Bridgit Mendler's performance this week should hopefully be a good indication of how The Sats do. Not that they won't do better, i'd say this would be the bare minimum. She's had similar radio/TV support, they've had better pre-orders and hype though. Also, The Sats have a much bigger fanbase. So if Brigit goes top 5, i'd say they'd do that at a minimum. They've also got very similar quiet release weeks too.

Bridgit Mendler's performance this week should hopefully be a good indication of how The Sats do. Not that they won't do better, i'd say this would be the bare minimum. She's had similar radio/TV support, they've had better pre-orders and hype though. Also, The Sats have a much bigger fanbase. So if Brigit goes top 5, i'd say they'd do that at a minimum. They've also got very similar quiet release weeks too.

 

Yep, Bridgit is top 20 atm, but I agree the Sats will probs do better as she is a disney star and I feel it is hard for them to break top 10 ( not including Naturally and Cant be tamed)

 

we are lucky that Boomerang is released a week earlier as I think that will do well

Yep, Bridgit is top 20 atm, but I agree the Sats will probs do better as she is a disney star and I feel it is hard for them to break top 10 ( not including Naturally and Cant be tamed)

 

we are lucky that Boomerang is released a week earlier as I think that will do well

 

Can't Be Tamed only got to number 13. The only recent "Disney stars" to have UK top 10's are Hilary Duff and Selena Gomez

I would love them to get to #1 but I don't see them getting it with that kind of airplay. :(

I guess I would just settle for a top 5.

I would love them to get to #1 but I don't see them getting it with that kind of airplay. :(

I guess I would just settle for a top 5.

 

I dont think you need much airplay for #1, I am positive they COULD get it hopefully :) but we need a big promotional appearance

Big promo slots could get them the #1, but they will fall even more on the second week. Airplay is what they need for a long term success.

As I said, if it has the same airplay chart as 30 Days, you can't blame the girls. They did the radio tours and all, it's just the radios who don't seem to play them enough.

 

I don't think it's "impossible" for them to get the #1 that week. In my opinion, if the girls and their team truly want it, they will have it. If they don't (and to be honest, I think they are over it and I understand why), they won't do shit. I mean, yes, they will promote it because they want to secure a top 10 for sure, but they won't do the best they can to get the #1 because I truly believe they don't want it anymore.

 

 

They really need this to be #1, though. Even if it's a complete non-event and is the lowest selling #1 of the year, it would really help the brand alot if they can finally say they have a #1 single under their belt. They'd probably be taken alot more seriously and as a result get more airplay. I get the feeling that the industry don't really take the girls seriously at all. Olly Murs made a comment about them last year saying something like "even The Saturdays could do that!" and I'm sure The Wanted made a comment, too. You never see anyone go "oh so-and-so should probably push back their release so they aren't releasing the same week as The Saturdays", do you? It's always the other way about. Five years into their career and they've *only* sold 3 million records. I realised the other day that the whole On Your Radar campaign sold about 500K - three singles and an album! So many artists have a #1 these days. It's almost uncommon for an artist NOT to have at least one after a few years. When you think that even Cover Drive had one last year with their second single. A #1 isn't everything but for that one week of being the biggest selling song in the country, it can do alot to a reputation.

 

 

definatly, and I think it would make the girls more interested too, otherwise they are going to get to a point where they go hmph what shall we do now? and that will be a sad day for sats fans. i think they have achieved a lot considering they didn't have the exposure GA or Little Mix have had, and they had to completley start from scratch - but the first era was handled brilliantly! Although, I guess they didn't need to release Work! Not that its not single material, but it was a tad too late.

Headlines! is another success - an 8-track EP featuring 4 already accesible tracks, released in summer - 200,000 sales! plus 2 massive singles and a sell-out theatre tour!

its not all bad, but say OYR was a shame, it deserved so much more, although Frankie's illness played a huge part in the poor promotion of the album/single.

30 Days was a great single, but its first tv performance was on This Morning - the day after it got released! and to be fair the only way the EP got to #1 was because the inital 'premier' was handled so well, with it being instatly accesible on itunes and the inclusion of 'Turn Myself In'. Nevertheless they needed that additional top ten hit.

 

WAU has the potential to hit #1 - its catchy, a bit pop, a bit dancer, features another artise, fab tv airplay, ok radio play, easy week. The thing that will make it #1 or #4 is going to be promo - if they get a top spot and do a decent performance on Friday or Saturday night, then work their butts off during release week (Chatty Man, Daybreak, Alan, Loose Women, BBC Breakfast, CBBC, This Morning) they should do just fine!

 

im so pleased for Roch and Marv but this pregnancy has come at an akward time. hopefully once this singles out the way, the next can be a proper smash! and like shadow says, a #1 follow-up is always going to get good exposure and be recieved well! I don't think the record label would be worried if it is another 30 Days as the video was probably paid for by E! and the track has been out there for so long

 

Id be happy with a decent selling #2 to be fair! Anything over 250,000 would be fab!

 

 

 

In my opinion, the girls WILL work their ass off during a first week of release if their team gives them the promo for. The girls are a bit lazy, yes, but more in the way that they seem to take a lot of weeks off for nothing. But here's the thing, when they release a new song, they aren't lazy on the first week. They are always up there, they do their things, etc. It's all good.

 

You can't assume that their manager went and asked them "Do you want to perform live on Chatty Man or do we forget about it?" and the girls, being lazy, said "Oh yeah, we should let that one go, we're tired." or something.

If they aren't doing all the potential promo slots during a week, it's because they can't get them. And that's not the job of the girls. They have people for that and they are the ones to blame if you think the girls don't do enough promo.

 

I do agree that a #1 will do wonders for them, but I wouldn't get my hopes high. :( You all seem to think their airplay is "decent/okay" and that's because you must been used to their recent airplay now, but believe me, it's poor. Artists that aren't necessary bigger than them can get much better airplay than this and with 3rd or 4th single. Their old singles have done so much better than this on airplay charts. This is a LEAD single, guys. It's not doing "ok" on airplay charts at all. :(

In my opinion, they are one of the only remaining pop acts to go out and promote every single in it's release week across various TV shows so I don't really think we should be calling them lazy. I think the bigger problem is that they haven't had a single that screams massive hit all over it which demands it to get big radio airplay and is seen as the biggest competition in that release week. The closest that they've come to this is probably 'Higher' and 'All Fired Up' but there still seems to be something missing from them that has stopped the songs from becoming a huge success. If all of their singles, bar 'Notorious', 'All Fired Up' and '30 Days', had been released in the period where groups, such as those who are now appearing in the Big Reunion, were huge in the UK then I think they would have had multiple number ones by now and would have achieved huge success. I'm not saying that their songs sound dated but they don't feel 'big' enough to be successful in today's climate. If 'What About Us' doesn't sell say over 250,000, then I think that they should move away from the dance sort of sound, especially as it looks like it's not helping the Wanted anymore, and move towards sounds like 'Call Me Maybe' and 'We Are Never Getting Back Together/I Knew You Were Trouble.'

 

Also, I've realised that they're releasing the week after Comic Relief when another Comic Relief song gets released (Amarillo/500 Miles/Islands in the Stream) so that might also stop them from getting No. 1. :drama:

They just said they're going back to the US at the weekend for radio/TV promo. :D

 

(which is great 'cos it should be getting added to radio a week tomorrow)

The Saturdays were on Greg James' Radio 1 show earlier. It might be worth a listen if anyone has time to access the iPlayer this week. ^_^

Tv and radio promo, YEY! I wonder if Rochelle will be flying out?

Greg James's shade to Ellie Goulding :wub:

Edited March 4, 201312 yr by WALL-E

Greg James's shade to Ellie Goulding :wub:

 

Wait, what happened? I missed the interview. :lol:

Greg was discussing his day and asking the sats if it would make good television.

 

"10pm, Swicth on mtv, ellie goulding video is on, switch off Mtv" :lol:

Greg was discussing his day and asking the sats if it would make good television.

 

"10pm, Swicth on mtv, ellie goulding video is on, switch off Mtv" :lol:

 

:lol:

 

Why did Greg and Ellie split up? They were such a great couple. :(

Currently at #115 now.

 

Good to see its remained top 200 for weeks now (Pretty good for The Sats :) )

If all of their singles, bar 'Notorious', 'All Fired Up' and '30 Days', had been released in the period where groups, such as those who are now appearing in the Big Reunion, were huge in the UK then I think they would have had multiple number ones by now and would have achieved huge success. I'm not saying that their songs sound dated but they don't feel 'big' enough to be successful in today's climate. If 'What About Us' doesn't sell say over 250,000, then I think that they should move away from the dance sort of sound, especially as it looks like it's not helping the Wanted anymore, and move towards sounds like 'Call Me Maybe' and 'We Are Never Getting Back Together/I Knew You Were Trouble.'

 

Al

 

I think it's interesting you bring up the Big Reunion because I was thinking how B*Witched had 3-4 consecutive number 1 singles if I heard correctly. The lead single from their 2nd album was #4 & everything went down hill from there. The point is, it's like the Saturdays said in an interview, they proved they don't need a #1, they've accomplished so much without it. That being said, I want a #1 as much as the next member of Team Sats & at this point in their career it would really take them to the next level.

It's sort of funny (in a sad way) at just how terrible this campaign is.

 

- Song shoots up US iTunes, peaks at #102, the show debuts with a decent start and there's a bit of a buzz around the girls so they leave the country and come back to the UK

- Spend the entire month of February doing nothing while the song plummets out of the US iTunes top 1500, the show starts flopping horribly and everyone forgets about them

- They fly to America to promote the song over there a week before it's released in the UK

 

Why couldn't they have stayed in America in the first place and done all the promotion/radio tours last month?!

 

EDIT = #96 on the pre-orders chart. That's pretty good isn't it?

Edited March 5, 201312 yr by shadow2009

I can see this being another #2 single (Probably behind One Direction / The other Comic relief single) Just to add insult to injury.