charts discussion Radical Optimism leaves the Billboard 200 after 15 weeks

[Yes, AND]

16 hours ago, gerardsuxx said:

She went from Teenage Dream to Smile

She was never remotely close to matching Teenage Dream. Prism perhaps. 

[vince_martin88]

She deserves it for doing this

 

 

Terrible and insulting

[cuteboyzay]

Paty Kerry strikes again!? Hhhhhmmmmm….

[Miley Cyrus]

15 hours ago, despy said:

b- bu- but what happened to January??? exactly..

see Little Lipsters? go against Miley, it's gon cost ya!

Plastic Charts was avenged 

 

[slw84]

I think she'll be fine. Lessons learned era.

[LastKiss]

Everything went downhill the moment she released the album cover

that shark really ate her up

[Dula Peep]

As others have said, the album is actually good, it's just too short and lacks maybe 2-3 more good bops….

 

also the disconnect between the singles and the album cover/name …it was just not as clever/deep or interesting as Future Nostalgia 

 

if the album cover was just a good glamour shot of her face I'm sure it would've sold more 

[Walk_Away21]

20 minutes ago, Dula Peep said:

As others have said, the album is actually good, it's just too short and lacks maybe 2-3 more good bops….

 

also the disconnect between the singles and the album cover/name …it was just not as clever/deep or interesting as Future Nostalgia 

 

if the album cover was just a good glamour shot of her face I'm sure it would've sold more 

Now why tf did you downvote me for basically saying this same thing

 

[Delirious]

Meh she can easily recover from this

 

At least she gave us Illusion and Happy For You

[Delirious]

On 8/29/2024 at 1:00 PM, despy said:

b- bu- but what happened to January??? exactly..

see Little Lipsters? go against Miley, it's gon cost ya!

STHAPPPP 

[Solaria]

On 8/29/2024 at 10:00 PM, despy said:

b- bu- but what happened to January??? exactly..

see Little Lipsters? go against Miley, it's gon cost ya!

BB200

#153 Future Nostalgia

 

Endless Winter Depression

N/A OUT

 

Despite Flowers being a bigger hit than any song on Future Nostalgia, Miley fails to outchart a four year old album. Yes it truly cost us!

 

[Blackout2006]

i feel bad for dua welp

It's not over for her though, the era was just a step in the wrong direction. I'm confident she will bounce back with the next album, especially since dance-pop and upbeat music have only become bigger. 

Edited August 31 by Blackout2006

[despy]

1 hour ago, Solaria said:

BB200

#153 Future Nostalgia

 

Endless Winter Depression

N/A OUT

 

Despite Flowers being a bigger hit than any song on Future Nostalgia, Miley fails to outchart a four year old album. Yes it truly cost us!

 

congrats on miss dula's smash album that ended up being a fluke i guess?

where's the same amount of attention or news & media for Radical Pessimism?

exactly. down the drain along with all the budget that dula's dada wasted over her floppage  

 

i liked the album. but you know damn well i was talking about how the clown came back to bite after the Little Lipsters dragged Mooley through the mud once ESV's numbers came out. i'm pretty sure Mooley will be okay since not only Flowers's 7th day streams alone outstreamed the entire Radical Pessimism but also ESV was able to chart the entire album on Spotify WW. + the album was able to snatch 2 Top 10 debuts and she didn't even lift a finger to outsell the poor vacationer globally. if y'all never learn, be prepared for another failure alberm!

 

 

 

 

[Daglazzo]

It's not bad really 

[BrokenMachine]

Even Dua stopped caring about this album after first week. I'm sure the good sis @Yes, AND is more aware about everything going on this era than Dua herself 

[Roberto]

Deserved more. You'll be missed, Queen.

[Yes, AND]

8 minutes ago, BrokenMachine said:

Even Dua stopped caring about this album after first week. I'm sure the good sis @Yes, AND is more aware about everything going on this era than Dua herself 

This absolute fan fiction to excuse the flop. 

She released remix after remix, acoustic versions, live versions, a million performances, videos, an extended version of the album. 

Dua cared , A LOT. 

[ReH2o]

[Hot Volcano]

On 8/29/2024 at 11:05 PM, Yes, AND said:

She was never remotely close to matching Teenage Dream. Prism perhaps. 

She was, Roar and Darko Horde were both bigger chart wise than any TD single. The choice of the rest of the singles was a mess. 

[Calvin]

Humongous flop 

[Dante]

one era wonder  

[argentite]

I'll never understand why she had a song called "Houdini" and another called "Illusion" and went with a beach/pool theme instead of magic/illusion theme.

[Sawk]

Album title grew on me, but it was VERY corny to me when it was first released. IMO, that hurt the marketability since it sounds kinda like a cheap faux-introspective self help yoga book.
 

Second, the album cover doesn't match at all with the singles released beforehand, there's this huge disconnect between the visual aesthetics and the musical sonic aesthetics. 

 

Third, Houdini and Training Season just didn't click with the GP like we would have hoped. I think Houdini being released right before Christmas was a huge mistake, it could've become a bigger hit after Christmas time during the year, that or Training Season to kick off the era since the fatties love to work out in January as part of their New Year's resolution.

 

All in all, I did enjoy the actual music from Rad Op, people did way too much in the beginning, but it was kinda warranted since she promised something that was way more experimental than what we ended up getting. 

[Dula Peep]

7 hours ago, argentite said:

I'll never understand why she had a song called "Houdini" and another called "Illusion" and went with a beach/pool theme instead of magic/illusion theme.

"Vertigo" would've been a cool title/theme 

[BrokenMachine]

23 hours ago, Yes, AND said:

She released remix after remix, acoustic versions, an extended version of the album.

Yeah, that stuff that can be done by her team without Dua having to lift a finger. As I said, you're more aware of the era than Dua herself 

 

23 hours ago, Yes, AND said:

live versions, a million performances, videos

Still, live versions, a mllion performances and videos after week 1 of release?