Seven Things We've Learned from the Adam Lambert Controversy (And One Piece of Blatant Speculation)

[bellekid]

After Elton just posted this interesting piece on the controversey surrounding Adam, from the perspective of the Queer media. It brings up some really good points, including Don't Make ABC Angry. You Won't Like Them When They're Angry

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[eavesdropper27]

Editor's note: USA Today is reporting that For Your Entertainment dropped 74% last week and had the biggest drop in the top 200.

OUCH.

[dangerous_47]

*shrugs*

For some reason I expected 80% so when it said 74% I was like huh. But yeah, I guess ouch. But Rhianna had like 70% and shit. I mean sure that's not as much and all but still.

[_pinkchocolate]

I'm not surprised. His songs have received virtually no radio play. The occasional live performance really doesn't help that much. The AMA controversy was a well-timed blip on the pop culture radar, but a week later, most people are back to not caring about him. How is Adam supposed to sell if people aren't being exposed to his music?

[dangerous_47]

Actually I've heard him a few times here, but I'm in Iceland and it's FYE. lol. But I do so love hearing it on the radio. :D

It's doing pretty well in this chart here. And apparently pretty popular in like NZ, or was. I don't know. lol. XD And the FYE vid seems popular in Canada.

lol. But ya know, that slip isn't surprising.

[bellekid]

IAGWTSFM!

I'm hoping he gets a bump from being on with Barbra Walters tonight.

Almost all the PR he got since the AMA's wasn't too good

[otherdigitalis]

FYE's been added to heavy rotation on MTV... I'm hopeful that will help.

[_pinkchocolate]

I hope so, but the fact that some channels are picking up FYE based on the music video while the label keeps pushing WWFM is really confusing. Neither of the singles really get the chance to stick. His label needs to get their shit together and decide what course of action they want to take.

[becomingblurred]

IA! I've heard WWFM played in the dining hall once (then LLWD, which was kinda cool), but if you think about how much his single's been played in comparison to, say, Lady GaGa... it's a big difference. The only new fans I've met are the ones I've forced to listen to his album myself hahah.

[ayaneva]

WWFM has gotten a lot more radio plays this week than last, so that will hopefully staunch the bleeding. I was just hoping that he didn't drop below 40K this week, so I'm happy with the number we got.