Things are not looking good for Christina Aguilera.
Her Bionic era began with a “I don’t give a fuck” scream on her first single, “Not Myself Tonight.” The sales of the album, however, begin with a whimper.
Xtina’s fourth studio album, released four years after her ambitious reinvention as the jazzy Baby Jane on Back To Basics, debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 album chart after selling a limp 110,000 copies. That number is short of the 125,000 industry trade publication Hits Daily Double predicted last week and far less than half of the 346,000 Back To Basics started with.
The No. 1 spot belonged to the music of Fox’s comedy Glee. The cast’s Glee: The Music, Journey To Regionals started with 152,000 copies sold. It’s Glee’s third soundtrack to reach the top spot. Their “The Power of Madonna” and “Showstoppers” sets previously held the position.
Coming in at No. 2 is the soundtrack to Twilight Saga: Eclipse, selling 144,000.
And as far as the UK charts are concerned, Bionic has suffered the biggest single-week drop in chart history which has gone from the No1 sport after its release last week to No29.
And it’s not like Xtina didn’t tried. In fact, she used every pop trick in the book to promote the album.
She did the outrageous, half naked photoshoots, gave loads of interviews declaring her lesbian vein and even made out with a girl while wearing bondage gear in the video for Not Myself Tonight.
The poor album sales come soon after she suddenly postponed her American tour, which has now been put back to next year.
Is Christina Aguilera just not relevant in the music industry any more? What do you think?
