Marina McBride's Eleven Drops Out of Top 100 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Nighthawk76 · 12-02-2011, 05:26 PM

Martina McBride's last three albums, Waking Up Laughing, Shine and Eleven have been three of her finest albums from a creative perspective but each has sold less than the previous. Waking Up Laughing became her first album since her debut not to reach platinum status (1,000,000 copies sold), Shine sold even less and Eleven has dropped out of the Billboard Top 100 albums chart after a mere two months in stores. Despite signing to a new record label, heavy promotion and experiments with different types of sounds, Eleven has failed to gather much interest from the public. At Target the album sold so poorly that we had to ship about 20 copies back to the warehouse.

Despite Martina's poor sales and the overall poor sales of Cds as a whole there have still been some big selling albums like Katy Perry's Teenage Dream. Also, such classic albums as The Beatles #1, Led Zeppelin IV and Journey's Greatest Hits sell between 500,000 to 1,000,000 copies per year. I think part of Martina's recent drop in sales may be in part due to her somewhat change in image. Her wholesome, lady-next-door imagine has in recent years been replaced by a more sexual image, which many fans may not like. I've asked several people who liked Martina's older music and they each said her recent music sounds "tired" and they just are not interested in it. Its a shame whatever the reason since Eleven is a wonderful album and deserved a wider audiance.

howierules86 · 12-03-2011, 11:59 AM

Can't say I'm really disappointed to hear this, sorry. I think Martina's songs have got really mushy this year (that "Teenage Daughters" song made no sense to me, IMO, and I can't bear to listen to "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" for personal reasons). It's a shame, because Martina had a lot of great songs and a great singing voice early on (such as Independence Day, Concrete Angel, and This One's For The Girls), but I think she changed her style of songs this year, and not for the better, IMO.

HuntingtonM15 · 12-03-2011, 12:09 PM

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(that "Teenage Daughters" song made no sense to me, IMO, It's a shame, because Martina had a lot of great songs and a great singing voice early on (such as Independence Day, Concrete Angel, and This One's For The Girls), but I think she changed her style of songs this year, and not for the better, IMO.

It's one thing not to like it, but in what way does Teenage Daughters not make sense? Her singing voice is better than ever on this album. The album also has many good songs, but country radio probably won't play them heavily because of discrimination issues. After all, Martina is a 45-year old woman, and they just can't have that.

HuntingtonM15 · 12-03-2011, 12:10 PM

I fully expect Taylor Swift to win, but anyway, congrats to Martina on her Grammy nomination for I'm Gonna Love You Through It!

howierules86 · 12-03-2011, 12:53 PM

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It's one thing not to like it, but in what way does Teenage Daughters not make sense?

I thought the music video was so bizarre and didn't go very well with the song, IMO. The more I think about it, I think the song is much better when I listen to it on the radio as opposed to watching the music video on CMT.

HuntingtonM15 · 12-03-2011, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by howierules86

I thought the music video was so bizarre and didn't go very well with the song, IMO. The more I think about it, I think the song is much better when I listen to it on the radio as opposed to watching the music video on CMT.

I'm not a huge fan of the song, but I do enjoy the video. I love how they incorporated different decades, and that Martina used her real daughters as opposed to actors.

Nighthawk76 · 12-04-2011, 05:51 PM

"Teenage Daughters" is one of my favoirte songs off the album and the video is really good.

I think that "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" is a very powerful song. Maybe not as much as "Concrete Angel" but its still really moving.

12-03-2011, 11:59 AM	#2
howierules86 Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 05, 2007 Location: Opelika, AL Posts: 29,517	Can't say I'm really disappointed to hear this, sorry. I think Martina's songs have got really mushy this year (that "Teenage Daughters" song made no sense to me, IMO, and I can't bear to listen to "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" for personal reasons). It's a shame, because Martina had a lot of great songs and a great singing voice early on (such as Independence Day, Concrete Angel, and This One's For The Girls), but I think she changed her style of songs this year, and not for the better, IMO.
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12-02-2011, 05:26 PM	#1
Nighthawk76 Rachel Berry Forum Celebrity Join Date: Feb 28, 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 23,254	Marina McBride's Eleven Drops Out of Top 100 Martina McBride's last three albums, Waking Up Laughing, Shine and Eleven have been three of her finest albums from a creative perspective but each has sold less than the previous. Waking Up Laughing became her first album since her debut not to reach platinum status (1,000,000 copies sold), Shine sold even less and Eleven has dropped out of the Billboard Top 100 albums chart after a mere two months in stores. Despite signing to a new record label, heavy promotion and experiments with different types of sounds, Eleven has failed to gather much interest from the public. At Target the album sold so poorly that we had to ship about 20 copies back to the warehouse. Despite Martina's poor sales and the overall poor sales of Cds as a whole there have still been some big selling albums like Katy Perry's Teenage Dream. Also, such classic albums as The Beatles #1, Led Zeppelin IV and Journey's Greatest Hits sell between 500,000 to 1,000,000 copies per year. I think part of Martina's recent drop in sales may be in part due to her somewhat change in image. Her wholesome, lady-next-door imagine has in recent years been replaced by a more sexual image, which many fans may not like. I've asked several people who liked Martina's older music and they each said her recent music sounds "tired" and they just are not interested in it. Its a shame whatever the reason since Eleven is a wonderful album and deserved a wider audiance.

12-03-2011, 12:10 PM	#4
HuntingtonM15 That Bothers Me Moderator Forum Star Join Date: Jun 20, 2003 Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 11,060	I fully expect Taylor Swift to win, but anyway, congrats to Martina on her Grammy nomination for I'm Gonna Love You Through It!

12-04-2011, 05:51 PM	#7
Nighthawk76 Rachel Berry Forum Celebrity Join Date: Feb 28, 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 23,254	"Teenage Daughters" is one of my favoirte songs off the album and the video is really good. I think that "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" is a very powerful song. Maybe not as much as "Concrete Angel" but its still really moving.