Posted May 27, 201114 yr Jessie J was the highest placed British act in last week's chart at #12, instead the top 10 is represented by all these Americans, a Frenchman and an Italian. The British music industry needs to get its finger out, absolutely embarassing.
May 27, 201114 yr Jessie J was the highest placed British act in last week's chart at #12, instead the top 10 is represented by all these Americans, a Frenchman and an Italian. The British music industry needs to get its finger out, absolutely embarassing. Are you suggesting we should ban male US urban songs, then? :lol: Edited May 27, 201114 yr by vidcapper
May 27, 201114 yr I'm not gonna moan or nothing, but it doesn't look great that in Britain, not one British act is in the top 10 biggest songs atm :(
May 27, 201114 yr I'm not gonna moan or nothing, but it doesn't look great that in Britain, not one British act is in the top 10 biggest songs atm :( We'll have The Saturdays next week :kink: Technically there actually is one British act in the top 10 - Lauren Bennett. Edited May 27, 201114 yr by Bray
May 27, 201114 yr Well we will have The Saturdays :P The american music scene is just too much though :P
May 27, 201114 yr Well we will have The Saturdays :P The american music scene is just too much though :P *too exposed But when radio only touch American music, and British music that's never likely to have success here (the low-key dubstep stuff, flop indie etc...) rather than ignoring obvious hits from around Europe and Australia amongst other places, what can you do? :(
May 27, 201114 yr It is quite sad the Americans have more British acts in their top 10 than us. :P Yeah, quite sad that Adele is top 10 there and not here. It's not like she's been top 10 here for 19 weeks between her two songs this year already!! :lol: Although, don't worry, once the US finally catches up with the rest of humanity (I have faith this may happen before 2011 is out) then there'll be no British acts there either. *too exposed But when radio only touch American music, and British music that's never likely to have success here (the low-key dubstep stuff, flop indie etc...) rather than ignoring obvious hits from around Europe and Australia amongst other places, what can you do? :( Totally agree there. As much as I like Radio 1 and what they do (unlike most people here I never complain about them), they really need to have an evaluation of some of the British acts they're supporting. While I'm not saying the stuff they're supporting is unpopular, would it really kill them to try and support a few British acts that are a bit more chart-friendly? Especially on the new acts front, which is I think where we're REALLY suffering - although I do also partly blame the Sound Of poll for that for pushing through so many uncommercial acts. The amount of new British acts pushing through to the upper reaches of the charts this year is surely the lowest it's ever been - I can only think of about half a dozen!!! Jessie J, Wretch 32, Yasmin, Birdy, Nero, Parade, The Vaccines... any more? I've probably forgotten a few. And only Jessie J and Wretch 32 have really done anything impressive (maybe Nero depending on how far you want to stretch the meaning of the word). Considering the British music scene has always relied on a high turnover of new acts (at least in the last decade or so anyway) that's a pretty poor number. And it's been said many a time before but it should be said again as it's true - British music is really out with what's popular at the moment. Compare that to the mid-to-late 1990s where we very much in tune with what was popular (in terms of pop music, anyway) and thus sometimes completely dominated our charts. Although that didn't exactly harm Adele but she's a rare exception, it seems, someone who transcends trends :lol:
May 27, 201114 yr Last year the vast majority of British top 10 hits were from being held back and debuting there.
May 27, 201114 yr British acts don't do that well mid-year because there's no X Factor :P Jokes, the real reason is because the quality of British music is not as good as American. The only british acts in my new personal top 10 are Lauren Bennet, Nero, Example and Calvin Harris. So British music can be good when it wants to be (normally when it's dance as you can see in my top 10) but American music is world dominant and it's just 'better' right now. You can't change the general public opinion, but you can change the type of songs British artists are doing (that's why the only successful British people are people who sound a bit American [Jessie J, Tinie Tempah, JLS, Cheryl Cole, Adele etc.] and also why indie and most dubstep is flopping) Edited May 27, 201114 yr by danielMFAO
May 27, 201114 yr And it's been said many a time before but it should be said again as it's true - British music is really out with what's popular at the moment. I prefer to think of it in terms of current singles buyers not being able to recognise good British music if it bit them on the bum... ;)
May 27, 201114 yr It's not as if there's much british acts that appear on x-factor...^ What time of year do all syco acts release? X Factor time of course, to get more sales. Take That wouldn't have sold as much as they did had they released mid year, and Cheryl Cole wouldn't have had opening sales of 150k+ last year Edited May 27, 201114 yr by danielMFAO
May 27, 201114 yr Last year the vast majority of British top 10 hits were from being held back and debuting there. And? I think you're missing the bigger picture here. The reason why British acts are suffering now is not because of on air, on sale (which is a ridiculous theory if that's what you're implying, people will buy songs they like regardless of the nationality of the artist), that's simply made it easier to see the other gaping issues with British music right now - which have existed for quite a while now anyway - because, as you said, some songs are no longer being held back for easy top 10 debuts. Although you should also note that a lot of British acts are still holding back their releases...
May 27, 201114 yr British acts don't do that well mid-year because there's no X Factor :P Jokes, the real reason is because the quality of British music is not as good as American. The only british acts in my new personal top 10 are Lauren Bennet, Nero, Example and Calvin Harris. So British music can be good when it wants to be (normally when it's dance as you can see in my top 10) but American music is world dominant and it's just 'better' right now. You can't change the general public opinion, but you can change the type of songs British artists are doing (that's why the only successful British people are people who sound a bit American [Jessie J, Tinie Tempah, JLS, Cheryl Cole, Adele etc.] and also why indie and most dubstep is flopping) I think you're right. If we look at the pop genre, there's simply no British artists releasing anything even close to as brilliant as the likes of Firework, Only Girl, Bad Romance (well, I don't like Bad Romance personally, but most people love it), so of course they're going to be less prominent in the chart. Well I don't really mind too much of the american music scene so... :P Neither do I really. I mean, I feel a bit sad that British artists can't do well, but at the same time, I do think American music is so much better at the moment (and judging by the charts that's the consensus of the general public). Edited May 27, 201114 yr by Eric_Blob
May 27, 201114 yr There have been some wonderful British singles and albums this year but isn't the 'in' thing (one or all of club-friendly, female chorus, rapping). I would rather have the British music scene we have now with fantastic quality and variety than they be producing the kind of crap which is currently popular. Leave that to the US who are far better at making money out of it....
May 27, 201114 yr Well there was at least a Brit in the top ten last week in the form of Lauren Bennett. It's just a pretty quiet period for British acts at the moment - I mean, this can't be the first time this has happened.
May 27, 201114 yr There have been some wonderful British singles and albums this year but isn't the 'in' thing (one or all of club-friendly, female chorus, rapping). I would rather have the British music scene we have now with fantastic quality and variety than they be producing the kind of crap which is currently popular. Leave that to the US who are far better at making money out of it.... Oh, I agree there. The British music scene is FAR higher quality than the American music scene, and most of our artists are far less trend-hopping, desperate for #1 singles, etc. But at the same time it does depress me sometimes to see so few British acts making an impact as we have now. Although it should be noted also that the picture is quite a bit better for British acts albums-wise - which probably says a lot about where the appeal for our kind of acts lie at the moment. 7 of last week's albums chart top 10 are by British acts.
May 27, 201114 yr Well there was at least a Brit in the top ten last week in the form of Lauren Bennett. It's just a pretty quiet period for British acts at the moment - I mean, this can't be the first time this has happened. This tbh. I'm sure it's happened before. And if this actually is the first time it's happened, then the US dominance in the chart hasn't been as bad as I thought tbh! :o The biggest British artists simply aren't releasing any songs at the moment. When JLS, Cheryl Cole, N-Dubz, Olly Murs, Cher Lloyd, etc. release more songs, then we'll have British artists back in the top 10.
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