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[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by James89

'24 Karat Gold' is currently at #50 on the US Amazon albums chart which isn't bad but I'd expect it to be a little bit higher than that by now. It has reached as high as #25 which was when it became available for pre-order.

I really think that her appearance on 'The Voice' will have a colossal impact on sales and also if Stevie was wise she should mention it on the 'Today Show' which is only a couple of days before the release of the album.

It's difficult to compare '24 Karat' to 'Enchanted' as it was a 4cd set and was expensive at the time. It was also nearly 16 years ago and as we know, the music business has changed.

However, I think Stevie is as popular now as she was in the 80's. AHS gained her a lot of younger fans and 'The Voice' will further increase the younger fan base. The last time Stevie was very popular was in 2001 with 'Trouble in Shangri-La'. To go from the commercial disaster of 1994's 'Street Angel' to a top 5 placing and sell over 100,000 copies in a week only went to show how popular she was as a solo artist. This was don't forget 4 years after 'The Dance' so the albums' popularity wasn't just because of that.

I really hope '24 Karat Gold' does well for Stevie's sake and just because I wish her well!

It was because of The Dance. TISL hardly sold anything after it's initial release and it never got that much airplay. Stevie also benefitted from special Vh1 promotion.