The biggest flops of the year: Mariah Carey, MDNA and more
The music disasters of 2012
- Compared to past successes, Madonna''s 12th album MDNA did not quite make the grade commercially or critically. While ''Give Me All Your Luvin'' made the US Top Ten, both her subsequent 2012 singles have failed to chart, and ''MDNA'' itself has the unfortunate record of achieved the largest second-week percentage sales drop for a number-one debuting album in USA.
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Mariah Carey's big music comeback hasn't been the huge success she may have been hoping for - new single 'Triumphant' only managed to claw its way to No.115 in the US chart. Ouch indeed.
But why is this? Is her career over, or is she just another casualty of the worldwide recession? Either way, she's not the only one who's faced chart underperformance, been dropped by their label, or incurred criticism from fans.
Here we list the biggest flops and dissappointments in the music industry this year - some will undoubtedly dust themselves off and try again, but some we may never hear from again (if indeed we heard from this year in the first place)...
