WIth Sugababes, All Saints, Spice and Girls Aloud gone, that makes Saturdays clearly the biggest girl band around.

Sugababes aren't *gone*, just not around right now (i.e they are still recording and stuff). All Saints and Spice Girls days have been LONG gone, so I don't know why you brought them up. :P

 

I echo the surprise of Stooshe being so high. I'm not sure whether its pre-orders have been around since Autumn - I don't recall it appearing high on iTunes at all. However it does seem that the album has been leaked for ages as I've seen it on many personal charts for weeks. I do hope London With the Lights On can remain Top 10, although the highest I can see it by the end of the week is #9. :(

Oh mother of Jesus of the lord of Mary at Stooshe being #04. I don't think i've ever been so thankful that BGT will have an impact, hoping that it misses the top 10.

 

I think I'd rather listen to The Saturdays' new album than Stooshe's new album. That should show how much I dislike them!

While Stooshe, Little Mix and The Saturdays keep the girlband flag flying i think there is room for a new girlband to really make an impact. The groups mentioned certainly havnt had near as much of an impact as groups before them such as Girls Aloud, All Saints and especially the Spice Girls.

While Stooshe, Little Mix and The Saturdays keep the girlband flag flying i think there is room for a new girlband to really make an impact. The groups mentioned certainly havnt had near as much of an impact as groups before them such as Girls Aloud, All Saints and especially the Spice Girls.

 

I'm not sure if that's a valid point, ' The Saturdays' are quite close to overtaking Girls Aloud on single sales and another 2 singles should help them do that, of course their nowhere near as close as them on album sales though. It's hard to compare as album sales were much higher 10 years ago than what they are now, and Girls Aloud's latest album/single performed extremely poorly.

 

I don't think Stooshe have much left in them, their album may be #04 in the midweeks, but it's been up for pre-order since September and 'Slip' is only going to spend two weeks top 40, I doubt radio will get on board with them with 2 consecutive singles flopping hard. Single four from 'London With The Lights On' is going to do awful.

 

The Saturdays' are currently somehow growing in popularity, but I doubt 'Gentleman' will pass 200,000. Little Mix to an extent have under performed with their album and single sales.

 

I don't know, I think any new girlband would struggle to do anything within the charts (SoundGirl,Girls Can't Catch, Parade, Wonderland) have all tried.

I'm not sure if that's a valid point, ' The Saturdays' are quite close to overtaking Girls Aloud on single sales and another 2 singles should help them do that, of course their nowhere near as close as them on album sales though. It's hard to compare as album sales were much higher 10 years ago than what they are now, and Girls Aloud's latest album/single performed extremely poorly.

 

I don't think Stooshe have much left in them, their album may be #04 in the midweeks, but it's been up for pre-order since September and 'Slip' is only going to spend two weeks top 40, I doubt radio will get on board with them with 2 consecutive singles flopping hard. Single four from 'London With The Lights On' is going to do awful.

 

The Saturdays' are currently somehow growing in popularity, but I doubt 'Gentleman' will pass 200,000. Little Mix to an extent have under performed with their album and single sales.

 

I don't know, I think any new girlband would struggle to do anything within the charts (SoundGirl,Girls Can't Catch, Parade, Wonderland) have all tried.

I think even when The Saturdays overtake Girls Aloud's single total, Girls Aloud are still going to smash it popularity and impact wise (and this isn't me continuing our little banter about how bad The Sats are ;)). I agree with your points on Stooshe and Little Mix though.

 

The thing is, those girl bands you've mentioned in your last point didn't bring anything different. There was nothing ground-breaking, shocking or exciting about them. In fact, they all sound the same really! :P

While I agree that The Saturdays are very successful, they still have a long way to go before they reach the cultural impact of Girls Aloud in my opinion.

Oh mother of Jesus of the lord of Mary at Stooshe being #04. I don't think i've ever been so thankful that BGT will have an impact, hoping that it misses the top 10.

I had no idea you didnt like Stooshe! :o THIS IS BRAND NEW INFORMATION.

I had no idea you didnt like Stooshe! :o THIS IS BRAND NEW INFORMATION.

Lee doesn't like any girl group which doesn't have a day in the band name. :P

Lee doesn't like any girl group which doesn't have a day in the band name. :P

 

I do like Little Mix actually.... 'Slip' is also okay.

 

So Yeah.... The Saturday's slay all

I do like Little Mix actually.... 'Slip' is also okay.

 

So Yeah.... The Saturday's slay all

And don't forget the Girls Aloud back catalogue in a private playlist with a password on it. :)

And don't forget the Girls Aloud back catalogue in a private playlist with a password on it. :)

 

Girls Aloud are PAINFULLY overrated, sorry... not sorry.

Almost dead at the fact anyone thinks the Saturdays have had anywhere near as much cultural impact as Girls Aloud or just about anyone.

I think that (outside Cheryl Cole) the "cultural impact" of Girls Aloud has been vastly over-rated. They were big in the charts at their time, but they're not exactly the Spice Girls. I bet a high proportion of the UK population could even name another member of Girls Aloud, I'm a big music fan and of course a regular here, but even I had to look it up to come up with the fourth & fifth names.

I'm not sure if that's a valid point, ' The Saturdays' are quite close to overtaking Girls Aloud on single sales and another 2 singles should help them do that, of course their nowhere near as close as them on album sales though. It's hard to compare as album sales were much higher 10 years ago than what they are now, and Girls Aloud's latest album/single performed extremely poorly.

 

I don't think Stooshe have much left in them, their album may be #04 in the midweeks, but it's been up for pre-order since September and 'Slip' is only going to spend two weeks top 40, I doubt radio will get on board with them with 2 consecutive singles flopping hard. Single four from 'London With The Lights On' is going to do awful.

 

The Saturdays' are currently somehow growing in popularity, but I doubt 'Gentleman' will pass 200,000. Little Mix to an extent have under performed with their album and single sales.

 

I don't know, I think any new girlband would struggle to do anything within the charts (SoundGirl,Girls Can't Catch, Parade, Wonderland) have all tried.

 

Wait, please tell me this is sarcasm! :P

 

The Saturdays still have a LONG way to go before they come close to matching Girls Aloud's success in either singles or albums "in real terms" (in other words, the fact the Saturdays might be close to overtaking their singles sales means absolutely nothing given how much better the sales climate is now, in terms of actual chart performances they're still not even close to Girls Aloud).

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I think that (outside Cheryl Cole) the "cultural impact" of Girls Aloud has been vastly over-rated. They were big in the charts at their time, but they're not exactly the Spice Girls. I bet a high proportion of the UK population could even name another member of Girls Aloud, I'm a big music fan and of course a regular here, but even I had to look it up to come up with the fourth & fifth names.

 

They don't have a cultural impact? Look at the reviews of Love Machine and Biology and then we'll talk.

I think that (outside Cheryl Cole) the "cultural impact" of Girls Aloud has been vastly over-rated. They were big in the charts at their time, but they're not exactly the Spice Girls. I bet a high proportion of the UK population could even name another member of Girls Aloud, I'm a big music fan and of course a regular here, but even I had to look it up to come up with the fourth & fifth names.

 

Be that as it may, I'm not even a GA fan but you should easily be able to see that they were more successful in every way than the Sats and never reeked of the same desperation.

Robin Thicke has sold 80k already! From a reliable source.

Robin Thicke has sold 80k already! From a reliable source.

 

From who? That is AMAZING! :o

Why are people shocked that Stooshe are no. 4 in the album chart midweeks? They're probably looking set to sell 15k to get there so it's a 50/50 situation. A good chart peak but terrible sales figures to back it up.