May 11, 201114 yr I'm so pleased for her. I've been championing her for the Top 10 since she first released it and was so disappointed for that brief period where it looked like she wouldn't do it. #1 is just AMAZING. :wub:
May 11, 201114 yr Very well done, she'd already made up for not getting to no.1 over here when "Someone Like You" went and did it but this is a stunning achievement - a British singer-songwriter (who's not exactly overly glamorous either) to go to no.1 on both sides of the Atlantic with two different songs from the same album is incredible. I do think the US charts are too static - the positions that Glee get to on their digital charts, if they had the same system as ours on the Hot 100 they'd have had several top 10s and maybe even a few no.1s - probably deserved given the popularity of the show.
May 12, 201114 yr Yeah the UK chart is definitely still better, better variety and is more accommodating to new acts and genres. Although I will point out that if you replaced dance with country, the UK chart would probably look pretty similar to the Hot 100. Lately, both charts are sorely lacking rock and R&B acts... Yeah, but why would anyone want to do that? :kink: But seriously, I agree that the two charts are pretty similar these days. Certainly far more than I ever remember them being. I'm not really sure why this is - perhaps because, for the first time that I can remember, the type of music popular in both the UK & US seem to be in perfect harmony with each other (obviously country aside). Perhaps it's the fact that the digital era has meant that it's easier for songs to be hits at (almost) the same time in both countries rather than having to wait months to come over. Who knows. For what it's worth, I'd say the peak of the Hot 100 was the mid-to-late 90s. Fairly varied chart with possibilities for any genre to do well (within reason) and the likes of TLC, Lauryn Hill, Mariah Carey, etc. reaching #1 when they never could in the UK. Good times :dance: I have no idea what the hell happened a few years later but indeed after 2001 it was starting to go o_O in terms of urban overload, with 2004/05 being the absolute nadir - those years were just :puke:, Mariah's domination of the latter year aside. I'll still never take the US seriously for making D4L's Laffy Taffy go to #1 there :/
May 12, 201114 yr In fact Adele is doing the double in the US. I wouldn't have thought the US liked great artists such as Adele with all the rubbish they put out. Rolling In The Deep has become #1 after 18 weeks The album Adele 21 is still #1 after 11 weeks on the chart. Even though positions 2 to 8 are all new entries. Also in the US album chart sees the Re-entry at #11 of Fleetwood Mac - Rumours -- where the hell did that come from???
May 12, 201114 yr I do think the US charts are too static - the positions that Glee get to on their digital charts, if they had the same system as ours on the Hot 100 they'd have had several top 10s and maybe even a few no.1s - probably deserved given the popularity of the show. Thank god they don't have our system then. Glee are crap :puke2: Edited May 12, 201114 yr by euro music
May 12, 201114 yr Also in the US album chart sees the Re-entry at #11 of Fleetwood Mac - Rumours -- where the hell did that come from??? That'd be the doing of Glee...
May 12, 201114 yr So, the international success of the 21 era so far (from acharts.us): 21 --- 01 (14 weeks) United Kingdom 01 (13 weeks) Netherlands 01 (13 weeks) Ireland 01 (12 weeks) World 01 (7 weeks) Belgium 01 (7 weeks) United States 01 (6 weeks) New Zealand 01 (4 weeks) Switzerland 01 (2 weeks) Australia 01 (2 weeks) Germany 01 (1 week) Austria 01 (1 week) Norway 02 Denmark 02 Sweden 03 France 04 Poland 06 Finland 07 Italy 11 Spain 51 Mexico Rolling In The Deep --- 01 (7 weeks) Netherlands 01 (4 weeks) Belgium 01 (2 weeks) Germany 01 (2 weeks) Portugal 01 (1 week) Switzerland 01 (1 week) United States 02 Ireland 02 United Kingdom 03 Austria 03 Canada 03 Denmark 03 France 03 New Zealand 03 World 06 Finland 08 Australia 08 Norway 14 Sweden 32 Bulgaria 37 Spain Someone Like You --- 01 (6 weeks) Ireland 01 (5 weeks) United Kingdom 10 Portugal 15 Norway 17 World 22 Netherlands 26 New Zealand 33 Belgium 35 Canada 37 Australia 65 United States 91 France Set Fire To The Rain --- 01 (1 week) Netherlands 02 Belgium 17 Ireland 23 Germany 32 Austria 44 United Kingdom 60 Canada 61 Switzerland 81 France 88 United States Turning Tables --- 60 Canada 62 United Kingdom 63 United States :D Edited May 12, 201114 yr by Bray
May 12, 201114 yr About the US urban thing, it does seem like it's mainly the urban-dance stuff that's coming here though. Down On Me and Look At Me Now have been the two massive urban non-club (well, you can dance to them, but it's not the sort where you dance to the first beat on every bar (i.e. jump up and down) like every song in the UK's current top 10) hits in the US this year, but they just hovered around the low end of the top 40 for a few weeks in the UK, and I've never heard either songs on mainstream radio. Infact, the latter didn't even get released as a single. Except, they decided to release another europop/dance pop song from the album (Beautiful People, although it is very good imo). And I think they're skipping Beautiful People in the US, and going to another RnB song, which is already charting. From Chris's album, it's almost like he's releasing all the urban songs in the US and all the pop songs in Europe.
May 12, 201114 yr Wow! Well done Adele. Her album 21 doing extremely well in both sides of the country. A non X-Factor person.
May 12, 201114 yr So, the international success of the 21 era so far (from acharts.us): 21 --- 01 (14 weeks) United Kingdom 01 (13 weeks) Netherlands 01 (13 weeks) Ireland 01 (12 weeks) World 01 (7 weeks) Belgium 01 (7 weeks) United States 01 (6 weeks) New Zealand 01 (4 weeks) Switzerland 01 (2 weeks) Australia 01 (2 weeks) Germany 01 (1 week) Austria 01 (1 week) Norway 02 Denmark 02 Sweden 03 France 04 Poland 06 Finland 07 Italy 11 Spain 51 Mexico Rolling In The Deep --- 01 (7 weeks) Netherlands 01 (4 weeks) Belgium 01 (2 weeks) Germany 01 (2 weeks) Portugal 01 (1 week) Switzerland 01 (1 week) United States 02 Ireland 02 United Kingdom 03 Austria 03 Canada 03 Denmark 03 France 03 New Zealand 03 World 06 Finland 08 Australia 08 Norway 14 Sweden 32 Bulgaria 37 Spain Someone Like You --- 01 (6 weeks) Ireland 01 (5 weeks) United Kingdom 10 Portugal 15 Norway 17 World 22 Netherlands 26 New Zealand 33 Belgium 35 Canada 37 Australia 65 United States 91 France Set Fire To The Rain --- 01 (1 week) Netherlands 02 Belgium 17 Ireland 23 Germany 32 Austria 44 United Kingdom 60 Canada 61 Switzerland 81 France 88 United States Turning Tables --- 60 Canada 62 United Kingdom 63 United States :D Incredible Chart Positions, the sales must be outstanding! :heart: :dance:
May 13, 201114 yr Author Incredible Chart Positions, the sales must be outstanding! :heart: :dance: World sales now over 6 million for 21. !! I wonder if she'll beat Users record of 11.8 million in a year in 2004.
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