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Q Madonna recently released American Life. Do you think it will be the hit she's been desperately seeking for the past few years? -- Dottie T., San Francisco, Calif.

A No. In the last decade, only Ray of Light (1998) topped 3 million in sales, and we predict this album will be a disappointment too. At 44, Madonna has lost much of her teen and young adult fan base and has been supplanted by younger female pop stars such as Avril Lavigne, 18, Christina Aguilera, 22, and Pink, 23.

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Madonna during her last tour: The pop diva's audience is still sizable but getting older -- and apparently smaller