Kylie Admits US Failure, Focuses on European Tour
May 4, 2008 by lkatulka
Kylie Minogue might be massive in Australia and Europe, but American audiences haven’t warmed to our pop princess.
Her newie X topped the Aussie, Greek, and Taiwanese charts, and cracked the top ten in the UK, and Switzerland. But in the United States the record sold a measly 6000 copies, and limped into the Billboard charts at number 139. With appearances on The Today Show, Dancing with the Stars, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and The Late Late Show to support it, X simply should have done better.
Kylie knows when to quit, and she’s ruled out further efforts in the American market.
“I gave it my best shot. I won’t try again,” she told Britain’s Daily Mail.
And seriously, why would she? She’s got a European tour to think about. Fans there have spent more than half a million dollars on tickets.
Kylie’s first tour since her breast cancer diagnosis will kick off in Paris on Tuesday, before taking in Greece, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Luxembourg, Russia, Latvia, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
All those enthusiastic European fans should make her American flop a little easier to swallow. If you want to be amongst them, click below to see when Kylie’s visiting you.