SinnerCity Posted May 9 Posted May 9 Steve Lunt, A&R at Jive Records recently sat down with James Rodríguez from the podcast 'The Original Doll' to celebrate Britney's Oops I did It Again 25th album anniversary. In the podcast's episode (DGKOMD) Steve confirmed they would give RCA a heads up for whenever Britney was about to release because RCA didn't want to compete with Britney commercially, this was before Jive merged with RCA circa 2012 Quote "It really helped when you could say "could you delay that by three weeks because we've got Britney coming out" and they didn't want to compete with Britney, no one wanted to compete with Britney. So we'd call and give them the heads up and say it would be good for both parties" You can listen to the full episode here And also I would recommend listening to the other episodes, they have amazing info and insights. 3
Cain Posted May 9 Posted May 9 I mean, I'm sure the industry is alerted when a Taylor/Adele album drops too 3
Popular Post Snickers Posted May 9 Popular Post Posted May 9 When she was selling 1,300,000 plus physical copies first week with one album version. Legend tingz! 16 3
Popular Post Happylittlepunk Posted May 9 Popular Post Posted May 9 (edited) This is understandable Britney was a huge league of her own just in celebrity itself and hype. From 1999- 2012 basically yeah Britney was a force. I think Britney can have her own renaissance era but she herself needs to put effort and passion behind it. Edited May 9 by Happylittlepunk 15
Popular Post Dolce Vita Posted May 9 Popular Post Posted May 9 I mean, I'm sure the industry is alerted when a Tinashe/Addison Rae album drops too 4 18
Popular Post Pheromosa Posted May 9 Popular Post Posted May 9 The industry was on HIGH alert for Normani's debut as well. 19
getinthezone Posted May 9 Posted May 9 I love the Steve Lunt podcasts, he gives so much insight and clears up lots of rumours 4
Popboi. Posted May 9 Posted May 9 I mean, it was basically only RCA, cause other labels from Sony like Epic and Arista had no issues releasing albums from Michael, Shakira, Whitney etc very much at the same time as Oops and Britney 2
Jeremiah Posted May 9 Posted May 9 23 minutes ago, Popboi. said: I mean, it was basically only RCA, cause other labels from Sony like Epic and Arista had no issues releasing albums from Michael, Shakira, Whitney etc very much at the same time as Oops and Britney The way none of her albums under RCA went #1… She should've never given them mercy! 1
discreetinside Posted May 9 Posted May 9 26 minutes ago, Popboi. said: I mean, it was basically only RCA, cause other labels from Sony like Epic and Arista had no issues releasing albums from Michael, Shakira, Whitney etc very much at the same time as Oops and Britney Iirc Jive have distribution deal under BMG label group since the 80s either under Arista, RCA, or BMG directly until it was fully acquired by BMG in 2002 and eventually being on joint venture with Sony forming Sony BMG in 2004. So I think this release window thing for Britney from BOMT to ITZ might happened for Arista and RCA acts at the time (Whitney, P!nk, Avril, Xtina etc) 1
Totami Legend Posted May 9 Posted May 9 yeah whatever. does he mentions anything about the Conservatoship and the way their client had no legal rights or say? 4
UnusualBoy Posted May 9 Posted May 9 I mean, she was the basically the biggest female seller by a big margin so this isn't shocking, that is kinda comparable to release the same week as Taylor or Adele nowadays. 1
livelikemusic Posted May 9 Posted May 9 Smart... but this is also why Jive was the superior label over RCA. 1
Popboi. Posted May 9 Posted May 9 49 minutes ago, Jeremiah said: The way none of her albums under RCA went #1… She should've never given them mercy! They would've both done it easily if they didn't release BJ in December and Glory in a very competitive week (although they wanted the VMAs exposure) 2
getinthezone Posted May 9 Posted May 9 42 minutes ago, Totami Legend said: yeah whatever. does he mentions anything about the Conservatoship and the way their client had no legal rights or say? My prerogative was his last project for her 2
Rev8 Posted May 9 Posted May 9 1 hour ago, Popboi. said: They would've both done it easily if they didn't release BJ in December and Glory in a very competitive week (although they wanted the VMAs exposure) It all truly went downhill with her getting into RCA HIAM TTWE IWG -Britney gets into RCA Criminal (even tho it's viral now) BJ happening Desert performance Pretty Girls Make Me fiasco (half of the fanbase sabotaging it) Glory fiasco (the album cover alone) Radio ignoring her despite there being a contract Slumber Party being left to die right after becoming a single, released almost a year after the album drop Her team alone was ****** up a lot of her stuff now add a bad label like RCA and ot: No Wonder. Imagine if she debuted during the Poptimism era and the Radio Blacklisting didn't happen or even if she cared about her career past 2003
Totami Legend Posted May 9 Posted May 9 2 hours ago, getinthezone said: My prerogative was his last project for her oh i didn't know that, thanks. I assumed he worked for her until the switch to RCA
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