Image plays a big part of sales.
this is what she looked for Lotus press chain
do you think Katy, Gaga, Rihanna, Beyonce, etc would have sold as much as they did with Xtina's weight?
Bey's first three albums have been pretty consistent in sales. And 4lop still sold better than Xtina's hitpacked B2B album.
where are you getting those numbers from?
4 sold 1.3 US and 2.1 WW
I honestly think that if she have stuck with Bionic and supported it long term, it wouldn't have been such a catastrophic flop.
Honestly, Christina ceasing promo and cancelling the tour is pretty much the thing that christened Bionic a flop. Critical response wouldn't have mattered otherwise.
I agree, if Christina had pushed on harder, things would most likely have been different. But I can't blame her.
She really seemed to have exhausted the promo for Bionic before and during the release week. It was summer, there was not much should could have done. It was also around the time she going through the divorce.