#1
It's easy to dismiss Katy Perry's Billboard chart achievement of 5 #1's from one album, tying Michael Jackson's 1987 Bad album. The charts are so fragmented now that what Billboard is charting at #1 doesn't always jibe with what I think is at the top.
But the bigger picture is career. Hits are big, Perry has now dropped 2 albums with plenty of them. She'll need to do it again for album #3. If she can she'll be around longer than her critics think. Music critics don't take people like Perry seriously because she's a Pop singer, and most don't listen to Top 40 radio anymore. But she can write catchy songs and they sound good on the radio, which is all that matters.
But the bigger picture is career. Hits are big, Perry has now dropped 2 albums with plenty of them. She'll need to do it again for album #3. If she can she'll be around longer than her critics think. Music critics don't take people like Perry seriously because she's a Pop singer, and most don't listen to Top 40 radio anymore. But she can write catchy songs and they sound good on the radio, which is all that matters.
posted by Tom Lane at 5:54 AM
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