March 25, 201016 yr different album, Crazy Love was released last year. CMI was released in 2007 Thanks JL did not know that, really shocked.
March 25, 201016 yr I don't see the problem with US acts dominating the UK charts. Surely if the British public are buying the music, it deserves to be in the charts regardless?! If anything, it shows that UK acts need to realise what the British public like in terms of music, in order to sell more and therefore do well in the charts (if they care about chart positions that is...)! I agree. The chart reflects what people are buying therefore every song should chart. UK acts chart in the US, why should it be any different over here?
March 25, 201016 yr If the British Public are buying more American music than British music, then the American music is more popular right now. And aren't the charts a measure of popularity? Therefore can't see why songs should be excluded based on their country of origin :unsure:
March 25, 201016 yr I think the problem is that no one on this board likes the American style music in the charts. Perhaps we're all past it?
March 25, 201016 yr I agree. The chart reflects what people are buying therefore every song should chart. UK acts chart in the US, why should it be any different over here? Eh? You can hardly compare to the two. The Hot 100 has about 4 British acts in it right now, and Jay Sean and Taio Cruz had to have back-up from American artists just to break through there. At least we're not as bad as Australia yet, but I can almost see us going that way eventually. The charts SHOULD have a majority of British music (and the Australian charts should have a majority of Australian music etc, it's only natural that a country should heavily support its own talent), but sadly we have to accept they don't. Personally I think it's sad that the British public have chosen to ignore a lot of great British music over poor American music, though it's not like radio stations don't try to support British talent. The public just aren't interested unless it's the latest Cheryl Cole single, or the latest Simon Cowell release. It's just one of those things we have to grin and bear until it (hopefully) passes. Edited March 25, 201016 yr by superbossanova
March 25, 201016 yr Author What I was trying to say earlier, British music seems to be pretty much dead, the charts seem to be over saturated with American R&B/Hip Hop. It just seems new British music, is getting obsessed with grime lately, seems to be the new British genre, McLean, Tinie, Dizzee, etc etc. Without blowing it all out of proportion.
March 25, 201016 yr Will "Sugababes" even be in the top 40 in either chart come Sunday? :lol: Edited March 25, 201016 yr by tommie
March 25, 201016 yr Gutted David Guetta's Memories hasn't reached top 40 yet. :( Same! :( By far the best song on 'One Love', although I guess that more to do with me loving Kid Cudi tbh...
March 25, 201016 yr But most of the number-ones last year were British songs weren't they? I counted 20 of them. Infact, there were 6 consecutives ones (9 weeks), between Run This Town and Meet Me Halfway.
March 25, 201016 yr But most of the number-ones last year were British songs weren't they? I counted 20 of them. Infact, there were 6 consecutives ones (9 weeks), between Run This Town and Meet Me Halfway. Take out reality acts and charity singles and that number drops considerably. And besides, this entire discussion was about right now, 2010, not 2009. :huh:
March 25, 201016 yr In the current top 100, 40 songs come from British acts, another 2 are Irish. There are 45 by American acts, and of the remaining 13 there's 5 by Canadians, 2 each by Australians and Frenchmen, and one apiece from a Romanian, a Serbian, an Indian and a Dutch. (going by main artists only obviously, many of the international ones and some of the British ones feature Americans) 40% Brits is not total American saturation in my opinion. It's a legitimate point that a fairly large amount of those British acts are from reality shows, and most of the remaining ones are urban artists - from the former you can take out Cheryl Cole x3, JLS, Leona Lewis, Lemar, Alexandra Burke x2 and Jedward. From the latter, we can also take out Tinie Tempah, McLean, Wiley, Skepta, Jay Sean, N-Dubz x2, Plan B, Example and Rox (the last three are debatable). Helping Haiti is made up mostly of reality acts, so we can knock that out too, and Number One Enemy and You Got The Dirtee Love feature UK urban artists so they're gone too. That leaves us with 19 songs in the top 100 from British/Irish artists with no urban or reality links. Edited March 25, 201016 yr by BrayFish Derülo
March 25, 201016 yr ^^its simply an effect of globalisation - most money is in america so they can promote their acts better (in terms of good videos,which seem to effect the charts most these days). Its also a effect of the style most popular in todays chart being electro - pop - dance in comparison to rock around 5 years ago - if rock became more popular again (sorry when) you will find british acts doing better because that stlye/genre seems to do better as its roots are in the community - in the middle of the noughties you had so mnany new british bands being the next big thing and their single got played loads and did well in the charts - eg the kooks, kaisers, razorlight and franz ferdinand!!
March 25, 201016 yr In the current top 100, 40 songs come from British acts, another 2 are Irish. There are 45 by American acts, and of the remaining 13 there's 5 by Canadians, 2 each by Australians and Frenchmen, and one apiece from a Romanian, a Serbian, an Indian and a Dutch. (going by main artists only obviously, many of the international ones and some of the British ones feature Americans) 40% Brits is not total American saturation in my opinion. It's a legitimate point that a fairly large amount of those British acts are from reality shows, and most of the remaining ones are urban artists - from the former you can take out Cheryl Cole x3, JLS, Leona Lewis, Lemar, Alexandra Burke x2 and Jedward. From the latter, we can also take out Tinie Tempah, McLean, Wiley, Skepta, Jay Sean, N-Dubz x2, Plan B, Example and Rox (the last three are debatable). Helping Haiti is made up mostly of reality acts, so we can knock that out too, and Number One Enemy and You Got The Dirtee Love feature UK urban artists so they're gone too. That leaves us with 19 songs in the top 100 from British/Irish artists with no urban or reality links. Interesting stats. Thanks for that. It doesn't seem as bad as it looks when you put it in number form. Still, it would be nice to get it up to 50% and for it to stay there. The next few weeks look pretty healthy for British music so we'll see. ^^its simply an effect of globalisation - most money is in america so they can promote their acts better (in terms of good videos,which seem to effect the charts most these days). Its also a effect of the style most popular in todays chart being electro - pop - dance in comparison to rock around 5 years ago - if rock became more popular again (sorry when) you will find british acts doing better because that stlye/genre seems to do better as its roots are in the community - in the middle of the noughties you had so mnany new british bands being the next big thing and their single got played loads and did well in the charts - eg the kooks, kaisers, razorlight and franz ferdinand!! Good points. I agree, particularly on the second point.
March 25, 201016 yr In the current top 100, 40 songs come from British acts, another 2 are Irish. There are 45 by American acts, and of the remaining 13 there's 5 by Canadians, 2 each by Australians and Frenchmen, and one apiece from a Romanian, a Serbian, an Indian and a Dutch. (going by main artists only obviously, many of the international ones and some of the British ones feature Americans) 40% Brits is not total American saturation in my opinion. It's a legitimate point that a fairly large amount of those British acts are from reality shows, and most of the remaining ones are urban artists - from the former you can take out Cheryl Cole x3, JLS, Leona Lewis, Lemar, Alexandra Burke x2 and Jedward. From the latter, we can also take out Tinie Tempah, McLean, Wiley, Skepta, Jay Sean, N-Dubz x2, Plan B, Example and Rox (the last three are debatable). Helping Haiti is made up mostly of reality acts, so we can knock that out too, and Number One Enemy and You Got The Dirtee Love feature UK urban artists so they're gone too. That leaves us with 19 songs in the top 100 from British/Irish artists with no urban or reality links. Great point but it is still annoying that so many always dominate the Top 10.I would not mind so much if the Americans were welcoming to Brit acts but that has not happened.Really pleased though that UK Black acts are starting to make such great inroads in the UK charts.Plus the reality acts Lmar, Leona and Alex B can at least sing even if they are not considered trendy.
March 25, 201016 yr Author In the current top 100, 40 songs come from British acts, another 2 are Irish. There are 45 by American acts, and of the remaining 13 there's 5 by Canadians, 2 each by Australians and Frenchmen, and one apiece from a Romanian, a Serbian, an Indian and a Dutch. (going by main artists only obviously, many of the international ones and some of the British ones feature Americans) 40% Brits is not total American saturation in my opinion. It's a legitimate point that a fairly large amount of those British acts are from reality shows, and most of the remaining ones are urban artists - from the former you can take out Cheryl Cole x3, JLS, Leona Lewis, Lemar, Alexandra Burke x2 and Jedward. From the latter, we can also take out Tinie Tempah, McLean, Wiley, Skepta, Jay Sean, N-Dubz x2, Plan B, Example and Rox (the last three are debatable). Helping Haiti is made up mostly of reality acts, so we can knock that out too, and Number One Enemy and You Got The Dirtee Love feature UK urban artists so they're gone too. That leaves us with 19 songs in the top 100 from British/Irish artists with no urban or reality links. I couldn't put it any better myself this sums up the charts right up at the moment, great post.
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