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 May 1 2012, 02:54 PM
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Why are they being total dicks? They really need to stop running their mouths. They've had one top 5 billboard hit, they can't go round, running their mouths in America, just because. Poor Nathan though. He's always seemed like the more "sensible" one. Max and Tom are arrogant dicks. Always have been, so it's not surprising it all came from their mouths.
Oh and 'Chasing the Sun' is still as terrible as it was the first time I heard it. (Despite the performance of it being better than the one on AI) |
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May 1 2012, 08:32 PM
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QUOTE 5 4 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 49,170 -9% UP ALL NIGHT -- 5 LEE BRICE CURB 45,386 -- HARD 2 LOVE -- 6 KIP MOORE MCA NASHVILLE 37,203 -- UP ALL NIGHT -- 7 THE WANTED MERCURY 34,175 -- 
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May 8 2012, 10:07 PM
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7 34 THE WANTED MERCURY 11,374 -67%
THE WANTED Massive Drop, after two weeks there sales are currently, 45,549 I doubt this album will even pass 150,000
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May 9 2012, 01:23 AM
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Obviously it's not a fantastic result, but it's still a lot better than a handful of UK/Irish pop acts from the last 10-20 years ever managed though. Examples:
QUOTE #27 Five - 5ive [1998]#40 All Saints - All Saints [1998] #69 Take That - Nobody Else [1995] #69 S Club 7 - 7 [2000] #79 Steps - Step One [2000] #108 Five - Invincible [2000] #109 Cleopatra - Comin' Atcha [1998] #112 S Club 7 - S Club [2000] #125 Mis-Teeq - Mis-Teeq [2004] #129 Westlife - Westlife [2000] #152 Eternal - Always & Forever [1994] ... and some of those generally got an "oh, well good on them for even charting in the US at all" response. The Wanted managed to get a #7, which is pretty commendable really. It's unfortunate for them that One Direction have become something of a phenomenon at the same time, success not seen since the days of the Spice Girls... because they now make anything less than a huge #1 seem unimpressive. Anyway, I say well done to TW/their team for giving it a crack, and doing reasonably well in the process. They've proved it's not totally impossible to achieve a certain level of success over there. Time will tell whether they can carry on in the US, or whether 'Glad You Came' is a fluke for them. |
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May 9 2012, 01:27 AM
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The thing is had One Direction had the promotion The Wanted had, their album sales would be much higher, The Wanted have underperformed Imo (Album sale wise) following the success of GYC and the promotion, I expected their two weeks sales to be much higher.
I don't think Chasing The Sun will be a massive hit in USA either tbh. |
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May 9 2012, 01:35 AM
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I think The Wanted have done bloody well tbh. It only takes a look at Jay's stats above to see how many arguably better pop acts with longer longevity than The Wanted failed to crack even the Top 50 of the album chart in the US. Remove One Direction's massive success from the equation and pretend there is only one British boyband in the US at the moment and everyone would be praising them.
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May 9 2012, 01:53 AM
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QUOTE(Slick @ May 9 2012, 02:35 AM)  I think The Wanted have done bloody well tbh. It only takes a look at Jay's stats above to see how many arguably better pop acts with longer longevity than The Wanted failed to crack even the Top 50 of the album chart in the US. Remove One Direction's massive success from the equation and pretend there is only one British boyband in the US at the moment and everyone would be praising them. There's no denying they've not done well, but album sales have been below par. Who else can say they've perfomed on Ellen, The Voice, American Idol, Had Boyce Avenue cover their song, Fantastic radio support, Jay Leno and been all over the headlines in America (even for the wrong reasons) I don't know I just expected them to at least be over 50,000 sales after two weeks, I strongly doubt their album will even sell more than what Battleground did in the UK. Chasing The Sun is out the top 200 on USA iTunes and their album is #103 on Itunes Albums and not in the top 100 on Amazon Albums. This post has been edited by LeeWallaceee: May 9 2012, 01:54 AM |
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May 9 2012, 01:56 AM
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QUOTE(LeeWallaceee @ May 9 2012, 02:53 AM) There's no denying they've not done well, but album sales have been below par. Who else can say they've perfomed on Ellen, The Voice, American Idol, Had Boyce Avenue cover their song, Fantastic radio support, Jay Leno and been all over the headlines in America (even for the wrong reasons) I don't know I just expected them to at least be over 50,000 sales after two weeks, I strongly doubt their album will even sell more than what Battleground did in the UK. Chasing The Sun is out the top 200 on USA iTunes and their album is #103 on Itunes Albums and not in the top 100 on Amazon Albums. It's not as simple as all that in the US though. A few TV shows over here and a subpar single can be a hit easily, it's not like that there. I'm pretty sure when Kylie goes over there she gets quite a bit of publicity and good slots to perform in, but she hasn't had a hit album or single there for years. They COULD have done much better but realistically they weren't ever going to and Top 10 is a huge achievement, low album sales or not. |
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May 9 2012, 02:00 AM
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QUOTE(Slick @ May 9 2012, 02:56 AM) It's not as simple as all that in the US though. A few TV shows over here and a subpar single can be a hit easily, it's not like that there. I'm pretty sure when Kylie goes over there she gets quite a bit of publicity and good slots to perform in, but she hasn't had a hit album or single there for years. They COULD have done much better but realistically they weren't ever going to and Top 10 is a huge achievement, low album sales or not. I do agree that top 10 is a huge achivement, who knows maybe they could have been more successfull had One Direction not came on the scene so fast. |
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May 9 2012, 02:22 AM
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QUOTE(LeeWallaceee @ May 9 2012, 03:00 AM) I do agree that top 10 is a huge achivement, who knows maybe they could have been more successfull had One Direction not came on the scene so fast. Or less successful, you never know. |
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May 9 2012, 09:45 AM
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I think, as its been said before, Americans have seemed to like Glad You Came rather than The Wanted themselves.
With One Direction i think Americans actually like One Direction rather then just the song which is The Wanted situation. This post has been edited by Karma: May 9 2012, 09:46 AM |
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May 9 2012, 09:59 PM
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I'm more surprised by One Direction's success in America than poor album sales for the Wanted. One Direction are a cheap, manufactured boyband with very little proper talent. I'm surprised they have appealed to the American audience as many successful British groups who are a lot more credible than 1D have tried and failed to crack America in the past.
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May 10 2012, 06:06 PM
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The Wanted are the equivalent of a non league football team with no fan base being taken over by a sugar daddy. They're really not worthy of the promotion they get from their well connected management. Embarrassing sales figures.
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May 21 2012, 09:34 AM
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Here is the Billboard Music Awards performance from last night;
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May 21 2012, 09:38 AM
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The Wanted in general seem to struggle to sell albums even in the UK, while the debut sold decently, around 400,000 i think, it at the same time took a long time and a few sales reductions. Their 2nd album has yet to go platnum despite glad you came been huge, that trend has continued in America and i think it will the same with their third album.
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May 21 2012, 09:58 AM
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Like a lot of male popstars Stateside I think they're pretty much a singles act. That can be profitable with single sales/streaming/touring revenue/merchandise and all the rest.
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May 21 2012, 11:34 AM
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British male Popstars, not american male popstars who still can sell albums.
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Jun 4 2012, 10:07 PM
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Chasing the sun has dropped quickly on the charts, given its not on any of their albums so far. Any news on Battleground re-release? I suspect they'll move on to a new album rather than re-release now.
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Jun 4 2012, 11:18 PM
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QUOTE(Jonjoria @ May 1 2012, 03:54 PM) Why are they being total dicks? They really need to stop running their mouths. They've had one top 5 billboard hit, they can't go round, running their mouths in America, just because. Poor Nathan though. He's always seemed like the more "sensible" one. Max and Tom are arrogant dicks. Always have been, so it's not surprising it all came from their mouths. Oh and 'Chasing the Sun' is still as terrible as it was the first time I heard it. (Despite the performance of it being better than the one on AI) I agree completely! One top 5 and they think they are invincible. They have never had a number 1 album and to be honest I can see Glad You Came as being one of those one off songs that wont happen for them again. They wont break America. Chasing the Sun and their second scheduled release Heart Vacancy havent charted over there. The problem for them is do they take the UK for granted and pursue a perhaps fruitless attempt at getting another hit in America or do they consolidate the UK which in fairness they havent set the world alit in either. If a new boyband is pulled off the XFactor production line during the next series The Wanted could have a challenge selling records thru the boyband hype over here This post has been edited by jay727: Jun 4 2012, 11:18 PM |
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Jun 5 2012, 11:03 AM
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QUOTE(jay727 @ Jun 5 2012, 12:18 AM) I agree completely! One top 5 and they think they are invincible. They have never had a number 1 album and to be honest I can see Glad You Came as being one of those one off songs that wont happen for them again. They wont break America. Chasing the Sun and their second scheduled release Heart Vacancy havent charted over there. The problem for them is do they take the UK for granted and pursue a perhaps fruitless attempt at getting another hit in America or do they consolidate the UK which in fairness they havent set the world alit in either. If a new boyband is pulled off the XFactor production line during the next series The Wanted could have a challenge selling records thru the boyband hype over here I think they've actually done pretty well in the Uk so far. Sales of their new album were a bit disappointing but they have performed consistently with their singles. They are a lot more credible than any band which has emerged from the x factor so can't see that being a major threat and the market isnt excatly saturated with boyband acts right now unlike in the 90s so there's deffo room for another. |
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