Christina Aguilera must be feeling ‘Not Myself Tonight’ after reports the diva is being forced to accept private gigs after poor tickets sales for her North American summer tour!
The ‘official’ reason for her cancelled tour was ‘insufficient rehearsal time’, but insiders are lamenting the real reason is poor ticket and record sales. Her fourth album ‘Bionic’ recently made history in the UK by debuting at number one with the lowest number of copies sold in eight years; it then received the largest weekly decline for a number one album. Her latest single ‘You Lost Me’ has so far failed to make the Billboard top 200.
An insider said: "Christina's performing at Bar Mitzvahs and weddings. She wanted to charge $ 2 million a time but her hubby Jordan Bratman convinced her to lower it to $245,000 so she'll get more gigs."
And, if the whispers are true, rival Lady Gaga is the one copping the blame!
The insider added, "Christina thinks fans saying she's "Gaga lite" has thwarted her success. They've slammed her latest image as a poor imitation.
“It's embarrassing for someone once so successful to resort to this but blaming Gaga's just crazy!"
If that’s the case, then this next tidbit of news will be a real burn for the pint-sized songstress. Billboard magazine estimates that Gaga’s current ‘Monster Ball’ tour will gross nearly $200 million worldwide by the end of the year.
But ever the Lady, GaGa has given the ‘Dirrty’ singer props, saying Christina helped her become a household name in the states!
In response to comments that CA was imitating Lady's kooky sense of style at the MTV VMAs , Gaga said: "Well, it was very flattering when it happened."
"She's such a huge star and if anything I should send her flowers, because a lot of people in America didn't know who I was until that whole thing happened.
"It really put me on the map in a way, though of course I don't just want to be remembered for the Christina Aguilera scandal."
"There are no hard feelings with Christina at all," she told Digital Spy. "What it showed me was, even though I've only been on the commercial market for seven or eight months, I've really burned graphic images of my visuals onto the irises of my fans.
"They saw a huge, Grammy-winning star who's been around for years and they recognised Lady GaGa. That to me is quite an accomplishment."
But it’s not all gloom and doom for Christina. The star is busy promoting her upcoming film ‘Burlesque’, which is due for release later in the year. The movie, which also stars Cher, is already getting rave reviews
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