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Originally Posted by ♥ you!
What about people like Kylie Minogue? She's one of the biggest gay icons in the world and that obviously hasn't done much for her American career. She has like..three? hits over there. There's a lot more gay icons I can name who haven't received the same success, Madonna and Cher are one of the lucky few.
For her latest album X her management ****ed up big time with not only having poor single choices but limited promo.
When it all comes down to it promo and single choices are the most important part in guaranteeing success.
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Excellent point, I should have put more thought into her situation. I believe that she wasn't as big as she is worldwide because of her musical style in the times that were going on. I believe she's a consistant artist with great talent, maybe just not right for the times?
I was extremely disappointed with the X promo because I thought it was a pretty good album.
I still think she has a larger underground gay fanbase in the states. It may not be strong enough to translate over to mainstream but she's definitely a gay diva hero.
Regarding homosexual fans being awful to artists. I think that we are very vocal on our approvals and disappointments and that is what you may be speaking of. I would say that Britney comes to mind as a perfect example of that. I think there is something that we say negative and then watch them fall only to climb back up to the top. It lets the artist prove that they're the diva they always were, so to speak. I doubt that all of us are like that though. Throughout all of Britney's bad times I stood by and only felt bad; never ditched my fandom and love for her though.
I think a gay following isn't as negative as it may seem. Gays have their hags who, usually, fall for anything the gays love which can in turn bring the music to other peoples attention who may like it from that girl. It's a trickle process that could be successful.
Either way, BoA needs better reps. I have a feeling that SM really thinks she will just blow up but it takes time for artists these days to really establish themselves. They should have teamed up with a better company as a joint venture to bring BoA's name and music out.