So, after media bombing the innertubes news...starting with performing his newly announced single, "For You" on the ACM awards through having a "radio #1" party and having his annual "BENEFIT FOR ORB" where he attempted to bribe his fansiesite members with a free lunch and swag...to a "surprise" announcement that he was invited to join the Opry...all culminating at the actual Opry induction performance...the orb's new single ACTUALLY dropped out of the Top 100 Country downloads at itunes. In fact, MOST of orb's music...aside from the previous single, "You Gonna Fly" which sits at #95 on itunes...DOES NOT appear on ANY of the album or singles sales reports this week. The orb does not register even on the backlog album or singles sales top 200 sales charts.
Now, currently orb is appearing on the The Voice Oz version. And of course aussie websites cover the show...YET orb's sales continue to be VERY weak! I have made the argument before that NO matter what orb does...all the lame family photo ops...all the red carpet and awards show appearances...the manufactured press events...his music IS NOT going to sell. No matter what he does, his sales will continue to fall. And the fact of the matter is...orb does not have anything of interest...he just doesnt have the songwriting talent or the complexity to transcend his bland and dull personality. I simply state that the orb is too superficial and too one dimensional...his music TOO derivative to attract true faithfulness from country music listeners. And so, his sales will continue to fall, his awards recognition will dwindle till he is NOT any longer simply invited to perform on the show to "sell" his latest singles...since they DONT sell, why will they bother to invite him? They want the "marque" country artists...who have MULTIPLE albums and singles on the sales charts...because NOTHING lasts for very long in entertainment without "SUCCESS." With success also comes entertainment. Now, orb fansies like to tout orb's prowess while on tour...but...when it is also clear that his live tours are ALSO falling short of his past success...there will NOT be much they can cheer IF his albums and songs dont sell enough to keep the orb in business!
UPDATE:
So, a quick check of the Top 100 country song downloads on itunes two days later...
http://www.popvortex.com/music/charts/top-country-songs.php
reveals that orb's last song, "You Gonna Fly" has now fallen off the top 100 downloads. Orb now has NO songs on the top 100 Country song downloads. Meanwhile...Carrie Underwood has 13 songs on the top 100 downloads....Aldean has 11 songs on the top 100 downloads...Shelton has 5 songs on the list....Church has 3 songs...lady ant has 3...Lambert has 3....swift has 2... and etc. If all this occurs to orb's music...WHEN he is ALL OVER the innertubes...imagine when he releases his next album.
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