Why?

[erilyn]

I'm so confused. marrymehowie linked to Nsync's Greatest Hits, with track listing, due out October 25th.

My question is why now? I know GH compilations are a cheap way for labels to make some more money off a back catalogue, and I'm not tuching onto what this means for the group's future *g*. But the timing really confuses me. No one from Nsync is really doing anything newsworthy at the moment that they can try and piggyback this onto the back off, and there's no new songs, like there were on Chapter One (which BSB did promote, even though it was reluctantly) or Britney's GH.

Of course, my real problem is this: if they wanted to release something Nsync-related, why couldn't it be the Celebrity tour dvd? There were reports ages ago that JC had been involved in editing and stuff for it, and that permission to release for the Beatle's songs to be included had been obtained. Gimme!

In other tragic news, I forgot my mp3 player today. I can't remember how to work without music *sob*.

Comments

[caitinlv.livejournal.com]

My guess is that Jive wanted something released from the NSync camp this year. There's no new project ready, neither Justin nor JC have delivered anything, so they're doing a catalogue release. And it may be their way of gauging what kind of audience the guys still have.

There's no one in the world that would choose this over a Celebrity tour DVD. Nobody!

[jewelianna.livejournal.com]

I agree. I'm sure that this is must more from Jive's camp than NSync's. Plus, the fact that there is no new single to come from it (unlike BSB's and Britney's) seems to enforce that NSync wants nothing to do with this.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Didn't they even have any unreleased songs from Celebrity they could have slapped on there? Drowning was an unreleased track from Black & Blue, not recorded specifically for the GH album.

I still wonder about Jive's motivations - I'd love to know what the specifics of their contract is.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Stupid way of gauging, releasing such a craptastic product with probably minimal promo. But I agree with you.