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Originally Posted by Soulflower
She is not.... which is partially why she became so popular because people were tired of the same pop stars the industry was marketing. They wanted some new blood.
I know for a fact if the industry marketed an artist like Janelle Monae she would be just as popular.
There some dices being rolled behind the scenes and I don't like it.
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The Electric Lady debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 47,000 copies, making it Monáe's highest debut-week sales so far. The album fell to number twenty-three the following week, selling 15,000 copies. In its third week, it dropped to number forty-seven with 9,000 copies sold. The Electric Lady entered the UK Albums Chart at number fourteen, selling 5,498 copies in its first week.
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There's your answer right there, respectable sales but she's not exactly setting the world alight.
Critic acclaim + Talent doesn't equal sales
They're marketing it to people who need to know about it, I see her advertised in magazines, on websites, on the radio, they're clearly doing their job.
You clearly think she deserves to be in the top elite of artists, if they felt like she had that appeal they would market her to be that but obviously they don't, and I agree with them. How do you advertise the concept of a woman who thinks she's an android to housewives & people who week of musical excitement comes from watching people perform bad covers on X Factor?