Quote from: AYR on September 19, 2017, 01:01:25 PM
Quote from: Margiela. on September 19, 2017, 12:56:53 PM
No shade but I see Aaliyah in the same boat as Monica and Brandy. Let's not act like that last album was about to flop for points until that tragedy. I love her though. She definitely would have benefited being out today.
God rest her soul.
yea. I mean as dope as the music was on the Aaliyah album, most of it
really doesn't sound like chart topping popular stuff
probably would've scanned like Platinum like Full Moon and After the Storm
I've just never seen an artist celebrated so much more after they died than before
I see this on both sides.
The album was falling fairly quickly prior to her death, but it also only ended up selling around 2 million. And that wasn't THAT much for 2001. So, the whole, "Everything became so overrated when she died!" isn't that strong of an argument when specifically talking about this album, because it's not like the album went on to sell 10 million or something. She only stayed in the top 10 3 more weeks after her death. Granted, hovering in the 20's for weeks was probably an easy 50k/weekly, because sales were so good back then. And I won't say there wasn't an obvious sales increase post-death, but I think people tend to lay that on thick.
Aaliyah (Album) Chart Run:
2-5-17-25-27-
19-1-3-10-21-22-23-22-20-23-29-37-51-51-54-58-59One thing is for sure, the album is amazing.
And I don't think an album's performance is indicative of what a career would have been. People tend to use this album's Billboard performance as leverage over her career. It's not like Aaliyah was ever pulling Alicia Keys numbers, and she was still winning VMAs over the white girls AND starring in films.
I can't say for sure where her career would have gone (who can?), but I don't think the last album really points to anything other than she was ahead of the curve musically.