What are Avril's Most Embarassing Hits and Flops?

[avrilxxx15]

What makes me wonder is, ever since LG era, Avril always have flop singles, even UMS have flop singles, what's even weird is, despite her flop singles, she still manage to sold over 30+ million copies ( not including the sales of GL ) world wide, she still have decent tour sales ( I heard TBDT is not really flop tour as the media says it, even those in US, most of them did great except in few venues, i heard it still did better than Rihanna's ).

How on earth did Avril managed to sell over 30+ million album with so many flop singles?

Oh yeah some stans of other pop girls ( many are Rihannas) make fun of her for only having #1 single.

F*ck! at least her album have very few fillers

[Jules x]

All her singles i think were hits but wish you were here, it was so disappointing how the music video turned out and it wasn't right as a single but it was good for her album

[Miles890]

Because she is an album seller, Rihanna, Katy are single artists, in fact Rihanna sold 20milions of albums and 60 MILLION of singles!!!

I don't know who said that about TBDTour, It had lots of sold-out cities, and it was listed as the fifth best tour in 2008

And another thing, her singles lasts, are history..Everyone remembers and will remember Complicated, Im With You..but who remembers Unfaitfull, Shut Up And Drive, Sos, Only Girl???

[Sivan5353]

Because she is an album seller, Rihanna, Katy are single artists, in fact Rihanna sold 20milions of albums and 60 MILLION of singles!!!

I don't know who said that about TBDTour, It had lots of sold-out cities, and it was listed as the fifth best tour in 2008

And another thing, her singles lasts, are history..Everyone remembers and will remember Complicated, Im With You..but who remembers Unfaitfull, Shut Up And Drive, Sos, Only Girl???

Me. Actually that's her best song imo

[avrilxxx15]

20 million albums with 6th albums? I am not saying that it's bad, it's not, but the fact that Rihanna have been in the mid 2000s, she should have sold at least 30 Millions,

I also wonder, what if Avril released an album every 2 years from 2002 until now, I wonder how much record she sold.

She have sold over 30 million albums before GL is released, and that is impressive.

[Shuhan]

Embarassing Flop - The Best Damn Thing I HATE the music video of it!

[★Real Eyez★]

I am not embarrassed by any of Avril's singles.

[GreeneyedSoul]

20 million albums with 6th albums? I am not saying that it's bad, it's not, but the fact that Rihanna have been in the mid 2000s, she should have sold at least 30 Millions,

I also wonder, what if Avril released an album every 2 years from 2002 until now, I wonder how much record she sold.

She have sold over 30 million albums before GL is released, and that is impressive.

Yeah but Rihanna had sold much more singles than her. You can't really compare an album artists from the early 2000's and a single artists which came out few years later.

[Mathilde15]

The big flop for me is the Goodbye Music Video and the one of Smile..

[Zach]

Yeah but Rihanna had sold much more singles than her. You can't really compare an album artists from the early 2000's and a single artists which came out few years later.

Getting millions of people to pay $20 for an album by physically going out to the store is more impressive than getting them to pay 99 cents for one song by clicking a button, imo. (That goes for all artists, not just Avril.)

So yeah, it's definitely hard to compare.

[Sinister]

I also wonder, what if Avril released an album every 2 years from 2002 until now, I wonder how much record she sold.

Well actually, on average, Avril releases a new album every 2.5 years.

I don't think her album spacing is the issue, I think the singles are the problem. Avril would rather release a single for the sentimental value rather than for chart success, which I like, but she could easily have 3 or 4 massive hits from every album if she did the promotion and chose singles wisely. Still, as someone has already said, Avril sells albums, not singles, which I really admire.

[Blue Jeans]

Alice charted at #59 in the UK, Smile's peak was #178
So Alice didn't flop that badly in the UK.

Hits
Don't Tell Me - One of my favourite Avril songs, but a weak lead single
Girlfriend - Damaged her image, lost a big chunk of her fanbase

Flops
Smile - No promotion, but not embarrassing because nobody really heard it
Wish You Were Here - Played tons on US radio, but still poor charting