Sobre Ter Um Álbum Em Número #1

Ainda a respeito da ideia de que o que vende muito é que é bom, ontem estava a ler algumas informações sobre a cantora Tulisa que é jurada no X-Facor e lança o primeiro álbum a solo agora no final do mês [já ouvi, no me gustou] e deparei-me com esta declaração que considero um must-read para aquelas mentes que ainda vão atrás do que está nos tops:

"Having a number one album isn't important. Let me tell you something, do you know how many artists go to number one in the charts and they release on a certain week because they know that in that week they have more chance of going to number one? Then they drop out of the album charts a week later and they might have sold 100,000 when they could have sold 400,000. For me, just like with N-Dubz, I don't care about having a number one album, I care about going platinum. I care about the overall sales. What's the point in having a number one but people saying, 'She only sold 60,000 though'? I don't want that. Most people these days kind of drop the one single and then the album but that was one thing I said I would never do," she explained. "I have to put the background work in. I've got to give people a reason to buy it. I want to prove myself this year, more than ever, as a musician and as a solo artist."

Claro que o propósito de se lançar um álbum mais do que vender deveria, num mundo perfeito, ser somente partilhar o trabalho de um artista, mas já que se toca nas vendas, esta é uma citação à qual dou toda a razão.