Why did Rita Ora FLOP in the US?

[Harry. 80]

Her only real hit in the US was Black Widow, and that was thanks to Iggy Azalea. 

She's obviously talented, and her discography has many hits that should have been huge in the US. 

Here's an example of one of the biggest hits.

#1 UK 

#77 US 

 

 

[Darth Sidious 11,690]

I always chalked it up to the reason Tinashe and Becky G didn’t really take off the way that might have. The market was already saturated with pop stars just like them, those same pop stars dominated 90% of the market, and when you have to share 10% of the pie with an ever growing pool of people, whenever you gain traction, you wither and die. 

 

I feel like if she had come along now, when there’s really a dearth of new-ish pop girls, she could’ve taken off. 

[Kristina 16,502]

Because she was seen as a Rihanna copy from the get-go, and as much as I like her music it’s not really that interesting. She has always just followed trends and done whatever was popular at the time.

[Kylie 114,893]

She could have had 2013 locked, when all the pop girls where dry af, but she decided to release generic music  

[Kylie 114,893]

Phoenix is a great album tho lemme stream pls

[Autumn Variations 4,929]

Maybe it's because her music is cliche?

[StrippedX 5,929]

I really like her and I love her voice. I think some of her music is great but her albums have so many fillers. And as already stated - she was seen as a cheap Rihanna copy from start. 

[Princess Aurora 31,431]

It's because she was seen as a dollar store Rihanna  she's not bad though. I think she has a good vocal range

[hector 33,946]

rita has always been the "disposable" kind of pop star... yk? the one producers call to make quick generic beats to try and get a hit which is why her sound / career is a whole mess, the one where she's called as a feature but the song ends up eating her up... there's nothing remotely interesting about rita ora honestly or even distinctive about her. she's cute for a couple of bops but that's it