Something just dawned on me - there are the same number of songs by British artists in the UK iTunes top 10 as there are in the US iTunes top 10 :drama: And there are LESS American acts in the US top 10!

 

:lol:

 

Although, to be fair, the US have both Rihanna and Britney Spears (you know, that artist which is flopping at the moment?) twice in their top 10.

 

How are there less American acts in the US top ten, every one of those songs is American excluding ADELE. Same with our itunes top ten

 

I think he's counting the artists on collabs seperately? So the US have:

 

Rihanna (x2), Britney Spears (x2), Katy Perry, Kanye West, Black Eyed Peas, Jeremih, 50 Cent, Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull (x2), Ne-Yo, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Busta Rhymes = 13 (possibly 14, who's Nayer?).

 

We have between 13 and 16 (I don't know where Lauren Bennet, GoonRock and Benny Benassi reside, although I'd assume the latter isn't American judging by the music he makes, although I'd guess the ones on Party Rock Anthem are).

Edited April 14, 201114 yr by Eric_Blob

And Rihanna isn't American.

And Rihanna isn't American.

 

I think we're going by where they live atm, rather than where they're born. Or at least that's how I always do it. :lol:

And Rihanna isn't American.

Yeah, but her entire career has been based in, and is a product of, America. Do you really think she'd still be topping the charts right now if she was still based in Barbados? :lol: She wouldn't have even got off the ground in that case!

 

I mean, we're talking music here. As a person, she's Barbadian, yes, and she'd definitely identify as that herself. But I think it's pretty clearly that as a recording artist (which ISN'T the same, and should be what matters in this case) she is American. And I couldn't give a fook what Wikipedia says on the subject, personally.

 

Anyway, it's not like America is supporting songs that we haven't supported already. That stat just shows how behind they are on anything that isn't their own music, really. It's probably more embarrassing for our charts at the moment that acts like Natalia Kills got top 10 in Germany yet can't even make top 100 in their home country.

I think we're going by where they live atm, rather than where they're born. Or at least that's how I always do it. :lol:

 

Does that make Cheryl Cole American then :P

Wow. I never knew Natalia Kills was British! :o I always assumed she was American with her connections with will.i.am and Akon. :lol:

 

Then again, I thought Estelle was American, so what do I know? :coffee:

 

Does that make Cheryl Cole American then :P

 

Well, I wouldn't say so yet. She's only just moved there. :lol: And we're talking about them as artists, not as people, anyway.

 

But I mean, look at Taio Cruz and Jay Sean, for example. I went to the US, and most people there thought he was American (although I guess it's quite rare they have artits so successful there that aren't from the country). :lol: Heck, even I have to keep reminding myself he's British. Like once I was posting a list of the US #1s from 2010, to make a point how they have such longer chart runs than the British ones, and I put Dynamite in the US list. :drama: So yeah, after a few years, Cheryl could be like that.

Edited April 14, 201114 yr by Eric_Blob

When I said the USA top 10 has less American acts than in the UK I was indeed referring to the fact Rihanna is Barbadian.

Wow. I never knew Natalia Kills was British! :o I always assumed she was American with her connections with will.i.am and Akon. :lol:

 

Then again, I thought Estelle was American, so what do I know? :coffee:

Well, I wouldn't say so yet. She's only just moved there. :lol: And we're talking about them as artists, not as people, anyway.

 

But I mean, look at Taio Cruz and Jay Sean, for example. I went to the US, and most people there thought he was American (although I guess it's quite rare they have artits so successful there that aren't from the country). :lol: Heck, even I have to keep reminding myself he's British. Like once I was posting a list of the US #1s from 2010, to make a point how they have such longer chart runs than the British ones, and I put Dynamite in the US list. :drama: So yeah, after a few years, Cheryl could be like that.

Well, she's probably moved to America now, so easy mistake to make :D Although I don't really know for sure, I barely know anything about her. Wikipedia says she is based between London and Los Angeles, so depending on your definition you could call her music half-American?

 

And the thing with Jay Sean is he WAS British, and based in Britain, when he started out. It's only since 2009 or whenever it was that Down took off that he practically f***ed off to America. I think it's a little different to people like Rihanna who have always been from America (musically). I mean, Jay Sean basically owes his career to Britain, Rihanna owes her career to America. That's where their musical roots basically lie.

 

But I guess it depends on your perspective. Some will always consider Rihanna Barbadian regardless. I think it's pretty ridiculous, personally, but whatever :lol:

Well, she's probably moved to America now, so easy mistake to make :D Although I don't really know for sure, I barely know anything about her. Wikipedia says she is based between London and Los Angeles, so depending on your definition you could call her music half-American?

 

And the thing with Jay Sean is he WAS British, and based in Britain, when he started out. It's only since 2009 or whenever it was that Down took off that he practically f***ed off to America. I think it's a little different to people like Rihanna who have always been from America (musically). I mean, Jay Sean basically owes his career to Britain, Rihanna owes her career to America. That's where their musical roots basically lie.

 

But I guess it depends on your perspective. Some will always consider Rihanna Barbadian regardless. I think it's pretty ridiculous, personally, but whatever :lol:

 

Yeah, I see what you mean.

 

Yeah, Jay Sean does owe his career to the UK to be fair, so I guess people could always consider him a British artist in that respect. I never think of him as British anymore, probably because he doesn't do those things that UK artists do a lot anymore. Like I haven't heard him do a radio interview in ages, I haven't seen him appear on T4, or MTV or anything for ages either. The last time I saw him on MTV (like the humble little interviews-type MTV) must've been like 18 months ago, and I remember being shocked because he was saying that he was going to studying medicine, but gave that up to pursue music! :o Worked out well for him though. :lol:

1 LMFAO Party Rock Anthem (feat. Lauren Bennet & GoonRock)

2 Jennifer Lopez On the Floor (Radio Edit)

3 Katy Perry E.T. (feat. Kanye West)

4 Snoop Dogg & David Guetta Sweat (Snoop Dogg vs. David Guetta) [Remix]

5 Chris Brown Beautiful People (feat. Benny Benassi) [Main Version]

6 The Black Eyed Peas Just Can’t Get Enough

7 Mann Buzzin (Remix) [feat. 50 Cent]

8 Rihanna S&M (Remix) [feat. Britney Spears]

9 ADELE Someone Like You

10 Nicole Scherzinger Don't Hold Your Breath

11 Kanye West All of the Lights

12 Wiz Khalifa Black and Yellow

13 Cee Lo Green Bright Lights Bigger City

14 Birdy Skinny Love

15 ADELE Rolling In The Deep

16 Rihanna S&M

17 Jessie J Price Tag (feat. B.o.B)

18 Dr. Dre I Need a Doctor (feat. Eminem & Skylar Grey)

19 Arctic Monkeys Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair

20 Lady GaGa Born This Way

21 Katy B Broken Record

22 Nicki Minaj Girls Fall Like Dominoes

23 Ke$ha Blow

24 Britney Spears Till the World Ends

25 Bruno Mars Grenade

26 Dionne Bromfield Yeah Right (Radio Edit)

27 Tiësto & Diplo C'Mon (Catch 'Em By Surprise) [Tiësto vs. Diplo] {feat. Busta Rhymes}

28 Chris Brown Yeah 3X

29 The Wanted Gold Forever

30 Flux Pavilion Bass Cannon

31 Alexis Jordan Good Girl

32 Jodie Connor Bring It (feat. Tinchy Stryder)

33 Jeremih & 50 Cent Down On Me

34 Chipmunk Champion (feat. Chris Brown)

35 Chipmunk In the Air (Radio Edit) [feat. Keri Hilson]

36 David Guetta & Rihanna Who's That Chick? (feat. Rihanna)

37 My Chemical Romance #SINGItForJapan

38 Emily Osment Lovesick

39 Noah & The Whale L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.

40 Aloe Blacc I Need a Dollar

41 Glee Cast Tik Tok (Glee Cast Version)

42 Wiz Khalifa Black and Yellow

43 Charlie Simpson Down Down Down

44 Ke$ha We R Who We R

45 The Wombats Anti-D

46 Tim McGraw & Gwyneth Paltrow Me and Tennessee (From the Motion Picture "Country Strong")

47 Glee Cast Don't You Want Me (Glee Cast Version)

48 Bruno Mars Grenade

49 Jessie J & B.o.B Price Tag

50 Katy Perry E.T.

51 Glee Cast Blame It (On the Alcohol) [Glee Cast Version]

52 P!nk F**kin' Perfect

53 Chris Brown Look At Me Now (feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes)

54 Diddy - Dirty Money & Skylar Grey Coming Home (feat. Skylar Grey)

55 Rihanna Only Girl (In the World)

56 Glee Cast Sing (Glee Cast Version)

57 New Boyz Backseat (feat. The Cataracs & Dev)

58 Glee Cast Thriller / Heads Will Roll (Glee Cast Version)

59 Foo Fighters Rope

60 Jessie J Do It Like a Dude

61 Tinie Tempah & Ellie Goulding Wonderman

62 JLS & Tinie Tempah Eyes Wide Shut (feat. Tinie Tempah)

63 Bruno Mars Just the Way You Are

64 Chris Brown Yeah 3X

65 Rebecca Black Friday

66 ADELE Make You Feel My Love

67 Martin Solveig & Dragonette Hello (UK Radio Edit)

68 Nicki Minaj & Drake Moment 4 Life

69 Enrique Iglesias, Ludacris & DJ Frank E Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) [feat.Ludacris & DJ Frank E]

70 Rihanna & Drake What's My Name?

71 Glee Cast Loser Like Me (Glee Cast Version)

72 Panic! At the Disco The Ballad of Mona Lisa

73 Katy Perry Firework

74 The Vaccines If You Wanna

75 David Guetta & Rihanna Who's That Chick? (feat. Rihanna)

76 My Chemical Romance Sing

77 Far East Movement, The Cataracs & Dev Like a G6

78 Rihanna S&M

79 Katy B Katy On a Mission

80 T-Pain Best Love Song (feat. Chris Brown)

81 Jessie J Do It Like a Dude (UK Radio Edit)

82 Bruno Mars The Lazy Song

83 P!nk F**kin' Perfect

84 The Wanted Gold Forever

85 Taio Cruz & Travie McCoy Higher (feat. Travie McCoy)

86 Cee Lo Green Forget You

87 Jessie J Price Tag (Without BoB)

88 Chase & Status & Delilah Time

89 Justin Bieber & Jaden Smith Never Say Never

90 Martin Solveig & Dragonette Hello

91 Taio Cruz Higher (feat. Kylie Minogue & Travie McCoy)

92 Eminem & Rihanna Love the Way You Lie

93 Katy Perry E.T. (feat. Kanye West)

94 Chipmunk & Chris Brown Champion (feat. Chris Brown)

95 Take That Happy Now

96 Jamie Woon Lady Luck

97 The Asteroids Galaxy Tour The Golden Age

98 The Strokes Under Cover of Darkness

99 Ke$ha TiK ToK

100 Tinie Tempah Written In the Stars

 

places 21-40 are so much more interesting at the moment - gonna be close as to what makes it into the chart come Sunday

Edited April 14, 201114 yr by ElectroBoy

^That's what seems to have been the most interesting part of the chart for the last few weeks. And too often, the ones on 30-40 on Itunes don't make it in, in favour of the older tracks which have much more steady runs throughout the week.

I love that Shakira keeps re-entering the top 200 with Waka Waka, back up to 184, must have shifted a fair few copies by now!

I love that Shakira keeps re-entering the top 200 with Waka Waka, back up to 184, must have shifted a fair few copies by now!

 

Yeah, it's sold over 150,000 now! :o I can imagine it selling a bit more during the summer too.

I think we're going by where they live atm, rather than where they're born. Or at least that's how I always do it. :lol:

 

Why would you ever do that? :wacko: :unsure:

Shakira for a crap peak has sold alot with Waka-Waka.

Brihanna now number 7 :o

Morning update: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s...t&p=3521107

Shakira for a crap peak has sold alot with Waka-Waka.

 

Yeah. Although I think the song has done very well for the promotion it got. It would've been nice if it got to #1 though, and was a bigger hit. :(

Yeah. Although I think the song has done very well for the promotion it got. It would've been nice if it got to #1 though, and was a bigger hit. :(

 

Yeah, because the World Cup wasn't much promo at all :mellow: For a novelty song - which, let's be honest is what it was - it was never gonna get radio backing, and lots of TV play.