Thought I'd start something akin to last year's Wanted/1D success in the US.

 

So who do we have right now or for the near future?

 

Saturdays are flopping although "What about us" did briefly peak at the 120s on iTunes.

 

Emeli Sande performed on Ellen and "Next to me" is looking to break the iTunes 100. Don't know airplay is though.

 

Little Mix's song goes to radio soon, should do well. At least top 40 on BB I'm thinking if nothing else.

 

Then of course Olly Murs....

 

Anyone else?

 

Will Labrinth release the Emeli Sande duet as it seems to be doing well worldwide? And whatever happened to Rita Ora's so called "breaking the States"? 2 Hot 100 hits and she's disappeared, doesn't seem to do much promo too.

I think it's tough to see which British acts are going to do well in the US this year (barring Olly who's already taking off) but I am pretty certain Emeli is going to end up being big. 'Next To Me' is obviously doing well on AC and it just entered top 50 on Pop so both radio and iTunes are looking good. Her album's not having a hard time selling either so I think that'll be a large seller when Emeli's campaign gets into full swing. There's a dreary inevitability to her blowing up stateswide.

 

The Sats have really dropped the ball with their kick off but I won't give up on them just yet, I think there's potential for them and while they haven't got the US fanbase that Little Mix have, they should have more general public appeal.

 

Olly strikes me as a flash in the pan success in the US but we'll see. I don't see 'Beneath Your Beautiful' having any success unless Emeli gets very big and it's released at her peak, and even if it does blow up Labrinth will 100% be a one-hit-wonder. Perhaps Professor Green will release 'Read All About It'? Rita's scrapping all the material on 'Ora' and recording an entirely new US album so I think it'll be a while before the US hears from her again.

Rita's scrapping all the material on 'Ora' and recording an entirely new US album so I think it'll be a while before the US hears from her again.

Erm...ok, good luck Rita! :D LOL!

 

I too, for some reason think Olly could be flash in the pan. Another person that may have another hit is Cher Lloyd when her 2nd album is out. I really like Emeli so I hope she does well. I had no idea "Next to me" has entered the radio charts already.... should be fairly easy going forward then. And her album is filled with lots of potential hits, and they'll no doubt use her as a stop-gap till Adele releases her next album.

 

What about Jake Bugg? They pushed his single to radio as well.

 

And Ed Sheeran's on the promo trail now with "Legohouse".

Olly has had a consistent chart career in the UK and I see no reason he couldn't do the same in the USA if he has sensible single choices. I haven't listened to his album so not sure if there is anything suitable on there.

Someone here has spoken of Olly's success in the US probably being a flash in the pan. I'd say even 1D and The Wanted aren't yet secure from falling into that category.

And really, bar Coldplay, what other UK acts have had consistent US success in the last 15-to-20 years?

I haven't listened to his album so not sure if there is anything suitable on there.

I love his albums, but to be honest with you, they're usually 2 great songs that differentiate him from the pack, and then the rest of the album is like a 1-man boyband. So finding the right audience for him will be challenge here, given US radio is so pigeonholed. In that sense, he'll run into the same issues Robbie Williams had as well.

http://www.dingsme.info/avatar8.jpgThe Sats have really dropped the ball with their kick off but I won't give up on them just yet,

That's the spirit, cyrion8 x

:lol:

 

The Sats aren't sent to radio until March so we'll see what happens then.

Someone here has spoken of Olly's success in the US probably being a flash in the pan. I'd say even 1D and The Wanted aren't yet secure from falling into that category.

And really, bar Coldplay, what other UK acts have had consistent US success in the last 15-to-20 years?

 

I'd say Adele will be pretty consistent. Weird choice but The Spice Girls also did consistently well with their US career (Wannabe hit#1. Say You'll Be There, 2 Become 1, Too Much and Goodbye all went Top Ten and Stop and Spice Up Your Life got Top 20)

Labrinth could've scored huge US hits with 'Earthquake', 'Express Yourself' and 'Beneath your beautiful' , the first two are very suitable for the American market and the third's success depends on Emeli's US career otherwise she should be replaced with a female with a big US audience like Alicia Keys or someone else....

Edited February 18, 201312 yr by Big Mistake

I think that Emeli Sande could do well in the States! Labrinth could also get a few hits over there as well. I wouldn't be surprised if Beneath Your Beautiful was a massive hit over there as well.

I'd say Adele will be pretty consistent. Weird choice but The Spice Girls also did consistently well with their US career (Wannabe hit#1. Say You'll Be There, 2 Become 1, Too Much and Goodbye all went Top Ten and Stop and Spice Up Your Life got Top 20)

Well, I'd agree with the Spices, if only because their career was: a) brief; b) the shelf-life of those kinds of acts isn't usually very long anyway.

As for Adele, I consider her to be in the same category as 1D and The Wanted: one pretty successful (or, in her case, double massive) era, but the future's still uncertain. 19 only went multi-platinum once 21 took over the Universe, and there are no guarantees she will continue to be big there - there aren't even guarantees in the UK, really.

As for Jake Bugg, as was someone's suggestion: if the Arctic Monkeys or The Libertines can't/couldn't get arrested once they pass/got past the Channel Tunnel (well, Pete Doherty could, but that's another tale! :lol:), it's pretty much a given he won't as well. Those acts are just too insular in their references and delivery to ever manage more than cult status outside Britain.

One act I could see breaking outside Britain if they tried a bit harder would be Biffy Clyro. Another is Jessie Ware. Her music is fresh, yet accessible enough for it to make an impression. What both have is a sound and attitude that isn't identified as "too British", so that's a plus.

I'm curious as to how Ed Sheeran will do this year - can he get an other hit after The A Team? And with what?

The Sats aren't sent to radio until March so we'll see what happens then.

That's the problem though. By the time they're sent to radio they'll be lucky to be doing anything on iTunes - it made much more sense to send 'What About Us' to radio when they actually had buzz. Like I said I wouldn't count them out but IMO they would have been far more assured of success had they sent the song to radio earlier.

Edited February 18, 201312 yr by Umi

Alexandra Burke is reportedly going with her 3rd album

Well, I'd agree with the Spices, if only because their career was: a) brief; b) the shelf-life of those kinds of acts isn't usually very long anyway.

As for Adele, I consider her to be in the same category as 1D and The Wanted: one pretty successful (or, in her case, double massive) era, but the future's still uncertain. 19 only went multi-platinum once 21 took over the Universe, and there are no guarantees she will continue to be big there - there aren't even guarantees in the UK, really.

As for Jake Bugg, as was someone's suggestion: if the Arctic Monkeys or The Libertines can't/couldn't get arrested once they pass/got past the Channel Tunnel (well, Pete Doherty could, but that's another tale! :lol:), it's pretty much a given he won't as well. Those acts are just too insular in their references and delivery to ever manage more than cult status outside Britain.

One act I could see breaking outside Britain if they tried a bit harder would be Biffy Clyro. Another is Jessie Ware. Her music is fresh, yet accessible enough for it to make an impression. What both have is a sound and attitude that isn't identified as "too British", so that's a plus.

 

yeah but you can't compare Adele to 1D and the Wanted.. Adele's audience is mature and ranges from 20 somethings to 50+ category, while 1D & The Wanted's main fanbase is teenage girls & kids which will soon move on to the next big thing... the only way for 1D to survive if they mature and change their music style in the next 2 years, otherwise they would disappear and flop....

 

Adele is a real artist/singer-songwriter whereas 1D is a manufactured pop act....

Firstly I dont think you can call 1D a flash in the pan, they've had 2 top 10 hits and 2 top 40 hits as well as two 1.5 million sellings albums, yeah their success is not gonna last forever but they're a boyband, their success always fades eventually. The Wanted on the other hand have only really had 1 hit single and a very small selling album (less than 100k). And even mentioning Adele in the same breath as Olly Murs or The Wanted is ridiculous, no one has sold as many albums in the past 10 years, including any of the US megastars, Im not saying her next era is 100% guarenteed but she'd really have to release a load of drivvle for it not to sell after the biggest era of the past 10 years.

 

I do agree a bit on the Olly Murs 'flash in the pan' thought, yes it looks like Troublemaker is gonna be a top 10 hit eventually in the US but what will he follow it up with? His next best single was 'Heart Skips a Beat' which has already been and gone in the US, I cant really see any of his other hits being big in the US. I have a feeling Little Mix will be quite big in the US, maybe not quite 1D big but have a few decent sized hits and a hit album at least.

Edited February 18, 201312 yr by Cowboystyle

Next to Me is #44 on the pop airplay chart today, and With Ur Love by Cher Lloyd is #36 (a Juicy J remix, which I find strange, since I'm sure Mike Posner is more popular than him in the US, at least with the pop audience, although Juicy J might help the song crossover to rhythmic better).

 

Also, Beneath Your Beautiful and Lego House in the top 200 on pop airplay and Wings is in the top 100. Cover Drive are also in the top 100 with their Far East Movement collab.

 

Actually, I found more up-to-date figures for Wings here: http://pdf.mediabase.com/PDFChart.aspx?id=...050052032065077 It's #55 on pop airplay this week, and has been playlisted by 13 pop stations in the US so far.

Edited February 18, 201312 yr by Eric_Blob

I could see Olly doing reasonably well in the US.

Edited February 19, 201312 yr by Sapeod