I'm not denying there's a shift, but no one quite seems to know what it is yet.

 

I think it'll be adult contemporary/alternative, because of Adele and songs like We Are Young, Pumped Up Kicks, Somebody That I Used to Know, Drive By, etc. and currently Ho Hey. In a couple of years I think it'll come to a point where pop stars will have to do songs like that to get a hit.

Where has the version of Diamonds gone that was top 10? It's not showing up on livepopbars at the moment. :unsure:

266. Don't Save Me - Haim

 

If there's ANY justice, this thing will SMASH :wub:

 

 

On radio 1 playlist and fearn cottons record of the week!

I think it'll be adult contemporary/alternative, because of Adele and songs like We Are Young, Pumped Up Kicks, Somebody That I Used to Know, Drive By, etc. and currently Ho Hey. In a couple of years I think it'll come to a point where pop stars will have to do songs like that to get a hit.

 

 

Thats why i like an artist like Bruno Mars because he does this type of song without following the crowd. Whereas artists like rihanna/usher etc follow the crowd by doing dance songs just to fit in with whats cool!

Edited November 27, 201212 yr by steve201

Thats why i like an artist like Bruno Mars because he does this type of song without following the crowd. Whereas artists like rihanna/usher etc follow the crowd by doing dance songs just to fit in with whats cool!

 

I definitely agree with your comments about Bruno.

 

But I don't think Rihanna follows the crowd. In fact, I think the crowd follows her. She was releasing dance music in 2008 (2005/6 if you include PDR and SOS) with 'Don't Stop the Music' and 'Disturbia' while it was trendy to be retro (Duffy, Amy, Adele, Gabriella) and in 2009, the year GaGa made electro-pop trendy, Rihanna released an album that was of the complete opposite sound. This was while a lot of artists arguably jumped on the GaGa bandwagon. Rihanna returned back to her dance routes in 2010 and after her huge success with OG and WMN, the likes of J.Lo jumped on the Rihanna bandwagon. Also, WFL has now catapulted Calvin Harris to fame in America and everyone wants to work with him now.

Where has the version of Diamonds gone that was top 10? It's not showing up on livepopbars at the moment. :unsure:

 

It's been deleted by the looks of it!

Looks like the single version of 'Diamonds' has been deleted. Retarded move by her label as it had 2 versions selling well but now the album version is going to have to climb up to about #3 in its own right if the song is gonna continue selling as it was. Up to #16 now anyway so it might manage it, but still a stupid move.

 

PSY back in the top 10 yet again then (not sure if he or The Lumineers have re-entered the top 10 more times, I think both have done it about 5 times). Rudimental back up to #11, they are still holding up great so should get at least a second week top 15 if not a climb/non-move :D Disclosure also continuing to hold up brilliantly, still at #18.

 

Christina Perri at #12 and #38 - have Heart FM etc. (re-)picked up on this yet? If she can command MOR radio as well as she did with 'Jar Of Hearts' this could end up being another massive hit for her.

 

Olly's album version up to #32, could see this getting about as high as Robbie's album version (i.e. ~#20). Olly could have an outside chance of doing another 100k this week I think!

 

The Pogues at #61 and #65, the second version has been closing in on the first for a while now and looks like it'll overtake in a couple of days possibly. Odd as it's 99p while the higher version is only 79p. Wham! and Wizzard have both entered the top 100 now at #87 and #97 respectively, I shall do a full Christmas update in a bit I think!

 

Lenka 'Everything At Once' #68, it's had a chart run of 76-76-77 thus far and looks like it may continue that run of bad luck :lol:

Edited November 27, 201212 yr by Bré

Olly's album version up to #32, could see this getting about as high as Robbie's album version (i.e. ~#20). Olly could have an outside chance of doing another 100k this week I think!

 

If Olly does another 100k, he definitely get another week at #1 before the X Factor single goes out, I can't see Tulisa getting a #1, she probably shot herself in the foot, by releasing the single and album in the first week. :lol: People will just buy her album.

I definitely agree with your comments about Bruno.

 

But I don't think Rihanna follows the crowd. In fact, I think the crowd follows her. She was releasing dance music in 2008 (2005/6 if you include PDR and SOS) with 'Don't Stop the Music' and 'Disturbia' while it was trendy to be retro (Duffy, Amy, Adele, Gabriella) and in 2009, the year GaGa made electro-pop trendy, Rihanna released an album that was of the complete opposite sound. This was while a lot of artists arguably jumped on the GaGa bandwagon. Rihanna returned back to her dance routes in 2010 and after her huge success with OG and WMN, the likes of J.Lo jumped on the Rihanna bandwagon. Also, WFL has now catapulted Calvin Harris to fame in America and everyone wants to work with him now.

 

 

Yeah riri was a bad example lol just thought it would be too controversial. Maybe im just fed up with her music at the mo!! :P

I think it'll be adult contemporary/alternative, because of Adele and songs like We Are Young, Pumped Up Kicks, Somebody That I Used to Know, Drive By, etc. and currently Ho Hey. In a couple of years I think it'll come to a point where pop stars will have to do songs like that to get a hit.

 

I think that genre (if you can call it that) will continue to grow but I can see more dubstep and quiet storm-ish stufff becoming the dance music of choice. Disclosure and their ilk aren't that far from the likes of Alt-J in reality so "indietronica" (what an awful name) may do quite well.

Is it me or the version of Rihanna - Diamonds that was in the top 10 has been deleted?

Is it me or the version of Rihanna - Diamonds that was in the top 10 has been deleted?

 

It has been deleted in every country it seems. It was the single version that was released before the album. You can sill buy the song if you want to - but only the version from the album. Silly move though as the deleted version was higher in the itunes charts and so she is losing her No 1 effect and Top 10 effect in several countries. :angry:

 

 

Huh? Labrinth hasn't gained on Olly at all, he's probably actually further behind now Olly's second version is higher than his. I assume you've got these mixed up since Bruno is still gaining (but even so I doubt Bruno will get #1).

 

If you look on the live Itunes popularity from 10 hours ago Bruno fell back to half Olly's popularity and Labrinth moved into 2nd on 0.8750. I'm glad Olly's 2nd version is number 28, he does still have a good cushion.

11. Rudimental - Not Giving In (Has been reduced to 59P

12. Rihanna - Diamonds (Please knock PSY out the top 10, I don't think this version will even get near the top 3)

14. Girls Aloud - Something New (For a comeback single 2-14, Ouch)

26. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble

40. Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

43. Kelly Clarkson - Catch My Breath (Can't believe this is missing the top 40 :( )

 

If Olly does another 100k, he definitely get another week at #1 before the X Factor single goes out, I can't see Tulisa getting a #1, she probably shot herself in the foot, by releasing the single and album in the first week. :lol: People will just buy her album.

 

Or maybe she shot herself in the foot by releasing a shit song :P

I definitely agree with your comments about Bruno.

 

But I don't think Rihanna follows the crowd. In fact, I think the crowd follows her. She was releasing dance music in 2008 (2005/6 if you include PDR and SOS) with 'Don't Stop the Music' and 'Disturbia' while it was trendy to be retro (Duffy, Amy, Adele, Gabriella) and in 2009, the year GaGa made electro-pop trendy, Rihanna released an album that was of the complete opposite sound. This was while a lot of artists arguably jumped on the GaGa bandwagon. Rihanna returned back to her dance routes in 2010 and after her huge success with OG and WMN, the likes of J.Lo jumped on the Rihanna bandwagon. Also, WFL has now catapulted Calvin Harris to fame in America and everyone wants to work with him now.

 

It wasn't just Rihanna. There were also Justin Timberlake, Usher, Nelly Furtado, Chris Brown, Flo Rida, Britney Spears, Katy Perry that had massive dance/electropop hits in 2008, they paved the way for the Black Eyed Peas and David Guetta to come along in 2009 and continue doing that sort of music.

 

I'm not sure if we can say SOS started the electropop trend, since Maneater and My Love were out around the same time iirc. It's difficult to pick just one song, and also it's just a slight alteration of crunk anyway.

 

Or maybe she shot herself in the foot by releasing a shit song :P

 

Young managed to get to #1 even though it was awful (in my opinion :lol:).

 

I think that genre (if you can call it that) will continue to grow but I can see more dubstep and quiet storm-ish stufff becoming the dance music of choice. Disclosure and their ilk aren't that far from the likes of Alt-J in reality so "indietronica" (what an awful name) may do quite well.

 

Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what happens. I would love more songs like Latch to be big hits, and that type of music is minimal enough to allow artists to actually be creative and experiment with weird sounds.

 

I don't think dubstep can ever properly become big, since it's main audiance is probably 15-30 year-old straight males, most of who illegally download, and the ones that do only make up a tiny proportion of the iTunes downloaders. For a dubstep song to become a massive hit again it'll have to see stuff like Louder (basically a pop song at 140 bpm with dubstep synths and drums). And they'll always have to have singing vocals on aswell.

Edited November 27, 201212 yr by Eric_Blob

I can't see Tulisa getting a #1, she probably shot herself in the foot, by releasing the single and album in the first week. :lol: People will just buy her album.

:cheer: Hopefully people don't get the song, and get the album instead. It really is an incredible album, and deserves to decently for her :wub:

 

Or maybe she shot herself in the foot by releasing a shit song :P

I agree. Sight of You is so poor compared to some of the other songs on the album. She could have gone for Kill Me Tonight (major :wub:) or Live Your Life, British Swag, Steal My Breath Away etc.

 

Diamonds #10

Edited November 27, 201212 yr by HausofKubrick

Live Your Life is just SCREAMING for a single release. And Steal My Breath Away should've been released in place of Sight of You (though I do love it). British Swag though, major NO NO. :P

If you look on the live Itunes popularity from 10 hours ago Bruno fell back to half Olly's popularity and Labrinth moved into 2nd on 0.8750. I'm glad Olly's 2nd version is number 28, he does still have a good cushion.

 

That was just iTunes reverting (by a LOT - see Ke$ha apparently not being top 100 in that update). It does it all the time these days.

 

Olly album version up to #21, so my prediction it'd do about as well as the album version of 'Candy' looks like it could be a bit of an understatement! Bruno might knock the single version off #1 though, he's now over 90% and still increasing. Just noticed it's a top 2 of Murs and Mars currently :P

 

Other new album tracks:

33. Girl On Fire (feat. Nicki Minaj) [inferno Version] - Alicia Keys

44. Catch My Breath - Kelly Clarkson

55. Something New - Girls Aloud

59. Beautiful Cause You Love Me - Girls Aloud

 

Christmas songs in the top 300 (+ extra #301-1500 versions of those songs, not doing a full top 1500 update though):

4. The Power of Love - Gabrielle Aplin

16. O Holy Night - Ladywell Primary School

40. All I Want for Christmas Is You (Original Version) - Mariah Carey (+1333)

61. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl

64. Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) - The Pogues

80. Last Christmas (Single Version) - Wham!

84. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard (+966, 1036, 1262)

114. The Power of Love - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (+716)

115. Merry Christmas Everybody - Slade (+393)

120. Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens (+416)

129. Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid (+353)

138. Winter Wonderland (Bonus Track) - Michael Bublé

160. Driving Home for Christmas - Chris Rea (+534, 980)

163. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) [2003 Mix] - John Lennon, The Harlem Community Choir, Yoko Ono & The Plastic Ono Band

183. Frosty the Snowman (feat. The Puppini Sisters) [bonus Track] - Michael Bublé

216. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Michael Bublé

225. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Michael Bublé

226. The Christmas Song - Michael Bublé

243. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee (+1080)

271. Silver Bells (feat. Naturally 7) [bonus Track] - Michael Bublé

288. Step Into Christmas - Elton John

289. Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney

295. Last Christmas (Single Version) - Wham!

 

Pre-order of The Justice Collective 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother' already at #161.

Live Your Life is just SCREAMING for a single release. And Steal My Breath Away should've been released in place of Sight of You (though I do love it). British Swag though, major NO NO. :P

 

Live Your Life will be a massive hit for sure, but I'd prefer her not to release it. It's not really "her", and she has more interesting songs on the album I'd like to be singles, even though they'll probably miss the top 40, I'd still prefer them as singles.