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​​⋮  回 ♡ ━━   ❛ 𝑩𝑹𝑨𝑻𝒁 𝙳𝙸𝚂𝙲𝙾𝙶𝚁𝙰𝙿𝙷𝚈. ❜

with recorded ( HITSDD formula ) sales of 325,793,000 in single units and 90,268,000 in album units, the bratz have sold an estimate of 449,628,000 records worldwide since their debut in 2010. they were the third best selling act of the 2010′s decade, the best selling girl group of all time, most streamed girl group (fourth overall) of all time, the third most successful hot 100 billboard group of all time and the highest riaa certified girl group. with 8 number one hits and 5 chart toppers on the uk singles charts, the bratz are the most successful girl group of all time.

𝑿𝑷𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑻!

RELEASED ━ April 11, 2010

FIRST WEEK SALES ━  121.000, #1 200 debut

RIAA CERITFICATION ━ 6x platinum

IFPI REPORT ━ 12.720.000

METACRITIC SCORE ━ 78

𝚂𝙸𝙽𝙶𝙻𝙴𝚂

MAKE YOU WANNA DANCE ━  #7 peak, 4x platinum RIAA, 8.360.000 WW

WHEN WE’RE ALL TOGETHER ━  #10 peak, 2x platinum RIAA,  5.125.000 WW

THE WAY WE SHINE ━  #17 peak, 1x platinum RIAA,  3.210.000 WW

ALL TOGETHER  ━  #2 peak,  7x platinum RIAA,  13.700.000 WW

PASSION 4 FASHION  ━  #5 peak, 5x platinum RIAA,  10.950.000

𝑭𝑳𝑨𝑼𝑵𝑻𝑰𝑻!

RELEASED ━ February 27, 2011

FIRST WEEK SALES ━  745.750, #1 200 debut

RIAA CERITFICATION ━ 3x platinum

IFPI REPORT ━ 7.900.000

METACRITIC SCORE ━ 58

𝚂𝙸𝙽𝙶𝙻𝙴𝚂

ONE OF A KIND ━  #3 peak, 5x platinum RIAA, 11.300.000 WW

THE GROOVE ━  #5 peak, 4x platinum RIAA,  8.600.000 WW

IT’S A GIRL THING ━  #15 peak, 2x platinum RIAA,  5,050,000 WW

STRONG ENOUGH  ━  #54 peak,  0.5x gold RIAA,  2.345.000 WW

𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑼𝑻𝑰𝑻!

RELEASED ━ May 14, 2012

FIRST WEEK SALES ━   1.593.000 ( RECORD ), #1 200 debut

RIAA CERITFICATION ━ 8x platinum

IFPI REPORT ━ 15.523.000

METACRITIC SCORE ━ 72

𝚂𝙸𝙽𝙶𝙻𝙴𝚂

OOOOH FASHION ━  #2 peak, 11x platinum RIAA, 17.350.000 WW

EXPRESS YOURSELF ━  #8 peak, 3x platinum RIAA, 5.320.000 WW

MY ATTITUDE ━  #10 peak, 3x platinum RIAA, 5.873.000 WW

WHAT’S GOIN’ ON  ━  #1 peak,  4x platinum RIAA,  10.375.000 WW

JUST HAVING SOME FUN ━  #17 peak, 1x platinum RIAA, 3.029.000 WW

LET GO ━  #4 peak, 3x platinum RIAA,  8.625.000 WW

HANG ON ━  #1 peak, 7x platinum RIAA, 11,420,000 WW

FOREVER DIAMONDZ  ━  #9 peak, 3x platinum RIAA,  10.800.000 WW

𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑷 𝑶𝑼𝑻! 𝑬𝑷

RELEASED ━ May 9, 2014

FIRST WEEK SALES ━ 111,000, #5 200 debut and peak

RIAA CERITFICATION ━ 2x platinum

IFPI REPORT ━ 4.300.000

METACRITIC SCORE ━ 66

𝚂𝙸𝙽𝙶𝙻𝙴𝚂

DON’T WANNA DANCE ALONE ━  #33 peak, 1x platinum RIAA, 3.250.000 WW

MISS MOVIN’ ON ━  #29 peak, 0.5 gold RIAA, 2.125.000 WW

ME & MY GIRLS ━  #81 peak, 1.544.000 WW

𝑴𝑰𝑹𝑹𝑶𝑹 𝑴𝑰𝑹𝑹𝑶𝑹

RELEASED ━ January 29, 2016

FIRST WEEK SALES ━   609,000, #1 200 debut

RIAA CERITFICATION ━ 12x platinum

IFPI REPORT ━ 22.370.000

METACRITIC SCORE ━ 78

𝚂𝙸𝙽𝙶𝙻𝙴𝚂

WORTH IT ━  #1 peak, 12x platinum RIAA, 19.650.000 WW

BO$$ ━  #6 peak, 5x platinum RIAA, 12.563.000 WW

SLEDGEHAMMER ━  #1 peak, 8x platinum RIAA, 15.300.000 WW

REFLECTION  ━  #3 peak,  10x platinum RIAA,  19.450.000 WW

LIKE MARIAH ━  #10 peak, 3x platinum RIAA,  7.307.000 WW

SUGA MAMA ━  #29 peak, 1x platinum RIAA, 3.500.000 WW

𝑷𝑶𝑷 𝑨𝑵𝑮𝑬𝑳𝑺

RELEASED ━ May 25, 2018

FIRST WEEK SALES ━   505,000, #1 200 debut

RIAA CERITFICATION ━ 7x platinum

IFPI REPORT ━ 17.455.000

METACRITIC SCORE ━ 70

𝚂𝙸𝙽𝙶𝙻𝙴𝚂

WORK FROM HOME ━  #1 peak, 14x platinum RIAA, 24.395.000 WW

THAT’S MY GIRL ━  #7 peak, 2x platinum RIAA, 5.825.000 WW

ALL IN MY HEAD (FLEX)  ━  #1 peak, 8x platinum RIAA, 14.267.000 WW

NOT THAT KINDA GIRL  ━  #1 peak,  3x platinum RIAA, 10.750.000 WW

WRITE ON ME ━  #5 peak, 1x platinum RIAA, 3.200.000 WW

𝑮𝑳𝑰𝑴𝑴𝑬𝑹

RELEASED ━ August 21, 2020

FIRST WEEK SALES ━   290,000, #1 200 debut

RIAA CERITFICATION ━ 2x platinum

IFPI REPORT ━ 10.000.000

METACRITIC SCORE ━ 64

𝚂𝙸𝙽𝙶𝙻𝙴𝚂

DOWN ━  #1 peak, 4x platinum RIAA, 12.200.000 WW

HE LIKE THAT ━  #15 peak, 2x platinum RIAA, 7.560.000 WW

SAUCED UP  ━  #27 peak, 1x platinum RIAA, 4.300.000 WW

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[divcs]

⋮  回 ♡ ━━   ❛ 𝑩𝑹𝑨𝑻𝒁 𝙲𝙰𝚁𝙴𝙴𝚁 𝙱𝙸𝙾𝙶𝚁𝙰𝙿𝙷𝚈 . ❜

𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄 ━ BRATZ

𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 ━ BRATZ. FIFTH HARMONY. 

𝐍𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒 ━ 5 - 4

𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐃 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 ━ 2010 - 2020

𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐑𝐄 ━ POP

𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎 𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌𝐒 ━ SIX ( +1 EP )

𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐋𝐒 ━ SPICE GIRLS. 00S POP GROUPS. KPOP GIRL GROUPS.

𝑩𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑭.

THE BRATZ are an american pop girl group formed in 2009. the group has three line ups: THE ORIGINAL: cleo lockhart, audriella francis, divina thornton, chanelle smith and sabrina salanueva.; THE REVAMPED: sabrina salanueva, divina thornton, christianne westwood, danielle allen and valentina baraz.; and THE FINAL lineup without sabrina and the remaining four members. with their “girl power” mantra and marketing as role models for pre-teen audiences, the Bratz were pop culture icons of the 2010s. time called them “arguably the most recognizable faces” of teen pop. they are cited as being a major part of the second teen-pop invasion, a period in pop culture where adolescent artists were finding more success than artists of the standard industry age. 

𝑶𝑹𝑰𝑮𝑰𝑵.

deciding to take a new lane in her career with managing artists, JANET JACKSON made a music industry announcement that she was forming a teen pop girl group in september of 2009. the announcement called for talent scots, managers, and a&rs to bring forth their most promising prospects who showed potential in stage-presence, charisma and performance abilities. over 400 girls applies and of the 150 who auditioned, five were  chosen making up THE ORIGINAL lineup. the quintet then spent the next three months building group chemistry, in media training, practicing rigorous dance routines, recording demos and attending virtual schools under jackson’s orders. the goal was to mold the group into an act that would be signed without hesitation from any label president. 

𝑨𝑹𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑨 𝑫𝑬𝑨𝑳 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑭𝑰𝑹𝑺𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑹𝑬𝑬 𝑨𝑳𝑩𝑼𝑴𝑺.

the bratz were signed to ARISTA RECORDS and released their debut single MAKE YOU WANNA DANCE in early 2010; it went top ten in 17 countries and commenced their global success. their debut album XPRESSIT! ( 2010 ) sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and spawned four top ten singles. their target audience; pre-teen girls became fascinated with the group’s sisterhood, dance styles and fashion; curated by HAYDEN WILLIAMS and began imitating outfits from the members. their fanbase: the DOLLS grew rapidly over twitter  their follow-up album, FLAUNTIT! ( 2011 ) was also a commercial success selling over 7 million copies worldwide but didn’t meet the same success of the first. at the end of the year they announced plans to change up their sound and try a rock album. the album was initially called ROCK ANGELZ and would coincide with a movie starring the group of the same name. the label however did not approve of the group’s genre-switch and wanted another commercial pop album. in may 2012, the group released STRUTIT!, the last album with all original members. the album coincided with their movie BRATZ: FOREVER DIAMONDZ which grossed $145 million worldwide. the album sold an additional 15 million worldwide and included some of the groups most commercial singles “oooh fashion” “hang on” and “express yourself”. in october 2012, CLEO announced she wouldn’t be continuing her career as a member of group. in december of the same year, it was announced AUDRIELLA would also be leaving the group to focus on a solo career. both members received mass-cyber bullying including death threats and stalking following this. the group announced a small hiatus to rebrand the group in regards to their foreseeable future, pointing out the group was not disbanding.

𝑵𝑬𝑾 𝑴𝑬𝑴𝑩𝑬𝑹𝑺 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑼𝑹𝑮𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬.

in the fall of 2013, the bratz returned without cleo, audriella and chanelle. they’d also lost janet jackson: the founder and manager of the group due to creative differences with artista’s president lil’ kim. under the new management of JENNIFER LOPEZ, their was also rumored conflict with lopez and kim over the image of the group. lopez wanted to mature their brand to their aging audience but kim did not want to parental controversy and a loss of marketability for the group. the new lineups first project, STEP OUT EP! was released in october 2013. though the EP sold 4 million worldwide and spawned three top twenty hits, it was a commercial disappointment for the groups standards. the group then went silent for a few years, with rumors of issues not only with the record label, but lack of chemistry between the members. after a full image change, the group returned in fall 2015 with WORTH IT which would go on to top the charts in 23 countries including the us and the uk and sell over 19 million copies worldwide. adapting a more provocative and trendy sound/image aimed at older teens and young adults; the new era was met with controversy but proved successful. they released their fourth studio album MIRROR MIRROR in january 2016 which would become the group’s most successful album selling over 22 million copies worldwide and spawning several hits including SLEDGEHAMMER, REFLECTION and BO$$. the album marker their commercial comeback to mainstream audiences, proving many wrong who wrote the group off as a fad.

𝑭𝑶𝑳𝑳𝑶𝑾 𝑼𝑷𝑺 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑫𝑰𝑺𝑩𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑴𝑬𝑵𝑻.

coming off their most successful tour yet, the group followed up with their fifth album, releasing POP ANGELS in may 2018. the album was another success, selling 17 million copies worldwide and spawning their most successful to date WORK FROM HOME which sold 24 million copies worldwide as well as chart-toppers ALL IN MY HEAD (FLEX) and NOT THAT KINDA GIRL. the album’s title was met with scrutiny from former member CLEO who had came up with the idea for the shelved ROCK ANGELZ leading to a twitter dispute between her and members CHRISSY and VALENTINA. following the end of the DOLLHOUSE tour in 2019, SABRINA announced a departure from the group, another subject of controversy as her statement and the group’s official statements conflicted one another. SABRINA stated the members were aware she was planning to leave the group and the GROUP stated they’d tried to sit down with her multiple times and described her as difficult to work with ‘since the beginning’. the group’s final album GLIMMER was released in 2020, selling an estimated 10 million worldwide and spawning DOWN. drama always following the group, leaked audio of DANIELLA and DIVINA discussing the poor working conditions and lack of creative control they’d been under for years spread in may 2020. intense work pressure, extreme media scrutiny, and online bullying were also discussed in the audio. before the start of the GLIMMER WORLD TOUR; they announced the album and tour would be their last before BRATZ officially disbanded after ten years. 

𝑺𝑼𝑪𝑪𝑬𝑺𝑺 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑰𝑴𝑷𝑨𝑪𝑻.

measures of the bratz’ success include international record sales, vast merchandising enterprises (including their own CLOTHING LINE and DOLL LINE), iconic symbolism such as the group’s logo or the diamond studded boots they wore during the strutit! era, a film: forever diamondz (2012), and 6 world tours, two of them being stadium. under the guidance of their mentor and manager JANET JACKSON, the group embraced MERCHANDISING and became a regular feature of the american and global press. the group became one of the most successful marketing engines ever, earning up to $100 million per year, with their global gross income estimated at $500–800 million by may 2012. the bratz have sold over 450 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE, making them the best-selling girl group of all time, one of the best-selling artists, and the youngest pop successes since courtney spears. the group has received a number of awards including six american music awards, nine bet awards, ten billboard music awards, thirteen mtv video music awards, one grammy award and three world music awards. according to ROLLING STONE journalist and biographer david sinclair, "the bratz; no matter what lineup they were at the moment, were the most widely recognized group of individuals since john, paul, george, and ringo.”

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                            ⋮  回 ♡ ━━   ❛ ℘𝙻𝙾𝚃 𝚆. 𝙳𝙸𝚅𝙸𝙽𝙰. ❜

       HEY ! what’s up y’all ? since everyone is makin’ rounds for plots i guess it’s a good time to introduce myself and make my call so without further ado this is DIVINA THORNTON, known to most as just her first name. her prominence comes from being a members of a pop girl-group since 2010 but following their disbandment last year, she’s now a new member of CAPITOL RECORDS. falling under the modern southern belle trope, she has a sweet nature/feisty temper and is on the hunt for some connections. all basic connects are welcomed as well as collaborations ( literally anything/everything ) and i have some plots typed up as well. if interested, click the lil’ read more below and hit the lineee !!!

𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄.   —   divina priscilla thornton

𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄.   —  normani

𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄.   —   july 31st, 1997.  ( 23 )

𝐙𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐂.   —   leo.

𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐓𝐘𝐏𝐄.   —  the queen. the diva. 

𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐒.   —  leader. outgoing.  confident. expressive. stubborn. passionate. down to earth. spontaneous. bad tempered. 

𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘.  —  esfp.

𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓.   —  chaotic good.

𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓.   —   sanguine-choleric

𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐍.  —  savannah, georgia

𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄.  —    2010-

𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒.   —  sashabelle. janet jackson. toni braxton. brandy. late 90′s/earlt 00s mariah carey. britney spears. paris hilton. 

𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐋𝐒  —  celia foote. jodie landon. 

𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍.   —  despite her big and sometimes overwhelming personality, divina is trying her best to fit into the music industry that she’s always felt outcast in due to where she’s from and what she looks like. navigating through colorism in the industry, sabotage from some people she’s pissed off, shedding the girl group image and still trying to figure out where she wants to take her career in entertainment; divina has a lot on her plate. she’s grown discouraged in a music career after being overlooked in a group for years but is doing what is expected of her. all in all she wants what most of her peers do, fame, fortune and some real friends. 

𝖑𝖔𝖛𝖊 𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖘

ROMANTIC X MALE

Muse A has been an aspiring musician for years. They have finally hit it big; their music quickly climbing the charts, labels scrambling to sign them, screaming fans waiting outside venues. Muse A meets DIVINA at an industry event, and the two hit it off immediately. Muse A invites DIVINA out after the event, and they end up going home together afterward. As they continue to bump into one another at industry events over the next few weeks, the pair decides to act on their chemistry and try dating. It isn’t long before they start to fall for each other, but Muse A’s rising fame sweeps them up, leaving DIVINA, (who’s still stuck in her girl group contract) behind while Muse A travels the world. DIVINA does their best to deal with the distance and the insecurities that come along with dating a musician but, they finally reach their limit when a photo surfaces of Muse A kissing a fan after a show. Muse A expresses regret about the incident, but can’t promise that they’ll be 100% faithful while on tour. After a difficult talk, the two agree that they shouldn’t be together right now, and they’ll just have to see what happens when the tour is over. Now, the tour is over and when it’s time for Muse A to write their sophomore album, nothing is more inspiring than their relationship with DIVINA. Their first single is released and it’s a break-up song that’s all about missing Muse B. This doesn’t sit well with DIVINA, who’s now signed as a solo artist and doesn’t want their relationship tainting her new path of a career.

𝖉𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖆 𝖘𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖗 

PLATONIC

DIVINA has recently signed her own solo deal and is on the cusp of breaking into the big time as a solo artist. She has her loyal following from the group that she loves dearly, but their lifelong dream has always been to be a major headliner and to see her name lit up on the marquis of the biggest venues. Muse B is a well-known artist who is also a talent manager, looking for a new artist to lend their skills and expertise to. Muse B attends one of DIVINA’s promotional shows one night and is absolutely blown away by their magnetism and raw talent. After the show, Muse B introduces themselves to DIVINA and makes it known that they are very interested in working with them. DIVINA isn’t sure at first. They don’t want to be constantly told what to do or play and Muse B doesn’t have the sharpest personal reputation. The pair spend time together, share a few stories, their dreams and aspirations and begin to hit it off really well. Muse B offers their services, but DIVINA is hesitant to accept, even though this may be what she really needs to establish herself outside of her girl group image. After a bit of persuading and a few more meetings, DIVINA finally agrees. Muse B utilizes every resource they have to propel DIVINA into stardom. As DIVINA gets closer and closer to achieving A-list status, Muse B steers her towards more questionable behaviors (alcohol, drugs, outbursts, etc.) in order to get additional publicity and headlines. When she refuses, she begins to see a more vile side of Muse B who threatens to completely derail her career if she doesn’t take their orders. 

𝖜𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖘 /  𝖘𝖜𝖎𝖓𝖌

ROMANTIC X GROUP 

Muse A and DIVINA are in a lowkey ‘situationship’. DIVINA is embarking on her first national tour as an opening act. Muse A has been close friends with DIVINA since she was seventeen and they’ve been one of her biggest supporters in the industry. The pair have decided to continue ‘talking’ despite DIVINA leaving to tour. Though they talk over video chat and text almost every day, it’s just not the same as them being in the same room together. After the first leg of apart, DIVINA’s chats are getting shorter and Muse A’s calls go to their voicemail more frequently. It makes Muse A curious, especially because of publicity showing DIVINA and MUSE C; another artist touring with DIVINA who has openly expressed being romantically interested in her, growing questionably closer. When one particular  video of DIVINA and MUSE C cozied up together surfaces and Muse A can’t get in contact with with DIVINA for explanation; Muse A is deeply angered after assuming the worst. Enters Muse D, who is both DIVINA’s best friend and a collaborator of Muse A. When Muse D encounters Muse A, someone they’ve secretly cared for as more than friends, who is noticeably upset over DIVINA’s questionable behavior, Muse D takes the opportunity they’ve been waiting for. Muse D offers themselves as a confidant to Muse A, purposely fanning the flames of Muse A’s suspicion and hurt to encourage Muse A to forget about DIVINA and open their eyes to what’s right in front of them – a person who’d never do them how DIVINA was. Muse A gradually listens to Muse D and a relationship begins to blossom between the two of them. What happens when DIVINA has a break between tour dates and surprises Muse A back in L.A.?

𝖒𝖔𝖙𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓

ENEMY X FEMALE

DIVINA is offered a song by a prominent producer in the industry, the same song Muse A has already recorded and has prepared for their next release. DIVINA loves the song so much she decides to record it and prepare to release it as her lead. Once industry bugs begin getting to Muse A, they realize the song they had recorded is now about to pushed by a different artist. Of course, the producer does not disclose they offered DIVINA the song and Muse A believes DIVINA and her team made a shady business move and stole the song from under her. Muse A’s first instinct is to blast DIVINA on social media but she decides to simply record more music and put her lead out on the same date as DIVINA’s lead. The timing of the singles mean interviews, music videos and award show performances will all be align around the same team which ultimately turns into a social media feud assumption and a whole lot of comparisons as both songs compete for the higher Billboard position. When asked about this in an interview Muse A is noticeably passive-aggressive and shady towards DIVINA, who still isn’t aware of the issue. Things only boil swifter when DIVINA deliver’s a very shady acceptance speech when she wins an award over Muse A for the song.