John Legend Says 'I'm No Britney,' 'Tabloids Couldn't Move Her Last Album'
Date: 10/30/08 | By Njai Joszor
Filed under: R&B News, John Legend
John Legend is not fond of the tabloids, gossip blogs or constant attention from the media like Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan.
In a recent interview with the associated press, Legend dismisses the notion that intense media coverage could upgrade his image.
"You read about for instance, Britney Spears all the time and her last
album didn’t even sell that well. You read about Lindsay Lohan all the
time her last album didn’t sell that well, nor have her movies sold
that well, so “I don’t think there’s that strong of a correlation
between tabloid coverage and album sales."
Comparing his career to that of rock superstars Coldplay, John Legend goes on to says "You don't read about Chris Martin everyday in the tabloids, Bruce Springstein, any number of artists."
In related news, John Legend's third studio album "Evolver," hit stores this week marking a new beginning for the star who admits to feeling disappointed by his last effort "Once Again."
"One of the things that I was thinking was, “You know, I wanna go from a
theater artist to an arena artist.” And, part of my thinking when I was
doing this was what album do I have to make to make that transition?
First of all, (I need) to make songs that are going to fill up an arena
and feel like they belong in that big space, so I wanted to make bigger
sounding songs and more anthemic sounding songs."
Legend's "Evolver" features Kanye West, Andre 3000, Ne-Yo and Pharrell.
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We never here any mess out of our young R&B divas and actresses. Amy Whinehouse, Britney and Lindsey Lohan are not good role models for our daughters with their public drunking(DRUNK!) and druging; televised all over CNN and E!. Those ladies maintain tabloid headlines while degrading their stock and movie project value in Hollwood:except for Haden Patterie and Hillary Duff. Even though she has had a recent#1 song, Britney and company could learn from Brandy, Beyonce, Alicia Keys and even Keisha Cole on handling family/careers issues publically.
So I guess the recent photos of John with the gay porn star on all the blogs didn't help him sell records?