Kelly's Steep Slide
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We're starting to really feel sorry for Kelly Clarkson. She keeps going from one low to another.
Her disastrous new album, My December, came in second on the U.S. album chart's last week, debuting below Hannah Freaking Montana!
Now, in it's second week in release, Kelly's album is sliding much higher than usual, having a 61% drop off in sale - according to Hits Daily Double. The album sold 116,364 copies this week, good enough for the #3 spot on the album charts.
Clarkson, once again, came behind Miley Cyrus, whose Hannah Montana 2 album sold a healthier 186,567 copies and only had a 42% drop off in sales from last week.
T.I. took the top slot this week with his new record, T.I. vs T.I.P debuting at #1 with 465,984 albums sold.
The only other notable debut this week is Kelly Rowland. The former Destiny's Child member's second solo CD came in at #6 with 83,746.
Meanwhile, sources tell PerezHilton.com that RCA Records and its head honcho, Clive Davis, have all but abandoned any "future plans" to promote Kelly Clarkson's new CD. Instead, Davis has moved onto Idol sweetheart Carrie Underwood's follow-up to her 6-million selling Some Hearts CD.
When Clarkson's My December failed to debut at #1 last week, RCA pulled almost all of their summer campaign of tv and print spots and have moved on to Underwood's much anticipated fall release, we are hearing.
Bummer.
Poor Kelly!
FIRST!!!
Oh and I feel bad for Kelly!!!
Kelly's album is #9 on iTunes and anyone else debuting at #2 and coming in at #3 their second week would be considered a smash hit. The only reason she debuted behind Hannah Montana is because Disney is a machine and parents go out to buy the cd for their spoiled kids. Kelly is amazing and always will be.
How is having the #2 album "disastrous"??
I think if media would stop trashing her new cd (which I bought and is good) she would be just fine. She isn't really doing bad anyway so I don't know what the big deal is.
This is just a small bump in what will continue to be an amazing career for Clarkson.
what do you have against her- the fact that she's actually talented? #2 on the charts is disastrous?? you're out to lunch.
too bad damnit
I KNOW HOW SHE FEELS, MY ALBUM SANK TOO…I CANT EVEN GIVE AWAY MY LATEST RECORD "ONE MANS TRASH IS ANOTHER PERSON'S HILTON"
Kelly is a fabulous singer. She will get over this minor bump!
Perez, why don't you just listen to the wonderful, amazing, best of the world (just kiddin) album of your friend Miz Posh Becks??? Or Hilton's one lol
I'm dying to see what you'll have to say about it! :p
Never heard Kelly's one, but she has a great voice, and she really is talented, so just give her a f***in break!!
Perez, why don't you just listen to the wonderful, amazing, best of the world (just kiddin) album of your friend Miz Posh Becks??? Or Hilton's one lol
I'm dying to see what you'll have to say about it! :p
Never heard Kelly's one, but she has a great voice, and she really is talented, so just give her a f***in break!!
Whats her problem?
Why wouldnt she let them write a couple of hit songs for her? Clive was right on.
He rmust have a LOT of money to turn down his offer of $10Mil to add some hit songs to her album.
WOW… AND GUESS WHA??? YOU ALL ARE INSANE….
KELLY'S NEW C.D IS SOOOOOO AMAZING…. I THINK ITS REALLY RETARDED THAT YOU CAN'T appreciate good muzik when you hear it……….. personally i think you all are missing out on who she really is…. but you know wha??… PEREZ YOU FUCKING WHORE… U LOVE THE DRAMA SO OFCOURSE W.E YOU CAN DISS UP… OFCOURSE YOU'RE GONNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT… ITS REALLY TOO BAD THOUGH.
KELLY YOU ARE THE AMERICAN IDOL AND THERE IS NOTHING ANYONE CAN DO TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU. I admire who u are…. and coming from me as a musician …. i think the usic u r creatng in ur new album is absolutely beautiful….. you know why???….. because it is who u r and it is REAL… and that is so hard to do for any artist.
KEEP ON ROCKING OUT GIRL… & I WILL BE HERE FOR YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY…………PEREZ….. I KNOW YOU LOVE THE DRAMA… IT'S HOW U SURVIVE , BUT "GIRL" YOU KNOW IT TOO…. TRY GIVING HER PROPS… SHE HAD WORKED SOO HARD FOR THIS… AND YOU HAVE NEVER REALLY HAD ANYTHING BAD TO SAY UNTILL CLIVE DID… SO i think you need to build some of ur own peace of mind…. BIATCH!!!! PLEASE!!!
#2 is not THAT bad…
So they pulled back on supporting Clarkson to support Underwood as Clarkson 'only' debuted at @ #2. In the country.
Fickle noses are just doing what they do best; following the smell of money.
How is being at number 2 on the charts BAD??
Kelly and the other idols need to realize that without the hype of the American Idols machine, they can't really stand on their own. Her new material sounds as if it's written by a child. Saw her on CBS morning show, and she looked like a fat little bean bag in the dress she wore. I guess she's not listening to her stylists either. She's going to have to suck it up and start sucking up to Clive, because without him, clearly she's nothing.
"How is having the #2 album “disastrous”?? "
I know, right?!!!
She's awesome, and I bet her album sales will be #1 soon.
FIERCE KITTY
FIERCE K-I-T-T-Y
i dont get it, her album sold almost half a million in two weeks, how is that disastrous? how is falling in your second week on the charts but still moving over 100k albums bad? considering the fact that there have been albums selling under 100k and still debuting at #1, it's pretty good, especially for summer. so why dont you just cut her some slack, it's obvious you want her to fail but she ain't, so quit the negativism and move on to someone else..
Perez are you dating Justin Guarini? That's the only reason I can think of that you're so mad at Kelly. She has more talent in her fingernail than your favorites Mika and Beth Ditto. Just b/c she isn't your BFF doesn't mean her album is tanking. How many copies have Beth and Mika sold? They would kill for an album as popular as Kelly's
Thats the thing about the media; they build you up and then rip you apart once your at the top.
Kelly's new album, is hardly a flop. Falling from #2 to #3 is not bad at all. Sure the 61% sales drop sucks, but whatever. I think its terrible that RCA has basically pulled the plug on Kelly's album. Its all because Kelly wouldnt kiss Clive Davis' ass.
I don't understand - what's so bad about having a number two album?…
oh wow. number 2? thats just freakin terrible. shit. what planet do u live on perez, number 2 is considered HUGE, and to only drop one spot in a week? im pretty sure thats not considered a disaster. get a life moron
WELL - I don't think the fattest, most repulsive animal on the planet (PEREZ) has the right to judge on who is disastrous - I mean, he looks like he has a bunch of jerbles clogged up in his fat twat. And if in some point of his FAT FIGHTERS career he decides to go on a diet and stop chowing on ugly KOKS - he might loose a couple of pounds off his TWAT.
SHE IS SO OVER
I actually love My December, but everybody can have their own opinions. But if that is true and RCA is pulling out promotion and focusing on Fugly Underwood, then how can they excect her album to be a smash hit? In my opinion, Never Again is the worst song on My December, and Sober is amazing but not a summer hit. Kelly needs to rush out How I Feel One Minute or Judas
""I don’t understand - what’s so bad about having a number two album?… ""
It's not. The language he is using is meant to convince that it is. The facts don't support the words being chosen.
Fuck off mimirocks, what a stupid name
I love how you manage to gloss over the fact that the billboard charts have put her at NUMBER 2 in the charts, and she is NUMBER 1 in DIGITAL SALES. We know you hate Clarkson, Perez, but couldn't you at least try to use a reliable source or be… honest? I mean, there are a lot of innocent people who will just blindly accept the shit that you say without checking up on it. Tsk tsk=D
Actually this CD ROCKS!! I LOVE IT, and thats all that matters
Oh no a #2 and #3 spot, she might as well kill herself.
/e insert eye roll.
Why is #2 a disaster and have you even listened to her album?? It's awesome! Noboby with half a brain would take anything you say critically of music seriously though. I have seen some of the clips you put on here, the kind of stuff that usually draws the 13 year old. I bet your friends cringe for you when you do stupid things like write that Kelly Clarkson's career is in the toilet, but I do like to come here and see your fairy rantings every morning. It's like watching a train wreck… fascinating. Just remember, karma will bite you in the ass!
When you go to America Idol your name will always be associated with the show and new idols will came every year, Clay was the big thing while ago, then Kelly, now that country chic, soon will be Jordan. I have an advice for those kids If you are really talent don't try to be on this stupid show your career will be short live
Look Stop picking on Kelly. I don't think she made My December to impress record lables. She made it for her fans. So Shute up and stop dissing Kelly. Have u even herd her album. Every person does not have to like it.
Don't you think that it is a downward spiral due to assholes like you? The negative publicity is a bitch. We will see what happens to your "career" after you gaping ass gets sued.
I actually think My December is a decent album. Kelly doesn't deserve the criticism she's getting for it.
After an artists has a huge selling CD like Clarkson's Breakaway, their next CD usually doesn't live up and sales get sluggish. Kelly is still in the Top 5 so it could be worse. She is selling more CDs this week than Bon Jovi.
Perez, the real sad story is Kelly Rowland. Matthew Knowles didn't put any effort into promoting her CD. It was projected to sell a 100K and it couldn't do it. She can't even get Pop airplay and had to go on Wendy Williams radio show where she trashed the hell out of here for still being managed by Matthew Knowles. Poor Kelly, Matthew is still preoccupied promoting Beyonce awful B-Day CD. It is sad that Matthew and Beyonce are laughing at her for her awful first week sales.
Selling barely over 100,000 CD's in your second week of sales IS bad when you are coming off of a multiplatinum CD such as Breakaway. Spin it any way you want, she is not doing good. Cancelled tours, shitty live performances, no radio hits and Perezzie is right as usual.
I too am anticipating the release of Carrie's next CD!!
Paris, would you shut the fuck up already about Kelly and the album being bad (AND tanking). First, the reviews are great. Both from the critics and fans. Debuting at number #2 is a great accomplishment. Regardless of her past efforts. And dropping 50% or more the second week is not uncommon for any artist.
Fat, ugly, pigs like you, Perez, cannot comment. My December is awesome, Kelly Clarkson is awesome. Go to the gym, sloth.
Plus…you said the same thing about Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" (if your readers recall). How much that "bombed". And look, still in the Top Ten 18 weeks later. AND going Platinum. Regardless of the plagiarism case that you're now harping on.
I've never been a fan but since when was a #2 chart placing classed as a disaster?
Her album is awesome! If the media could stop bashing it for 2 seconds and actually take the time to listen to it, they would realize how good it is. KC is incredible and her album was #1 World Wide last week and probably will be this week too so just shut up Perez and leave Kelly alone!
Poor girl..
However I think that if she would quit the 'You hurt me, I'll get you back ' her career will improve again.. So sick of those songs and it makes her come across as a whiny bitch.
It's one thing to rip people who have absolutely no talent.
Kelly is a HUGE talent! One who never cancels due to drugs or diva fits.
She's also very young. She's doing what anyone at her age should be doing, testing her wings, learning to fly on her own terms in front of the world. That takes a lot of courage. Leave her alone already.
Concentrate your vitriol to those like Paris, Nicole and all those who have no talent at all. To continually hit someone when their down is just tacky.
not sure how #2 on nationwide charts is a disaster, but if that's what the media wants, that's how the media will aim to destroy someone else's career…
KELLY CLARKSON ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She has REAL talent…..no one can sing like her!! I went to a Mariah Carey concert and Kelly BLOWS her out of the water!!!!!! Kelly can out sing ANYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KELLY CLARKSON ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She has REAL talent…..no one can sing like her!! I went to a Mariah Carey concert and Kelly BLOWS her out of the water!!!!!! Kelly can out sing ANYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KELLY CLARKSON ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't you people realize that somebody is paying Perez to trash Kelly? Think about it.
What is hilarious to me is if this was a Jessica Simpson song (an untalented idiot) it would be a 'smash hit'. Because it's Kelly (a talented smart woman), it's a 'dud'. Come on people!
To borrow from one of your other truely messed up artist-"What kind of fuckery is this"? The media ia whipping up one nasty anti Kelly campaign to create a story around a pretty normal girl and ARTIST. Kelly's CD's have always been growers and not showers (sound familiar P?), moving steadily to become one of the top sellers of the year. This CD was actually her best seller in opening#s even though it was not number one. It's a rock/pop CD and personally I think it's very good, dark, sad but not a paint by numbers CD. Be a critic and dislike it but LISTEN to it first. It's not the Winehouse CD(which is amazing) and fortunately neither is Kelly. Controlled by her man, anorexic, have a field day with that CRAZY but talented Brit!
Perez are you reading these commets? Miost are PRO- KELLY. I don't undersand what yoiu have against Kelly.
Lighten up or tell us the real reason for the sudden Kelly Hate.
Of course, Perez has chosen to leave out the fact that, on the Soundscan charts, double-CD sets count as 2 copies rather than 1. So in order to get the true story, you'd have to cut the number of Hannah Montana CDs in half to know how many actual individual copies were sold.
In other words, during the past two weeks, Kelly Clarkson has actually outsold Hannah Montana, but due to the double disc technicality, she comes up behind.
Hmm, wonder why this hasn't been mentioned.
PEREZ has some nasty little hatred towards Kelly. I wish he would tell us what it is??????????
Stole your man? Is still slimmer than your fat lard ass? Is richer and more famous?
Perez have some balls and tell us why you dislike Kelly Clarkson so much?
Aww…poor Kelly! Perez is mad that you wouldn't give him the time or day! …When is #2, to #3 on Top 200 bad?!?! Bon Jovi went from 1 to 2, with 62% drop in their second week. But I don't hear anyone screaming how " disastrous" that was. C'mon Perez, I actually use to like your dumb a*s. Now, I just think you are a straight up biatch. If someone doesn't want to reach out to you, b/c we all know you strive for attention, you diss on them. Oh well, glad you are not a KC fan, b/c she doesn't need a fan like you. Keep supporting all these no namers, cuz their music sux, just like you. Peace Out Biattccchhh..
How is number 2 and 3 bad? Leave Kelly alone
Since when is having your album debut at #2 disastrous? I suppose having it debut at #1 in the World Album Charts is also something to be sniffed at? Dear God Perez! And as far as your 'sources' at RCA go, gimme a break! Even considering how big an ass Clive Davis is, even he's not so stupid as to stop promoting an album that's already hitting top spots around the world (without ANY promottion). Kelly's not on a slide. How about you focus on slagging off that talentless waster Lavigne? Surely her plagerising would garner you more hits than this?!
Oh perez please, her cd is doing fine! you're a moron!I don't know what let you so angry about her…the fact that she has talent to write her own stuff???
i mean i guess it's bad to be #2 behind a disney character? but geez that's pretty up there right?
So you slam Kelly for being #2, then #3 (selling almost 1/2 a million cds) but you say nothing negative about Kelly Rowland at #6 with 68,000 cds.
If a #2 cd is a disaster, I guess Akon who peaked at #2, Gwen Stefani #3, paul McCartney #3, Fergie #3, Rihanna #2 are complete failures?
By the way, CARRIE UNDERWOOD'S SOME HEARTS PEAKED AT #2 JUST LIKE KELLY!
I bought the album and it is FANTASTIC; I've been listening to it religiously. The album is such a tribute to the rock 80's sounds of Pat Benetar, Heart and the like. I love the sound and the girl can just belt it out. It's so refreshing to hear a new female sound that has a little spunk and empowerment about it. Leave Kelly alone, she is one of few women in the music business right now who can actually carry a tune and who isn't successful because of her tits and ass. Her performance at Live Earth last weekend was amazing and oh my gosh…IN TUNE!!! Being number two on the album charts is not bad…give me a break.
She will come back and make another really good pop album. Never fear.
you guys are so damned bias its not even funny. using words like "only a 42 % drop" and "higher than usual 61% drop" Kelly's album is doing good. Perez u and ur minions need to drink some prune juice and let that shit go!
Listen when I went to go and buy this CD at Target they were sold out!!! I really think Kelly Clarkson is an amazing singer. So what if this CD doesn't sell as many as a previous one. She is an artist and was expressing herself with her own songs.
Another one of my favorite singers Darren Hayes left this rat race of the music biz and went independant and is incredibly happy without the contraints of music moguls who only want killer hooks and pop music.
Kelly Clarkson will always have fans and they support her. Nuts to Clive Davis if he won't.