) (2 million) #12 Fairweather Johnson - Hootie & The Blowfisk (1996) (2.3 million) #11 Forever - Puff Daddy (1999) (1.4 million) #10 Human Touch - Bruce Springseteen (1992) (1 million) #10 (tie) Lucky Town - Bruce Springsteen (1992) (1 million) #9 The Ego Has Landed - Robbie Williams (1999) (560K) #8 Mind Blowin' - Vanilla Ice (1994) (42K) #7 Return Of Dragon - Sisqo (2001) (450K) #6 HIStory - Michael Jackson (1995) (2.5 million) #5 Rave un2 The Joy Fabtastic - Prince (1999) (480K) #4 Paris - Paris Hilton (2007) (180K) #3 Glitter - Mariah Carey (2001) (630K) #2 In The Life Of Chris Gaines - Garth Brooks (1999) (1.1 million) #1 Self Portrait - Bob Dylan (1970) | |
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asg said: http://www.spinner.com/2007/05/24/most-monumental-album-flops-no-25/
#25 Pop - U2 (1997)(1.5 million) #24 Powerballin - Chingy (2004)(600K) #23 Forever - Spice Girls (2000)(200K) #22 Warning - Green Day(2000) (1.1 million) #21 Crown Royal - Run DMC (2001)(150K) #20 Dead Ringer - Meatloaf (1981)(< 500K) #19 Playing With Fire - Kevin Federline (2006) (18K) #18 Journey Through The Secret Life Of Planets - Stevie Wonder (1979) (<500K) #17 Altered Beast - Matthew Sweet (1993) (180K) #16 I'm In You - Peter Frampton (1977) (1 million) #15 Schizophrenic - JC Chasez (2004) (120K) #14 ...But The Little Girls Understand - The Knack (1980) (500K) #13 Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys (1989) (2 million) #12 Fairweather Johnson - Hootie & The Blowfisk (1996) (2.3 million) #11 Forever - Puff Daddy (1999) (1.4 million) #10 Human Touch - Bruce Springseteen (1992) (1 million) #10 (tie) Lucky Town - Bruce Springsteen (1992) (1 million) #9 The Ego Has Landed - Robbie Williams (1999) (560K) #8 Mind Blowin' - Vanilla Ice (1994) (42K) #7 Return Of Dragon - Sisqo (2001) (450K) #6 HIStory - Michael Jackson (1995) (2.5 million) #5 Rave un2 The Joy Fabtastic - Prince (1999) (480K) #4 Paris - Paris Hilton (2007) (180K) #3 Glitter - Mariah Carey (2001) (630K) #2 In The Life Of Chris Gaines - Garth Brooks (1999) (1.1 million) #1 Self Portrait - Bob Dylan (1970) About 20 of those albums on there arent really flops and i sense a storm of post are gonna erupt BTW wasn't there a post like this about a month ago? I am a Rail Road, Track Abandoned
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#19 Playing With Fire - Kevin Federline (2006) (18K)
is that true? he sold only 18,000 copies? 
i bet 17,990 were hardcore britney fans who were hopng for a britney cameo on the record. the other 10 were probably kfed himself buying some copies at kmart  and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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IstenSzek said: #19 Playing With Fire - Kevin Federline (2006) (18K)
is that true? he sold only 18,000 copies?
i bet 17,990 were hardcore britney fans who were hopng for a britney cameo on the record. the other 10 were probably kfed himself buying some copies at kmart Keep your copy safe. Someday it may be worth a fortune  | |
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Since when is a platinum selling album a flop?  | |
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asg said: #18 Journey Through The Secret Life Of Planets - Stevie Wonder (1979) (<500K) It would sell more if it were still in print. It's a fabulous album. 
#2 In The Life Of Chris Gaines - Garth Brooks (1999) (1.1 million)
I really love "Lost in You." I should track down this album.  "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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AlexdeParis said: asg said: #18 Journey Through The Secret Life Of Planets - Stevie Wonder (1979) (<500K) It would sell more if it were still in print. It's a fabulous album. Planets!  | |
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MikeMatronik said: Since when is a platinum selling album a flop?
Nowadays,if an artist can sell a million copies of an album,they're considered lucky,lol. | |
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PANDURITO said: AlexdeParis said: It would sell more if it were still in print. It's a fabulous album. Planets! Now that would have made it a really trippy album; though I guess he couldn't do a song about "Saturn" now  At this point in history, we have a choice to make
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asg said: http://www.spinner.com/2007/05/24/most-monumental-album-flops-no-25/
#25 Pop - U2 (1997)(1.5 million) #24 Powerballin - Chingy (2004)(600K) #23 Forever - Spice Girls (2000)(200K) #22 Warning - Green Day(2000) (1.1 million) #21 Crown Royal - Run DMC (2001)(150K) #20 Dead Ringer - Meatloaf (1981)(< 500K) #19 Playing With Fire - Kevin Federline (2006) (18K) #18 Journey Through The Secret Life Of Planets - Stevie Wonder (1979) (<500K) #17 Altered Beast - Matthew Sweet (1993) (180K) #16 I'm In You - Peter Frampton (1977) (1 million) #15 Schizophrenic - JC Chasez (2004) (120K) #14 ...But The Little Girls Understand - The Knack (1980) (500K) #13 Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys (1989) (2 million) #12 Fairweather Johnson - Hootie & The Blowfisk (1996) (2.3 million) #11 Forever - Puff Daddy (1999) (1.4 million) #10 Human Touch - Bruce Springseteen (1992) (1 million) #10 (tie) Lucky Town - Bruce Springsteen (1992) (1 million) #9 The Ego Has Landed - Robbie Williams (1999) (560K) #8 Mind Blowin' - Vanilla Ice (1994) (42K) #7 Return Of Dragon - Sisqo (2001) (450K) #6 HIStory - Michael Jackson (1995) (2.5 million) #5 Rave un2 The Joy Fabtastic - Prince (1999) (480K) #4 Paris - Paris Hilton (2007) (180K) #3 Glitter - Mariah Carey (2001) (630K) #2 In The Life Of Chris Gaines - Garth Brooks (1999) (1.1 million) #1 Self Portrait - Bob Dylan (1970) Whoever made up this list had to be smoking crack. How can MJ's HIStory be at #6 after selling 7 million copies(3.5 DOUBLE albums in the US, not the 2.5 million stated in this list) be considered a flop? The fact that this album sold 32 million(16 million double albums) worldwide made it at the time(could still be) the Biggest selling double album in history(pun intended). Of course, there are those idiots who considered Invincible a "flop" after selling 2.5 million in the US, debuting at Number 1 in 14 countries and selling 10 million worldwide. | |
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IstenSzek said: #19 Playing With Fire - Kevin Federline (2006) (18K)
is that true? he sold only 18,000 copies?
i bet 17,990 were hardcore britney fans who were hopng for a britney cameo on the record. the other 10 were probably kfed himself buying some copies at kmart Doesn’t an album have to have high expectations or an expectation to sell period to be considered a flop. Was anyone really expecting Federline to sell? I think his album was right on target. Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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Skyecute is right, HIStory did 3.5m in the US, not 2.5m, so it was a double album, and sold over 1m more than every other album in that list and was a much much bigger success overseas anyway - what the hell is it doing there? I was expecting Invincible to be on the list at least, since that sold less and was actually most successful in the US and couldn't rely as much on the overseas sales (it was only a proper hit in France).
Just goes to show the double standards these folks have. And why is the Beastie Boys album considered a flop at 2m? | |
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AlexdeParis said: asg said: #18 Journey Through The Secret Life Of Planets - Stevie Wonder (1979) (<500K) It would sell more if it were still in print. It's a fabulous album.
#2 In The Life Of Chris Gaines - Garth Brooks (1999) (1.1 million)
I really love "Lost in You." I should track down this album. Am I the only one who thought this was a genius marketing ploy? I loved the fact that he changed his look just so he could try a different music genre. It takes major balls to try something like that I dug it. nWo: bboy87 - Timmy84 - LittleBlueCorvette - MuthaFunka - phunkdaddy - Christopher
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MuthaFunka said: AlexdeParis said: I really love "Lost in You." I should track down this album. Am I the only one who thought this was a genius marketing ploy? I loved the fact that he changed his look just so he could try a different music genre. It takes major balls to try something like that I dug it.  I just bought it on Amazon for $0.70.  [Edited 7/23/07 9:45am] "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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AlexdeParis said: MuthaFunka said: Am I the only one who thought this was a genius marketing ploy? I loved the fact that he changed his look just so he could try a different music genre. It takes major balls to try something like that I dug it. I just bought it on Amazon for $0.70.
[Edited 7/23/07 9:45am] Damn I might have to cop that too at that price! nWo: bboy87 - Timmy84 - LittleBlueCorvette - MuthaFunka - phunkdaddy - Christopher
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MuthaFunka said: AlexdeParis said: I just bought it on Amazon for $0.70.
[Edited 7/23/07 9:45am] Damn I might have to cop that too at that price! Yeah its not a bad album, I also wanna get a copy!  | |
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Ellie said: Skyecute is right, HIStory did 3.5m in the US, not 2.5m, so it was a double album, and sold over 1m more than every other album in that list and was a much much bigger success overseas anyway - what the hell is it doing there? I was expecting Invincible to be on the list at least, since that sold less and was actually most successful in the US and couldn't rely as much on the overseas sales (it was only a proper hit in France).
Just goes to show the double standards these folks have. And why is the Beastie Boys album considered a flop at 2m? If u wanna get technical, it was a flop. HIStory may have sold that much, but Sony spent $30 million in promotion. It may have recouped the amount based on international sales(which were ALOT better), but in the US History was disappointing. That said, I would have put Invincible on the list instead. It sold slightly less, actually cost the label alot more money than HIStory did, and at least HIStory managed to score a no.1 hit. Granted, "Butterflies" could have been a BIG hit, but Sony seriously fucked up there. | |
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newskin69 said: Ellie said: Skyecute is right, HIStory did 3.5m in the US, not 2.5m, so it was a double album, and sold over 1m more than every other album in that list and was a much much bigger success overseas anyway - what the hell is it doing there? I was expecting Invincible to be on the list at least, since that sold less and was actually most successful in the US and couldn't rely as much on the overseas sales (it was only a proper hit in France).
Just goes to show the double standards these folks have. And why is the Beastie Boys album considered a flop at 2m? If u wanna get technical, it was a flop. HIStory may have sold that much, but Sony spent $30 million in promotion. It may have recouped the amount based on international sales(which were ALOT better), but in the US History was disappointing. That said, I would have put Invincible on the list instead. It sold slightly less, actually cost the label alot more money than HIStory did, and at least HIStory managed to score a no.1 hit. Granted, "Butterflies" could have been a BIG hit, but Sony seriously fucked up there. S a B o T a  I am a Rail Road, Track Abandoned
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3.5million albums in the US alone is not and never will be a flop.. Not one album has sold that amount of copies this year.
oh and it was a double cd costing almost double price.. counting as 2 sales.. i.e. 7million. I wouldnt even consider Rave a flop, it got to no 19 in the album chart, wasnt promoted at all except TGRES VIDEO sold almost half a million. | |
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Wow, a lot of bands around the world would be more than happy with 1.5 millions of records sold...  | |
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Ellie said: And why is the Beastie Boys album considered a flop at 2m?
Because Licensed to Ill is currently certified at eight million copies in the states. Paul's Boutique was expected to match those sales and missed by far. | |
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sextonseven said: Ellie said: And why is the Beastie Boys album considered a flop at 2m?
Because Licensed to Ill is currently certified at eight million copies in the states. Paul's Boutique was expected to match those sales and missed by far. and Paul's Boutique is The Beasties Best album IMO. The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. |
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Bleh, they churned out albums pretty quickly. It's just a classic case of a difficult follow-up to success they'd never likely duplicate again, like the whole Purple Rain/Around The World In A Day thing. | |
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lazycrockett said: sextonseven said: Because Licensed to Ill is currently certified at eight million copies in the states. Paul's Boutique was expected to match those sales and missed by far. and Paul's Boutique is The Beasties Best album IMO. I agree. | |
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The thing about Dylans 'Self Portrait' is that he deliberately created an album to alienate the psychotic hippie lunatics who were demanding him to lead some kind of counter culture revolution. It did what it was supposed to do. | |
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asg said: #15 Schizophrenic - JC Chasez (2004) (120K) How was this considered floppy when it was his debut and Justin was clearly overshadowing him? | |
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ABeautifulOne said: asg said: #15 Schizophrenic - JC Chasez (2004) (120K) How was this considered floppy when it was his debut and Justin was clearly overshadowing him? Did the label just abandon it? I liked the first single from memory. | |
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mynameisnotsusan said: ABeautifulOne said: How was this considered floppy when it was his debut and Justin was clearly overshadowing him? Did the label just abandon it? I liked the first single from memory. It would be suitable to say that because Schizophrenic was all over soundwise that it couldn't be marketed as just pop... | |
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skyecute said: Whoever made up this list had to be smoking crack. How can MJ's HIStory be at #6 after selling 7 million copies(3.5 DOUBLE albums in the US, not the 2.5 million stated in this list) be considered a flop? The fact that this album sold 32 million(16 million double albums) worldwide made it at the time(could still be) the Biggest selling double album in history(pun intended). Of course, there are those idiots who considered Invincible a "flop" after selling 2.5 million in the US, debuting at Number 1 in 14 countries and selling 10 million worldwide. i know..."we make our heroes in America only to destroy them" | |
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FunkyBrotha said: 3.5million albums in the US alone is not and never will be a flop.. Not one album has sold that amount of copies this year.
oh and it was a double cd costing almost double price.. counting as 2 sales.. i.e. 7million. I wouldnt even consider Rave a flop, it got to no 19 in the album chart, wasnt promoted at all except TGRES VIDEO sold almost half a million. And people wonder why MJ fans always scream DOUBLE STANDARDS. | |
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