Failed Comebacks in Pop Music

[@ryanappleton3653]

Nelly Furtardo isn't a failure in my eyes as she has stated that after the mega success of Loose, the burnout just came crashing down on her like a ton of bricks; given she was in mother mode by day and superstar by night. Prior to the release of her debut, she put a clause in her contract to release a Spanish album independently outside of her label as she cared passionately for artists owning their master recordings. Her later albums obviously didn't get commercial target in the US market, but she wasn't too bothered by that as she had international appeal in other nations. Furtardo's always been a private person, rarely updates her social media and prefers to be at home with her family as opposed to being hyper exposed and trapped in the commercial machine. Which in the world now dominated by TikTok and influencers is rather refreshing.

[@jasminealce834]

Exactly 🌟

[@craiggie1628]

Maybe it's also her Canadian-ness? She seemed a bit conflicted about the path she took with Loose, as I recall in what she said in interviews at the time.

[@jasminealce834]

@@craiggie1628 yeah, that about explains it 😂

[@aclstudios]

@@jasminealce834 *aboot

[@jasminealce834]

@@aclstudios Great. Now you just made me think about her having a flapping head and Beaty eyes. 💀

[@voltaksa]

You forget to add Jennifer Lopez latest triple flop project

[@monejohn9973]

She couldn't use black artist's voices anymore.Ashanti and christina millian left her in the dust 😅

[@3vilinzide417]

Honestly, it's good he left her out. I've seen all the Jlo videos, so i needed something new :D That Jlulu thing though kinda amazes me, how long she could pull it off, is beyond me... Girls seriously thought she's Beyonce and she brings out her own Lemonade... well more like Mountain Dew...

[@ryanappleton3653]

I don't know her

[@Brandoncye]

Lol, triple flop. It's funny cuz it's not a lie! 😂😂😂

[@devontehuntley6274]

There's a Part 2 on this so there you go.

[@tylerkochman1007]

Nelly Furtado hardly ever has been commercially-driven as a musician. She’s always recorded whatever type of album she felt in the mood to record: and she just happened to twice luck out that her albums coincided with the trend of popular tastes

[@scrooge3056]

Furtado stepped out in purpose as she didn't want fame to ruin her life after her hit album loose, she come say hi to music every now and then.

[@lessismore8533]

Yes lab,in certain artists who don’t want to “sell their soul” a failed comeback is unfair

[@jasminealce834]

@@lessismore8533 Can’t believe she’s even on the thumbnail. Y’all seriously could’ve swapped her placement with Jennifer Lopez, then there would be no backlash (and I wouldn’t facepalm anymore)

[@pollyxoxo-j8b]

music has changed... i miss the 90s😢

[@lessismore8533]

SAME

[@paji2205]

Those were the last days that were left

[@j.damianc.r.2273]

It's a shame Nelly didn't get a bigger comeback, althought one of her latest singles "Eat your man" has gained considerable streams on Spotify :)

[@jasminealce834]

Errr, I wouldn’t necessarily call “The Ride” a ‘failed comeback’. More so her going back to doing a hobby she loves most while also being at peace with herself. She never thought about chart numbers and public acclaim when making this album. I consider TSI to be more of a failed comeback, since her label WAS promoting it, but didn’t promote it properly (which sucks because I liked Big Hoops a little). Keep going up flopped because Timbaland and Justin Timberlake are kinda in hot water. But knowing Eat Your Man is doing pretty well, and knowing she’s making an album this year, I hope she makes a proper comeback, and I especially hope it’s a big one. I deep down want a renaissance to happen for her or something. She’s just criminally underrated in my eyes.

[@NPGLAMB]

Man eater 😂

[@MishaM-sd4yv]

Actually Nelly flopped with the spirit indestructible

[@astarfornick99]

that album was #3 in germany, I wouldn't call it a flop over here.

[@mikeycee3483]

Agreed, I hated that record in H.S. Such a boring record. 😂

[@jasminealce834]

@@mikeycee3483 As a fan, I respect but disagree with your opinion. I would’ve never in 100 years to have expected Nelly Furtado of all artists to have an album be considered boring though 😳 I only heard Big Hoops, Parking Lot, and TSI, and all those songs are upbeat, so I wonder what I was missing 🤔. People either really love the record, or just don’t like it that much or at all.

[@jasminealce834]

@@astarfornick99 At this point, people can just believe whatever they wanna believe. I couldn’t care less about U.S. sells (Fuck them for making Nelly Furtado’s Folklore album not do well here 😒) because it seems like America doesn’t like to give good artists a chance.

[@ownyourcrazy8734]

That it did. It's not considered a comeback album though.

[@ofekR]

Nelly never wanted a comeback to the spotlight, so she never failed.

[@battiebumpkin]

it's nice to see so many people protecting the queen of the 2000's Nelly Furtado

[@jasminealce834]

So fucking refreshing as a Furtado fan.

[@SNOWQueen87-v1g]

I like some of her songs but she’s not the queen of the 2000s.

[@jasminealce834]

@@SNOWQueen87-v1g Anyone could be the queen of anything if your a fan of them 😉 If you’re referring to Britney Spears, then you may be correct. Although I unashamedly love Furtado’s music a’lot more than most pop stars during that era, Britney is arguably the bigger artist 😅 Nelly still deserves her flowers because she was definitely an it girl in the mid 2000’s I’ll tell you that

[@kevinjordan6159]

The queen of 2000 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 you got to be joking

[@OscarEduardoEstupinan]

It's interesting how we're so obsessed with people flopping or not flopping. It's like we don't care about the artist's qualities anymore, just their sales.

[@daytonsouthall1137]

I mean those two things usually coincide..when bigger artists release quality work it’s gets all the attention. If they do the opposite…it flops

[@devontehuntley6274]

Well because when you're a star and doing well of course it's going to get attention. But when these same stars then flop and lose their capability that you wouldn't expect, then it would of course get attention. The qualities matter, but how they put themselves out there and the response of it is also a matter of review too if the artist lose their touch, studio interference, or just a change in times and music styles.

[@perfectallycromulent]

You can measure an artist's sales. There's no way to judge the quality of an artist without it just being a bunch of biased arguments. If a person likes a type of music, they're going to think there's a bunch of great artists working in it doing interesting things. If a person doesn't like a type of music, they think it's a bunch of talentless clones putting out cookie-cutter songs that all sound the same.

[@tylerkochman1007]

That was not a failed album by Gwen. It did decent. Her failed comeback was (sadly) the No Doubt comeback with “Push and Shove”, which was a really good album that made no impact.

[@aclstudios]

The controversial music video mocking indigenous people really didn't help either.

[@tylerkochman1007]

@@aclstudios yeah, the “cowboys and Indians” themed video did not help. Because they pulled the video for “Looking Hot” (a great track) and didn’t record a new one, it hurt the promo. It was not necessarily mocking natives so much as being insensitive to them though. At least they pulled it very quickly and didn’t attempt to make excuses for it.

[@kevinjordan6159]

Wrong it was an flop

[@charlesswitzer8378]

Fergie owned the charts in 2006 and 2007. She took way too long to follow it up. The second one should have come out in 2010 at the latest. 11 years later No. JT lost it around 2016-ish, it’s over. He had a good 15 years plus a few more with *NSYNC, which is not bad for that industry.

[@chrisjackson8466]

When it comes to the pussycat dolls, the reason they didn’t work is because of a power struggle that’s currently still happening between Robin and Nicole Scherzinger. And the chainsmokers are actually on a huge rise once again, so I’m not too sure they should be on this list …

[@monejohn9973]

You forgot to mention a few members coming out saying how the girls were used as sex slaves and pass around the industry. How the pussycat doll franchise business and performances were really a good place to hide a brothel.

[@soukthavoneinsisienmay1188]

You forgot Jennifer Lopez...

[@aclstudios]

They didn't forget, just we're done talking about her

[@deewoo2776]

We don't know her...... 😂

[@torturamediatica7746]

​@@deewoo2776 Mariah Carey be like.😂

[@deewoo2776]

@@torturamediatica7746 Mariah Carey be like...."I don't know her" 😂

[@Brandoncye]

Talking about Gwen's album, but showing Fergies album at 2:22 had me rolling! 😅😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@CourtTV.]

Nelly album after loose was a hit it was a spanish album.Two of those singles had music vids that even played in the u.s

[@JiafeiProducts6969]

Iggy's comeback was so good, especially her new song money come

[@Licorice33]

Yes !! I downloaded it on ITUNES … that is a banger !!!

[@carrieorsel1340]

She hosted the 2024 Juno awards. She'll be fine.

[@ofekR]

By the way, there is a huge world outside of the US - sometimes artist success more outside of their home country.

[@atomas59]

You miss the bigest. McHammer and Milli-Vanillli

[@phillipbruno4443]

I don't think Gwen Stefani's 2nd album The Sweet Escape was mentioned. Many believe it was a successful era as had some hits from it, especially here in the UK. Maybe it was as big in America. I always thought it was.

[@kekwayblaze3176]

It had hit singles for sure.

[@nickwheeler5396]

Wind It Up, The Sweet Escape and 4 in the Morning were the singles from that one

[@Blaccasf]

Fergie had such a good run when she came out solo

[@monejohn9973]

Right but too many Women lose their self in babies and marriage instead of catapulting their career to its fullest advantage. Which there's nothing wrong with it. But you have to hit while the iron is hot. Most super famous women were smart enough to wait to have babies in their 30s After their career took off a.k.a. Rihanna Beyoncé Nicki Minaj jlo Brittany ect

[@Blaccasf]

@@monejohn9973 yes , I remember hearing her say that she stopped being solo because the pressure was too big by herself

[@vincentthomas7142]

She sux

[@deewoo2776]

I like Fergie when she was in the 90s girl group "Wild Orchid". Remember????

[@craiggie1628]

In addition to Justin Timberlake's reputation facing challenges, I also think he might take too long between album releases while also disappearing from the spotlight, while other newer acts take over. His original fanbase is aging and I'm not sure how much he appeals to younger generations.

[@nathanbradleyf777]

This is true however the music is just not good. He could still have hit songs if they were GOOD songs. His new album is bad and the one before it was worse.

[@craiggie1628]

@@nathanbradleyf777 There's that too. What I said wasn't the sole reason, rather, I was just listing some possible additional contributing factors.

[@christopherdieudonne]

I like when comebacks fail. It humbles them. Thanks for this video.

[@jasminealce834]

Nelly Furtado is the only artist here who is already humbled (took a break from fame due to the rising stress during her Loose era, and her ‘comebacks’ are just her making music because she wants to)….but I agree with the others

[@christopherdieudonne]

@@jasminealce834 You are 100% correct. Nelly Furtado shouldn't even be on this list as she wanted to step away from the spotlight.

[@noneya7297]

They may not have come back but they’ve made 100’s of millions.

[@marvinsbprealty5760]

For the record labels

[@noneya7297]

@@marvinsbprealty5760 Net worth means what they have earned your wrong

[@9melissal]

Why did you show Fergie's album cover when you mentioned love angel music baby? Also, I've never heard anybody pronounce her last name, Stefani, like the name Stephanie lol

[@alejandromolinac]

Gee…. Ever heard of the term “editing mistake”….. what with you pronunciation tsars…. The man has an accent….. come to Miami…. Your little head will explode in the various ways people will pronounce your name

[@dieterdelange9488]

Female Flop Albums of the 2010s: -Bionic (Xtina) -Lotus (Ditto) -Liberation (Ditto) -Britney Jean (Britney) -Glory (Ditto) -ARTPOP (Gaga) -Joanne (Ditto) -Rebel ❤ (Madonna) -Madame X (Ditto) -Thank You (Meghan Trainor) -Witness (Katy) -Queen (Nicki Minaj) -Double Dutchess (Fergie)

[@nickwheeler5396]

I thought Joanne was a worse album than ARTPOP

[@dieterdelange9488]

@@nickwheeler5396 ARTPOP is way better IMO. Joanne was more critically acclaimed, though.

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

Atleast Christina got 2 Grammy nominations from Liberation

[@dieterdelange9488]

@@criminalmindsgirl2936 Yes, and she recently won at the Latin Grammys, too.

[@jamielehman4934]

​@@dieterdelange9488 Lol the Latin Grammys are the "special Olympics" of the music industry. 🤣

[@TooMuchJoss]

Nelly never search for stardom but explore and explode her artistry. There you have a big difference among others. 🙏🏻

[@jasminealce834]

They add Nelly Furtado but not Jennifer Lopez 🥲. What is this list?

[@bdiaz6081]

People just got tired of Fergie’s fake chola routine.

[@jasminealce834]

🤣

[@thestone30080]

Why she dresses up like that, was she raised in a ghetto community

[@evajaneryan3746]

She was very annoying

[@19879thomas]

PCD's comeback was shortened due to Nicole's ego (again) and legal issues with Robin Antin: she tweeted the "end of the band and cancellation of the tour" allegedly without the knowledge of the other members

[@ownyourcrazy8734]

NB.. The album cover shown for Love Angel Music Baby is Double Duchess.

[@jorgeomarjaimesviafara6061]

Hilary Duff, Alicia Keys, Gwen Stafani, Carly Rae Jepsen, Charlie XCX, Jonas Brothers, Zayn Malik, Cody Simpson, Austin Mahone, Usher, Cher, Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias...

[@jack9107]

Charli XCX??

[@Gonzalezreview]

You forgot Britney Spears failed album from 2017

[@94mp99]

And Britney latest album was released in 2016....

[@joffday9039]

Most of these queens took a long hiatus. If you take your finger off the pulse for too long you’ll lose it

[@usugihazuki3849]

Double dutchess did underperform but also was a super underrated album tbh it was really good

[@jcescolastico5299]

Nelly Furtado isnt failure! She just need more media exposure for her new album also Gwen Stefani need more interviews and TV guest shows I dont think she flooped... recently she have a concert with her group NO DOUBT and the concert was very successful. Lastly Fergie also need more music and TV questings for sure she will get there again on Billboard charts. As for Justin Timberlake. He needs to work hard again and make more music because most people are enraged because of the Britney revealed on her memoir about the past.

[@mimig.4788]

FYI...when talking about Gwen Stefani and her solo album the screen actually shows Fergie's Double Dutchess album cover instead.

[@anakmelayu8911]

U should make a lists for Successful Comebacks

[@ParisButler1]

Gwen Stefani's solo debut album wasn't Fergie Double Duchess. 🤣😂😂😂 I'm gonna need U 2 watch all the through&edit B4 uploading.

[@kekwayblaze3176]

Gwen took years off raising children so it was out of sight out of mind. But she went to tour successfully though and still does tour.

[@gracielaayala2226]

Iggy was so good 😢😅

[@NocturnalWolf83]

You forgot JLO

[@mmurph617]

You're gonna love part 2.

[@oh.....5075]

Justin Timberlake is currently selling out arenas on a worldwide tour. Wouldn't call it a failure

[@stevelangely8004]

As a headliner? Please provide three examples.

[@richardherdman2121]

@@stevelangely8004 United Center Chicago June 21st & 22nd; MSG New York June 25th & 26th; TD Garden Boston June 29th & 30th That's actually SIX EXAMPLES within the next 3 weeks alone. And there's dozens more.

[@LindaSmith-td7mx]

Only hes riding on the past singing the old hits from years ago like the rolling stones nobody wants to hear the new material people like retro now because thats all we got left

[@richardherdman2121]

@@LindaSmith-td7mx​​⁠”Only?” You say that like it’s pejorative. That’s what you do when you’ve attained a certain level of elite success in the music biz. Plus radio - and the industry at large - is extremely resistant to promoting acts once they get well into their 40s. Just ask 51-yr-old Eminem whose latest single might as well be from The Slim Shady LP.

[@richardherdman2121]

@@LindaSmith-td7mx Not that I would quite put Justin Timberlake into the same category as The Rolling Stones or Madonna, but he’s definitely a major part of the pop-music zeitgeist from the late 90s and early 21st century. If he weren’t, he wouldn’t be selling out arenas throughout the world.

[@SargonofQueens]

It shows how difficult it is to have a long lasting career in music.

[@rn6253]

Problem is they waited way to long to come.back to music amd also stayed completely out of limelight. There is a reason current artist never go more than a few years without new albums and continue to stay relevent through appearencnces.

[@briancastillo6486]

some of their casual listeners switched to other artists and "fill" the space left

[@johnstobbs2183]

Are the red no doubt was in the 90s not 80s?

[@renatogenesjosejr.8843]

I'm sad with Iggy , her visuals are incredible.

[@ejarridcw]

😒

[@ACCH-cm9ou]

presenting Gwen debut album they show Fergies album ... well done

[@brentthompson1607]

Compared to other artists from Justin Timberlake's era, he did not flop as badly. Like Christina for example hasn't charted since 2014. But I understand you guys have a vendetta against him.

[@JJ-gr2me]

& yet Queen Christina continues to be nominated at the Grammys and wins! She currently extended her multi-million💲 sold out Vegas residency & continues to tour the world! She just performed a week ago for a crowd of 20K people in Mexico!👸🏼

[@brentthompson1607]

@@JJ-gr2me i didn't say she wasn't successful. Christina is one of the best selling artists of all time. I was talking about chart performance which this guy referenced as part of him having a "failed comeback."

[@bendelaportilla3747]

I hate to say this but "what goes around comes around" no pun intended"

[@Problematicphilosophie]

Justin Timberlake had an extremely successful comeback making all the music for trolls and voicing a character called branch.

[@kevinjordan6159]

No he didn’t it flop sorry not sorry 😊

[@adamblack6867]

Fergi waited 12 years to release her 2nd album.

[@mescallado]

You showed a picture of Fergie's Fringe when mentioning Gwen Stefani's Love Angel Music Baby.

[@terrencereardon6374]

Britney’s second single after C ship with Will I Am failed to chart and her last two albums sold less than expected.

[@anamikapramanik1910]

It makes me sad what happened to the JT who made Mirrors

[@gracielaayala2226]

Omg let me take a selfie was from the chainsmokers? Wow 😮didn’t know

[@christianloon6892]

Love your videos 🙌❤️

[@toumbadarhyl]

Love it too

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

Some artists were just meant to be for their time. And not go farther than that. But the media and fans gotta stop over hyping too many people.

[@nathanbradleyf777]

Nelly Furtado's comeback with Timbaland could have been huge. I blame Tim & Justin for coming up with a completely generic song. So boring. I think those 2 have lost whatever they had together.

[@NatashaStaugh]

Do more of these 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@sabrosavayaina]

The PCD comeback failed because of the covid pandemic.......

[@coreydarden8481]

You miss USHER His Latest Album : Coming Home Is So Mid Last year 2023 That a Failed Comeback Even The Superbowl 🇺🇸🎼🎵🎶

[@aclstudios]

I haven't heard Usher music since like 2012

[@coreydarden8481]

@@aclstudios Facts 💯 👍 This is why he did Las Vegas Shows in 2021 and 2022 🇺🇸🎼🎶🎶

[@alejandromolinac]

Ha! I knew all these acts except for the last one!

[@domingas.teca0695]

Gwen Stephani 's You Make It Feel Like Christmas Album is much better than that "Baby Don't Lie" or "Spark the Fire" , those Non-album singles

[@ZeCabreira]

You missed Paula Abdul, Toni Braxton, Taylor Dayne

[@CaapriceTube1]

the 8 Series Narrator sounds like an Ethiopian guy I know.

[@bretth1069]

Justin has a failed comeback? He is currently on a sell out world tour, which none of the other artists you mentioned in this video have done or are doing. That's what I call success.

[@brentthompson1607]

They are pandering to the Britney fans that watch this channel because it doesn't make any sense. He is on a sold out arena tour but apparently flopped. They put him in a list with Iggy who literally retired. So disrespectful. I understand you don't like him but people are being slanderous.

[@craiggie1628]

His singles and albums haven't been performing as well as they used to.

[@brentthompson1607]

@@craiggie1628 most artists don't perform as well 20+ years after they start.

[@craiggie1628]

@@brentthompson1607 Which explains his failed comeback

[@brentthompson1607]

@@craiggie1628 you are trolling at this point

[@johnvalderrama4765]

Lolol how do you fuck up her brothers last name when you just pronounced a few words prior lolol

[@TheTrumpReaper]

3:16 Who is the handsome drummer?

[@EricThigpen]

2:23 Oops

[@MichaelO-z5g]

did they drop the fergie cover twice lol

[@adamtrzaskowski]

How about Christina Aguilera? (Lotous) JLo?

[@DionteNelson-h2z]

Fergie waited 10 years. That’s too long. But did well for current sales in comparison

[@rahmireternal]

fergie could’ve released the second album in 2013 or 14

[@RoninMilli]

I love nelly f. I love her racial ambiguity.

[@janvrolijk9126]

Most of them should have been failed at the start of their career. What a junk.

[@bubfarley1991]

Steff-on-E not Stephanie. Like wowowowowow how you get an iconic name so wrong lol

[@JessicaMarieLayne]

Is this channel A.I. made?

[@davcuts2897]

Once a pop artist reaches 40 they get replaced with younger versions of themselves.

[@AimeeWoodbury]

If you ate a creator of a 8 theory and series of 3 And are accountable for your actions you have too down to the law.

[@sg8191]

Justin hasn’t had a hit in many years. His recent albums didn’t do well. Only the song ‘Can’t Stop the Feeling’ has stood out in the last decade; all the other songs are barely remembered. Additionally, he has faced a lot of negative publicity for being seen with other women in public while married, with Britney’s biography criticizing his behavior. Finally, there was the recent incident where he was arrested on a DWI charge in the Hamptons, and he has appeared drunk or under the influence of drugs at his concerts. He’s clearly unwell.

[@katrinakelly-tg9nb]

Love.Angel.Music.Fergie?!

[@lansesteiner3563]

Janet Cierra

[@Khanflomah]

HELLO!~?! sales in the 80s and 90s are NOT the same. THEY ACTUALLY SOLD REAL cds and mp3s. TODAY, its all "who can go viral with fake views" and THOSE are called "sales. "

[@Radicalswiftie]

2:24 why is it double dutchess from fergie ?

[@alejandromolinac]

Is “making a mistake” a hard concept to grasp in your little head….. you see…. Sometimes people grab the wrong file in a folder for a plethora of reasons…. This mistake can also be observed in old technologies like a Slide Show Presentation…..

[@Chelaxim]

Honestly Fergie's Double Dutchess and Gwen's This Is What The Truth Feels Like, aren't really failed comebacks. They did pretty well when you consider what other pop stars that were big when The Dutchess and Love Angel Music Baby...and how much success they were having in 2016 and 2017. Fergie was still having songs in the top 40...compare it to Cobie Callet,Natasha Bedingfield or Kelis. Rihanna's current break in albums is shorter than the time Fergie and Gwen took to make thier "failed combacks" And if you count No Doubt, then Gwen having songs peak in the 50s on the Hot 100 chart 25 years in her career...she was doing amazing on the charts compared to her peers...like EnVouge,Paula Abdul and Right Said Fred.

[@ldruv]

6:24 💀

[@FinalGirl_standing]

We need a part two with Jason Derulo

[@blakecox2179]

2:24 are you aware of what you put?

[@Pixelpunch3]

Screw Justin. He doesn’t deserve a successful comeback.

[@asimwaheed8201]

They are still young enough to try other things .e.g musical threater

[@mariopalma1132]

J-lo her comeback is bad :)

[@alexanderfergabee2788]

Fergie deserves justice

[@RenatoSilva-se8yh]

I dont think PCD failed, but COVID came to ruin their comeback tour

[@VanityDivined]

Nelly Furtado could never really sing. Just right look at the right time. You’d think she would marry a rich guy, but she must be a free spirit like that damn song 😂

[@sahasrarachakra1]

Jlo, aka the narc is a flop.

[@mickydrew]

Covid killed PCD. They did adapt to modern music landscape...their tour was selling out... their reunion was a hit but covid killed it

[@noeortega8304]

Madonna after Confessions

[@94mp99]

Hard Candy and MDNA were still successful, actually.

[@edmurph5344]

B*tch im madonna!

[@dieterdelange9488]

​@@94mp99Rebel ❤ and Madame X flopped though. But the fact that about 3 million people recently showed up for her free concert in Rio proves that she's still the Pop Queen.

[@Camille_Anderson]

​@@94mp99I love madam X & some of Rebel Heart was so good. Her career in it's entirety over 40yrs is still phenomenal. The Celebration Tour was so brilliant. I wish I could go back & see it again!!

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

Gwen flopping? Lol.

[@tekken4granted913]

Chainsmokers doing 3sums with their fans? Just correct me if I was wrong.

[@ΠαναγιώτηςΤσωλης]

Justin didn't flop,he is still famous,and the best artist of all time if you ask me