AnnieRUOkay89
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Re: Michael - The Great Album Debate (Only Go Here if You Want To Continue The Controversy)
Which it did, if you're expecting sales numbers in the millions, you're going to be in for quite a surprise. The album was a commercial success for Sony, that's all they wanted, I'm implied to believe that that's all they paid for, so they can be entitled to the credit when these albums come and say "Michael is back", they can say "we did it". They want an album that will sell enough to be considered a commercial success, they aren't aiming to do anything ground-breaking, as proven by the music video's and the promotion that went into this album.
This has now boiled over to not only a discussion about vocals, but about Sony and their marketing. Many of us discussed the possibility, long before the album came out, that Sony and The Estate will saturate, "remix", and butcher Michael's music in order to fit today's standards, we talked about it. Now we're upset that that's exactly what we got? In a perfect world, Michael would still be here, the music industry wouldn't be in the condition it's in, and Michael along with fellow artist will break the million records sold mark with ease, on a norm.
The reality of it is, no musical act is selling like that today, and when they do, the artist is usually here to represent themselves. This was a posthumous album, which normally doesn't receive the same amount of promotion that it would if the artist was alive. As much as we disagree with their decisions, what Sony did wasn't a mistake, it was industry norm, their only mistake was considering Michael as any other artist. As far as promotion, marketing goes, Sony did what any other label would. And what did they get out of it? One of the best selling albums worldwide in 2010, and we think they're going to veer away from that strategy? You have another thing coming.
Which it did, if you're expecting sales numbers in the millions, you're going to be in for quite a surprise. The album was a commercial success for Sony, that's all they wanted, I'm implied to believe that that's all they paid for, so they can be entitled to the credit when these albums come and say "Michael is back", they can say "we did it". They want an album that will sell enough to be considered a commercial success, they aren't aiming to do anything ground-breaking, as proven by the music video's and the promotion that went into this album.
This has now boiled over to not only a discussion about vocals, but about Sony and their marketing. Many of us discussed the possibility, long before the album came out, that Sony and The Estate will saturate, "remix", and butcher Michael's music in order to fit today's standards, we talked about it. Now we're upset that that's exactly what we got? In a perfect world, Michael would still be here, the music industry wouldn't be in the condition it's in, and Michael along with fellow artist will break the million records sold mark with ease, on a norm.
The reality of it is, no musical act is selling like that today, and when they do, the artist is usually here to represent themselves. This was a posthumous album, which normally doesn't receive the same amount of promotion that it would if the artist was alive. As much as we disagree with their decisions, what Sony did wasn't a mistake, it was industry norm, their only mistake was considering Michael as any other artist. As far as promotion, marketing goes, Sony did what any other label would. And what did they get out of it? One of the best selling albums worldwide in 2010, and we think they're going to veer away from that strategy? You have another thing coming.
