Katy Perry’s “143” album is gone from the charts.
It took less than 2 weeks for the new collection to vanish entirely. What a mess!
“143” yielded no hits but had expensive videos as accompaniment. The writing was on the wall mid summer when the singles came tumbling out and flopped one after another.
Total sales came to about 38,000 CDs and downloads. With streaming the number is 65,000.
No thought whatsoever went into this project. Perry used Dr. Luke as her producer for the whole album including, ironically, a song called “Woman’s World.” This seemed inappropriate considering Dr. Luke drew the ire of all female singers when Kesha accused him of rape, among other things.
The videos for “143” were ridiculous and pointless. They just showed Perry living large with her movie star boyfriend, Orlando Bloom.
Perry is on tour now around the world, and will reap millions. When she gets to the US she’ll have no record to tour behind, which is always a mistake. She’ll need a hot young opening act to help draw at arenas.
After all those years on “American Idol,” Katy had a chance to make a huge comeback. But she blew it, and it’s not even clear if she understands that.
