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Taking A Dive

woman diving[Blind Gossip] If your album sales have taken a dive over the past ten years and your label is trying to help you improve, the last thing you should do is dig in your heels and insist to the executives that you know more than they do about selling music.

You don’t.

You’re focusing on a lot of other junk that doesn’t make them money. They don’t care about your love life, your social media numbers, your little acting gigs or your promises to focus.

None of those things are selling records. And I know you know that all those distractions are partly to blame.

You’re ticking people off and they’re not going to put up with you for long. I’ll bet if you keep doing what you’re doing, you’re going to find yourself out of a home.

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Singer:

Clues:

[Optional] Should she listen to the label execs?

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  2. tigtig18 says

    Lady Gaga
    Started in 2006 at Def Jam
    Broken engagement, 62.5 million twitter followers, A Star is Born, Cookbook coming out
    no release date for LG #5

  6. realityhooked says

    Clues
    Focusing on reality shows
    But parts in precious & django unchanged etc and new fiance

  8. Molly7111 says

    Singer: LeAnn Rimes
    She hasn’t had that many acting gigs, but she’s the only person I can think of would rather promote her #happy# #hubbylove##stepsonlove# 24/7 than work. Her last album was a flop. Now, she’s with a new label and her first single video looks like she shot it on her cell phone.

  11. ohnemit says

    The dive thing makes me think Beyonce, but I can’t see this being her. Sounds a lot more like Gaga to me…?

  12. amagod121 says

    Alex the answer is: who is Leann Rhimes? Darned if this lady doesn’t do this ALL of the time! She was so fortunate to find an interested record label in England since she ruined her name in America. And now she’s trying to fudge it up? Seriously?

    • amagod121 says

      Or else Lindsay Lohan. If she still has a record label. But my money is on LeAnn for this blind item!

    • amagod121 says

      Sorry, one last thing: LeAnn always runs around in swimwear, which is similar to the swimmer in the picture.

  13. Brizzles says

    Christina Aguilera.

    Hints: red swimsuit is what she wore for the album artwork for her Back 2 Basics album, which is currently being reported on now for being 10 years old (released in August 2006).

    Lyrical references:

    “Dig” – sample from Back to Basics intro.

    “to blame” – lyric from “Hurt” off of Back to Basics.

    “Too long” / “found a home” – lyrics from ‘Understand’ off Back to Basics.

    “I know” / “you know” – lyrics from her new song ‘Telepathy’…

    • Brizzles says

      Also, Christina stated in an interview recently that she was taking time off from the Voice this fall to FOCUS on her kids, her engagement, and her upcoming show on Spike TV (game show called ‘Tracks’).

      No where did she mention focusing on an album, which is long overdue.

  15. TruveyTaylor says

    Rihanna.

    Tired * on-again-off-again “romance” with Drake.
    The Rihanna Navy who are not going out to see her like they used to.
    She’s gotta a gig in Ocean’s Eight, possibly.

    Poor dat.

  16. molly123 says

    Singer: Katy Perry

    Clues: Social media numbers on Twitter, Love life with Orlando Bloom, Promoting new Lipstick, new Shoe line, Perfume, and hats, Singing her new single Rise, right after its release at the DNC and breaking her deal with NBC and the Olympics. NBC did not play the song at all so it flopped.

  18. teenunz says

    Singer: Ariana Grande

    Clues: her song “Focus”,
    love life with Big Sean and currently on the radar with rapper Mac Miller, and “little acting gigs” was Scream Queens, Victorious, etc.

    • chicagogirl says

      Strike that. I missed the pronoun at the very end. It’s Mariah and her high heels.

  28. FiyahHotFlashy says

    Singer: Usher
    Clues: New movie, The Voice, Baby Momma drama, newly wed, Bieber

    No…do you and enjoy life!

  29. TeaDrinker says

    Singer: Mariah Carey

    Clues: dive (she seems to live on her fiance’s yacht), love life (she can’t stop talking about her fiance), acting gigs (the most recent role on Empire), etc.

  31. heartcouture says

    I’m sure there are a lot of clues in this but I’m not getting any of them. So random guess, Mariah?

  34. Snoopysister says

    Mariah Carey
    Divorce and new fiancé in the news
    Acting in Lee Daniels movies and new realty show
    Her voice is shot anyway

  36. rexczarina says

    Shakira. Her last two albums in English flopped and her last album in Spanish sold well but not as well as expected. They don’t care about your love life [she gets more attention for her relationship with Gerard Pique than for her music], your social media numbers [100 million “Friends” on Facebook, your little acting gigs [she had a small role in Zootopia], she has also come out with more perfumes than studio albums. Her career peaked a decade ago with the single “Hips Don’t Lie” from…

  38. LogicFail says

    Singer: Grande likely, tho 10 years seems too long. Maybe Swift, but her numbers are fine. Gomez is under 10 years, so def not her. No clue. Certain other implieds are a they might get the middle finger right back tho and get proven wrong AGAIN like before.

    Clues: Too many across the board.

    [Optional] Should she listen to the label execs? Depends on what. Some execs are full of crap when they go on physical attributes tangents & what people will accept or not.

  47. basketballgrl says

    My first thought was Leann Rimes but I think it has been more than 10 years since she has been relevant in the music world. Soooo…. Britney?

  48. readenreply says

    Folks will say Gaga, but she hasn’t been around a decade yet.

    Sounds like JLo… given her boy toys

  49. SugarCookie says

    Beyonce. But the entire record industry has seen album sales tank to historic lows (again).
    Album sales are down almost 17% so far this year.

    People are using streaming services: Pandora , iHeartRadio, iTunesRadio, Rhapsody, Spotify, GooglePlay, etc…

  50. j60dnl says

    I’m saying Kylie Minogue.
    The swimming pool photo might refer to the ‘Slow’ video, “digging heels” = dance and disco, “without a home” = her time in Neighbours.

  53. Ran Dan says

    Singer: Selena Gomez

    Clues: “social media numbers” she is the most followed person on instagram, “I know you know” she has a song called “I want you to know”…it reminds me of her somehow

    [Optional] Should she listen to the label execs? Idc, I highly doubt with the little talent she has people are going to miss her.

  55. gc02ef says

    Sounds like Mariah Carey
    the picture looks like when she dove into the pool in Honey (??) video after her first divorce

  61. prinny says

    Brit Brit or Mariah, but I think only Brit has put music out recently. The only clue I picked up on is out of a home, ie Vegas residency. Of course she needs to listen to the label execs, sorry to say, but she’s not that bright. She seems more concerned with putting out bikini pics on IG.

  62. kittee says

    It’s obviously Ciara. 20,000 album sales, over million Twitter followers. LA Reid just announced he’s dumping her from his record label. Too busy with her marriages, relationships, baby than focusing on her music career.

  63. Katmandu says

    Most of the singers listed seem to be, IMO, has-beens. Leanne Rimes, really? Is anyone really waiting for a new album from her? Britney Spears, the performing pony? I wish and hope it was Beyonce, or Rihanna… I am all for Lady Gaga moving into other areas of show biz, though I don’t know how successful she will be. So if it’s her, I hope she finds the time to put out another killer album, or at least a good one.

  64. luvprue1 says

    Singer : Ciara
    She might be drop from her label Epic records. According to one site L.A Reid is not happy with her record label .

  65. mightyaphrodite says

    This is Mariah Carey.

    Clues:

    1. Out of a home = the his n’ hers yachts they currently have.
    2. The photo diving into a pool = looks like her video for “Honey”

  66. Mindflayer says

    People. You do know it says over the past TEN years, right? So it is around 2006. Therefore it cannot be Ariana, Selena and probably not Justin. If you know what I mean.

  67. Richierich99 says

    Not Mariah Carey. She only recently returned to Sony and has solely released a Greatest Hits album with them. This sounds like someone who’s been pissing off her label for the last 10 years.

  68. Mindflayer says

    It could be a couple of people who are 10 years in the music business. The diving does remind me of something. Hint pretty please?

  69. CamilliaC says

    I really feel this is Michael Buble. Everyone keeps guessing women, but no where does it say “She” or “Her”

    The swimming pool reminded me of a line in “Everything”..’youre a swimming pool, on an August day”

    And the clue Home.

    He has an album out in October.

  71. poppysmummy says

    This is Rhianna. Clue- Out of a home. She did the voice for the main character in Home.
    She’s done acting and fashion design in addition to her singing career. Didn’t she just bring out a range of shoes or something?

  72. nowitzkifan41 says

    I actually think this may be J.Lo. I know everyone is saying Mariah Carey but 10 years ago was only a year after the Emancipation of Mimi was released and that was the highest selling album that year. Not to mention all the Grammy’s she one. She had like two other number 1 singles a year or two after that. So I don’t think it’s her. J.Lo, while hugely popular hasn’t had great album sales in the last decade or so. It was the early 2000’s when she was killing it. She has a mass social media…

  73. whateverwillbe14 says

    Singer:
    Mariah Carey

    Clues: The dive looks like her dive in Honey but with a different bikini color. She recently got engaged/ex-hubby can’t shut up about her. Her Twitter followers is at 16.5M, 4.1M on Instagram, 20M likes on Facebook, 1.8B views on Youtube. Acting gigs is currently Empire and her reality TV show Mariah’s World.

    Not to mention her decline in album sales is obvious
    E=MC² – 2.5M
    Memoirs – 549,000
    Chanteuse – 122,000 in US

    [Optional] Should she listen to the label…

    • whateverwillbe14 says

      [Optional] Should she listen to the label execs?
      Yes. Her music has been in a decline since the Glitter days and it’s such a shame since she doesn’t want to listen to anyone who might be able to save her career.

      The other guesses are good ones but none of them were selling 10-25M worldwide each album and had such a nosedive like Mariah has, especially over the last 10 years.