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  1. 1. Should UK radio station's playlists include more UK or US acts?

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In the EOY radio airplay charts, only 21 out of 50 were UK acts! I found it terrible for a country to not support her own product and promote (sometimes overplay to death) foreign songs (i think that's the point where most misunderstood me - i mean of course they should play foreign* music, but not in a way that they ignore some really talented UK acts). As we all know, radio is one of the most important ways of promotion for any artist! Do you believe that radio stations should play more songs from UK or US artists?

*i wish foreign music was more European rather US!

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Yes they should and it is a disgrace that British music is playing second fiddle to the likes of Justin Bieber, FloRida and 3OH!.There are too many good acts that deserve radio support.The French are very strict with this type of thing.I would not mind if the American radio stations were as accepting of British music but they are not.Acts like Marina, Diana Vickers, VV Brown, Shayne Ward, Alesha and a greater diversity of underground Indie and Urban acts should get more radio play or the situation will get worse for UK acts.

I love a lot of American music, but it does seem a bit unfair that someone like B.o.B just sits in the US and does nothing, and Nothin' On You gets to #1, whilst some UK artists have to go around begging to be played on the radio (although, to be fair, even Rihanna did a radio tour this year). Diana Vickers springs to mind in this respect, whilst there's other artists like Alesha Dixon and Nadine Coyle who seemed to make no effort to get their songs played on commercial radio (in the latter's case, I don't think it even got very many plays on Radio 1 itself!).

 

Btw, don't get me wrong, I LOVE B.o.B, and he's responsible for my favourite song this year, and it's nice to see he's done a rap verse for Jessie J's song. He's also done a song with Giggs, I think, who's a UK rapper (he does the first verse on Game Over), but that was before B.o.B. was famous. Oh, and I'm sure B.o.B. worked really hard to get popular in the US, but it just seems like getting big in the US means you get big everywhere else in the world.

 

Classic example, Taio Cruz. Break Your Heart gets to #1 in the UK in later summer 2009, and the rest of the world don't care for it that much, although it wasn't released in many other countries, I think. When Taio promotes the song in the US, and it starts doing well, it gets released everywhere else, and starts doing well in a plethora of other countries too, without Taio having to go those countries to promote the song.

 

So, to sum up. The US is a very large country. :lol:

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UK, as it is the same country at the end of the day :lol:

 

US songs are fine to play on radio, its just too much of them leading to the ignorance of British acts is annoying

I think what is happening is that the demand is for Urban/Dance/Pop music at the moment. And at this time, the Americans are producing more of this genre than the British.

 

But I think that the British public are getting a bored of this now and this year will see more underground/better quality music becoming popular and by 2012 the genres dominating will have changed.

US acts, For I would hate if a US song was all over the world but missed out in the UK. But if there was a balance option I would have gone for that as some UK artists are very good and deserve airplay but 21/50 is very good. But the annoying thing is that UK acts normally don't stand a chance in America (how Jay Sean and Taio Cruz are popular there but not Plan B, Tinie Tempah and Ellie Goulding I do not know) And European songs should be given more of a chance here too, who cares if Alors on Danse is sung in French, we need to realise English isn't the only language in the world. Shakira shouldn't of flopped with Waka Waka, but I'm happy it did, don't like the song much.

 

Not even Cheryl Cole, yes, the nations sweetheart can crack America. UK acts and the UK sound should be given more of a chance worldwide

I love a lot of American music, but it does seem a bit unfair that someone like B.o.B just sits in the US and does nothing, and Nothin' On You gets to #1, whilst some UK artists have to go around begging to be played on the radio (although, to be fair, even Rihanna did a radio tour this year). Diana Vickers springs to mind in this respect, whilst there's other artists like Alesha Dixon and Nadine Coyle who seemed to make no effort to get their songs played on commercial radio (in the latter's case, I don't think it even got very many plays on Radio 1 itself!).

 

Btw, don't get me wrong, I LOVE B.o.B, and he's responsible for my favourite song this year, and it's nice to see he's done a rap verse for Jessie J's song. He's also done a song with Giggs, I think, who's a UK rapper (he does the first verse on Game Over), but that was before B.o.B. was famous.

 

Artists like Diana, Alesha & Nadine haven't made enough effort to produce something high quality or promote their songs and albums enough, along with the likes of Tinchy Stryder & Roll Deep I can't see them doing anything spectacular from now on.

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9 times out of 10, i prefer songs by US acts more than UK acts. So i'd like more US tracks on the Radio please. :D

I voted for US because the nationality doesn't matter, so I'll go with what is currently more common. I wish there was a 'don't care' option.

^ Yeah, songs like Waka Waka and Alors on danse not doing so well is a bit baffling. You'd think in the days of the Internet, songs which are THAT big in other countries couldn't get so ignored here. Even like that Lena song, how could it have been so big in so many other countries, yet spends only one week in the top 40 in the UK? I guess it's radio to blame again. :lol:

 

It's not like those songs were massive in just one country. They were massive all over an entire continent.

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US acts, For I would hate if a US song was all over the world but missed out in the UK. But if there was a balance option I would have gone for that as some UK artists are very good and deserve airplay but 21/50 is very good. But the annoying thing is that UK acts normally don't stand a chance in America (how Jay Sean and Taio Cruz are popular there but not Plan B, Tinie Tempah and Ellie Goulding I do not know) And European songs should be given more of a chance here too, who cares if Alors on Danse is sung in French, we need to realise English isn't the only language in the world. Shakira shouldn't of flopped with Waka Waka, but I'm happy it did, don't like the song much.

 

Not even Cheryl Cole, yes, the nations sweetheart can crack America. UK acts and the UK sound should be given more of a chance worldwide

I think that if they play their cards right, some UK acts can crack the big US market ( :puke2: ). I think even US is sick of her own songs that's why when they hear something new/fresh (latest example Florence and the Machine at VMA) they will listen/buy it!

Tbh, i think that UK acts produce 1000 times better music in terms of quality rather than those huge names of US!

I do agree that their should be more of a balance inbetween British & American artists, but Britain isn't producing particularly good music at the moment, and just because their British doesn't mean that they should be playlisted ahead of a fantastic from any other country (not just the USA).
I voted for UK acts, not because of their nationality though (I think it would sound a bit....), but because UK music is so much better than US music.

US.

 

I don't think it's a bad thing though? Obviously it's not a two way street in that not many UK acts get played in America but music is music and it shouldn't matter where the act is from.

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US.

 

I don't think it's a bad thing though? Obviously it's not a two way street in that not many UK acts get played in America but music is music and it shouldn't matter where the act is from.

Of course it shouldn't matter where the act is from as long as the music is good! The problem is that UK radio playlist more US acts at the point that they overshadow UK acts.

I do agree that their should be more of a balance inbetween British & American artists, but Britain isn't producing particularly good music at the moment, and just because their British doesn't mean that they should be playlisted ahead of a fantastic from any other country (not just the USA).

 

 

I do not think it is true that the UK is not producing good music Marina, Diana, Alexandra, Ellie, Tinnie, Labrinth, Taio Cruz and Plan B have put out some brilliant songs this year.How they can be considered inferior to the likes of Justine Bieber, Pitbull, FloRida, 30H! is beyond me.I am a big Usher and Neyo fan but there songs have been awful this year, the same goes for the BEPs.I think many people are just too willing to embrace any American rubbish.

The trouble is there is no balance and the British music industry is falling its homegrown talent.American record labels though do seem to push harder when it comes to promotion on both television and radio though.

I actually really like Flo Rida, and to be fair, he did support a British song (Higher). :)

 

I do like US music a lot though, especially a lot of their pop and hip hop music.

 

However, if things do continue to get worse and worse, I'm sure there'll be some of those "My country is the best thing in my life" people that'll try do something about it.

 

However, a good way to look at it is: If it's far more difficult for British artists to get on the radio, and hence perform well in the charts, perhaps this will lead to them trying harder and harder to make better music, different to what we're getting from the US, but still with a broad appeal? It's biology applied to music. :lol: The British might have to compete more with the US to get the same level of promotion, so they'll end up making better music. :lol:

 

That said, I don't know what I'd've done this year without Ridin' Solo and Airplanes. Actually, the guy who produced Airplanes (and Love the Way You Lie) lives in London (although he probably had to move to the US in 2010. :lol:).

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I agree with the comments, US music is soooo much better than UK music in general. But I don't like a song because it comes from this or that country, it doesn't really matter where they come from
I agree with the comments, US music is soooo much better than UK music in general. But I don't like a song because it comes from this or that country, it doesn't really matter where they come from

 

I agree with this, about US music being better in general.

 

Let's put it this way, Love the Way You Lie by Tinchy Stryder and Amelle from the Sugababes would not be a million seller. :(

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