And the best part:Originally Posted by The 4th KIRA
Adele's sales are regular sales, not 99c per album gimmicks.
Those gimmicks are ok, but kinda cheapen the effort to break records.
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And the best part:
Adele's sales are regular sales, not 99c per album gimmicks.
Those gimmicks are ok, but kinda cheapen the effort to break records.
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You know there are too many things which break that 'argument' which aren't really worth reiterating, so I'll just let you stew in your stupidity.
Be Wise, Tell Lies.
But that's the point. In a Pop climate where single sales rule over everything, Adele has come out on top by having massive single AND album sales. The fact that 21 had already sold over 6 million in the US alone [a feat in its own right by today's standards] and then went on to sell 700k a year after its release speaks volumes. That's a sales figure most artists can't muster in their debut week. We're just trying to give credit where credit is due.
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I'm so happy with Lana and Adele winning some Brit awards. Congrats to Rihanna and Coldplay too!
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She might be a role model for a lot of young people, but she's also a person herself; an imperfect person who happens to have forgiven a man who made a mistake and beat her. If we want to focus on her personally, let's at least realize she's still human, and no amount of fans or fame will change that. If she wants to take her chances with this man again, so be it - it's her problem. And we don't know whether Chris has changed - he may still have anger issues, but that doesn't mean he doesn't realize what he did and will not try to make up for it and avoid a repeat incedent. Just because one does something bad once, does not mean one will do it again.
And Adele is doing amazing for a year old, already-6-million-selling album, even for winning all the big Grammys. 21 sold more this week than what Femme Fatale and Talk That Talk sold in their entire runs to date, and they're both by two major po stars (though the latter's artist isn't really known for strong album sales).
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The big problem with this, though, is that she deciding to "take a chance" is having a huge influence on a lot of people. She is effectively telling all of her fans - MANY of which are young girls - that when a man hits you, give him a little bit of time in which there's a small possibility that he'll see the error of his ways, and then come back to him like nothing ever happened. Even if Chris Brown never lays a linger on Rihanna ever again, the girls who will go back to their abusive boyfriends in the future because Rihanna taught them that they should do that probably won't be as lucky. Seeing as though Rihanna has been a huge pop star for years now, she should have a very clear idea that her actions - especially ones she is purposely publicizing in the form of a song - have a huge effect on others, and the message Rihanna has just sent is going to have a very negative effect on the people who idolize her.
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Wait a minute, Lana was nominated for an award? How is that possible; isn't she a new artist? At the very least, she hasn't done anything noteworthy, so I'm stunned that she was even nominated. But I guess I'm happy for her and Adele.
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That all has a bit of truth to it, but Rihanna's case is a bit different. As big as he was before the incident, the whole world was on Chris's case the minute anyone knew anything had happened. There is no way he hasn't realized the error of his ways, while in most usual cases the person is never called out on their crimes.
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Yeah, uh-huh, insults make your non-existent argument so much more valid…………child please ~o~
I ain't done sh!t to you, so you must still be salty over the Gaga crap back in November or you must be a fan of the whack-a-doo girl who can't sing or perform to save her life……you mad boo-boo?
I don't know what rare bug crawled up either of your asses, but Cee-Lo Green says it best…
Fuck you!
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That's what she was nominated for. The biggest thing she did in the UK was break through.
He sure hasn't shown that he's seen the error in his ways, what with all the broken windows and twitter rants. She's telling people that it's okay if the guy who abused you hasn't shown remorse, forgiveness! She acknowledged the effect it would have on kids - coincidentally while she needed to promote Rated R - but doesn't really seem to care. Personally I think that's the worst part.
And how hasn't everybody added Elekible-kid to their ignore list?
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Did it on 'em
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Rihanna's case isn't any different from any women who has been abused by their partner/boyfriend/girlfriend or anything else. He didn't just hit her, he pretty must pounded the girl. Of course people would be on him. Why wouldn't people be on his case? Have you seen the tweets from girls stating comments like "I'd let Chris Brown beat me anyday?", see that's a problem. That young girls are joking about this so lightly, its just sick.
Chris Brown is an incredible entertainer there is no doubt about that, and I do believe that this one guy should eventually earn the respect from the public. We're forgetting being that famous also comes with the stardom of millions of people watching your every move.
Also, yeah she is just a person and she has her faults sure, but its ignorant of her knowing that she has tons and tons of young fans looking up to her and worshiping her and not thinking what this could say to her fans. Its just foolish.
 
Which of their albums is better, first or second? I've been meaning to look into them.
Did it on 'em
They're both very good so it's hard to choose! Their first album contained a tonnn of samples from different songs, and has a lot of chiptunes. The second album is very trance and noise-oriented. Both have their unique qualities and are both pretty much masterpieces.
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Brushing all personal bias aside, Lana's award was completely wrong. It was a joke in the first place that she had been nominated, considering that (at the time of the nominations) she had only achieved one top ten single and her album wasn't due to be released for another month. Foster The People or Nicki Minaj, two people who actually had an impact on the previous year, should have won, and Del Rey should have only been viable to nominations next year.I'm so happy with Lana and Adele winning some Brit awards. Congrats to Rihanna and Coldplay too!
One Direction's award was also a total joke.
Aside from that, the BRITs was the same old stupid bravado, with awards going mainly to the people who turned up and who won at the Grammys. Adele and Coldplay deserved their awards, though.
There's also been a bit of surrounding controversy around Adele, when she flipped the bird after her acceptance speech for Best Album. However, this was sort of justified by the fact that her acceptance speech was cut off short by an atrocious performance by Blur, hence why she did it. The cutting-off of her speech is attracting more attention, which is better.
Despite the controversy, Adele continues to build on her cornucopia of brilliant .gif material.
This is worrying.
The fact that Rihanna is human and has the right to choose still doesn't justify this whole debacle. As others have mentioned, this is not just a case of Rihanna, it could have a worrying effect over those to whom Rihanna is a large influence.
And no, Chris is not over his anger. He remains belligerent and seemingly unchanged, and his actions cannot be excused from the amount of stick he's received because he bloody well deserves it.
He's entertaining.
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That's what gets me; she only had one single out when she was nominated, and I don't think she deserved to win the award for International Breakthrough Act just because of that. Still, considering her competition, I'm impressed that she managed to win. And at least her music is tolerable.
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Agreed, but you know how award shows are. The person that shows up usually gets the award.
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