Despite sales, Ciara's music is built to last

You might not be able to tell from record sales, but Ciara's catalog of music, spaced out over her three albums so far, will likely have more staying power than, say, Rihanna's and maybe even Beyonce's.
While Beyonce and artists like Monica and Keri Hilson have capitalized on the sound of Now, Ciara's sound is futuristic, robotic even. Her music is sonically closer to Aaliyah's than any other artist. CiCi isn't the only female artist out there with lackluster sales though.
While music will continue to get more computerized, and less organic, her sound prove more durable over the long haul. Now, that won't do her any good in the short term, as newcomers continue to eat up ever-shrinking market share around her, but people will one day appreciate her for what she was. In other words, those Goodies may last forever.


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Ciara May Launch Clothing Line

If you've ever wanted to dress like a superhero, CiCi may have something for the UnderRoos-lover in you (remember those?). Reports say that Ciara is interested in coming out with a clothing line.
"It would be a fun sexy line, like cute character underwear that kids wear," she is quoted as saying. "It'd be for laughs - I'd call it Fly Girl."
Don't know if Fly Girl will fly, but anything may beat those robotron drawers.

CiCi's "Fantasy Ride" Finally Arrives

A-town music star Ciara is pulling out all the stops on the eve of her long-awaited third album release. "Fantasy Ride," which debuts Tuesday, has been pushed back at least 6 months. In the meanwhile, the music landscape has been dominated by Rihanna's off-music exploits and the T-Pain voice thingy has staled a little (despite Jamie Foxx's anthemic "Blame It" single).
Can CiCi do it again? Her first album, which featured the smash "Goodies," sold 7 million copies. Her followup LP was lukewarm so this one is where a record company decides if you're worth it or not. (Record execs, after much conversation, decided to keep a duet with CiCi and Chris Brown on the album because, frankly, they thought it would at least be good for publicity. Will it work?)
CiCi is scheduled to perform on "Saturday Night Live," and do a few skits, so that should be fun.
Can she make a comeback?