The reason the career of this sometime A list singer faltered as a solo artist is not because of some crazy reason the former manager thought of out of the blue, it is because he did no PR at all for any of her records because he got way more money from the family member, and the family member didn't want him working too hard for the other singer.
They're on much, much better terms now but once upon a time the parents of this A+ singer and that TV talk show hostess weren't so chummy. The host, in her previous hosting medium, had insinuated on air that the singer had an abortion while she was still underage and that she had flings with that pervy R&B singer and that one named producer/singer/rapper.
This B- list one named singer who was briefly A list back in the day has been trying to get publicity using the name of someone who is permanently A list. It made me think of a time about four years ago, or maybe 5 when the B- lister wanted to make a comeback and she ended up having sex with the father of the permanent A lister because she thought he could/would help her career. Nope. He just was in it for the sex.
What do you do when you have no money coming in and your family refuses to give you any more? If you are this dad of an A+ list singer, you announce an auction to sell a bunch of videos of her.
This A+ list singer lives large. How often do we see photos of her all over the world. Traveling in a private jet on seemingly a perfect vacation. She never wears the same clothes twice and her husband must make as much money as her too right? She is beyond wealthy. That is the image, but not the reality. Our A+ lister recently decided to invest in a company. She made a big deal about it. The problem for her is that it required an actual cash outlay and was not something that could be charged. She had the money, but it was a close call. How did it get like this? Back in the day when she was first hitting it big, she had good management.