i streamed the album twice. I think the problem with Normani specifically is dancing ( which is what she is great at) isn’t what we’re getting. I think people are tired of begging. We have to beg for physicals (vinyls and Cd’s), beg to see her perform, and now we have to beg for music videos to see her dance? or even just to see NORMANI. The album was good, but why does her fanbase have to beg for things that should already be available? Plus the fanbase can’t even hype up Normani because we only have 3 music videos in the span of 6 years. Nobody is going to want to hear about how good wildside and motivation dance routines are anymore.
I want to just say something, everyone please use normani as an example (including me) sometimes the best thing you can do is to GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY!!! Put your fears, put your pride, stop waiting for the right moment, let go of being a perfectionist and get out of your way. Alot of times, we sabotage our own success rather we feel like we don't deserve it or it goes against our Integrity but we all need to remember that each door that opens for us are chance to get the experience that we need to before we go on our next adventure. This is something we all struggle with but we all need to be reminded to do. We all have our unique calling and shouldn't feel ashamed to get to our calling. Stop trying to fight where life is pushing you to go because you are going to get there one way or another. It better to a smooth sailing then to get shipwrecked because you didn't want the sea of life to guide you. Please get out of your way and step into your success!
omg preachhh, honestly I do feel for her as I can be a perfectionist as well, and that stops me sometimes from really pursuing my passions the way I should. I'm trying to do better but it's really hard when you feel like you need to be the best possible version of yourself to even put anything out there or "step into the limelight", ya feel me?
I needed to read this so bad!!! I’m suffering from this right now. I felt so at home putting out my first album but now that my second one is coming I’m slowly putting it together. Been working on it for 4 years I just gotta trust myself and believe that it will be just as good if not better.
RCA may have said “we gave you MONEY for motivation and wild side and there’s no budget left for this project we need to recoup what we spent” and honestly they wouldn’t be wrong. And she could still have done a iPhone/lofi cute dance video with behind the scenes footage. She could have filmed it herself if she was hungry for it. With a few dance friends. For free. But she likes to chill.
@@jonathanm5894I thought in an interview, she said Wild Side was funded by herself (or maybe I heard wrong). But I agree. Like not even a single visualizer for the tracks too when that shouldn't take too much effort to film compared to a full blown MV.
@@jonathanm5894how have they not recouped with both songs were hits? Especially motivation in multiple counties with millions of views?? And mind you she spent her own money to fund majority of wild side. RCA didn’t want to fund it like Motivation because they didn’t even like it. You’re defending a label known to sabotage its own artists.
I think 2 things happened here. Number 1, Normani and her team waited to long to put the album out. It should've come out after either Motivation or Wild Side. I think people just got sick and tired of waiting and moved on to something else. Number 2, Normani doesn't really have a strong fanbase. Normani spent way too much time being mysterious, when it really she should've been connecting with her fans and cultivating a fanbase instead
Please support Normani! For those who keep asking about her music video for Candy Paint: if you're willing to help pay for the music video then please by all means do so because RCA sure as heck isn't going to do it. Normani had to spend over $1 million of her own money to pay fund the Wild Side music video: in a time when the average American couldn't even afford $1000 for rent because she believed in it. People do not believe when we say Black Women are truly SABOTAGED in the music industry. Producing an album is NOT CHEAP: people charge about $50K to $200K per song hence why it took her some time because she is doing this all by herself all while supporting her parents who were suffering from cancer. Meanwhile RCA invested millions into Tate Mcrae's music career, used black contemporary culture and marketed it to the masses for profit. Please buy and stream Dopamine ~* !!! It's literal sonic perfection ^_^
Lmaooo being sabotaged how the music just sucks stop with the victim mentality and do better. If music is good people will support. Yall always wanna victimize yall self. Always a pity party.
@@queenofnyc5584 Hi dear: The music is amazing and not all R&B albums see their best sales week initially! She only made the album available on streaming platforms: RCA didn't give her a vinyl you can buy in stores as yet. 17 million streams and 12K albums sold in just one format is pretty impressive for an album that wasn't promoted extensive but rather organically. Don't count her out just yet! ^_^ Thanks for watching sugar!
How is that Tate McRae’s fault? That’s on her label. Normani should have went independent or never signed with RCA.. Look where Tinashe is now. RCA is controlling Normani’s socal media and not interacting with people? She could easily go on TikTok and promote her music and do some dances on TikTok!.. It’s very frustrating to see that this album is out and Normani can’t even take an advantage of doing that to get her songs noticed. Which I think this album was a pretty solid album!..
She said she invested her own money in the music video but for it to be created the cost alone required over $1 million. Is not like she funded it herself entirely. Also, she said the video for 1:59 or Candy Paint was cooking so probably on the way.
Yeah, I’m no longer going to care about artist’s careers more than they do themselves. We took prodigies for granted like MJ, Bey, RiRi, Gaga, etc for granted because they had freak lvl of work ethic and were driven by passion and ambition and now we expect the same from all artists when that isn’t always going to be the case for everyone.
It’s not enough to make good music, many artists have good music and their careers go nowhere. What separates the ‘haves’ from the ‘have nots’ is branding/marketing. Releasing an album with no hit single in the market after having lost all commercial momentum was always a strategy for *failure.* And as for the fans… Normani fans needed to mobilise and purchase rather than stream. I’m shocked all this hype around Normani on social media and we can’t get 20-30 thousand people to log on to iTunes and purchase? Streaming to support isn’t enough because, one sale equals 1500 streams (and I doubt Normani fans streamed songs from Dopamine 1500 times this past week). K-pop fandoms know how to mobilise. That’s why K-pop idols tend to chart so well on their opening week.
I've said this before and I'll say it again...until she fires her whole team and gets a better team of WRITERS, PROMOTERS, & A MANAGER that knows wtf they are doing Normani will continue to tank. HER MUSIC IS BORING. Her vocals aren't the strongest...but that's OKAY! You dont need to have the best vocals in the industry to make it--your $h*t just needs to sound CATCHY to the MASSES. I honestly believe that if you can make someone as tone deaf as SELENA GOMEZ into a star that sells millions, then there is hope for Normani. But the thing about Selena was, she had a team that could craft the perfect songs (for her weak vocals) that weren't boring to listen to. If Normani doesn't learn this soon & re-vamp her team, then she honestly needs to just let this dream of being a musician go and try her hand at acting/modeling instead.
She did fire her whole team. She got a new team a few months ago. People need to stop blaming everything else, she's just lazy. She barely even acknowledged she had an album.
@@RA984U honestly, it's not even a laziness factor. She really is TRYING....the end result just SUCKS. That's the problem. Literally look at Adele, Bruno Mars, Beyonce, Ed Sheeran...these are artists that you could also call "lazy" based off of your categorization/definition. They literally go into hibernation for YEARS and barely ever interact with their fans via social media (they don't go live, they don't talk to fans, and they are rarely online). But when they drop an album, it sells like hotcakes because their songs are CATCHY, SONICALLY INTERESTING, AND EVERYONE CAN PRACTICALLY GROVE TO THEIR MUSIC. Normani has yet to write music that can entice every race (blacks, whites, asians, latinos, etc....a WHOLE AUDIENCE). The goal is to write music that is GLOBALLY SUCCESSFUL. Normani, with the team she has, fails to do that every time. Motivation was a move in the right/better direction...but even that wasn't a strong enough (SOLO) song to quite get her there.
She has a say. They work for her. This is her. This is her doing. Accept that fact. Stop blaming “teams” that control her. They don’t. Look at Tinashe. You can make your own destiny. Put a rehearsal or live performance on your RUclips if you can’t book a tv show. But Normani doesn’t want to.
Tyla has been promoting 3 songs from the album with visuals: Art, Jump and Water along with interviews and publicity. Normani did a Coach ad with a barely there dance challenge 🫤
@lindsay3314 I do agree that music videos and interviews ect help but at the end of the day dopamine was not that good to me I've tried to listen 3 time I stopped listening half way through the album the first listen I tried again 3x because I was routing for her I did like 3 songs though but they was forgetable tyla aulbum was fire start to finish but I do belive if normani fans keeping buying and streaming she can go gold it still not to late to support
@@lindsay3314And it’s actually 4 singles because Truth Or Dare has a music video too and was performed. She’s been performing a lot too so the difference shows. I want this for Normani so bad though.
Normani should've released the debut album at least in 2020 and self-titled it as an introduction to her journey as solo artist and a grown adult with 3 to 4 singles released and a success tour. Then, by 2021 or 2022, work on her sophomore album, keep the album title she used this year but with stronger Pop and R&B songs with a world tour.
I really like Normani but being completely honest and putting it bluntly she is boring and lazy . Motivation was fantastic . Great song , great video gorgeous girl that was just what she needed to catapult herself to stardom. But what did Normani do ?…..nothing . She released wild side with cardi which was very mediocre and apart from that it’s been the odd ballad and actually years at a time doing nothing . Doesn’t have the drive to succeed . Shes also lacking in personality and she is just dull . Her album could be great but she’s gone stale it’s too late she should hang it up and do something else she’s left it too long . As for her fan base it doesn’t actually exist . Hype online is basically a part of the black Community who say Normani is great because she’s black. Not only black but blacker than the other main girls ( Nikki , Beyoncé ) so they like her based on that purely . Not the art she actually produces . It’s fake hype in my opinion . A shame as I’m sure she’s devastated but she should have put more work in years ago , and not believed the race fuelled hype online x
I think she is talented but absolutely nothing excites me about her anymore which is not good for her. Nowadays an artist have to show her personality. Even the singers that do ballads, sad and chill songs show their personalities like Adele. Sometimes I wonder if she is an introvert but I am not even sure. We don't know anything about her, we can only speculate. She could easily go live on social media to create a fanbase. But she doesn't. I don't know what happened to her but I don't understand the way she manages her career.
Atleast now the shea butter community can no longer use her to prove an argument everytime an female artist they don't like charts 🤷🏾♀️ (she's still talented though...insomnia is a bop)
@@lovelight1149 Exactly what you said. They only use her for Twitter clout and engagement but most of them aren't even real fans themselves nor stream her music. Yes, label sabotage and colorism did play an part in Normani's ill fate but only showing "support" just to use her ammunition against lighter skinned artists isn't making it anybetter.
I definitely feel sorry for her because the album was fine and deserved at least top20 debut. The reason it flopped was that all hype and attention she ever had is now gone. I understand she had personal issues and most likely also some label issues that prevented her to release the album but she still could´ve worked to keep the momentum and people interested in her. All of this could´ve been avoided. What i would do is to release 3 EP´s between her debut collaborations (2018-19) and Dopamine (2024). 1st EP: Motivation (2019), 2nd EP: Wild Side (2021), 3rd EP: Candy Paint (2023). Each EP would be around 5 songs with these 3 songs being the lead singles. Even though it´s not much it´s something and it would keep people interested. Throughout these 5 years between Motivation and Dopamine i would also release collaborations with different artists, like for example It It Ain´t Me with Dua Lipa - originally this Dua´s song was a collaboration between her and Normani but then Normani´s team took her from the track and Dua decided to release the solo version. I would just do everything to make sure i´m releasing a single or collaboration or something every 3-4 months. I would also be little more active on social media or tried to find some other way to build a strong connection with my fanbase. Dopamine´s rollout also should´ve went differently: She should´ve released the lead single along with the album announcement back in february and then the 2nd single around May. I would make sure to release music videos along with the songs and perform them because Normani´s visual, dancing and performance skills are what sets her apart from many people in the industry. There were so many songs on the album that could´ve made the first 2 singles and it would´ve worked better than how it did originally. I´m not saying Normani would be a number 1 superstar in the world or selling millions of records but if she managed her career like i wrote in this comment she could debut with 50k like nothing and most likely with even much higher numbers. I truly hope Dopamine´s chart performance won´t discourage her to keep making music and trying her best. She´s very talented and she deserve to succeed.
If it deserved to be top 20 it would’ve been top 20. The music wasn’t all that and she didn’t do anything new. Took half a decade to make an album with no impact. Just mediocre music that you can hear from another artist.
The thing is. They shouldn’t have compared her to Beyoncé. You can tell Normani work ethic isn’t there for music. This is why I genuinely can support Tinashe because she’s always releasing music and it’s organic. Let’s support the girls who WANT THIS!
The only reason RCA went through with this album release is cuz they didn't want to hear the cries of r*cism from black internet. A very "Here, My Dear" sitch. They're tired of her, so they threw it out there and paid it.
You're right, normani should've dropped her debut album years ago. I understand she didn't want to go pop but even Whitney Houston had pop songs her first two album that are loved by black people then and now until she made her switch to doing more risk on her "I'm your baby to night" album. Also normani had 5 months to roll this album but waited until March to start promoting for June album. I knew it was gonna flop then. I don't understand why people feel like we don't want her to win because we do but unless she wants to win. We can only do so much, sometimes you need to put get out of your own and step into your success.
@@JeremiahBordersWhitney Houston early pop records (especially from her sophomore era) were despised by a lot of the black community and media. She got booed at the Soul awards two years in a row (1988-89) bc her music was deemed "too white". Al Sharpton had a whole nickname for her which was "Whitey Houston "
@AngeBiampandou her sound was despised by black people because she had to re-record them to take out alot of soul out from those records. Remember people said saving all my love was very much Aretha frankly sounding until Clive forced her to re-record it to sound more appealing to white people which Clive himself has admitted in his book. Black people love because they knew what she could do vocal from being in the church. That's why black people booed her back then and called her a sale out and she took a more rnb approach on her third album which she again fought Clive Davis to do. So let's add all the context to this conversation. Al Sharpton was clown then as is now but you had black people that did love her music then like you do know.
I LOVE Normani and I know that she has a lot of people ROOTING for her. She's that girl that we all want to see succeed big time but it's not happening...She has great potential but I think she's just not relatable to people and to her fans. Nowadays people want to connect. Before Beyonce became Beyonce she was everywhere giving interviews, connecting with people...look at Rihanna (she's the greatest example of a pop star who's relatable to people) For some reasons, Normani "rising star" wanted to play the mystery pop star girl posting every 3 to 6 months perfect retouched photos, no real connections etc...that's BORING!!!!!! I really hope that her team can change her marketing strategy and give us more. In the comment section, you guys said.."we shouldn't be begging more from her" this should be given for free. I wish her well. She's still young, her time will come. I have FAITH in her!!!!!!!!
Her songs are exactly like her career to date. It feels like a build up to nothing. just UNSATISFYING Like the beat never fully drops. They all feel "Meh"
People really put a girl who can't sell 12k first week or chart ONE single on billboard in the same sentence as the LEGENDARY billionaire beyonce Giselle who is 27 years in still on top with platinum classic ALBUMS and HITS....stadium TOURS....nearly every award known to man...over 2 billion movie box office gross...the lead of one of the most influential female groups of all time...I mean I HAVE TO SCREAM😭😭😭
she let the hype for her die down and now not that many care about the music, the music industry and attention around it these days are fickle. also charts is only an issue discussed if you’re main audience is stan twitter so it really doesn’t matter if the music is good bc ofc her audience is very stan twitter coded the sales of the album will be discussed heavily unfortunately
I find it ironic that a lot of the comments from fans were backhanded. I know 5H wasn't the coolest group to be a fan of, but anyone who followed them at the time would know how she struggled with cyberbullying.
I feel like the album is way more fitting for fall season (the rnb vibe feels more cozy) + there is so much music coming out rn, everybody and their momma is on tour, new pop girlies are on the rise, which does not mean there is not enough space for normani anymore but this all overshadowed the appeal for a new normani album. She took waaaay to long she ain't no Beyoncé or Riri (yet). If the label is in the way post tiktoks where we can see you dance or do covers (just like Chloe did), interact with your fans, show your PERSONALITY, don't pick sides (referring to nicki and cardi), upload music on soundcloud (like Doja, Tinashe, etc.) JUST STAY ACTIVE and MARKET YOURSELF! It's not that, we are in the social media era not the early 2000s!
Normani’s fans along with many Of Black Twitter Favs ie Megan and Cardi 😊 have shitted on Nicki Minaj’s accomplishments including Pink Friday 2 sales. So of course they are gonna get their lick back. By the way just cause you are “unproblematic” doesnt mean u get shielded from critique. Normani is a mainstream act like everybody else. People are gonna talk about, praise and or critique her music just like they fo Nicki , Beyonce, Rihanna, Camila, Taylor etc. Just because she’s flopping doesnt mean she’s beyond reproach! 🤣🤭
Sorry but i will STILL have some type of grace for her, dragging somebody who’s dealing with a situation where BOTH PARENTS have cancer is just ANOTHER TYPE of low. There’s just no excuse for that or justifying it. And who was dragging Nicki Minaj AFTER HER ALBUM RELEASE? Like huh?!!! I saw praises more than anything…
@@miguelaashoo7943 I've seen tons of Normani fans dragging other artists so stop with the excuses. Just because her parents have cancer doesn't mean that girl is above being criticized. People drag Nicki after she lost her father, people drag Megan after she lost her mother and was shot, people drag Doja after she was beaten by her brother. An artist's personal life has nothing to do with their music and persona being praised or clowned. You Normani stans want everybody to kiss that girl's butt but never actually support and it's beyond hilarious to me.
Camila’s last album, Familia, only opened with like 27K so if ‘C xoxo’ also opens with flop numbers, who knows, maybe 5H will reunite so they can all regain momentum. 😅
Not surprising. People were never going to support her. It was always fake love. I wish she would have took half of the million dollars she spent on the wild side video and instead promoted her album more. Either way good luck to her in the future.
@@queenofnyc5584 lol the video was over 1 million dollars. It was right then I knew she doesn’t make good decisions. There are so many things she could have put that money into.
@Shane,i been said she’s DUMB!! 🤦🏻♂️ she doesn’t make good decisions in business or has a good ear for music. what she should have done was release an EP which included wild side & promote on her own social medias,go live,talk to fans etc….. that 1 mill+ could have gone into 1-3 videos for said EP & that would have left her on peoples minds & held her fans over till an actual album.
not to glaze but i was watching another youtuber who makes content a lot like urs a couple hours ago and she touched briefly on the whole normani situation. i'm all for people voicing their honest opinions but hate when those opinions don't have logical reasoning behind them and are just to hate. (majority of twitter users) i srsly hated the way she voiced her opinion. she started shaming normani for having low album sales and said that she was comparing herself too much to beyonce and was overhyping herself which was honestly wild to me because of how WRONG that take was. it was her FANS who were comparing her to beyonce and overhyping her and she herself said that the beyonce comparisons were making her insecure. a lot of creators who make content like urs tend to be over opinionated and call these celebrities mean names just because they're not a fan of them and in the long run end up sounding ridiculous when i try to watch their videos. On the other hand, even when ur criticizing a celeb's actions, artistry etc, you still sound respectful and say things that I can actually agree with and that's why i really enjoy ur content. 🎀 not to glaze tho
Awww thank you so much! I appreciate that. And yeah I would consider myself pretty critical and analytical but that's just how I'm wired in general.. however there's a way to convey that in my opinion without being harsh, mean, nasty, name Calling ECT. You can point out the facts and say where improvements can be made without all that extra stuff in my opinion. I don't know what Creator you are even talking about but I don't care to know really. I make it a point to get my points out in a hopefully clear structured way without all the filler stuff lol
Facts! Many of these commentators lack any research skills and little nuance. That’s why hesitate to call them journalists and diminish the field of journalism with people who actually take their craft and name seriously.
I’m getting so tired of these bloggers talk like they’re in the record label rooms like they know how to make someone do high/low numbers as if it’s their place. Like if you’re gonna review something, review the product, and stop focusing so much on the data of it, because you’re not even the boss to even be worried about the data in the first place. It’s just annoying at this point.
No honestly I think it’ comes from the promo not being like prominent from the rollout cause I kept asking people did u hear Normani album they said who lmao so he’s needs to make a name for herself I bought and steamed the album of my Gemini sister but I loved it it we a bop to me
I just can’t wait til the fans know their place again. It’s not our job to worry about these ppls sales. It’s our job to consume and support if that’s what you chose to do. We don’t have a special data basis where we’re plugging in the numbers. Y’all be talking the sales, more than yall help with the sales and that’s backwards as hell. If you got the energy to talk about numbers and data you personally can’t do anything with, I hope you’re the same person to actually buy whatever it is you’re talking about. If you care about sales so much, you should have no problem putting your money towards the sales. Let the executives do their job and please let’s start just giving real reviews on music again. I’m bout tired of fans reporting on numbers with no mention of how the music sounded to them. I miss those times where ppl described the way a song or body of work sonically sounds, rather than tryna be an executive on their couches 🤦🏾♀️
Well if the executives and everyone at the top were doing their jobs with the artists there wouldn't be anything for the consumers who listen to the musicians to analyze.... We are talking about mainstream artists there's a lot involved in being considered a mainstream artist I don't like the idea of pretending certain realities don't exist and that we aren't allowed to talk about them seems a little delusional to me. Sure a lot of people aren't "executives" but how do you presume a lot of these people at the top got there to begin with ? Maybe being analytical but that's just me. Doing that doesn't mean not enjoying the music 😭❤️
@@str8faxx you’re responding to a half point. My point is simple. People talk about the numbers more than they’re listening to the music and taking it in, then giving us how they felt about the music, what it sounds like, etc. we can talk about the numbers but the half stepping journalism when it comes to music, is partial reason why we’re getting microwavable music along with other things. We’re not even telling artist anymore whether we like their music other than if it’s “trash”, which is not helpful to them. They need more than that. I see some of yall still giving actual reviews, but the majority of the media will keep the conversation at the numbers, and you leave their video, pages, blogs, not really gaining insight on how a body of work sounded, made them feel because as the consumer. Whether execs they’re doing their jobs or not, that has nothing to do with our ability to really take the music in, and talk about it in a well rounded form.
Well, she didn't do anything to anybody but her only live performance without back track was a disaster...because she doesn't have Aaliya or Beyonce voice. Perhaps it was a bad day but the damage is done. Plus she began her career in pop and that is the problem. Because coming back with Rn'B is difficult, the public of Rn'B is more difficult to win. And normally, is the other way around : some artist being with Rn'B strongly and built a strong fan base with this public and then make a crossover with more pop songs without alienating the Rn'B public. But Armani had first and foremost a pop fan base because she came from pop music and now winning the Rn'B public is complicated and most of her pop fans won't follow her there. Plus the constant comparison to other artists is hurting her, it doesn't let her find herself, her own personality. With her first single we could see the a certain air of Beyoncé, the her second single was more Ariana Grande (even the back vocals where from Arianna). See here is already a problem, she became independent, made a first single more Rn'B and the a second one pop, etc. Then years latter an album. There was too many changes of style, too much hype, too much time...and for me she hasn't found herself completely yet. Hope she does in future albums.
ugh i want her to win so badly :,< i wonder what's going on behind the scenes. bc rca was the label that tinashe was signed with and now she's independant. maybe something similar is going on with her and if thats the case, hopefully normani can be independant sometime soon:/
I blame her team ..but honestly she hasn't been as popular since she did that song with cardi after that and this is just my opinion I think she fell off
The people on twitter are not normani’s fanbase they are camila haters, they won’t buy or stream they just want to support her on the superficial level and root for her just to make camila mad and the fact is that even in this camila flop era she is still doing 30k on her first week everything is tragic and pathetic overall. I don’t think normani wants to be a music star either, she has the looks and stage presence and can work her vocals but she just isn’t passionate about music, or else she would’ve been so much more commited to it. You can’t deliver an album 8 years later she is no rihanna level for people to wait so long. And she is not into it, she went away cwred for her family and it was understandable but then she appears on people’s video and collabs but she can show up to her own music? I feel like she wants the celebrity life and friendship and acquantainces but without putting in work at least for singing, she just likes dancing so much more and is really passionate about that
Normani has to consistently release music videos and get onto her record label and management team to help promote and get a budget. Releasing a video once every few years is not the way to go. It'll just make fans upset and cause them to move on. Only so many times they're gonna beg and ask for videos and performances. I'm not going to put the whole blame on Normani as it is a mix of her, management team, and the record label.
This was predictable. She is a dancer, and she didn't get the chance to put out a music video before the album dropped. The nation and the barbs have been tussling before wildside since wap actually. I remember some of them dragging Chloe for her sales and beefing with Tinashe and Coco Jones fans whenever they were compared. She's talented obviously but talent isn't enough. After I listened to the album twice I couldn't find any other content related to it or her anywhere so i moved on. She should have done a pre-release instead of a post release strategy, but I don't know how much control she had. Hopefully she can recover and her restless fanbase learn to chill.
I streamed the album and bought three songs off it. (Would've bought the whole album but I got parental controls and couldn't buy it). I bought take my time, all yours, and distance. I think that does help, and personally listening to these songs now that I spent my own money on makes me like them even more. Distance is not my favorite by far. I think people were expecting more because fifth harmony's two more successful album sold 75K-88K relatively in their first weeks. I am gonna be honest, I wanted her to do 30k-50k first week. The album is good to me. I just hope she is consistent now.
Where are the performances? Music videos? Mainstream singles? 1:59 was a bad choice. Ok so if she had no budget left… Rehearsal video on RUclips? Club appearances? Anything?????
Thank you so much for reading all the comments. Most of them I do not agree with. This album was truly something special. I really enjoyed it. It’s been on constantly. This is her first body of work and it seems like it’s gonna be a grower, which is not bad because it’s art. And if you want to go look at something interesting go look at Mariah Carey‘s debut numbers.
STOP ASKING FOR MUSIC VIDEOS. If no one was streaming the album, who’s going to watch the mvs??? Save the money for a different project at this point. 🤷🏻♀️ Idc what anyone says! I’ll be there last Normani fan standing 😭😫
but mv is to create hype and then album should be released that is what most people do normani doesnt have strong enough fanbase to relase an album without mv like beyonce and get same success but maybe she had less budget but she could have done simple dance type of mv without spending much money and people would still love it bc she is a good dancer
I think a big issue is that physical units were not available for purchase. I collect vinyl and CDs and would have bought either (and possibly both) but I only streamed because I don’t have much use for a digital album at the moment.
Had this album not taken almost 6 years it would have been fine but if ur starting off ur career as a solo singer …6 years for an album that being realistic most likely only took a couple of months to make isn’t the vibe like she can keep her other music bc being a Stan of her I know to even get a single I’ll have to wait a year or two…. I understand it takes time to make a good body of work…. But again 6 years is pretty ridiculous at least for a debut album had it been a 2nd or third album I would understand but girl we moved on we aren’t listening to u anymore. That being said yes both her parents had cancer and that’s 100% a reason to not even focus on music but girl shouldn’t have been teasing and giving dates 🧍🏻🧍🏻🧍🏻
I bought the digital album because I wanted to support her but, it was lowkey annoying because I'd much rather purchase a vinyl or a physical CD. RCA is doing her wrong.
Her label and team management are TRASH ! That beiing said, Dopamine has very good reviews by the musical press and other press so ...well done Normani👍. Social media is not the Alpha and Omega for music critic
And to answer ur question Nicki Minaj fans beef with everybody 🤦🏽♂️ they have no life they live vicariously through Nicki 🤡 just ignorant and miserable
Normani signed after tinashe went independent from RCA, normani shoulda peeped tbh. I’m truly not surprised at her album sales, 11k is exactly what Tinashe did with her debut album Aquarius under RCA
Same thing happened with Chloe Bailey. I’m not buying that album when I pay 9.99 a month. I’ll stream and I’m definitely buying tickets to the tour. as they evolve in their art form and positive I’ll buy one of the albums. I like they just need to find their groove first. 0:46
I think her album has replay value. 8/10 to me. But there’s not really a song that sticks out in a major way imo. They’re all around the same strength level. Overall fun to listen to but nothing spectacular.
I can't speak on numbers but I will say I like Normani, she's beautiful and talented but I haven't heard a single song off this album anywhere online!!! Where were the snippets! The visuals! The energy around this project just didn't entice me to go outta my way to seek her music and that's unfortunate. (I will listen eventually but not a top priority)
1. The Label heard the album first 2. The KNEW it was boring 3. They decided not to waste a lot of money promoting it 4. It did 12k first week 5. THE END
Normani… 1. She keeps putting down Motivation but that song is a classic and ahead of it’s time 😒 2. She’s a dancer that’s not dancing, where’s the MV🧐 3. Where’s the promo? Chicken shop date? Wings challenge? Perform in a club? Hell, Sabrina Carpenter sold coffee for espresso😒
I don’t think people were clowning her album but they were more disappointed with the outcome. Camila’s songs that had been released for C, Xoxo had been ass. Even though I will check it out. I’m not looking for to it!.. They give no substance or any kind of creativity at all. I think Dopamine was a very solid album. I don’t think it was Normani’s best album but she had songs on there that were very similar in some places. Lights On is my favorite on the album along with Insomnia. Never trust any of those stan accounts they bring so much negativity and drama. Especially starting beef’s.. As for me I think Normani’s album was very solid and you have some moments on it that were enjoyable!.. I even did a review on it. Even gave it a 6 / 10. I think the problem that Normani is having is that she is not being active on social media. Yes RCA had been terrible. I feel like if Normani went on TikTok and did some dances. It really could have helped to get the songs noticed. She has not done anything to make this album interesting. Not one live performance or one dance on TikTok. I think it’s just like she said. Here’s the album “Girl bye” If you are not going to be consistent and be active? People will not care. It doesn’t matter if it’s the label or the artist. You gonna stay consistent. Her fans are also to blame. If you are saying you love Normani? Then actually stream, buy the songs and album. Don’t say you will support and not do anything.. Normani having no physical copies out doesn’t help either. I would actually buy one for my CD collection. People complain because she’s not getting album sales and streams. That is more of a you problem. I can only do so much!..
I’m praying for her because I just feel like I see God all up and through this and if she does it right it could be a slow and steady wins the race type deal. I’m coming from a place where she was my favorite in 5H. I knew she was the least vocally talented but I was ok with that because she could perform her ass off. No matter what she always looked the strongest and I valued that and being the only black girl maybe I was a lil biased too. Lol The thing is I began to lose faith once the gaps between the singles and not seeing her online began to happen. I understand cyber bullying but to do this you still have to be seen. Even just posting once or twice a week doing something whether it’s dance or what have you would be a great start. But I always told myself I’m still gonna check out what she does and keep up with her regardless even if my faith had dwindled. I know RCA is a major catalyst of the ball dropping too even with the album rollout. But now that it’s here I can say I adore the album so much. I went into it with no expectations (the album made me like 1:59 and Candy paint more but I think they were the wrong single choices and didn’t like them at first) so I had an open mind and I loooooove so much. INSOMNIA DESERVES A GRAMMY!!!! I can see why everyone may not like it but for me I GET IT and for me it’s an album she should feel proud of and can tour. I’m very happy for her and I’m gonna support it heavy and if she tours I’m there. But we do need visuals and more public appearance badddd if there is any chance of success.
Normani is partly to blame for this circumstance. If you want to keep and grow your fanbase then you have to grind, especially at the beginning of your career. Normani was acting like Rihanna, taking forever to drop new music. But the difference is that Rihanna put in the work at the beginning of her career and built a solid and loyal fanbase, who will stick with her through the gaps between her music drops. Plus Rihanna has made herself relatable. Normani has this distant vibe...she's a nice girl but her personality is rather generic. And it almost felt like her fans had to beg her for scraps. I feel like some people just got tired of it and moved on.
She should have dropped the album the same week she announced there was an upcoming album. Because that week it was all hype. And due to the terrible marketing of her team, the hype didn’t continue up until the actual release date.
People talk way too much shit on things that they dont know shit about Her rollout is weird? Yes, and aldo inconsistent, yes. But people are talking about normani saying things that they dont really know the reason behind it, is fucking weird
Normani doesn’t make good decisions. Everyone is trying to help her and uses the victim card when necessary. At least she has the ads from Coach. But she needs to release music videos, dance practice and tiktok challenges.
Normani is terrible at promoting her own music. She barely posts and uses social media to her full advantage. Saweetie is really good at this because she promotes the heck out of NANi and constantly posts about it on social media.
I think the problem with Normani is her PR & Marketing strategy. She should be doing so many interviews and performances in famous shows. She needs the exposure so people that forget about her remember her and be aware of the new album, or new people get to know her. She should make Hot Ones interview and be in other famous shows. The only one I saw was that she was on Zach Sang Show and that is great but not enough. Is also weird to not have music videos already of the singles. I wish her the best but they need more effort in that area to get a better reaction.
Honestly nobody is really selling like that anymore so the focus should be on the quality of the music and in that respect Normani delivered....The album is solid!!!
Aren’t most artists having low first week sales anyways? I don’t feel like it’s good or bad but I will say it also doesn’t surprise me one bit. As for the hype around her album and her in general I believe it was a lot larger but over time it fizzled out a bit especially within the last year. We all know she is talented and capable but the hype fell off. The end result wasn’t a bad album at all it’s a pretty great effort just one that was underwhelming for the amount of time spent waiting for it. People need to stop being mean to Normani like I said most artists have lower first week sales these days.
Normani was set up to be a Pop Star hence all the big Pop collaborations but when she made it clear she wanted to do RNB, her record label set her up to be a failure hence no budget, performances and videos😢
If there’s a beef between the Nation and Barbs, the Barbs started because they start every damn thing. Normani’s fans really just be minding their business and posting her everyday. Just because they created this narrative that Normani and Nicki are beefing based on the two not being publicly linked anymore. None of us knows what happened, if anything happened at all.
At this point ...I blame Normani, she really isnt doing anything to promote her album...as if she didnt drop an album..and she must stop lying about videos
I love Normani, this album is just not my taste. I will always support her but not by buying an album I won't be listening to. I wish she would go out and perform live, i will always watch and five her views bc shes an outstanding performer. More interviews please. She needs to try and get out of her head and interact with her fans online. Release behind the scenes on RUclips etc etc
I wanted to really love this album but it sounds dated. Then only one visual that's 3 years old. It's cohesive to the point it all sounds the same. The songs are cute for a lounge vibe
To be fair they hooked her up with a bunch of features , a huge budget for motivation, a huge budget for wild side, and Normani said let’s stop i want more time over and over. How much budget are they going to give her
@@jonathanm5894she paid for wildsides video herself though. She paid 1 mil for that. It’s easy to blame her cause she’s the face of her brand but you don’t know what goes on behind the scenes. I pray she’s able to release a video soon so she’ll show y’all it’s not her talent and zeal that’s lacking, it’s the push.
This album was good not great,also I can’t wait till Camilla’s album,also not gonna lie barbs are kinda weird cuz they hate everyone Nicki has beef with.
Since the fanbase, it's not surprising but Nicki isn't in beef with Normani. They just don't look at each others and it's okay. Artists aren't meant to get along with each other
And with all that being said about Nicki fanbase let’s go ahead and add why didn’t Meg or Cardi fanbase support the album? Did Megan or Cardi even share the album to their followers?
So funny how people (majority Nicki Minaj’s barbs 💀 they’re miserable) are so quick to run and clown her whenever she flops or underperforms but constantly uplifts Coco Jones & Victoria Monet 🤔 when they’re both technically flops I don’t care bout them having no Grammy 😒 mind you her streams and sales are more than theirs combined people swear up and down that “On My Mama” is a hit but will call “Motivation” a flop yet both songs peaked at #33 on billboard and “Motivation” sold more mind you she never promoted “Motivation” (except for that 1 VMA performance after the song had died out) unlike Victoria who obviously promoted “On My Mama” also they say “ICU” was a smash but again “ICU” went gold and “Motivation” went platinum 🤦🏽♂️ like make it make sense also I like Coco & Victoria and they obviously sing better than Normani but facts are facts 🤷🏽♂️ Tyla is another example “Water” was 1 of the biggest hits of the year yet she only did 12k more than Normani like where is the outrage? Also it’s obvious that Tyla is and will remain a 1 hit wonder yet people stay saying she the next Rihanna 😂 it’s the lies for me like the hate Normani gets is just so weird and forced I don’t get it also who cares that the album flopped it’s been on repeat and will stay on repeat I’d rather listen to good music than garbage music just because it’s popular but then again the majority of the world I’m talking like %99.9 🤦🏽♂️ does and likes what trends 🤡 thank god I’ve always had my own ideas and have never let the outside noise influence the things I like or my interest
She doesn't bother anyone didn't do anything to anyone. It's giving unhinged jealousy . Her brand deals, her successful career, the bars on the album must got some of you bitterrrr😂 #Coach💰 #Dopamine #Billboard #StuntQueen❤🔥#GenrelessQueen
Y’all need to stop with this nonsense. Every time someone doesn’t do well yall blame it on people being jealous. Honestly speaking very few people would want to be in Norman’s position. Between her personal issues and her career ( or lack there of), there is literally nothing to be envious of. Her peers are doing much better. The people mad at normani are her ex fans that are bitter at how long the album debut took to come out.
Normani songz aren't great but some of the songz on Dopamine are okay. Do ppl let albums settle instead of rushing it..!! Dang give it time. Everything is not just about numbers. That's one of the main problems. It's more than that..!! And since when did ppl become streaming police or FBI..!! Chill, Good lawd..!!
They gave her huge budgets for motivation and wild side and Normani kept stopping the project so are you surprised they didn’t give her another huge budget ? I am not
Normani fans have dragged every single female artist under the sun from, Chloe, Tinashe, Coco jones, Camila, Nicki, Beyonce and more there is not set beef between a certain fanbase so don’t point fingers at barbz and camilizers when multiple fanbases are returning the same energy they dished out first
It’s like they find excuses no matter where and just won’t call a spade a spade if any other artists got those numbers it’s a flop no matter how you flip it twist it like 😭😭
i streamed the album twice. I think the problem with Normani specifically is dancing ( which is what she is great at) isn’t what we’re getting. I think people are tired of begging. We have to beg for physicals (vinyls and Cd’s), beg to see her perform, and now we have to beg for music videos to see her dance? or even just to see NORMANI. The album was good, but why does her fanbase have to beg for things that should already be available? Plus the fanbase can’t even hype up Normani because we only have 3 music videos in the span of 6 years. Nobody is going to want to hear about how good wildside and motivation dance routines are anymore.
I hope Normani keeps going and has more consistency because she has so much potential.
Very true !!! We should have already gotten music videos for some of the songs off DOPAMINE to begin with 🤨 but I digress.
Yeah but her job is to make music, just put it out and good.
@@maunochromaticWe keep telling y'all to REACH OUT TO RCA ABOUT THAT!!!🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
@@wonderful4life & you think they’re gonna listen to me tho 😭😭
I want to just say something, everyone please use normani as an example (including me) sometimes the best thing you can do is to GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY!!! Put your fears, put your pride, stop waiting for the right moment, let go of being a perfectionist and get out of your way. Alot of times, we sabotage our own success rather we feel like we don't deserve it or it goes against our Integrity but we all need to remember that each door that opens for us are chance to get the experience that we need to before we go on our next adventure.
This is something we all struggle with but we all need to be reminded to do. We all have our unique calling and shouldn't feel ashamed to get to our calling. Stop trying to fight where life is pushing you to go because you are going to get there one way or another. It better to a smooth sailing then to get shipwrecked because you didn't want the sea of life to guide you.
Please get out of your way and step into your success!
omg preachhh, honestly I do feel for her as I can be a perfectionist as well, and that stops me sometimes from really pursuing my passions the way I should. I'm trying to do better but it's really hard when you feel like you need to be the best possible version of yourself to even put anything out there or "step into the limelight", ya feel me?
❤❤❤ yess!
I needed to read this so bad!!! I’m suffering from this right now. I felt so at home putting out my first album but now that my second one is coming I’m slowly putting it together. Been working on it for 4 years I just gotta trust myself and believe that it will be just as good if not better.
It’s still crazy to me that there’s no music videos for either of the singles.
Wildside entered the chat***
RCA may have said “we gave you MONEY for motivation and wild side and there’s no budget left for this project we need to recoup what we spent” and honestly they wouldn’t be wrong. And she could still have done a iPhone/lofi cute dance video with behind the scenes footage. She could have filmed it herself if she was hungry for it. With a few dance friends. For free. But she likes to chill.
@@jonathanm5894I thought in an interview, she said Wild Side was funded by herself (or maybe I heard wrong). But I agree. Like not even a single visualizer for the tracks too when that shouldn't take too much effort to film compared to a full blown MV.
@@jonathanm5894how have they not recouped with both songs were hits? Especially motivation in multiple counties with millions of views?? And mind you she spent her own money to fund majority of wild side. RCA didn’t want to fund it like Motivation because they didn’t even like it. You’re defending a label known to sabotage its own artists.
I think 2 things happened here. Number 1, Normani and her team waited to long to put the album out. It should've come out after either Motivation or Wild Side. I think people just got sick and tired of waiting and moved on to something else. Number 2, Normani doesn't really have a strong fanbase. Normani spent way too much time being mysterious, when it really she should've been connecting with her fans and cultivating a fanbase instead
I’ve always said this. She’s not very active with her fans on any platforms. She’ll go days, weeks, without posting anything
Please support Normani! For those who keep asking about her music video for Candy Paint: if you're willing to help pay for the music video then please by all means do so because RCA sure as heck isn't going to do it. Normani had to spend over $1 million of her own money to pay fund the Wild Side music video: in a time when the average American couldn't even afford $1000 for rent because she believed in it. People do not believe when we say Black Women are truly SABOTAGED in the music industry. Producing an album is NOT CHEAP: people charge about $50K to $200K per song hence why it took her some time because she is doing this all by herself all while supporting her parents who were suffering from cancer. Meanwhile RCA invested millions into Tate Mcrae's music career, used black contemporary culture and marketed it to the masses for profit.
Please buy and stream Dopamine ~* !!! It's literal sonic perfection ^_^
Lmaooo being sabotaged how the music just sucks stop with the victim mentality and do better. If music is good people will support. Yall always wanna victimize yall self. Always a pity party.
@@queenofnyc5584Did you not read how she had to pay for her own music video? Let’s not ignore that and pretend it’s normal, okay?
@@queenofnyc5584 Hi dear: The music is amazing and not all R&B albums see their best sales week initially! She only made the album available on streaming platforms: RCA didn't give her a vinyl you can buy in stores as yet. 17 million streams and 12K albums sold in just one format is pretty impressive for an album that wasn't promoted extensive but rather organically. Don't count her out just yet! ^_^
Thanks for watching sugar!
How is that Tate McRae’s fault? That’s on her label. Normani should have went independent or never signed with RCA.. Look where Tinashe is now. RCA is controlling Normani’s socal media and not interacting with people? She could easily go on TikTok and promote her music and do some dances on TikTok!.. It’s very frustrating to see that this album is out and Normani can’t even take an advantage of doing that to get her songs noticed. Which I think this album was a pretty solid album!..
She said she invested her own money in the music video but for it to be created the cost alone required over $1 million. Is not like she funded it herself entirely. Also, she said the video for 1:59 or Candy Paint was cooking so probably on the way.
I honestly don’t care for Normani anymore. I hate that I feel this way. 😔 There are others that clearly feel the same
Me too, I feel bad.
Yeah, I’m no longer going to care about artist’s careers more than they do themselves. We took prodigies for granted like MJ, Bey, RiRi, Gaga, etc for granted because they had freak lvl of work ethic and were driven by passion and ambition and now we expect the same from all artists when that isn’t always going to be the case for everyone.
She should’ve stayed with the motivation sound and wild side sorta poppy just for the relevancy
I forgot about her honestly
@@melinatedthinka8210Rihanna is NOT a prodigy. She just got famous because of her looks. She’s not in that caliber.
It’s not enough to make good music, many artists have good music and their careers go nowhere. What separates the ‘haves’ from the ‘have nots’ is branding/marketing. Releasing an album with no hit single in the market after having lost all commercial momentum was always a strategy for *failure.*
And as for the fans… Normani fans needed to mobilise and purchase rather than stream. I’m shocked all this hype around Normani on social media and we can’t get 20-30 thousand people to log on to iTunes and purchase? Streaming to support isn’t enough because, one sale equals 1500 streams (and I doubt Normani fans streamed songs from Dopamine 1500 times this past week). K-pop fandoms know how to mobilise. That’s why K-pop idols tend to chart so well on their opening week.
period kaytramine stan
I've said this before and I'll say it again...until she fires her whole team and gets a better team of WRITERS, PROMOTERS, & A MANAGER that knows wtf they are doing Normani will continue to tank. HER MUSIC IS BORING. Her vocals aren't the strongest...but that's OKAY! You dont need to have the best vocals in the industry to make it--your $h*t just needs to sound CATCHY to the MASSES. I honestly believe that if you can make someone as tone deaf as SELENA GOMEZ into a star that sells millions, then there is hope for Normani. But the thing about Selena was, she had a team that could craft the perfect songs (for her weak vocals) that weren't boring to listen to. If Normani doesn't learn this soon & re-vamp her team, then she honestly needs to just let this dream of being a musician go and try her hand at acting/modeling instead.
She did fire her whole team. She got a new team a few months ago. People need to stop blaming everything else, she's just lazy. She barely even acknowledged she had an album.
BORING yes. Just sooooo sauceless
@@RA984U honestly, it's not even a laziness factor. She really is TRYING....the end result just SUCKS. That's the problem. Literally look at Adele, Bruno Mars, Beyonce, Ed Sheeran...these are artists that you could also call "lazy" based off of your categorization/definition. They literally go into hibernation for YEARS and barely ever interact with their fans via social media (they don't go live, they don't talk to fans, and they are rarely online). But when they drop an album, it sells like hotcakes because their songs are CATCHY, SONICALLY INTERESTING, AND EVERYONE CAN PRACTICALLY GROVE TO THEIR MUSIC. Normani has yet to write music that can entice every race (blacks, whites, asians, latinos, etc....a WHOLE AUDIENCE). The goal is to write music that is GLOBALLY SUCCESSFUL. Normani, with the team she has, fails to do that every time. Motivation was a move in the right/better direction...but even that wasn't a strong enough (SOLO) song to quite get her there.
She has a say. They work for her. This is her. This is her doing. Accept that fact. Stop blaming “teams” that control her. They don’t. Look at Tinashe. You can make your own destiny. Put a rehearsal or live performance on your RUclips if you can’t book a tv show. But Normani doesn’t want to.
@@unfiltered8407So every grown person can't relate to exploring their sexuality? Oh, ok, bc thats what some of those songs are about...
Honestly she should’ve dropped the album after Wildside when the momentum was up. It died down now and only another hit would’ve saved her.
Yeah Tyla outsold her, I saw a comparison chart and she had 24K vs Normani's 12K.
Tyla has been promoting 3 songs from the album with visuals: Art, Jump and Water along with interviews and publicity. Normani did a Coach ad with a barely there dance challenge 🫤
@lindsay3314 I do agree that music videos and interviews ect help but at the end of the day dopamine was not that good to me I've tried to listen 3 time I stopped listening half way through the album the first listen I tried again 3x because I was routing for her I did like 3 songs though but they was forgetable tyla aulbum was fire start to finish but I do belive if normani fans keeping buying and streaming she can go gold it still not to late to support
@@lindsay3314And it’s actually 4 singles because Truth Or Dare has a music video too and was performed. She’s been performing a lot too so the difference shows. I want this for Normani so bad though.
Normani should've released the debut album at least in 2020 and self-titled it as an introduction to her journey as solo artist and a grown adult with 3 to 4 singles released and a success tour.
Then, by 2021 or 2022, work on her sophomore album, keep the album title she used this year but with stronger Pop and R&B songs with a world tour.
EXACTLY THIS!
I really like Normani but being completely honest and putting it bluntly she is boring and lazy .
Motivation was fantastic . Great song , great video gorgeous girl that was just what she needed to catapult herself to stardom. But what did Normani do ?…..nothing .
She released wild side with cardi which was very mediocre and apart from that it’s been the odd ballad and actually years at a time doing nothing . Doesn’t have the drive to succeed . Shes also lacking in personality and she is just dull .
Her album could be great but she’s gone stale it’s too late she should hang it up and do something else she’s left it too long .
As for her fan base it doesn’t actually exist . Hype online is basically a part of the black
Community who say Normani is great because she’s black. Not only black but blacker than the other main girls ( Nikki , Beyoncé ) so they like her based on that purely . Not the art she actually produces . It’s fake hype in my opinion . A shame as I’m sure she’s devastated but she should have put more work in years ago , and not believed the race fuelled hype online x
Be honest, you don't really like her lolol!
I think she is talented but absolutely nothing excites me about her anymore which is not good for her. Nowadays an artist have to show her personality. Even the singers that do ballads, sad and chill songs show their personalities like Adele. Sometimes I wonder if she is an introvert but I am not even sure. We don't know anything about her, we can only speculate. She could easily go live on social media to create a fanbase. But she doesn't. I don't know what happened to her but I don't understand the way she manages her career.
This is the truth. She missed her moment & RCA knew it
She dropped the ball so hard
Atleast now the shea butter community can no longer use her to prove an argument everytime an female artist they don't like charts 🤷🏾♀️ (she's still talented though...insomnia is a bop)
What is the shea butter community?
They still will
@@zarario4444im tryna figure that out too😭😭
Twitter users that protect Black artists (esp dark skinned) they claim face injustices. They don't actually support them sometimes.
@@lovelight1149 Exactly what you said. They only use her for Twitter clout and engagement but most of them aren't even real fans themselves nor stream her music. Yes, label sabotage and colorism did play an part in Normani's ill fate but only showing "support" just to use her ammunition against lighter skinned artists isn't making it anybetter.
She’s boring to me unfortunately
Being patted on back aint gonna pay bills. especially in music industry ask joe budden about industry is hitting it hard.
THIS!
I definitely feel sorry for her because the album was fine and deserved at least top20 debut. The reason it flopped was that all hype and attention she ever had is now gone. I understand she had personal issues and most likely also some label issues that prevented her to release the album but she still could´ve worked to keep the momentum and people interested in her. All of this could´ve been avoided. What i would do is to release 3 EP´s between her debut collaborations (2018-19) and Dopamine (2024). 1st EP: Motivation (2019), 2nd EP: Wild Side (2021), 3rd EP: Candy Paint (2023). Each EP would be around 5 songs with these 3 songs being the lead singles. Even though it´s not much it´s something and it would keep people interested. Throughout these 5 years between Motivation and Dopamine i would also release collaborations with different artists, like for example It It Ain´t Me with Dua Lipa - originally this Dua´s song was a collaboration between her and Normani but then Normani´s team took her from the track and Dua decided to release the solo version. I would just do everything to make sure i´m releasing a single or collaboration or something every 3-4 months. I would also be little more active on social media or tried to find some other way to build a strong connection with my fanbase.
Dopamine´s rollout also should´ve went differently: She should´ve released the lead single along with the album announcement back in february and then the 2nd single around May. I would make sure to release music videos along with the songs and perform them because Normani´s visual, dancing and performance skills are what sets her apart from many people in the industry.
There were so many songs on the album that could´ve made the first 2 singles and it would´ve worked better than how it did originally.
I´m not saying Normani would be a number 1 superstar in the world or selling millions of records but if she managed her career like i wrote in this comment she could debut with 50k like nothing and most likely with even much higher numbers.
I truly hope Dopamine´s chart performance won´t discourage her to keep making music and trying her best. She´s very talented and she deserve to succeed.
If it deserved to be top 20 it would’ve been top 20. The music wasn’t all that and she didn’t do anything new. Took half a decade to make an album with no impact. Just mediocre music that you can hear from another artist.
The thing is. They shouldn’t have compared her to Beyoncé. You can tell Normani work ethic isn’t there for music. This is why I genuinely can support Tinashe because she’s always releasing music and it’s organic. Let’s support the girls who WANT THIS!
The only reason RCA went through with this album release is cuz they didn't want to hear the cries of r*cism from black internet. A very "Here, My Dear" sitch. They're tired of her, so they threw it out there and paid it.
You're right, normani should've dropped her debut album years ago. I understand she didn't want to go pop but even Whitney Houston had pop songs her first two album that are loved by black people then and now until she made her switch to doing more risk on her "I'm your baby to night" album. Also normani had 5 months to roll this album but waited until March to start promoting for June album. I knew it was gonna flop then. I don't understand why people feel like we don't want her to win because we do but unless she wants to win. We can only do so much, sometimes you need to put get out of your own and step into your success.
@@JeremiahBordersWhitney Houston early pop records (especially from her sophomore era) were despised by a lot of the black community and media. She got booed at the Soul awards two years in a row (1988-89) bc her music was deemed "too white". Al Sharpton had a whole nickname for her which was "Whitey Houston "
@AngeBiampandou her sound was despised by black people because she had to re-record them to take out alot of soul out from those records. Remember people said saving all my love was very much Aretha frankly sounding until Clive forced her to re-record it to sound more appealing to white people which Clive himself has admitted in his book. Black people love because they knew what she could do vocal from being in the church. That's why black people booed her back then and called her a sale out and she took a more rnb approach on her third album which she again fought Clive Davis to do. So let's add all the context to this conversation. Al Sharpton was clown then as is now but you had black people that did love her music then like you do know.
@AngeBiampandou Maybe she was considered like a sell out in the music industry BUT her fanbase included both black & white people.
Do you have proof or is this just speculation?
I LOVE Normani and I know that she has a lot of people ROOTING for her. She's that girl that we all want to see succeed big time but it's not happening...She has great potential but I think she's just not relatable to people and to her fans. Nowadays people want to connect. Before Beyonce became Beyonce she was everywhere giving interviews, connecting with people...look at Rihanna (she's the greatest example of a pop star who's relatable to people) For some reasons, Normani "rising star" wanted to play the mystery pop star girl posting every 3 to 6 months perfect retouched photos, no real connections etc...that's BORING!!!!!! I really hope that her team can change her marketing strategy and give us more. In the comment section, you guys said.."we shouldn't be begging more from her" this should be given for free.
I wish her well. She's still young, her time will come. I have FAITH in her!!!!!!!!
Her songs are exactly like her career to date. It feels like a build up to nothing. just UNSATISFYING Like the beat never fully drops. They all feel "Meh"
The album is DOPE🚀So proud of Normani 🎉
I agree and bought it!! Definitely gonna support our talented young ppl
People really put a girl who can't sell 12k first week or chart ONE single on billboard in the same sentence as the LEGENDARY billionaire beyonce Giselle who is 27 years in still on top with platinum classic ALBUMS and HITS....stadium TOURS....nearly every award known to man...over 2 billion movie box office gross...the lead of one of the most influential female groups of all time...I mean I HAVE TO SCREAM😭😭😭
That album cover didn't help sales i promise you.
The fact that her fans were actin like she was so much better than Chloe and she did just as bad😂
I still prefer Normani over Chloe lolol
What was Chloe’s first week
she let the hype for her die down and now not that many care about the music, the music industry and attention around it these days are fickle. also charts is only an issue discussed if you’re main audience is stan twitter so it really doesn’t matter if the music is good bc ofc her audience is very stan twitter coded the sales of the album will be discussed heavily unfortunately
I find it ironic that a lot of the comments from fans were backhanded. I know 5H wasn't the coolest group to be a fan of, but anyone who followed them at the time would know how she struggled with cyberbullying.
I feel like the album is way more fitting for fall season (the rnb vibe feels more cozy) + there is so much music coming out rn, everybody and their momma is on tour, new pop girlies are on the rise, which does not mean there is not enough space for normani anymore but this all overshadowed the appeal for a new normani album. She took waaaay to long she ain't no Beyoncé or Riri (yet). If the label is in the way post tiktoks where we can see you dance or do covers (just like Chloe did), interact with your fans, show your PERSONALITY, don't pick sides (referring to nicki and cardi), upload music on soundcloud (like Doja, Tinashe, etc.) JUST STAY ACTIVE and MARKET YOURSELF! It's not that, we are in the social media era not the early 2000s!
Normani’s fans along with many Of Black Twitter Favs ie Megan and Cardi 😊 have shitted on Nicki Minaj’s accomplishments including Pink Friday 2 sales. So of course they are gonna get their lick back.
By the way just cause you are “unproblematic” doesnt mean u get shielded from critique. Normani is a mainstream act like everybody else. People are gonna talk about, praise and or critique her music just like they fo Nicki , Beyonce, Rihanna, Camila, Taylor etc. Just because she’s flopping doesnt mean she’s beyond reproach! 🤣🤭
Sorry but i will STILL have some type of grace for her, dragging somebody who’s dealing with a situation where BOTH PARENTS have cancer is just ANOTHER TYPE of low. There’s just no excuse for that or justifying it. And who was dragging Nicki Minaj AFTER HER ALBUM RELEASE? Like huh?!!! I saw praises more than anything…
Not everything is about nicki gurl... She's a human, not our Lord and Savior. Get a grip.
@@miguelaashoo7943 I've seen tons of Normani fans dragging other artists so stop with the excuses. Just because her parents have cancer doesn't mean that girl is above being criticized. People drag Nicki after she lost her father, people drag Megan after she lost her mother and was shot, people drag Doja after she was beaten by her brother. An artist's personal life has nothing to do with their music and persona being praised or clowned. You Normani stans want everybody to kiss that girl's butt but never actually support and it's beyond hilarious to me.
Camila’s last album, Familia, only opened with like 27K so if ‘C xoxo’ also opens with flop numbers, who knows, maybe 5H will reunite so they can all regain momentum. 😅
Likes Camila familla did 60k
@@kittyjackson137It sold 27K in the US first week and debuted at #10
Hope she gets her recognition
Not surprising. People were never going to support her. It was always fake love. I wish she would have took half of the million dollars she spent on the wild side video and instead promoted her album more. Either way good luck to her in the future.
Half a mill for a music video? And didn’t put out an album right after? That was a bad move.
@@queenofnyc5584 lol the video was over 1 million dollars. It was right then I knew she doesn’t make good decisions. There are so many things she could have put that money into.
@Shane,i been said she’s DUMB!!
🤦🏻♂️
she doesn’t make good decisions in business or has a good ear for music.
what she should have done was release an EP which included wild side & promote on her own social medias,go live,talk to fans etc…..
that 1 mill+ could have gone into 1-3 videos for said EP & that would have left her on peoples minds & held her fans over till an actual album.
All talk and no action.
not to glaze but i was watching another youtuber who makes content a lot like urs a couple hours ago and she touched briefly on the whole normani situation. i'm all for people voicing their honest opinions but hate when those opinions don't have logical reasoning behind them and are just to hate. (majority of twitter users) i srsly hated the way she voiced her opinion. she started shaming normani for having low album sales and said that she was comparing herself too much to beyonce and was overhyping herself which was honestly wild to me because of how WRONG that take was. it was her FANS who were comparing her to beyonce and overhyping her and she herself said that the beyonce comparisons were making her insecure. a lot of creators who make content like urs tend to be over opinionated and call these celebrities mean names just because they're not a fan of them and in the long run end up sounding ridiculous when i try to watch their videos. On the other hand, even when ur criticizing a celeb's actions, artistry etc, you still sound respectful and say things that I can actually agree with and that's why i really enjoy ur content. 🎀 not to glaze tho
Awww thank you so much! I appreciate that. And yeah I would consider myself pretty critical and analytical but that's just how I'm wired in general.. however there's a way to convey that in my opinion without being harsh, mean, nasty, name Calling ECT.
You can point out the facts and say where improvements can be made without all that extra stuff in my opinion. I don't know what Creator you are even talking about but I don't care to know really.
I make it a point to get my points out in a hopefully clear structured way without all the filler stuff lol
Facts! Many of these commentators lack any research skills and little nuance. That’s why hesitate to call them journalists and diminish the field of journalism with people who actually take their craft and name seriously.
@@kennethiavail1719 another thing I don't like is the click bait titles. Like don't waste my time if u won't give me the facts 😩
I’m getting so tired of these bloggers talk like they’re in the record label rooms like they know how to make someone do high/low numbers as if it’s their place. Like if you’re gonna review something, review the product, and stop focusing so much on the data of it, because you’re not even the boss to even be worried about the data in the first place. It’s just annoying at this point.
No honestly I think it’ comes from the promo not being like prominent from the rollout cause I kept asking people did u hear Normani album they said who lmao so he’s needs to make a name for herself I bought and steamed the album of my Gemini sister but I loved it it we a bop to me
I just can’t wait til the fans know their place again. It’s not our job to worry about these ppls sales. It’s our job to consume and support if that’s what you chose to do. We don’t have a special data basis where we’re plugging in the numbers. Y’all be talking the sales, more than yall help with the sales and that’s backwards as hell. If you got the energy to talk about numbers and data you personally can’t do anything with, I hope you’re the same person to actually buy whatever it is you’re talking about. If you care about sales so much, you should have no problem putting your money towards the sales. Let the executives do their job and please let’s start just giving real reviews on music again. I’m bout tired of fans reporting on numbers with no mention of how the music sounded to them. I miss those times where ppl described the way a song or body of work sonically sounds, rather than tryna be an executive on their couches 🤦🏾♀️
Well if the executives and everyone at the top were doing their jobs with the artists there wouldn't be anything for the consumers who listen to the musicians to analyze....
We are talking about mainstream artists there's a lot involved in being considered a mainstream artist I don't like the idea of pretending certain realities don't exist and that we aren't allowed to talk about them seems a little delusional to me.
Sure a lot of people aren't "executives" but how do you presume a lot of these people at the top got there to begin with ? Maybe being analytical but that's just me.
Doing that doesn't mean not enjoying the music 😭❤️
@@str8faxx you’re responding to a half point. My point is simple. People talk about the numbers more than they’re listening to the music and taking it in, then giving us how they felt about the music, what it sounds like, etc. we can talk about the numbers but the half stepping journalism when it comes to music, is partial reason why we’re getting microwavable music along with other things. We’re not even telling artist anymore whether we like their music other than if it’s “trash”, which is not helpful to them. They need more than that. I see some of yall still giving actual reviews, but the majority of the media will keep the conversation at the numbers, and you leave their video, pages, blogs, not really gaining insight on how a body of work sounded, made them feel because as the consumer. Whether execs they’re doing their jobs or not, that has nothing to do with our ability to really take the music in, and talk about it in a well rounded form.
Remember when they say she was the New Beyoncé ? 🙃 She always been not that good. She doesn’t have a voice, she just a good dancer.
Well, she didn't do anything to anybody but her only live performance without back track was a disaster...because she doesn't have Aaliya or Beyonce voice. Perhaps it was a bad day but the damage is done. Plus she began her career in pop and that is the problem. Because coming back with Rn'B is difficult, the public of Rn'B is more difficult to win. And normally, is the other way around : some artist being with Rn'B strongly and built a strong fan base with this public and then make a crossover with more pop songs without alienating the Rn'B public. But Armani had first and foremost a pop fan base because she came from pop music and now winning the Rn'B public is complicated and most of her pop fans won't follow her there. Plus the constant comparison to other artists is hurting her, it doesn't let her find herself, her own personality. With her first single we could see the a certain air of Beyoncé, the her second single was more Ariana Grande (even the back vocals where from Arianna). See here is already a problem, she became independent, made a first single more Rn'B and the a second one pop, etc. Then years latter an album. There was too many changes of style, too much hype, too much time...and for me she hasn't found herself completely yet. Hope she does in future albums.
ugh i want her to win so badly :,<
i wonder what's going on behind the scenes. bc rca was the label that tinashe was signed with and now she's independant. maybe something similar is going on with her and if thats the case, hopefully normani can be independant sometime soon:/
I blame her team ..but honestly she hasn't been as popular since she did that song with cardi after that and this is just my opinion I think she fell off
The people on twitter are not normani’s fanbase they are camila haters, they won’t buy or stream they just want to support her on the superficial level and root for her just to make camila mad and the fact is that even in this camila flop era she is still doing 30k on her first week everything is tragic and pathetic overall. I don’t think normani wants to be a music star either, she has the looks and stage presence and can work her vocals but she just isn’t passionate about music, or else she would’ve been so much more commited to it. You can’t deliver an album 8 years later she is no rihanna level for people to wait so long. And she is not into it, she went away cwred for her family and it was understandable but then she appears on people’s video and collabs but she can show up to her own music? I feel like she wants the celebrity life and friendship and acquantainces but without putting in work at least for singing, she just likes dancing so much more and is really passionate about that
Normani has to consistently release music videos and get onto her record label and management team to help promote and get a budget. Releasing a video once every few years is not the way to go. It'll just make fans upset and cause them to move on. Only so many times they're gonna beg and ask for videos and performances. I'm not going to put the whole blame on Normani as it is a mix of her, management team, and the record label.
This was predictable. She is a dancer, and she didn't get the chance to put out a music video before the album dropped. The nation and the barbs have been tussling before wildside since wap actually. I remember some of them dragging Chloe for her sales and beefing with Tinashe and Coco Jones fans whenever they were compared. She's talented obviously but talent isn't enough. After I listened to the album twice I couldn't find any other content related to it or her anywhere so i moved on. She should have done a pre-release instead of a post release strategy, but I don't know how much control she had. Hopefully she can recover and her restless fanbase learn to chill.
I streamed the album and bought three songs off it. (Would've bought the whole album but I got parental controls and couldn't buy it). I bought take my time, all yours, and distance. I think that does help, and personally listening to these songs now that I spent my own money on makes me like them even more. Distance is not my favorite by far.
I think people were expecting more because fifth harmony's two more successful album sold 75K-88K relatively in their first weeks. I am gonna be honest, I wanted her to do 30k-50k first week. The album is good to me. I just hope she is consistent now.
Where are the performances? Music videos? Mainstream singles? 1:59 was a bad choice. Ok so if she had no budget left… Rehearsal video on RUclips? Club appearances? Anything?????
Dopamine is definitely DOPE🚀 So proud of Normani!🎉
Thank you so much for reading all the comments. Most of them I do not agree with. This album was truly something special. I really enjoyed it. It’s been on constantly. This is her first body of work and it seems like it’s gonna be a grower, which is not bad because it’s art. And if you want to go look at something interesting go look at Mariah Carey‘s debut numbers.
Normani & Chlöe should go independent just like Tinashe 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
STOP ASKING FOR MUSIC VIDEOS. If no one was streaming the album, who’s going to watch the mvs??? Save the money for a different project at this point. 🤷🏻♀️ Idc what anyone says! I’ll be there last Normani fan standing 😭😫
but mv is to create hype and then album should be released that is what most people do normani doesnt have strong enough fanbase to relase an album without mv like beyonce and get same success but maybe she had less budget but she could have done simple dance type of mv without spending much money and people would still love it bc she is a good dancer
Apparently there is already a fully finished Candy Paint music video. Why hasn’t she released it yet? It should have come out with the album.
I think a big issue is that physical units were not available for purchase. I collect vinyl and CDs and would have bought either (and possibly both) but I only streamed because I don’t have much use for a digital album at the moment.
A lot of the artists she’s being compared to released with physical units (e.g. Tyla had CD and multiple vinyl variants)
Had this album not taken almost 6 years it would have been fine but if ur starting off ur career as a solo singer …6 years for an album that being realistic most likely only took a couple of months to make isn’t the vibe like she can keep her other music bc being a Stan of her I know to even get a single I’ll have to wait a year or two…. I understand it takes time to make a good body of work…. But again 6 years is pretty ridiculous at least for a debut album had it been a 2nd or third album I would understand but girl we moved on we aren’t listening to u anymore. That being said yes both her parents had cancer and that’s 100% a reason to not even focus on music but girl shouldn’t have been teasing and giving dates 🧍🏻🧍🏻🧍🏻
I bought the digital album because I wanted to support her but, it was lowkey annoying because I'd much rather purchase a vinyl or a physical CD. RCA is doing her wrong.
These girls today have HORRIBLE releases.
How is it that she has no promo performances for the album?
Her label and team management are TRASH ! That beiing said, Dopamine has very good reviews by the musical press and other press so ...well done Normani👍. Social media is not the Alpha and Omega for music critic
And to answer ur question Nicki Minaj fans beef with everybody 🤦🏽♂️ they have no life they live vicariously through Nicki 🤡 just ignorant and miserable
Normani signed after tinashe went independent from RCA, normani shoulda peeped tbh. I’m truly not surprised at her album sales, 11k is exactly what Tinashe did with her debut album Aquarius under RCA
Same thing happened with Chloe Bailey. I’m not buying that album when I pay 9.99 a month. I’ll stream and I’m definitely buying tickets to the tour. as they evolve in their art form and positive I’ll buy one of the albums. I like they just need to find their groove first. 0:46
I think her album has replay value. 8/10 to me. But there’s not really a song that sticks out in a major way imo. They’re all around the same strength level. Overall fun to listen to but nothing spectacular.
Let it be a lesson that the internet can be BS! Also Internet hype & reality are 2 different things.
I can't speak on numbers but I will say I like Normani, she's beautiful and talented but I haven't heard a single song off this album anywhere online!!! Where were the snippets! The visuals! The energy around this project just didn't entice me to go outta my way to seek her music and that's unfortunate.
(I will listen eventually but not a top priority)
1. The Label heard the album first
2. The KNEW it was boring
3. They decided not to waste a lot of money promoting it
4. It did 12k first week
5. THE END
Normani…
1. She keeps putting down Motivation but that song is a classic and ahead of it’s time 😒
2. She’s a dancer that’s not dancing, where’s the MV🧐
3. Where’s the promo? Chicken shop date? Wings challenge? Perform in a club? Hell, Sabrina Carpenter sold coffee for espresso😒
I don’t think people were clowning her album but they were more disappointed with the outcome. Camila’s songs that had been released for C, Xoxo had been ass. Even though I will check it out. I’m not looking for to it!.. They give no substance or any kind of creativity at all. I think Dopamine was a very solid album. I don’t think it was Normani’s best album but she had songs on there that were very similar in some places. Lights On is my favorite on the album along with Insomnia. Never trust any of those stan accounts they bring so much negativity and drama. Especially starting beef’s.. As for me I think Normani’s album was very solid and you have some moments on it that were enjoyable!.. I even did a review on it. Even gave it a 6 / 10. I think the problem that Normani is having is that she is not being active on social media. Yes RCA had been terrible. I feel like if Normani went on TikTok and did some dances. It really could have helped to get the songs noticed. She has not done anything to make this album interesting. Not one live performance or one dance on TikTok. I think it’s just like she said. Here’s the album “Girl bye” If you are not going to be consistent and be active? People will not care. It doesn’t matter if it’s the label or the artist. You gonna stay consistent. Her fans are also to blame. If you are saying you love Normani? Then actually stream, buy the songs and album. Don’t say you will support and not do anything.. Normani having no physical copies out doesn’t help either. I would actually buy one for my CD collection. People complain because she’s not getting album sales and streams. That is more of a you problem. I can only do so much!..
Yea Normani gets wayy too much sympathy. I’m over it
I’m praying for her because I just feel like I see God all up and through this and if she does it right it could be a slow and steady wins the race type deal.
I’m coming from a place where she was my favorite in 5H. I knew she was the least vocally talented but I was ok with that because she could perform her ass off. No matter what she always looked the strongest and I valued that and being the only black girl maybe I was a lil biased too. Lol The thing is I began to lose faith once the gaps between the singles and not seeing her online began to happen. I understand cyber bullying but to do this you still have to be seen. Even just posting once or twice a week doing something whether it’s dance or what have you would be a great start. But I always told myself I’m still gonna check out what she does and keep up with her regardless even if my faith had dwindled. I know RCA is a major catalyst of the ball dropping too even with the album rollout. But now that it’s here I can say I adore the album so much. I went into it with no expectations (the album made me like 1:59 and Candy paint more but I think they were the wrong single choices and didn’t like them at first) so I had an open mind and I loooooove so much. INSOMNIA DESERVES A GRAMMY!!!! I can see why everyone may not like it but for me I GET IT and for me it’s an album she should feel proud of and can tour. I’m very happy for her and I’m gonna support it heavy and if she tours I’m there. But we do need visuals and more public appearance badddd if there is any chance of success.
At least shes alive and non problematic.
Its the album is coming in 2 month for 6 years for me 😂
Normani is partly to blame for this circumstance. If you want to keep and grow your fanbase then you have to grind, especially at the beginning of your career. Normani was acting like Rihanna, taking forever to drop new music. But the difference is that Rihanna put in the work at the beginning of her career and built a solid and loyal fanbase, who will stick with her through the gaps between her music drops. Plus Rihanna has made herself relatable. Normani has this distant vibe...she's a nice girl but her personality is rather generic. And it almost felt like her fans had to beg her for scraps. I feel like some people just got tired of it and moved on.
She should have dropped the album the same week she announced there was an upcoming album. Because that week it was all hype. And due to the terrible marketing of her team, the hype didn’t continue up until the actual release date.
People talk way too much shit on things that they dont know shit about
Her rollout is weird? Yes, and aldo inconsistent, yes.
But people are talking about normani saying things that they dont really know the reason behind it, is fucking weird
Normani doesn’t make good decisions. Everyone is trying to help her and uses the victim card when necessary. At least she has the ads from Coach. But she needs to release music videos, dance practice and tiktok challenges.
Normani is terrible at promoting her own music. She barely posts and uses social media to her full advantage. Saweetie is really good at this because she promotes the heck out of NANi and constantly posts about it on social media.
I think the problem with Normani is her PR & Marketing strategy. She should be doing so many interviews and performances in famous shows. She needs the exposure so people that forget about her remember her and be aware of the new album, or new people get to know her. She should make Hot Ones interview and be in other famous shows. The only one I saw was that she was on Zach Sang Show and that is great but not enough. Is also weird to not have music videos already of the singles. I wish her the best but they need more effort in that area to get a better reaction.
Honestly nobody is really selling like that anymore so the focus should be on the quality of the music and in that respect Normani delivered....The album is solid!!!
The album wasn't that good & no videos
The record company didn’t pay for the sales, that’s why.
They used to pay for it, but I guess not anymore.
I liked the album. It sounded like real r&b, however every song is twerkable🥰 Win-Win
Aren’t most artists having low first week sales anyways? I don’t feel like it’s good or bad but I will say it also doesn’t surprise me one bit. As for the hype around her album and her in general I believe it was a lot larger but over time it fizzled out a bit especially within the last year. We all know she is talented and capable but the hype fell off. The end result wasn’t a bad album at all it’s a pretty great effort just one that was underwhelming for the amount of time spent waiting for it. People need to stop being mean to Normani like I said most artists have lower first week sales these days.
No it’s the opposite. Most artists have highest first week and free fall after
Normani was set up to be a Pop Star hence all the big Pop collaborations but when she made it clear she wanted to do RNB, her record label set her up to be a failure hence no budget, performances and videos😢
If there’s a beef between the Nation and Barbs, the Barbs started because they start every damn thing. Normani’s fans really just be minding their business and posting her everyday. Just because they created this narrative that Normani and Nicki are beefing based on the two not being publicly linked anymore. None of us knows what happened, if anything happened at all.
At this point ...I blame Normani, she really isnt doing anything to promote her album...as if she didnt drop an album..and she must stop lying about videos
The irony of this video title.
I love Normani, this album is just not my taste. I will always support her but not by buying an album I won't be listening to. I wish she would go out and perform live, i will always watch and five her views bc shes an outstanding performer. More interviews please. She needs to try and get out of her head and interact with her fans online. Release behind the scenes on RUclips etc etc
I wanted to really love this album but it sounds dated. Then only one visual that's 3 years old. It's cohesive to the point it all sounds the same.
The songs are cute for a lounge vibe
y’all better clown camila when she drops raCist, xoxo this week.
There won’t be ANY clowning bc she’s obviously going to do more than 12k
Clearly the major label RCA doesn't want her to win...All they have done is make it harder for her...They completely dropped the ball.
To be fair they hooked her up with a bunch of features , a huge budget for motivation, a huge budget for wild side, and Normani said let’s stop i want more time over and over. How much budget are they going to give her
One thing yall always gon do is not take accountability
@@queenofnyc5584 for?
@@jonathanm5894she paid for wildsides video herself though. She paid 1 mil for that. It’s easy to blame her cause she’s the face of her brand but you don’t know what goes on behind the scenes. I pray she’s able to release a video soon so she’ll show y’all it’s not her talent and zeal that’s lacking, it’s the push.
Totally not their fault. It's hers. She delayed. They forced her to release her first song.
This album was good not great,also I can’t wait till Camilla’s album,also not gonna lie barbs are kinda weird cuz they hate everyone Nicki has beef with.
Since the fanbase, it's not surprising but Nicki isn't in beef with Normani. They just don't look at each others and it's okay. Artists aren't meant to get along with each other
And with all that being said about Nicki fanbase let’s go ahead and add why didn’t Meg or Cardi fanbase support the album? Did Megan or Cardi even share the album to their followers?
the album was mid af I feel like a lot of songs were scrapped
So funny how people (majority Nicki Minaj’s barbs 💀 they’re miserable) are so quick to run and clown her whenever she flops or underperforms but constantly uplifts Coco Jones & Victoria Monet 🤔 when they’re both technically flops I don’t care bout them having no Grammy 😒 mind you her streams and sales are more than theirs combined people swear up and down that “On My Mama” is a hit but will call “Motivation” a flop yet both songs peaked at #33 on billboard and “Motivation” sold more mind you she never promoted “Motivation” (except for that 1 VMA performance after the song had died out) unlike Victoria who obviously promoted “On My Mama” also they say “ICU” was a smash but again “ICU” went gold and “Motivation” went platinum 🤦🏽♂️ like make it make sense also I like Coco & Victoria and they obviously sing better than Normani but facts are facts 🤷🏽♂️ Tyla is another example “Water” was 1 of the biggest hits of the year yet she only did 12k more than Normani like where is the outrage? Also it’s obvious that Tyla is and will remain a 1 hit wonder yet people stay saying she the next Rihanna 😂 it’s the lies for me like the hate Normani gets is just so weird and forced I don’t get it also who cares that the album flopped it’s been on repeat and will stay on repeat I’d rather listen to good music than garbage music just because it’s popular but then again the majority of the world I’m talking like %99.9 🤦🏽♂️ does and likes what trends 🤡 thank god I’ve always had my own ideas and have never let the outside noise influence the things I like or my interest
She doesn't bother anyone didn't do anything to anyone. It's giving unhinged jealousy . Her brand deals, her successful career, the bars on the album must got some of you bitterrrr😂
#Coach💰 #Dopamine #Billboard
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Y’all need to stop with this nonsense. Every time someone doesn’t do well yall blame it on people being jealous. Honestly speaking very few people would want to be in Norman’s position. Between her personal issues and her career ( or lack there of), there is literally nothing to be envious of. Her peers are doing much better. The people mad at normani are her ex fans that are bitter at how long the album debut took to come out.
Success?
the barbz.....
Normani songz aren't great but some of the songz on Dopamine are okay. Do ppl let albums settle instead of rushing it..!! Dang give it time. Everything is not just about numbers. That's one of the main problems. It's more than that..!! And since when did ppl become streaming police or FBI..!! Chill, Good lawd..!!
Um RCA has to pay for the videos and they did not give her a budget dor that.
They gave her huge budgets for motivation and wild side and Normani kept stopping the project so are you surprised they didn’t give her another huge budget ? I am not
Normani fans have dragged every single female artist under the sun from, Chloe, Tinashe, Coco jones, Camila, Nicki, Beyonce and more there is not set beef between a certain fanbase so don’t point fingers at barbz and camilizers when multiple fanbases are returning the same energy they dished out first
Saying Camila hate is justified is just weird bc she was literally a child when she made a mistake she was ignorant than she’s not now!
It’s like they find excuses no matter where and just won’t call a spade a spade if any other artists got those numbers it’s a flop no matter how you flip it twist it like 😭😭
This is the only Insomnia I know and love. ruclips.net/user/results?search_query=insomnia+craig+david. made me wanna play it again