base talk Is Michael Bublé's career forgotten?

[Squall]

It feels like Christmas is the only thing people know him for today. It sells each year what some artists can't sell with their latest albums (ex: 74k in the UK this year) so he's all fine but still… he has sold tens of millions of albums and yet, we don't see his music (current and catalog) anywhere anymore. I remember seeing Haven't Met You Yet on TV all the time back then but what has happened to his career and legacy?

[Maneater]

What does he actually have that's remembered though outside of the Christmas album?

 

He doesn't have anything else good 

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[sugarysunflower]

Not in Europe 

 

Soccer (Football) moms love him 

[iHype.]

He's a strictly AC/Jazz artist primarily for the elderly demographic.  Those type of artists sold millions but have no chance in the streaming era with new or old music because the landscape is just entirely different for them. 

 

Same reason why Susan Boyle, Josh Groban, Kenny G, Norah Jones, etc albums are basically completely forgotten despite selling tons.

[Genie in a Bottle]

Clearly not in my dentist's world because he was the only artist she played for the entire four hours I was getting my veneers redone a few months ago

[Mariya Takeuchi]

3 minutes ago, Maneater said:

What does he actually have that's remembered though outside of the Christmas album?

 

He doesn't have anything else good 

The only original song of his i know is Home and that was only after it was covered by Westlife  a literal nobody outside of Christmas

[CherryBay]

He is sorting his private life this is why is so quiet but he will be back and as successful as ever

[Squall]

54 minutes ago, iHype. said:

He's a strictly AC/Jazz artist primarily for the elderly demographic.  Those type of artists sold millions but have no chance in the streaming era with new or old music because the landscape is just entirely different for them. 

 

Same reason why Susan Boyle, Josh Groban, Kenny G, Norah Jones, etc albums are basically completely forgotten despite selling tons.

He has a way more successful career than Norah Jones though, he has more successful albums and I feel like he still managed to do something with pop (HMYY was a good success back then).

 

Same for the other names. I don't know about Josh Groban's career though.

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[Mandalay]

I thought Norah Jones was gonna last for 10 years or something.

OT: Apart from 'feeling good' and 'home', his career is forgotten.

[SlowGinFizzzz]

He has music other than his awful cover of Let It Snow?! 

[Dante Silva]

His Christmas album consisted of Frank Sinatra covers and 1950's "Rat-Pack" soundalike songs.

 

In the streaming era, his Christmas album was exposed by the streaming presence of the much older artists he was doing karaoke of.

 

Before him there was another singer called Harry Connick, Jr. - who Michael Bublè replaced. No-one remembers Harry either. They are all clones of the Frank Sinatra archetype.

 

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[OrgVisual]

He has never been a widely popular artist and his music genre is very niche. He's def one of the most popular AC artists of this decade though

[OrgVisual]

1 hour ago, Dante Silva said:

His Christmas album consisted of Frank Sinatra covers and 1950's "Rat-Pack" soundalike songs.

 

In the streaming era, his Christmas album was exposed by the streaming presence of the much older artists he was doing karaoke of.

 

Before him there was another singer called Harry Connick, Jr. - who Michael Bublè replaced. No-one remembers Harry either. They are all clones of the Frank Sinatra archetype.

 

But Jazz was the most popular music genre of Frank Sinatra's era, and nobody in mainstream listens to Jazz these days. So the comparison doesn't make sense here

[Squall]

1 minute ago, OrgVisual said:

He has never been a widely popular artist and his music genre is very niche. He's def one of the most popular AC artists of this decade though

This is absolutely not true.

 

2003 album: 8M

2005 album: 9M

2007 album: 7M

2009 album: 9M

 

Not even counting Christmas. How is it not being a popular artist?

[EarthJang]

I completely forget about Haven't Met You Yet, I used to listen to it all the time. Let me listen to it again real quick

[Dante Silva]

1 minute ago, OrgVisual said:

But Jazz was the most popular music genre of Frank Sinatra's era, and nobody in mainstream listens to Jazz these days. So the comparison doesn't make sense here

You don't believe that Michael Bublè is a Frank Sinatra copycat encompassing his musical style?

[OrgVisual]

6 minutes ago, Squall said:

This is absolutely not true.

 

2003 album: 8M

2005 album: 9M

2007 album: 7M

2009 album: 9M

 

Not even counting Christmas. How is it not being a popular artist?

He's serving a male Norah Jones where people (soccer moms) consumed his albums but he has never had a hit to help him become a household and mainstream figure. That's why he feels "forgotten" because at the end of the day, the GP remembers which hit song was released and they consume songs they hear on the radio/in public while albums cater more towards music fans. 

 

P/S: and I don't know where u get those figures cuz it's simply not true... And if we're talking about US only, being 2-3x platinum back in the 2000s was not such a huge achievement. 

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[OrgVisual]

3 minutes ago, Dante Silva said:

You don't believe that Michael Bublè is a Frank Sinatra copycat encompassing his musical style?

I'm talking about popularity and why Frank Sinatra was so widely popular in his days; while most contemporary Jazz artists don't see the same kind of success

[Squall]

2 minutes ago, OrgVisual said:

He's serving a male Norah Jones where people (soccer moms) consumed his albums but he has never had a hit to help him become a household and mainstream figure. That's why he feels "forgotten" because at the end of the day, the GP remembers which hit song was released and they consume songs they hear on the radio/in public while albums cater more towards music fans. 

Doesn't Norah Jones only have one successful album though? I don't feel like the comparison makes sense

[Dante Silva]

1 minute ago, OrgVisual said:

I'm talking about popularity and why Frank Sinatra was so widely popular in his days; while most contemporary Jazz artists don't see the same kind of success

That is not an issue I am addressing. I am addressing the fact that Bublè has no identity beyond that of being an archetype and clone of someone else.

[politeone]

He is definitely forgotten. But yeah it's an Adele-esque situation, without the massive hit songs that she has to help him cross over

[stevyy]

I was talking to someone on UKMIX the other day and that person claimed, Michael was eons bigger than Mariah had ever been because his Spotify total is higher than Mariah's. (But it's also higher than Madonna's, ergo Bublé has been eons bigger than Madonna too?)

 

The man really does have deluded stans (like any fanbase), but the fact that he even has stans is so crazy. 

 

Imagine being a Bublé gay stan and you're all whored out for some concert back-room snake dance and all you see in the audience is this:

 

(Mitch, Karen, Cynthia and Gloria on their way to a Michael Bublé concert).

[tost1]

3 minutes ago, stevyy said:

I was talking to someone on UKMIX the other day and that person claimed, Michael was eons bigger than Mariah had ever been because his Spotify total is higher than Mariah's. (But it's also higher than Madonna's, ergo Bublé has been eons bigger than Madonna too?)

 

The man really does have deluded stans (like any fanbase), but the fact that he even has stans is so crazy. 

 

Imagine being a Bublé gay stan and you're all whored out for some concert back-room snake dance and all you see in the audience is this:

 

(Mitch, Karen, Cynthia and Gloria on their way to a Michael Bublé concert).

You are so easily triggered. If I said Jojo Siwa was bigger than Mariah you would start spiralling.

 

Btw JoJo Siwa is bigger than Mariah

[stevyy]

14 minutes ago, tost1 said:

You are so easily triggered. If I said Jojo Siwa was bigger than Mariah you would start spiralling.

 

Btw JoJo Siwa is bigger than Mariah

I agree. 

[Devin]

i acc like his music outside the xmas bs. his sound is very AC and niche to a certain audience.