Poor Thang

Posted on July 28th, 2008 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Michelle Williams, News

Posted by Bossip Staff

Michelle Williams is a victim of the ‘album push-back’. Here is a clip from her Myspace blog expressing her sorrow:

I am so sorry about the news of my album!!! Trust me……when they told me I was numb for two days and couldn’t talk to anybody!!! I had sooooooooooooo many questions of as to why they’d push my album back three weeks before the original release date!!!! I will be honest and say that I am disappointed becuz I feel like we should’ve been doing more 3 months ago to promote my album instead of waiting to the last minute to change the date!!!! I have thought about EVERYTHING!!! Columbia Records is saying that they need more time to properly set up the album to ensure its success!!! So let’s make some lemonade out of the lemons!!! This could very well be a blessing in disguise!!! Plus there are still many people who didn’t even know my album was coming out August 12th anyway. I know you guys are LIVID but let’s keep the energy POSITIVE!!!! Things will work out for the good!!!! I will still WIN!!!!!

Damn, life after Destiny’s Child must be real rough if you ain’t Beyonce. SMH.

  • I’m Just Me (JOSH ALLEN’S # 1 STAN!!! GO JOSHIE, GO JOSHIE)

    FIRST

  • Ermy Erm

    wow i didnt know she even HAD a album coming out

  • I’m Just Me (JOSH ALLEN’S # 1 STAN!!! GO JOSHIE, GO JOSHIE)

    Good way to look at it maybe this is a blessing in disguise. I hope so. I hope they aren’t playing games with this. I was looking forward to this album.

  • Doagae

    This is so sad….LOL Well, not really but anyway maybe she will come out of her fog and realize that no one really cares….clearly not Columbia Records

  • always knew

    Michelle, I wish you well, but you and Kelly gone keep waiting for Beyonce your whole life? Get it together, ladies or find a new stream of income…….

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1725bc00dc07284d3f4ebe5fc0ec6a26?s=80&r=any NIKKI UNDERWOOD says: Don’t go on VACATION and come home on PROBATION

    Folks get pushed backed like bad wigs….as long as TI dont…NU doesnt give a sh*t

  • african princess

    Poor thing. Look into other business ventures. Clearly this is sabotage. SMH.

  • Acacia

    Like I said a few days ago, Solange can never recover from being Beyonce’ sister and neither will the group members. I didn’t realize she was coming out with anything, so she sure needs to address some things w/Columbia’s promotion and marketing team(s). Gee whiz.

  • Acacia

    *Beyonce’s*

  • ThatGirlLinda

    Yeah her and Kelly need to take the blinders off because no one shines except for Solange and Beyonce from that camp. They need to get a backbone and be in charge of their on destiny or they will get left behind.

  • RIC BLEU34

    SHE BETTER CALL JAY AND BEY…

  • CUTIE PIE

    looka looka here ms. gospel has a little tat on her back..the cover is very cute

  • JUST KNEW IT

    WHY DONT MICHELLE LEAVE FROM UP UNDER THE KNOWLES THEY ARE NO MORE THAN POSION

    I NEVER KNOWN OF BEY ALBUM GETTING PUSHED BACK. WHAT IT WAS MICHELLE WAS GETTING MORE BUZZ THAN THE KNOWLES THOUGHT SHE WOULD GET AND GOT SCARED. BEYONCE STILL HAVE TO MANY FEMALES TO COMPETE WITH THIS YEAR.

  • I’m Just Me (JOSH ALLEN’S # 1 STAN!!! GO JOSHIE, GO JOSHIE)

    Folks get pushed backed like bad wigs….as long as TI dont…NU doesnt give a sh*t

    ************************************************************

    OKAY *giving two thumbs up*

  • http://www.cashgiftmajors.com I Get Money

    IM LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD HUSTLERS WHO WANT TO MAKE SOME EASY BREAD BUT STICK TO THE SCRIPT *startup fees apply

  • Envy Me(Colorful Skinnys, Fingerwaves, Doorknockers, Bamboos, Asymetric Cuts, THE 80′s IS SO BACK)

    Michelle sit down somewhere, aint nobody livid about ur album not coming out on time

  • Kompton’s Kutie

    Wow! I like her new look. I actually have high hopes for Michelle. Just let the girl shine.

  • Lady Architect

    Clearly anyone can see the real deal here. How come something always happens to Kelly and Michelle’s albums? Michelle was dropping 2 weeks before Solange and was getting more buzz about her album so of course Daddy Knowles didn’t like this. Plus he didn’t want anyone up against Beyonce’s album coming in November either. People say it’s the record company, but that’s why these stars have managers to monitor and protect them from these problems. Mathew should’ve been on top of this months ago with the marketing of the album and how Columbia was gonna promote it. People will forget about Michelle’s album by October which is the perfect plan by daddy knowles. By that time I’m Beyonce will have her single out and the marketing for her album will outshine Michelle’s as it did Kelly’s weak promotion. These ladies need to stop being zombies.

  • Mary J. Blige Has Super Powers

    This coked up grandma sounding broad needs to sit down!! That’s what she gets for being with Columbia. Naive like Kelly Rowland! You’re neva gonna been near Beyonce giiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrl!!! It’s FAR FROM Unexpected that your album is getting pushed-back. Who wants to hear her? She was the WORST singer in Destiny’s Child and no one gives a damn about her.

  • BB

    The truth is Columbia records isn’t happy with the direction of the album. As a manager Matthew Knowles is involved with managing her career, and Columbia the distribution of her record.

    She needs to leave Matthew behind cus, Letoya Luckett was out of the group for years and had a #1 debut and her album went platinum, a feat that neither Kelly nor Michelle has ever attained with their solo efforts, and they both have the DC fan base.

  • pm

    The break the dawn remix with flo-rida was pretty good. I hope she sells

  • Dame

    Poor Michelle I heart me some Bee but she needs new management.

  • SUNNYDAYZ

    NOW WHEN IT COMES TO PROMOTING WE ALL KNOW THAT IS KEY ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE SHARING THE SPOTLIGHT AS A SOLO ARTIST WITH YOUR FORMER BAND MATE BEYONCE .. WITH OUT THE HYPE YOU ARE JUST COLLECTING DUST ON THE SHELF THESE A.R. PEOPLE DON’T BELIEVE IN YOU AND AS AN ARTIST YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR FOOT WORK .. I MEAN WHEN PEOPLE HERE HER NAME THEY DO NOT ASSOCIATE HER WITH SOLO ARTIST .. SHE LOOKS NICE ON THE COVER .KEEP TRYING MICHELLE

  • O-K-A-Y

    @ LadyArchitect I cosign on everything you said

  • Aunt Viv

    Sorry to hear about this…not that I was going to buy the album but it must suck to hear this kinda news anyway. Would never happen to Bey.

  • Shony

    Here we Go Everybody ready to jump on the Knowles Family when it is Not her Managers Fault it The Marketing team at Columbis records fault they aren’t doing their jobs everytime something goes wrong with her of Kelly it is not always management fault they have other people that run their carrers besides management but we of course love to blame daddy Matthew Knowles. But Every artist albums are getting pushed back nowadays

  • glok9n

    POPPA KNOWLES IS A PIMP IS THE REAL TRICK DADDY!

  • glok9n

    HEY IT AINT LIKE YALL WAS GONNA BUY HER ALBUM ANYWAY, MICHELLE MY BELLE, YOUR BEING HOODWINKED GET YOUR HOLIER THAN THOU AZZ FROM UNDER THE KNOWLES, THEY ONLY TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN! AND YOU KNOW THIS MANNNNNNNN!

  • MS. FEE

    POOR CHILE…..HER AND KELLY ROWLAND JUST DON’T SEEM TO GET IT. THEY BETTER START PRAYING FOR ANOTHER DESTINY’S CHILD ALBUM. OH, AND WERE SICK OF THAT TOO…..

  • Be real

    I agree Shony!

    It’s some fake ass people on here. Ya’ll know good and well that ya’ll wasn’t planning on buying Michelle or Kelly’s albums no way so shut the hell up with all the Knowles bashing.

    I visit this blog daily and I know for a fact that none of you are hardcore Kelly and Michelle fans. Ya’ll are just hardcore Knowles haters. That’s a huge difference. So stop with all the fake sympathy. Ya’ll don’t care about those girls one bit. Ya’ll just root for the underdogs but as soon as they get on top, you’ll be hating them like ya’ll do everybody else that’s really successful.

    As soon as Bey drops her album, none of the chicks in the industry will matter anyway. She has no competition and anytime she drops an album, it’s a huge event. Michelle and Kelly just don’t have that same “it” factor. A different manager won’t make a difference. Have you ever seen them perform live by themselves? Enough said. I like Kelly and Michelle but they are better in a group than they are solo. Not everyone is meant to be solo stars. Get over it.

  • vegasgal

    Michelle,a word of advice sweetie: Don’t even bother releasing the album. The day it actually does release a Beyonce track will be magically leaked over the internet. Love the new look though.

  • Acacia

    Really isn’t it all a gamble? You never quite know what people are looking for or what will be a big hit. It could be they were so used to being “Thing #2″ and “Thing#3″ that they just don’t know how to ‘pimp the pen’ and be #1. I still think it has to do with their associations. I don’t think Michelle can sing and never thought she could even with Destiny’s Child. Kelly sounds okay and had a couple of good songs on her album.

  • Acacia

    Hey Aunt Viv

    Always keeping it playa! How are you today?

  • A+

    I wouldn’t blame this on the Beyonce camp. She lives in Chicago and is not exactly the nicest person. Perhaps if she wasn’t so stuck up and blah when it comes to her personality, then people would like her. She cannot blame anyone but herself, but believe me, she is not broke at all. She’ll always eat on those residuals of Destiny’s Child fame.

  • sweet_lies

    she looks like kelly in this pic

  • ICallItLikeISeeIt

    I love her positive energy, but I think she should stick to gospel. Album date push backs, wouldn’t happen to Bey and we all know this, but I don’t think Beyonce is the type of person to sabotage people.

  • Chaka

    WHAT? We were just dancing to the remix of We Take the Night the other night. That mix was hot.

  • boo boo

    I hope J-Hud’s album blows Bey’s out of the water. I have no hatred to Bey, just tired of the instant rewards she gets because she is who she is. She can put out crap, but people will buy because it’s hers. Matthew is not fair to his other artists. Kelly and Michelle, grab your sh@# at get the hell out of there. we are so over Beyonce and Camel….oh yeah, were we ever into Solange???

  • Sit yo five dolla ass down before I make some change (Oh no FAUX network didn’t say what I thought they said… )

    Ummmm…maybe her and Kelly should get together and start a shoe line since Columbia records is basically telling them to kick rocks…..LOL…and it is karma coming back to bite her in the ass because from what I here she is a b*tch…LOL…I went to ISU where she was a student and she wasn’t stuck up like she is now…OH well…LOL

  • kai

    I personally like Solanges new song..I never liked Beyonce and I feel sorry for these two. One of them need to hook up with a rich guy or something. For some reason they cant stick. I would not buy their albums anyway. Poor Kelly, she started out ok with “like dis” but what the hell happened. They need to manage their own careers..

  • Negrita Tan Rica

    It’s a damn shame when an albumn can flop when it hasn’t even been released yet.

    Mami, get ready to cry some more, cause you know you ain’t near the charts. Your time is done. Bey made sure it was a wrizzap for ya’ll asses.

  • Just Sayin

    Dear Michelle,

    There are plenty of MF’s who don’t give a $hit that your album is comming out August 12th.

    Sincerely,

    One of dem MF’s dat don’t give a $hit

  • Just Sayin

    I bet the few people who by this cd will be saying exactly that, “Thiis $hit is unexpected” I want my money back

    :-)

  • sinchy

    Michelle’s music stanks. Maybe she gets that now. Now maybe she and her need a ham sammich self gets the picture.

  • original1

    its all good…..we still got ya back lady…

  • kell and michelle

    Kelly and michelle will neva be nothing until they let go of Mr. Shady Knowles and do their own thing

  • Lady Architect

    I blame this on Michelle for trusting Mathew with her career after seeing what happened to the other ladies. Maybe her and Kelly really thought Mathew was gonna push their solo careers. Blame the label yes, but also blame the manager. He’s suppose to monitor these things for the client’s safety. That’s why celebs hire managers, to monitor their careers, get gigs, and talk to the labels and marketing teams. Solange has been showcasing her music at small venues for months. They have also been promoting her album and making sure sure video channels have her video. So what happened to Michelle, she gets one interview on Wendy Williams and some cameo shots at events. Why hasn’t Mathew been getting her showcase gigs as a pop artist making a crossover from Gospel. That is what managers are suppose to do.

  • soulwoman

    Kelly and Michelle need to come to the realization that w/o Beyonce nobody cares.

  • Really

    Like someone posted on her blog…

    Try telling that to Smitty or Joe Budden or Trillville…Their albums got delayed, with the label telling them the same things.

    In the end, they got permanently shelved!

    Now it’s at a clock. If the label doesn’t put out the album by September 30, she should seriously consider asking for a release from her contract with Music World/Columbia…Destiny’s Child is over, so you don’t need Matthew anymore! You have so much potential, go out and realize it by controlling your own destiny! (Sure worked for LeToya)

    Will support Michelle Williams no matter what happens to the album!

    Peace,

    M. Burmy

  • NYC Gal

    Michelle needs to wise up. So does Kelly. You can’t be successful if you share the same management and label with your competition. Especially if managemnent is the father of one of your competitors!

  • T

    Why do people act like Letoya was some HUGE success after Destiny’s Child? Yeah she had a #1 album and barely went platinum but that is not a huge accomplishment. Anybody can do that. She didn’t win no awards or become some huge superstar. We haven’t even heard from her since. People only took interest because of the DC split. She cant get anymore sympathy for her next album so I wonder if it will even be released. Do you even hear about Letoya? Hell no. Not hating just saying. Nobody cares about Letoya just like nobody cares about Kelly and Michelle.

  • Envy Me(Colorful Skinnys,Colorful Hi-Tops, Fingerwaves, Doorknockers, Bamboos, Asymmetric Cuts, THE 80′s IS SO BACK)

    FURIOUZ STYLEZ

    LOL

  • Not a Hater, Just Calling It Like I See It

    So, I guess she’s not doing the gospel thing anymore, huh?

  • DA TRUFF HURTZ!!!

    THREE THINGS…

    “POOR THANG” IS STILL A MILLIONARE!

    “I WILL STILL WIN” YES, YES SHE WILL!!

    SHE GOT WAY MORE GOIN’ ON THAN ANYBODY FROM OR ON THIS BLOG!!!

    HATERZ ARE SUCH FOOLS…….

  • ARTOFWAR

    Michelle, is the prime example of a black woman, that has yet to play the cards that she has been dealt, correctly.

    This is a woman that five years ago, should have married supper rich athlete, while her stock was sill high.

    Michelle, you should have married a ball player that is making $80,000,000 a year. And then proceeded to have had four, or five of his children.

    Sweetheart, if your music career has yet to take off, it never will.

    By pushing back your album, the company is really trying to tell you— (they don’t know what to do with you…..) ARTOFWAR…

  • cns

    I believe there are a few people that may enjoy their CD’s but won’t buy anthying associated with Matthew Knowles. I think that people ignore them out of spit because they both sat back and watch how other people were not treated fairly, but sat back and said or did nothing. Now the the shoe is on the other foot they can’t understand why they are not being treated fairly. True someone that there are no female singers on the level of Beyonce, but Letoya Lucketts and Jennifer Hudsons of the industry don’t have to worry about their projects being undermined because of nepotism. Do you’ll rembember when Matthew Knowles tried to get Jennifer Hudson parts edited out of the movie because she would sign with him. Can you image how messed up her career would have been if she had actually signed with him.

    zism.

  • mmph.

    Michelle is not going to see the light. I believe until she does what God wants her to do she ain’t going to blow up. Remember when she fell on stage, Kelly & B just kept on going.People hate her the way they hate Jessica/Ashlee Simpson. Beyonce didn’t blow up, she ascended. B’s a starrah.

  • Envy Me(Colorful Skinnys,Colorful Hi-Tops, Fingerwaves, Doorknockers, Bamboos, Asymmetric Cuts, THE 80′s IS SO BACK)

    IT REALLY AMAZES ME WHEN PEOPLE GIVE THEIR OPINION ON BLOGS/THREADS WHATEVER,AND ITS ALWAYS SOMEBODY SAYING BLOGGERS ARE HATERS, WHEN I JUST KNOW THE “NON HATING” BLOGGERS AREN’T “PERFECT BLOGGERS” (IS THERE A SUCH THING? UMMMMM NO)THEMSELVES…SO WHAT IF THERE ARE NEGATIVE COMMENTS, WHO CARES…SHE SHOULDN’T HAVE LEFT THE WORK I BELIEVE SHE WAS CALLED TO DO AND THATS GOSPEL, NOW LOOK AT HER……….IM JUST SAYING

  • always knew

    Not everyone is meant to be solo stars. Get over it.

    They put it the best, ain’t nobody hatin on Michelle or Kelly..Destiny’s Child will continue to dominate their careers, if they can’t understand that, maybe they shouldn’t be in business…Latoya Luckett and Latavia, getting kicked out years ago, I said the same thing when it happened, but I still like Beyonce and the rest of them too…It’s not Beyonce or Mr. Knowles fault, that they get money, maybe if the other girls learned that part of the business, we wouldn’t be talking about another album getting pushed back, that nobody is going to buy anyway..

    ARTOFWAR- That was probably the most honest assessment, that I have seen of this situation….Not hating, just stating……………………

  • kenya

    but I don’t think Beyonce is the type of person to sabotage people.

    i agree, but her father would absolutely without hesitation sabotage ayone who would take shine away from beyoncee(aka his money)…even solange. remember when she dropped the first cd…they had solange’s birthday and beys album release TOGETHER… so you know soli got no attention, all eyes were on beyoncee…TINA needs to be a woman and put a stop to her husband’s foolishness

    and for the love of all that is right in the world, dismantle the house of dereon fashion line????

  • Lady Architect

    tellingitlikeitis,

    For one calm down before you bust a blood vessel with your crazy Beyonce facts. I like Beyonce and Alicia Keys so let me make some differences for you here. For one you can’t compare a solo artist who gained fame from a group to a solo artist that came out as a pure solo artist. Half of those numbers you stated belonged to Destiny’s child and say what you wanna say about Beyonce as the lead singer, but people bought Destiny’s Child CD’s because they loved the group and their harmony. Maybe you only bought the CD for Beyonce, but obviously Mathew knew that Beyonce couldn’t do it alone as a solo artist because he would’ve never brought out the group. He shined the majority of the light on her and had he shined equal amounts of light on the others then they would be selling as well.

    Beyonce as a solo artist sold a total of 9.2million albums. 4.2 on dangerously in love and 3 million on bday and with its re-release 2million. Beyonce has won 10 grammys. She made 80million last year because of her successful world tour (which consisted of half of DC songs, I was there so I know) and her endorsement deals.

    Alicia Keys who is a solo artist, songwriter, and composer has sold over 14million records in the US alone. Her most recent album went 3x platinum in under 3months. She has 11 grammys by herself, 85 awards total. Let alone she has five books two of which have been on the best seller’s list. She’s still on the “As I Am” which is also a great tour.

    She’s only been out out for 7 years while Beyonce has been out for 10years. You dare compare them for what reason? Both ladies are good yes, but you can’t compare a solo artist that streamed from a top selling group to a woman that came out on her own.

  • mp

    @ Lady Architect- Oh! you forgot that Alicia Keys just signed an endorsement deal worth 25 million dollars for glaceau vitamin water.

  • tellingitlikeitis

    womp womp at lady architect

    blah blah blah. if you honestly think DC is the best selling female group of all time because of michelle, kelly, letoya, or latavia then you are in denial. letoya is solo and she still dont sell like bey. it’s bey’s voice singing lead on all the songs and say what you want but those are BEYONCE’s numbers. Nobody cares about the others and that’s evident in their record sales, Letoya included.

    Matthew knew Beyonce couldn’t be a solo artist? LMAO So you are psychic now? GTFOH No he just wanted Beyonce to make history and be a legend both in a group and solo which she has already done with the group and is doing as a solo.

    Even Alicia is trying to dance even though she can’t because she knew she had to step her game up. She even trying to get endorsement deals like Beyonce. Too bad Alicia has a loooooong way to catch up to her.

    Regardless people do count everything Beyonce has done in DC because the are the most successful group. Alicia will never be a part of history as a solo artist and group member like Beyonce. She even had to invite old groups to help her out at the BET Awards with her hot ass mess straining voice.

    Point blank. Beyonce has sold over 130 million records and made 80 mill last year which is way more than what Alicia made.

    Like I said before the only black female artist more successful than Beyonce is Mariah Carey. Even Rihanna is more famous than Alicia Keys. It is what it is. And I will continue to say what I want to say. You always have a heart attack when someone dont like Alicia Keys home wrecking ass so dont worry about what I’m doing I wasn’t even talking to you to begin with.

  • darrian

    damn some of yall are mean where is yall album no where if you don’t like her why even comment anyways cant wait 4 the album

  • http://hotelbarcelonas.com Harley Booth

    i wonder how my relatives would react to this thread

  • MACK

    i heard that album…its needs to be SHELVED not pushed back….its HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!

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