DID JLOS ALBUM FLOP? THIS IS ME NOW

Lots of negatives I'm seeing on social media about Jennifer Lopez's new album This is me...Now but also lots of good reviews! Tune in as I go through the sales and chart positioning of the album.
#jenniferlopez #thisismenow

[@angeldelvalle120]

For jlo slow and steady is winning the race!! She’s planning her tour! Jlo is fine! I also don’t think she’s not worried about her sales! Because she’s doing independent! Due to popular demand, her tour has added 3 additional dates! So her tickets are selling, even before, general public has gotten to purchase!

[@Sammae]

She'll bank that back no problem with touring. The numbers for the album I'm sure will keep growing.

[@annacarter4879]

Jlo cancel all her tours

[@GracelynParrenas]

Jlo cancel because people is tired of the same revealing and exposing her body.

[@spicyhot2552]

Jlo canceled her tours because her tickets weren't selling ..and the tickets were too high

[@Isaidit129]

Delusional

[@real1540]

I bought the CD DELUXE❤ ...it sounds so 2003 💿🎧🔥 looove this album but maybe im the only one cause nobody buy music anymore, and that is Sad💔😭😭😭

[@Sammae]

It gives me 03 vibes too! Probably why I love it so much.

[@paulculshaw4779]

I love it too! it took me a few listens! but it's a slow burner and a grower!

[@real1540]

@@paulculshaw4779 Exactly ! This CD is a total Grower...slow burn 🔥💿🎧

[@barkamber554]

I'm a huge huge huge jlo fan probably her most admired fan but I never buy music

[@ceecee1913]

I love the cd packaging it is so pretty it’s so well thought out and the 2 Polaroid pics it felt very personal to her fans a full circle moment

[@emersonryvail9337]

Flop ? 😂 Ok! Let's go! #1 album on week sales chart, the only chart that really matters. It means people left their houses to buy your album, that shows real love for an artist. #2 film on Prime Video globally and #1 in many countries Apple concert live on top 10 Album scored green on Metacritic. Album, film and documentary critically acclaimed She invested 20 million dollars on the film and sold it to Amazon for 50 million. Tour over 50% of the tickets sold in 4 days of pre-sale. Sold out Madson Square Garden in 3 days of pre-sales. Flop? Don't even, baby. 😌

[@1jsilvera]

FACTS!!!!

[@Sammae]

🙌🙌

[@Kkk-jj7de]

Facts baby ffaaaaacts. Tell me who the fvvvvck done it? No one. Some gen z Mfkrs out there arguing w me with “who listens to her” blah blah seems such a bots!!! Especially someone leaked BEFORE HER DROP ALBUM Aye’s podcast interview. She has Enemies and they are doing everything to stop jlo

[@christinebezzina5995]

Thank you!!

[@mventez]

She sold 14k! (6,000 on CD and 5,000 on vinyl) and digital download sales 3,000. #1 as in physical album category because her fans are old school like that. Aka flopped album!!

[@lmh449]

Man you should be careful with the blogs that you going to reference, the album did not debut with 14k streams in Spotify that was a glitch, the album debuted with 1.1 million (official Spotify numbers)

[@Sammae]

I read something bout that but it was from no official source, what a time to have a glitch but I also noticed those articles were very i hate JLo so i questioned it too. Also I saw different numbers being thrown around... took quite a bit of digging. She's doing really good in Germany, she's almost off the charts in the UK I think it was. Fingers crossed it keeps growing.

[@JB-zv2es]

It’s her voice man… people are not stupid.

[@Haineko5]

Bad bunny has a much worse voice and he’s doing fine so wha are you smoking?

[@MrAllysonn]

😅😅

[@FerventLivingwithAna]

I think ppl are gravitating towards regular non Hollywood musicians?

[@Sammae]

Seems like. The industry changed fast and streaming also changed a lot. Jlos albums sold physically but now ppl are more concerned about streams. It's like the hard copies that sold doesn't matter anymore.. I hate it.

[@FerventLivingwithAna]

I love how articulate and straight to the point your videos are. ❤

[@Sammae]

I try!!! Lol 🫶 sometimes I wander off 😅 oops

[@ceecee1913]

I personally loved the project just because I had gone through a break up and found the movie relatable. BUT as a jlo fan she made some crazy mistakes with this project 1. There were no hit singles on the album 2. She did an album interview with Zak saying the album was coming out in summer…the album came out over a year later after that interview. 3. The lyrics throughout were sloppy “bling bling and ring ring” 1 time 2 time I be loving you until the end of time…just sounds so amateur and unprofessional for an artist of her level. 4. The mixing was awful some songs sounded too autotuned and nothing like Jlo voice. 5. The album should have been released while there was still hype around her and Ben being back together she said that the album was done…people lost interest a year later

[@aziatix1168]

There was one youtuber who said something like "I'd get it if Taylor or Beyoncè did something like this, but for JLo to come out with something like this (visual-fantasy-musical supporting album) makes no sense at all". And I am like- why? Is he thinkin' that JLopez isn't ambitious nor artistic enough to make a visual album (kind of)? I get why many people not being necessarily the fans of JLo were confused with the movie and felt it was kind of out of place, but the truth fans like us I think got the message and understood where was JLo coming out from with that project. And as you say, numbers don't matter anymore- JLo already served us dozens of classic hits of multiple genres for the entire 2000s and 2010s. How many pop artists debut in their freaking 30s simultaneously competing with all those teenage or 20 y.o. artists many times beating them in multiple areas? She even phucken reinvented herself in 2011 with the whole On the Floor and Love? comeback (and even Billboard named it the best comeback of 2011) when no one was really expected from her at that point anymore besides her devoted fans. And she was still serving in her freaking 40s. The last couple of years were less fortunate for Jennifer (y'all remember Marry Me album two years ago managed to hit only #135 on Billboard 200?), and songs like Cambia El Paso deserved an international recognition but it barely scratched a few national charts with 60 million views on YT to date...but she had her big SuperBowl moment, President Inauguration performance, Hustlers and now she just released her most honest and sincere work ever. This is a truly rennesaince of her career and it's worth remembering she's celebrating 25 years this year of her debut album. You can't expect big results from her anymore. Yeah, I'd prefer rather a club album something like Love? or Dance Again from the early 2010s but she's not in her early 40s anymore and people change. I appreciate this JLo era for what it is. It's very shitty how industry and fandoms have been treating her for the last 8 years with all these culture vulture/stealing songs/stealing vocals/appropriation of the black culture accusations...I just think it really teared her reputation down. I feel like about 10 years ago it was still cool to catch up with JLo's new releases. Now many people consider it cringe and Jennifer is a running joke for them. Imagine working so hard for an entire life only to get THIS kind of treatment in the end. People really act like she isn't a walking musical/acting/dancing/businesswoman legend (yes, in all of these pools).

[@Sammae]

I completely agree with you! This whole she cant sing, steals vocals really tarnished her and the sad thing is it's not even true. Jlos is mid-50s now and still kicking ass on stage... there's only few left now that carry that quality in performances. I'm happy she gave us this album and movie experience. I've been wanting something like this from someone but not just anyone for the longest time. I'm glad jlo was the one to do it now watch it start a trend, others will jump on it and sadly jlo won't be given the credit.

[@Prime6165]

Beyoncé and Taylor Swift are overrated!! lol I said what I said

[@aziatix1168]

@@Prime6165 They don't even release hits anymore. Beyonce had her last hit in 2016-2017, Taylor same, unless we're counting Anti-Hero or Cruel Summer that have been pushed down our throat through the radios. Their songs and albums peak high because of their obsessive fandoms who conduct stream parties etc. The worst thing is that also award ceremonies and media are rigged and try to convince the entire world so hard that we're supposed to love Taylor and Beyonce and if we not then something is wrong with us. Their new releases aren't anything ground-breaking- media, award ceremonies and their fandoms force us to think so. The truth is general public loves Beyonce for her 2000s and early 2010s songs, not her new songs. Why people have to live in such delusion? Stop forcing these women down our throats. Y'all mad so many people hate them and have enough? Well, maybe there's a good reason to that and it's not jelousy but realisation of how US forces us to love them- it doesn't work. Grammys mean nothing, charts mean nothing. awards mean nothing- none of it matters anymore cause it doesn't reflect a taste of GP anymore, but of which fandom has the bigger capability of streaming, lol.

[@aziatix1168]

@@Prime6165 the whole modern idea of them being THAT thing in music industry and them being presumably the queens of modern music is really really really stretched and forced. You wouldn't say that about JLo Britney or Rihanna in the 2000s/early 2010s- them being the main pop girls was natural and it happened organically. When it comes to Beyonce and Taylor in 2020s- it doesn't really add up to anyone besides, as I previous mentioned- their fandoms, media, award ceremonies, and maybe the rest of the industry- we call it in Poland "kółko wzajemnej adoracji" (loose translation "a circle of common adoration")- they can't say bad thing at each other even when something's not right. 50 Cent lately spoke up on this nonsense regarding Beyonce and her daughter getting a Grammy award, basically for nothing. I'm waiting for Black community to cancel me (and him) for telling this.

[@helenjoanna49]

Shes released the shit songs in the end. Its her....up to her if she wants to release this rubbish...and it not be popular. Thats her choice. J Lo is putting this on herself. She's a flop nowadays, when really she could be still successful if changed her attitude. She's had her day if she doesn't do this. This is her fault! I liked her dance hits but can't stand her as a person. She used to be a more likable person plus catchy music. Not now.

[@jenniecartier3917]

I don't understand why fans don't like when their favorite singers release a new album! Why aren't they supporting them!

[@Sammae]

I agree! I think streaming has done some damage to music.

[@CMF7692]

​@@Sammae The best, worst thing to happen. 💯💯💯

[@UnreleasedUnderratedRnBgrooves]

"AKA" was 41 on the UK Charts, but actually peaked at 8 on Billboard 200. So it looks like "This Is Me Now" is gonna do worse than "Brave" (2007). Shame, but it's understandable to some degree. I feel like they rushed it out too quickly ahead of the lead single "Can't Get Enough" release and didn't promote it much beyond a few adverts and KZbin. If she would have dropped this as originally planned in 2022, say a Christmas release, then I feel it would've charted higher. The only thing I'm a tad upset with her on is that she failed to include the Missy Elliott collaboration she was cooking up back in 2015 for this project. Sure it may have been dated but it would've been a treat for the old school J.Lo fans to collab with someone (especially a creative one like Ms. Demeanor) from her prime.

[@Sammae]

Ohhh a missy and jlo collab??? I wonder what that would sound like 😯

[@JasonQiuMusic]

Music doesn't sell anymore. The industry is too saturated now. We have such short attention spans these days that we only listen to songs for a hot minute like you said, and then we move right on to the next thing. I do think we need to rethink how music should be made and commercially released these days, and let even big stars focus on creativity rather than trying to rake in numbers.

[@Sammae]

Agreed!!

[@Prime6165]

If that's the case, I feel bad because it's definitely a good album. Choreography I think it was pretty strong judging by her Apple Music live concert. Regardless, I think she ll make her money back after she tours.

[@Sammae]

From what I read she got her money back in the deal with prime. She spent 20 mil of her own and got 50 from prime.

[@U269370]

Yeah I’m rooting for her, but times have changed. I love all of it. I love that she put her heart out there regardless of all the hate she gets. People are very mean to her, but her true fans get her. Love ya Jlo ❤❤❤❤

[@julianlugo321]

Appreciate all your comments! But I have to say, what makes me most excited is the Aaliyah album and Aaliyah photo hanging on your walls! Are you a big fan too??!

[@Sammae]

Looove Aaliyah! ❤️ been a huge fan. I try to talk about her on here as much as possible. 🙏 you are as well I presume?

[@julianlugo321]

@@Sammae That’s awesome! And yes, I’m a massive fan! Her and Selena Quintanilla are my top 2!

[@Sammae]

@@julianlugo321 angels! 🫶

[@jakeconstant7231]

Bro you like speak my mind in regards JLo and this project and its meaning. You forgot to mention that her tour sales are picking up and they even added 3 new stops due to popular demand. So I think at this point she’s accepting it for what it is and doing her thing like she always does. She has said that her favorite job is being on the stage with her fans so I think this tour is going to be the best thing for her. I have tickets for August 7 Boston TD Garden

[@Sammae]

I knew I forgot a few things! 😫 She will neverr have a problem selling out tours. She's one of those main artists that's a must see. I'm hoping to see her this tour! I've never seen her live! 🙌

[@jakeconstant7231]

@@Sammae me either, so I’m beyond stoked. I’ve been a fan since I was 4 years old in the back seat of my moms car singing along with her to If You Had My Love and I remember one of mine and my moms favorites that we always waited to play on the radio (circa 2003 lol) was I’m Glad, still one of my faves. I’ve always wanted to see her but I didn’t know if she would ever tour again given her workload but when she announced that she was I literally set an alarm for 9 am 2/20 to get tickets pre-sale.

[@jakeconstant7231]

@@Sammae my husband and I are in Boston so her stop at TD Garden is perfect. I think she will make sure that’s a real good concert since Ben is from here.

[@Laura_N_Nengo]

Well the thing is it's a movie. Sooo most people kinda want to watch the movie without spoilers. But that's just what I think though.

[@patricebennett1100]

It was Jennifer’s choice to make all the songs sound out of fashion. This is me, then (which was 100% current at the time with really big memorable hits & was brilliant) didn’t sound like it was 20years old. And if you want the songs to sound uncurrent then at least make the songs catchy and make me want to rewind and play over and over again like catchy songs do. The songs are melodicly ugly. If I was a record exec I would have said where are the hits? Where are the big guns on the album? I had high expectations because I am a Big fan but I didn’t download it as I dislike the tunes, all of them. They don’t make feel good or happy when I hear them. They are unpleasing to my ears. This new album and rebirth are the only 2 albums I don’t own of JLo’s as they are not good enough sounding albums for me. I did like the movie. But again not enough to watch it a 2 nd time and I’m a fan, so something is off. I think she is a great person though. I want her to have all the happiness. And if she thinks the songs are good that’s all that matters.

[@digga0904]

The reason is simple. J Lo is not a singer. Her voice is awful. Of course nobody wants to listen to this. And in the past the productions were better. Now, in this album, even the music was boring.

[@JB-zv2es]

Because she had so many « unknown voices » on her albums … definitely sounded better

[@Kkk-jj7de]

keep saying this shit. You r making me more to listen her masterpiece

[@U269370]

Your comments are awesome. I totally agree with you.

[@eckojerry]

It's been several weeks and I really like the entire album. Dare I say no skips

[@Joohee4]

People are shitting in JLo as a person, because she’s clearly a narcissist, and not really just her wack movie. She called it art and it was just self-promotion- and people saw through that.

[@mventez]

Certified flop! Landed at #38 and soon to disappear from charts within the upcoming weeks. The fact that she had to fund her own projects speaks volumes. The label dropped her.

[@Sammae]

This statements confusing... funding your own project is seen as a negative? I've never heard of this lol she paid 20 mil of her own, prime paid 50 for it. The movies been number one on prime too, the albums still in charts which is good especially for an artist of that Era. Music doesn't quite work like it used to.

[@mventez]

@@Sammae hmm there’s a reason why ppl are signed to labels. Labels invest into artist but since she was quietly drop from the previous one. It comes at no surprise she paid for her own stuff. So far has sold 14k, making this a flop and landing at #38. There is nothing confusing about it, you seem slow.

[@Sammae]

@mventez sounds like you're unaware of the current shift in music and especially with labels. Labels have zero interest in urban acts, majority are independent but are of a younger age and caught wind on social media and then got sogned. The ones still releasing music from the 2000s and earlier are doing these kind of numbers. You sound like a hater and go off of what categories are important to you. Call it what you want but music doesn't sell, it's been an issue. These numbers especially being independent are pretty decent... especially being in a time music doesn't sell.

[@mventez]

@@Sammae lol stop playing unsigned artist turn to KZbin, social media for attention. Someone like jlo had to put up her own money after the financiers dropped the project. Prime did not pay $50 for the film. That’s a pure folk story. She sold 14k of a $20 million investment. She probably begged Amazon to take it after all her team went against the idea. Come back next week for updated numbers 🤣🤣🤔😭

[@stephenfermoyle4578]

there was no ''Marketing'' she should have re branded the old songs...and thrown in ''kiss of the Spiderwoman'' dah!!

[@Bambina-y7q]

Jlo needs to learn to be by her self. Divorce Ben asap he don't care about her. Jlo needs to her self first.

[@justinagrelo5312]

But the album did sell 21K debuted at 28 unfortunately😢

[@ricky5760]

Actually debuted at 38 on the top 200 charts

[@justinagrelo5312]

@@ricky5760 #1 on album sales charts 😘

[@mventez]

Fyi the tour is $50 prices and mostly all available, aka not selling at dirt cheap prices.

[@Sammae]

I guess depends where you are cause they're 800- 1400 for floor seats.

[@mventez]

@@Sammae depends on the city, but outside the floor seats everything is dirt cheap and avaible.

[@Sammae]

@mventez those ones are $600 and lower from what I see. I saw elsewhere tickets were going 2k-4k. It just depends where.

[@mventez]

@@Sammaeonly 3 major cities.

[@mventez]

@@Sammae update 7 dates on cancelled on the tour, dropped by Sephora. No longer on any billboard list. More dates pending cancellation. 💅🏻

[@hchomecinemas]

Man, I had to come back to this video because the beginning about the Twitter account "PopStuff" was just false. For the love of God and this is not directed to you in particular.. in general, please STOP believing everything that you see on the internet. Also, what!? AKA did not chart at #41... it charted at #8.

[@Sammae]

The first part everyone's been back and forth with. I myself saw her numbers on spotify and each song had just a little over 1k streams. For aka I got it mixed up, she was 41 in the UK

[@schoolcounselor6479]

You were spot on.

[@glopan12345]

Sad if flopped and she canceling tour dates as well its ok she needs to focus on her family

[@dianemartinez8126]

Hopefully, she doesn’t value her self worth against this project, she seems to do that, she wants big numbers. Those days are gone JLO

[@Amanda_The_American_Mom]

Love JLO but the new song doesnt hit for me. Not a fan of her new music.

[@leonilamontgomery9464]

She's old

[@louieadam251]

She can dance all night long and entertain people but sing, she is not good at it.

[@GaryTornado-zy2mz]

JLo is not an artist she’s a dancer with mediocre singing and acting skills

[@GracelynParrenas]

It is flop

[@penny6170]

Awful. JLo cannot sing. Cringe.