Did Katy Perry's "Smile" Actually "Flop"?
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- Опубликовано: 29 апр 2021
- In todays video we discuss Katy Perry's fifth studio album titled "Smile", how it performed and figuring out why. Please don't forget to like and subsribe. I also encourage you to comment ideas for future content that you want to see here on Pop Investigation!
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Honestly I think this era had A LOT of potential. However, I think with Covid, being pregnant, and coming off of Witness it was already stacked against her. I think her next era she needs to perform on TV, get put on playlists, get sent to radio, and release music videos at the same time as the single and she’ll be good
shes over exposed.
Only Harley and never really over were the only good songs onnit.
This album is worse
Im from the future... It didnt happen.
How can this record be a flop with 2 billions streams on Spotify only? For me it was a big hit. The media and critics just want to tear her down lately.
I agree
I does not have 2billion streams it has over 900million, but it is a good album
@@victoriahenry4967 Bio: Katy Perry
Since Katy Perry’s Capitol Records debut in 2008 with One of the Boys, she has racked up a cumulative 50 billion streams alongside worldwide sales of over 48 million adjusted albums and 135 million tracks with her albums One of the Boys, Teenage Dream, PRISM and Witness. Her summer 2019 single, “Never Really Over,” off her latest album SMILE, is certified PLATINUM and was the biggest streaming launch of Katy’s musical career. 2020’s SMILE release has sold over 1.25 million adjusted albums, with nearly 2 Billion combined streams to date. Views of her 2013 video “Roar” recently surpassed three billion views - making Katy the first female artist to reach this milestone, while “Dark Horse” is close behind with over 2.9 billion views. Katy was also the first female artist to have four videos surpass a billion views each. Her videos for “Firework” and “Last Friday Night” have over one billion views. Katy’s 2015 Super Bowl performance is the highest rated in the event’s history. She is one of only five artists in history to have topped 100 million certified units with their digital singles - and the first-ever Capitol Records recording artist to join the elite RIAA 100 Million Certified Songs club.
Aside from being one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, Katy is an active advocate of many philanthropic causes. In 2013, Katy was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador because of her commitment to improving the lives of children worldwide. From traveling to Vietnam and Madagascar to highlight the needs of some of the world’s most vulnerable children, to empowering girls and supporting adolescents living with HIV/AIDS, as well as raising awareness for UNICEF’s emergency relief efforts, Katy has used her powerful voice to advocate for children and support UNICEF’s mission to ensure every child’s right to health, education, equality, and protection. She was awarded with the Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award in 2016.
Katy has also been a champion for LGBTQ+ equality. She has received numerous awards for her work, including the Trevor Project's Hero Award in 2012, the Human Rights Campaign's National Equality Award in 2017, and amfAR’s Award of Courage in 2018. She has also performed at various events to raise funds for the fight against HIV/AIDS, including 2009's Life Ball and 2016's amfAR Cannes Gala.
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@@phoebusapollo4865 well nothing of this was needed ,we were talking about Smile so stick to that and answer is Smile is a disaster album
I mean, it was pretty terrible.
Never Really Over should have been everywhere. Such a great song.. but she did little promo for the single and then rushed other singles.. I LOVE Smile. It's my #2 Katy album... I hate that it didn't perform better...
It's all Capitol's fault , it seems like they really can't adapt to the streaming era and they are still using old ways of promo , nowadays you can just put song on playlists and give it radio play then it can become a hit . I believe that katy is still obviously a big name in the industry but she definently needs to change her label if she wants to have a big comeback
I think she is getting a new discography this year
They actually were against her some insiders have confirmed that
@@leonardourbani7927why.. What happened???
This album brought so much light into my life I love it ❤️🥰
I think Small Talk and Harley's were so underrated!
agreed!
I live small talk😍🤡
Harleys was kinda disappointing but it’s a good song
Small talk wasn’t on the album
SO UNDERRATED
Harleys in Hawaii, Never Really over and Daisies deserved much much better
Gotta say it’s really been a while but finally got back smile
I love this album sm tho, i think it would have done better with better promo
Appreciate the research/time u've put into this :):) Look forward to more.
Thank you so so much!
@@popinvestigation but you're in denial. It was a flop
You should try "Why Katy perry's" Teenage dream" era so successful"
Bonnie McKee, that’s why.
YES
Smile is best album ❤️!!!!
I love this album
For me it’s a great album
One day this album will get the praise and love it deserves. “Smile” is SUCH A GOOD ALBUM ❤❤❤
I hope KP6 will do good since lead single is coming on December 29th the day of Vegas Show so that may help the song become her very well deserved 10th #1
I hope this song isn't her lead for her new album 😭
She will bounce back 🙂🙂
Loved your video. Already subscribed💜
not the end of the world, only love and tucked should have been after album singles
Bio: Katy Perry
Since Katy Perry’s Capitol Records debut in 2008 with One of the Boys, she has racked up a cumulative 50 billion streams alongside worldwide sales of over 48 million adjusted albums and 135 million tracks with her albums One of the Boys, Teenage Dream, PRISM and Witness. Her summer 2019 single, “Never Really Over,” off her latest album SMILE, is certified PLATINUM and was the biggest streaming launch of Katy’s musical career. 2020’s SMILE release has sold over 1.25 million adjusted albums, with nearly 2 Billion combined streams to date. Views of her 2013 video “Roar” recently surpassed three billion views - making Katy the first female artist to reach this milestone, while “Dark Horse” is close behind with over 2.9 billion views. Katy was also the first female artist to have four videos surpass a billion views each. Her videos for “Firework” and “Last Friday Night” have over one billion views. Katy’s 2015 Super Bowl performance is the highest rated in the event’s history. She is one of only five artists in history to have topped 100 million certified units with their digital singles - and the first-ever Capitol Records recording artist to join the elite RIAA 100 Million Certified Songs club.
Aside from being one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, Katy is an active advocate of many philanthropic causes. In 2013, Katy was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador because of her commitment to improving the lives of children worldwide. From traveling to Vietnam and Madagascar to highlight the needs of some of the world’s most vulnerable children, to empowering girls and supporting adolescents living with HIV/AIDS, as well as raising awareness for UNICEF’s emergency relief efforts, Katy has used her powerful voice to advocate for children and support UNICEF’s mission to ensure every child’s right to health, education, equality, and protection. She was awarded with the Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award in 2016.
Katy has also been a champion for LGBTQ+ equality. She has received numerous awards for her work, including the Trevor Project's Hero Award in 2012, the Human Rights Campaign's National Equality Award in 2017, and amfAR’s Award of Courage in 2018. She has also performed at various events to raise funds for the fight against HIV/AIDS, including 2009's Life Ball and 2016's amfAR Cannes Gala.
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EARLY KATY PERRY: HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/DKKZ7_OFYMY
She is hands down amazing!
Thank you ❤ anyway sales are going on and now may 2021 we are at 1,5 million almost 1,6 million. And Smile era is my favourite ❤😁
Smile definitely flopped. But like not due to lack of quality really. For me it was just “too little too late”. If Never Really Over was the lead in single of her 2017 comeback, followed be Harleys In Hawaii, and Cry About It Later, Smile would would have smashed, but after devastating Witness PR, Smile wasn’t enough in 2020. Witness really fucked up her public image. I think Smile and American Idol and her baby helped repair some damage, but I think the next album is going to be crucial for her. I’m hoping for a Britney Spears style comeback like she had with Femme Fatale.
Yeah I think the next album really will be a game changer, I’ve got a feeling she’ll come up with something really good 👌
Can't disagree...
If she’s not interested in getting a hit just don’t drop an album/bad songs. If u release an album the expectations r high….
If she dont release anything, people will forget her. at least Smile is making some traction for a new album coming late 2021/early 2022. The next record might be heavily promoted since it coincide with her Play in Vegas and america and the rest of the world is starting to open back thanks to vaccination program.
Or your completing a record deal contract. It is her 5th album in a 5 album deal with Capitol records.
Yaaas , you just showed up in my recommended !
I own a CD of smile. In the booklet, Katy left a message to her fans. In the message she stated that she worked on smile not with a formal record in mind, just an album that she can come back to when she feels bad, and that can help her remember that she got through many dark times, and that she CAN get through it. I think that smile is a more personal album to her, and i love it so much
What is your favourite Smile song?
this video makes me happy.
It’s just because of covid. People didn’t usually bought albums during quarantine, and albums that released in 2020, flopped.
Smile didn’t get enough promo, just like Lady Gaga’s Chromatica.
#JusticeForSmile
#JusticeFor2020Albums
that’s a lame excuse. Taylor Swift released two albums in 2020 and even without physical copies in the stores, she managed to have two successful records. Truth is the public isn’t keeping an eye out for katy’s new releases since witness
@@lukesays2018 That was the lame excuse. You tried to praise Taylor but don't act like Folklore and Evermore did as great as 1989. And do your research please. Doesn't keeping an eye out for Katy? Please don't come up with Witness like every other swifties.
@@sweetenertimez lmao folklore did 800k first week and evermore did 300k. Smile did 50k which is not only bad because she is supposed to be one of the biggest names in the industry, but even as any other a list artist is bad, what does that mean? that people don’t check her work like her fans like to think.
@@lukesays2018 Girl you have to accept that every popular artist startes to flop after a while. You're talking about Katy like she have to be as succesful as she were in 2010.
Of course she doing worse than 12 years ago, but so as Taylor and every other pop artist who was popular a decade ago.
Can you do a video like this about Avril Lavigne's "Head Above Water" album? I wanna know if that album flops worldwide?
I’m so hyped for KP6
Omg this is my first time on ur channel
great job meg!!
Oh and also i don't know if you k ow it but her record label Capitol sabotaged her beacause she wanted to focus on her private life... yeah....
I did not know that as Taylor Swift released 2 albums around the same time with quarantine covid 19 restrictions on basically the same label which is UMG, Universal Music Group the biggest label in America if not the world as Capitol are just a branch office now, and she got a Grammy for the record breaking albums. All my promotional emails, merch etc came with UMG on it and here in the UK, the most important media country in the world. We had Katy on our Radios, State TV and our major TV chat shows, label emails and Katy was really at it on social media where the Katycats had #smile trending on Twitter and Facebook. Katy has 109 million followers on Twitter, 40 million on Facebook and live streamed on Instagram where she has 110 million followers, giving us Katycats snippets on Sunday Salutations live as Katy herself also became the highest paid US TV star and saved the ratings of the failing American Idol, making it the number one rated TV show in America. The whole world knew of its release but where her label topped it was there is a new delivery system for music today and that is streaming, digital downloads and you tube. But number 5 and out of the Billboard 200 was not a flop as you will see later: - Bio: Katy Perry
Since Katy Perry’s Capitol Records debut in 2008 with One of the Boys, she has racked up a cumulative 50 billion streams alongside worldwide sales of over 48 million adjusted albums and 135 million tracks with her albums One of the Boys, Teenage Dream, PRISM and Witness. Her summer 2019 single, “Never Really Over,” off her latest album SMILE, is certified PLATINUM and was the biggest streaming launch of Katy’s musical career. 2020’s SMILE release has sold over 1.25 million adjusted albums, with nearly 2 Billion combined streams to date. Views of her 2013 video “Roar” recently surpassed three billion views - making Katy the first female artist to reach this milestone, while “Dark Horse” is close behind with over 2.9 billion views. Katy was also the first female artist to have four videos surpass a billion views each. Her videos for “Firework” and “Last Friday Night” have over one billion views. Katy’s 2015 Super Bowl performance is the highest rated in the event’s history. She is one of only five artists in history to have topped 100 million certified units with their digital singles - and the first-ever Capitol Records recording artist to join the elite RIAA 100 Million Certified Songs club.
Aside from being one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, Katy is an active advocate of many philanthropic causes. In 2013, Katy was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador because of her commitment to improving the lives of children worldwide. From traveling to Vietnam and Madagascar to highlight the needs of some of the world’s most vulnerable children, to empowering girls and supporting adolescents living with HIV/AIDS, as well as raising awareness for UNICEF’s emergency relief efforts, Katy has used her powerful voice to advocate for children and support UNICEF’s mission to ensure every child’s right to health, education, equality, and protection. She was awarded with the Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award in 2016.
Katy has also been a champion for LGBTQ+ equality. She has received numerous awards for her work, including the Trevor Project's Hero Award in 2012, the Human Rights Campaign's National Equality Award in 2017, and amfAR’s Award of Courage in 2018. She has also performed at various events to raise funds for the fight against HIV/AIDS, including 2009's Life Ball and 2016's amfAR Cannes Gala.
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Smile was pretty good though I never thought it was a flop. Wow.
SMILE is such an amazing album
I wish her label would promote “Cozy Little Christmas” more. It really is a modern Christmas pop smash
Why did you stop making vids?
0:55 what r u talkin about??? its CHRISTMAS song every song hit hot 100 during christmas
Do a vid about why prism or teenage dream was so successful
I love the album and one of Best of 2020. I’m a fan since 2008, but this album is a big flop. The alb album 402,000 units in the United States.
Honestly, Smile had too weak songs. I can generally like only 2 or 3 songs of the record. Witness was maybe her best era even tho everyone hated it. If I knew about her at that time I would be obsessed. No one really saw Witness' charm and people wanted the opposite of that, now they got it and they are still unsatisfied.
I mostly agree with u, Witness was misunderstood but smile is too generic. I think she has to find another sound that fits her, she has to do an artistic evolution
I think it’s in the lyrics, I heard recent songs on the radio by her and the lyrics are really weak
They didn't even Heard Witness. They just got a massive hate because of her new style. That sucks in the music industry.
Smile is such a good and underrated album. I hope her next album gets a lot of promo and recognition
Lack of promo, her pregnancy and the complicated rollout was the problem
That era would be perfect with this rollout:
1st (and lead) single: Never Really Over (Jun 1, 2019)
2nd single: Harleys In Hawaii (Aug, 2019)
Smile and What Makes A Woman release as promotional singles 3 days before the album
Album drops (Sep, 2019)
3rd single: Cry About It Later (Oct, 2019)
4th single: Daisies (Mar, 2020) - that would have been the pregnancy-announcement with a better music video
5th single: Tucked (Jun, 2020)
6th (and last) single: Not The End Of The World (Nov, 2020) - with a better mv
I wish Katy’s label had promoted this album more because it’s actually a really good pop album
wait i love this
Thank you so much!!!❤️❤️
Daisies is so underrated
Harleys in Hawaii is one of Katy best song ❤️🦄
you should make a video about why Katy Perry is a Pop Legend
She also announced her pregnancy when she dropped her album or was about to.
Why th was hih released on Wednesday wtf
She should have chosen her singles better. after Never really over, harleys would have definitely helped her stay up there. even tucked amd cry about it later were good options.
hoping this new era shows people what katy trully can do again.
Can’t wait for KP6
I’m excited for Katy’s next era. KP6 is coming
I can’t believe Daisies didn’t go #1. It’s such a good song
Wait I love this
I love Katy Perry
Well it’s no wonder she gave up after the album was released - it’s dropped to #54 on its 2nd week, then #104, the #160 and was gone after only 4 weeks 😳 it really seemed like everything was against her & her label had zero interest in promoting any part of it 🤷♀️
This album deserves more
Ever since Witness Katy has the worst singles choice ever
Chained by the Rhythm was a solid first single BUT Witness should be release as the 2nd single instead of that joke Bon Appetit lol and Swish Swish is fine as 3rd single but Roulette should be the single that closed out the Witness era such wasted potential and maybe it won't flop so hard
Smile era is the most painful flop; Never Really Over has so much potential to be a summer radio hit in 2019 but she didn't promote it at all and Daisies should release as the 2nd single quickly instead of Small Talk eww and Cry About It Later as the 3rd single when the album release in 2019 maybe feature Cardi B on a remix or something lol
Smile is such a good album
I don't know u anyone can say hit or flop. Charts are not like they were in 20 years ago, bases on physical sales only.
that doesn’t make it not a flop , but that word is so negative. it didn’t do great but it did fine, if she tried she could probably get another hit record
Never Really Over is a BANGER
Kp6 is coming
Finally someone said it
I ❤ Katy
Katy Perry’s next album is gonna SMASH
Short answer Yes
I hope kp6 is huge !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
why would she release the worst and most boring songs of the album to build the hype for the album? those songs she released are the only once I skip when listening to the album. and it's sad because all other songs on the album are hits besides those that were released as singles.
''Having numbers ones and chart success doesn't interest me anymore...' LOL I remember Katy saying this after tons and tons of promotion and desperately trying to crack the top 10 at all costs. Instead of wondering why the public may not be supporting her anymore (for example saying horrible things about Britney Spears mental health and acting like the Queen of Pop and an icon ) she went down the route of... 'Well I don't care about numbers anymore I am above that!'... Sigh. Oh dear. I am just pleased she does not care about chart success and numbers anymore because she has not been charting well for soooooooo long and Electric did not even crack the charts. But as long as she is happy and humbled, that is what matters.
She has 6 no 1 in one albums.why would she care aboht the charts lol
@@sobhanamini3776 Oh come on :) Do you really think she wants to not chart anymore? She wants to stay relevant musically and that means having worldwide hits. Her team invest huge $$$$ in trying to help her return to the top of the charts. Yes she has a great history but to repeatedly not chart and not have a major hit in years is not good. She of course wants a massive hit. Who wouldn't?
@@jaymaxx3910 i was actually kidding.ofcourse she wants to chart.
yes, it was.
hi
This should be a one second video saying “yes”
LMAOOO
Smile is so underrated
I love Katy Perry.
Sadly it did, amd she will probably do much worse now
People is demanding her because they know that she can! She still there and she just can, I mean it's Katy Perry, a global pop ICON. We need a new face after her previousuly work. She fuckin can!
Denial. It aint just a river in Egypt.
She needs Luke. Daisies and Smile are almost Identical. Small talk is cringe. Harleys is v octane and annoying. Smile was when Katy thru everything at the wall to see what sticks. NRO . Katy needs more inspiration than her song Firework...
Wait, how does smile identical to daisies? They sound nothing alike. You deserve this 🤡
@@Marnige sonically they aren’t v different
Never Really Over should have gone #1
I love the album🤡 and it got over 1 thousand million streams in a year, of course better promo and at least 2 singles right after "daysies" would have helped big time
if her droplets didn't featured on that album, smile would have 400 million streams which is miserable
I think it was a flop compared to her previous work
Well it didn’t appeal to all pop fans so yeah it flopped unfortunately
Neither Smile nor do Witness are flop by any means, it's just fkin media trying to tear her down and her shitty label not doing anything 😭😭😭😭
For me? Her best album. Periodt.
Daisies deserved top 10 ATLEAST.
Yes, yes it did.
"YES" ..... simple answer to this question..☹️
Her new Album has flopped 🤧
Short answer: it did. It is a huge flop.
Not rlly. It has 1.5 Billion streams on Spotify and it’s a completely solo album.
@@luke8629 I mean it had several Years old songs. And it hasn't certified on neither RIAA nor BPI. It IS a flop. The actual singles (not the droplets she added to inflate the numbers) like Daisies and Smile flopped
It flopped. She as an artist has been flopping for some time now too and would need to undergo a massive sound change (that was good) to get the public’s attention. Modern pop now is also more beats driven and if you don’t have a song that is the content is at least edgy. Katy has never really been able to convince the public she can do both successfully
It also doesn’t help that the pop music landscape is now filled with artists who can sing, dance, and perform shows with large production values/couture moments. Katy is not a strong dancer, her performances aren’t really memorable for the best reasons (left shark anyone), and her kind of camp is goofy and silly. Modern day fans don’t care that she has a great voice because they can find someone who does the same AND perform.
We need Katy to leave Capitol Records for KP6 and no longer work with them...have a new team.
Katy Perry just isn't that popular anymore. She's on her way down.
This really is copied like Pop Dissected...be more original next time.
Chart 4 weeks in Billboard 200= FLOP
sksdklasaklas just say Yes the album flopped 😭😭😭
yes it flopped. stop overanalyzying it to convince yourselves.
Never Really Over wasn't a HUGE hit, smile flopped hard, and singles flopped even harder, and that's ok ✨
What’s considered a HUGE hit for you?
@@chris5103 to be remembered in 10 years and ppl who'll remember it will say "how iconic!!!"
@@artiomm4185 check and check. NRO is still always talked about and has been for over 2 years now. And it will continue. It is more than a HUGE hit. It has sold millions worldwide, and the crowd goes wild when Katy plays it. Stop drinking that nasty haterade, it’s not a good look for you
@@chris5103 probably in your fandom but literally no one listens to it
It is a hit!!!
As much as I love Katy I think Smile was her weakest album yet
I don't know why people even take 'Katy' seriously. She's just the pretty face of a brand.
She’s always put out amazing music and stood for great things in her career. She also doesent constantly sing about s*x like a lot of other pop girls. Katy is one of the biggest female artists in music history. Put some respect on her name.