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Lionel Richie hailed as having the 'best-selling album of 2012 so far!' Lionel Richie’s ‘Tuskegee’ is the best selling album of 2012 so far[img:$uid]http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/2012/03/lionel-richie-publicity-2012-a-p.jpg[/img:$uid]
[Edited 8/18/12 17:12pm] Check me out and add me on:
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Not bad for a covers record! "Keep in mind that I'm an artist...and I'm sensitive about my shit."--E. Badu | |
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Uh, Adele's pushed like over 3 million this year so uh...no. It's the best-selling NEW album of 2012 though...so far. | |
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Go Lionel!!! | |
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That's what I was going at. Lionel was just lucky... Check me out and add me on:
www.last.fm/user/brandosoul "Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for." -Bob Marley | |
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Awesome! Go Lionel Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
All music is shit music and no music is real- gunsnhalen Datdonkeydick- Asherfierce Gary Hunts Album Isn't That Good- Soulalive | |
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Congrats to him.
I expect other legends to rip off this strategy. | |
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I'm really glad for his comeback... Doesn't mean I'll pick up yet another duet album though... "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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I don't think it was luck so much as people underestimating the old farts out there who like easy-listening, mellow music.
And to be fair to Richie, he CAN sing and isn't exactly a bad writer so it's not like he's putting out a pile of shit whenever he does release something. He does real music and although sometimes it doesn't seem that way, there are still people out there who appreciate and respond to that. | |
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Again, LUCK! Check me out and add me on:
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His success goes to show that older age and peaking doesnt necessarily mean you can not still have future sell successes even though of course it is more harder. I dont think his album is the best selling album of 2012 solely by luck.... he worked hard and was smart about his marketing. | |
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I think it is more than mere luck... Lionel was smart enough to know about marrying his previous music with a genre that still experiences success... He calculated this move and it paid off for him big time--although it could have failed--but it didn't. I respect that...even if I don't care for the music. Good for him. "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Yes, the article is misleading. Who has the biggest selling album of 2012 so far? Adele? Yes
But still good for Lionel. Always liked this guy. | |
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Darius Rucker, Bon Jovi, & The Eagles have also experienced latter day success by marketing to the country audience and appearing on country music programs. When Lionel made songs with Akon and other young R&B acts, it didn't sell. [Edited 8/18/12 22:47pm] You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Lady Gaga's success is LUCK.
Lionel's is TALENT.
*stands up and starts scream-singing* YOU ARE THE SUN, YOU ARE THE RAIN/ THAT MAKES MY LIFE THIS FOOLISH GAME....
*runs out like my nuts are on fire* | |
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Yup. Lionel's lucky that some of his hits were either country or country-oriented hits anyway so he was able to use that to his advantage. Like silverchild said: luck, pure and simple. | |
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You don't understand the music business, do you? | |
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That means he was smart....... not lucky
But to each is own... people interpret that differently.. | |
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Darius released a neo-soul record before the country one, and it didn't do much either. But neo-soul has a limited audience. Lionel's record is not really any different than what Frank Sinatra, Carlos Santana, B.B. King, Ray Charles, & Tony Bennett did already, which is releasing collabo/duet albums in their old age that happened to be popular. Others like Rod Stewart and Michael McDonald released a series of covers albums. Tuskegee is both, a duet covers album. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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So you're saying a smart person can't be lucky either? | |
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Congratulations to Lionel on his success. IMHO, this strategy could have easily tanked. | |
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What im not hearing people talk about is the artists that were on this album, HELLO they werent no names most are the biggest in country now, or in a few cases are freaking legends of the genre. Just with Kenny Chesney, jennifer nettles, blake shelton, billy currington, tim mcgraw and shania twain and then factor in Kenny Rogers whom Lionel wrote LADY for, and then legendary Willie Nelson, and then put in Jimmy Buffet who has been selling tons for years, this was basically something that couldnt miss, sorry to let people know this, but the country audience is ALOT more loyal and open minded than the RB and RAP and POP genres, where a whole lot of crap comes into play, this why Lionel didnt go out and do some Ne-yo garbage rb album again. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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That's practically what I meant to say. Like I said, dude got by on luck because he knew who sold. | |
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Awesome, he's been working hard to sell this album - he's been touring in Europe, appeared on talk shows. It was also very smart to make music for the country audience who still buy albums. When the power of love overcomes the love of power,the world will know peace -Jimi Hendrix | |
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What about Adele? | |
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I'm really happy for Lionel's success and no disrepect to him or this project, but this makes me a little sad and angry that this is the best selling album of 2012, and the #2, #3 etc, are lack luster projects. But, it's the sad state of the music biz.
Maybe I'm a little bitter, because I grew up on Lionel/The Commodores and this project is NOT for me!
I scanned through this project, lionel doing country covers of his songs...meh, again this is not for the folks that grew up with him and not for me.
I would never buy this nor listen to it again, but I'll be happy to put on his first solo CD, "Can't Slow Down" & "Dancing On the Ceiling." | |
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Is it any good? | |
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I'm not saying it's good or bad...they are just interpretations of old songs...songs that I'm happy to hear in its original form...not country-fied remakes. Just because you add a steel guitar and a twang in your voice...doesn't make it a country song. If Lionel were to make a "country" album of original songs..I would be more likely to lend an ear. | |
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Well, it also happened to be a REALLY good album as well. I don't just purchase anybodies CD, but each of the songs on this album were really good. They weren't just remakes of the originals, they each took on a slightly different flavor. I love what Willie Nelson added to "Easy", "Say You, Say Me" with Rasmus Seebach was real nice, and Shania Twain was much more than just a Diana surrogate on "Endless Love". So while I'm sure "luck" always plays a part with any musical project, these songs were really nicely done and well produced. In my opinion, it sold well because it was a good CD. ![]() | |
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