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Is Katy Perry the biggest fall from grace for any main pop act in history?


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1 minute ago, JennyWayne said:

Even when Xtina's career was in the pits of hell (fat nasty and broke etc) she was at least able to score hits as features with MLJ and Say Something. The state of Katy's career is so bad right now that scoring a hit with a 30-second feature isn't even possible anymore

THIS. Christina is remembered as one of the greatest voices of her generation—she has a legacy. Katy has Teenage Dream, and that's it

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3 minutes ago, MonsterNavy said:

not really. she was never the top pop girl

all she had was payola'd, remixed and discounted #1 singles that's it

Let's not be delusional she was a top girl during 2010 or 2013/2014

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Just now, TedMiracle said:

No.

who's bigger?

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Just now, UnusualBoy said:

Let's not be delusional she was a top girl during 2010 or 2013/2014

2010 - gaga

2013 - miley/lorde

2014 - taylor swift

 

to be the top girl you have to have acclaim, sales, huge celebrity status, star power, touring, iconic moments etc

 

she was never the top girl. all she had were huge payola'd singles :tongue:

 

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She chose to embrace a very weird "class clown" persona during Witness-Smile. She tried to undo it with 143 but everyone's who was turned off by those two eras have long moved on :foxaylove3:

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Yes. It's time you people stop comparing this one trick pony, embarrassing mess, out of touch of an artist with Duallah.

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14 minutes ago, A-V-XYZ said:

Britney was. Her life fell apart in 2007 and made her retire young.

Thats why she had multiple number one albums, number one songs, top 10s and successful worldwide tours after 2007? You really tried it. :skull: 

 

OT: I would say Janet was worse because she was a certified ICON at that point. :dancehall:

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1 minute ago, MonsterNavy said:

2010 - gaga

2013 - miley/lorde

2014 - taylor swift

 

to be the top girl you have to have acclaim, sales, huge celebrity status, star power, touring, iconic moments etc

 

she was never the top girl. all she had were huge payola'd singles :tongue:

 

I may give you Gaga for 2010 but she was bigger than Miley and Lorde on 2013 on single sales, touring and album sales... And how were her singles payola'd when she has like 6-7 diamond songs, the most for any female :toofunny3:

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18 minutes ago, Strawberry Bubble said:

Maybe The Black Eyed Peas are strong contenders for the biggest downfall in history?

Bep still gets hits and could probably sell out a stadium

 

katy can do neither :thing: 

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5 minutes ago, MonsterNavy said:

2010 - gaga

2013 - miley/lorde

2014 - taylor swift

 

to be the top girl you have to have acclaim, sales, huge celebrity status, star power, touring, iconic moments etc

 

she was never the top girl. all she had were huge payola'd singles :tongue:

 

They said A top girl, not THE top girl

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Katycats resented the Abdul comparisons and would always rebut it with her ongoing streaming stats of her classics, but that's all she has now.

 

With this third flop, in an era of defensive posturing (that MTV speech) and marketing and defiant Dr. Luke inclusion (as if the ends justify the means at any cost) as if justifying your legacy loudly enough will cancel out your string of recent flops by default, it's put all of this into stark relief.

 

It'd be one thing if there was some humility on her end or she'd diversified more like Gaga and J.Lo but she was just seething in Brazil as if another hit era was owed to her, which just came across as desperate.

 

 

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17 minutes ago, JennyWayne said:

Even when Xtina's career was in the pits of hell (fat nasty and broke etc) she was at least able to score hits as features with MLJ and Say Something. The state of Katy's career is so bad right now that scoring a hit with a 30-second feature isn't even possible anymore

That's the last ten years, baby

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3 minutes ago, UnusualBoy said:

I may give you Gaga for 2010 but she was bigger than Miley and Lorde on 2013 on single sales, touring and album sales... And how were her singles payola'd when she has like 6-7 diamond songs, the most for any female :toofunny3:

diamond because of her botted youtube streams? but sure, like I said all she had was huge payola'd singles so lets give her that

 

2 minutes ago, ImpressMeMuch said:

They said A top girl, not THE top girl

my original post was talking about being the top girl

 

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6 minutes ago, Solaria said:

Yes. It's time you people stop comparing this one trick pony, embarrassing mess, out of touch of an artist with Duallah.

Dua has HUGE touring power. Katy is stuck in Las Vegas, wtf.

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she was pop radio GP darling. The same role is played by many throughout history once the hits dry so does their career from a commercial standpoint (ex Paula, Fergie, Gwen, Nelly, occupied similar places but they've all gone on to age gracefully with their status and legacy so commercial success for them doesn't matter 

 

Katy still wants it hence why her downfall is so huge because she keeps trying and gets more desperate everytime :thing: 

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3 minutes ago, ImpressMeMuch said:

They said A top girl, not THE top girl

Yes, I'm talking about someone who was on her level. Not even Gaga fell this hard—she continued to have success and remains a significant figure in pop culture. But an artist who was as big as Katy and fell this far? I can't think of anyone else.

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Biggest Falls From Grace:

 

1. Britney in 2007 

2. Mariah in 2001

3. Paula during her 3rd album

4. Katy in 2015

5. Katy in 2024

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1 minute ago, Katamari said:

she was pop radio GP darling. The same role is played by many throughout history once the hits dry so does their career from a commercial standpoint (ex Paula, Fergie, Gwen, Nelly, occupied similar places but they've all gone on to age gracefully so commercial success for them doesn't matter 

 

Katy still wants it hence why her downfall is so huge because she keeps trying and tries desperate everytime :thing: 

Ohhh, Fergie is a great contender too. Thanks lol 

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I would say Christina, the level of disrespect she got was huge, Bionic flopped, Burlesque underperformed, Lotus flopped, forgot the lyrics of the national anthem, the tan spray thing, she fell at the Grammys, she got criticized for her weight, Accelerate being a mess, Liberation and hew new album a flop too... :toofunny2:

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Just now, Katamari said:

she was pop radio GP darling. The same role is played by many throughout history once the hits dry so does their career from a commercial standpoint (ex Paula, Fergie, Gwen, Nelly, occupied similar places but they've all gone on to age gracefully so commercial success for them doesn't matter 

 

Katy still wants it hence why her downfall is so huge because she keeps trying and tries desperate everytime :thing: 

Therein lies the difference. She hasn't accepted that her time on Top 40 is over.

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Depends how you measure "biggest".  
 

Is biggest the delta?  Because that probably would be Celine who arguably had the biggest peak. 
 

is biggest the slope? Because that would probably be one of those one album wonders like Nora Jones.  
 

Is biggest the most high profile flop era because I am not sure anything is high profile anymore.  

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