15 (from 11) Katy Perry - Roar [D]

 

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Chart Run: 1-1-2-2-4-7-6-4-7-11-15 [11 wks]

 

Release date: 01-09-2013

Format: download only single

Label: Capitol Records

 

Sales: 600k+

 

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Biography

A former Christian artist, Katy Perry rebranded herself as a larger-than-life pop star and rose to prominence during the summer of 2008. Before she topped the charts with songs like "I Kissed a Girl" and "California Gurls," though, she spent the better part of a decade recording music under a different name. Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (or Katy Hudson, as she billed herself on her 2001 gospel album) was born on October 25, 1984, in Santa Barbara, California. Raised in a religious household as the daughter of two pastors, she was forbidden to listen to secular bands as a child, although a childhood slumber party introduced her to the music of Alanis Morissette and Freddie Mercury. Religious music remained at the forefront, however, and Katy released a self-titled Christian album in 2001 under her original name. She would later abandon the genre (and her given surname) in favor of a pop career.

 

At age 17, she began working with hitmaker Glen Ballard, who had produced and co-written Alanis Morissette's chart-topping Jagged Little Pill in 1995. Several years later, she teamed up with the Matrix, a Grammy-nominated production/songwriting team whose résumé included collaborations with Avril Lavigne, Shakira, and Korn. Tired of producing music for other artists, the Matrix had plans to record an album of their own, with Perry serving as one of the group's two singers. The project was ultimately shelved, but not before Perry appeared in a 2004 write-up by Blender magazine, who hailed her as "the Next Big Thing!"

 

With the Matrix's unreleased album sitting in the vaults at Sony Records, Perry went back to the drawing board and began working on a solo album for Columbia. The project was eventually canceled, although two of its songs were later given to Kelly Clarkson, who scored a Top 40 hit with "I Do Not Hook Up" several years later. Perry (who, by this point, had shed her original surname due to its similarity to actress Kate Hudson) then signed with Capitol, who encouraged their new client to write her own music and helped establish her image as a boisterous, tongue-in-cheek pop star. Perry's debut single, "UR So Gay," generated a small buzz with its mischievous lyrics and clever music video, but it was "I Kissed a Girl" that proved to be her breakthrough hit, topping the charts in 20 countries and pushing its accompanying album, 2008's One of the Boys, into the Top Ten in America. Perry supported her debut by joining the Warped Tour that summer, where she toured alongside her boyfriend at the time, Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes. Meanwhile, "Hot N Cold" became her second multi-platinum hit, "Thinking of You" (one of the album's three songs written solely by Perry) cracked the Top 40, and "Waking Up in Vegas" cracked the Top Ten.

 

Such success meant that Katy Perry had officially become one of the industry's biggest pop stars, celebrated as much for her outsized behavior and outrageous fashion choices as the music itself. She continued touring through the summer of 2009 (albeit without McCoy, whose boyfriend status had been revoked earlier that year) and found time to tape an installment of MTV Unplugged, which was released in November. Meanwhile, she worked on a new album and started up a whirlwind romance with comedian Russell Brand, eventually becoming his fiancé. Recording sessions for her album wrapped up in early 2010, and Perry scored her second number one single with "California Gurls," which was released that May. The accompanying album, Teenage Dream, followed in August. The album would be reissued in 2012 as Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection, with the bonus track "Wide Awake" earning Perry a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance. - iTunes

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2008 01 I Kissed A Girl -1-

2008 04 Hot N Cold -2-

2009 27 Thinking Of You -3-

2009 19 Waking Up In Vegas -4-

2009 03 Starstrukk (3OH!3 Feat. Katy Perry)

2010 03 If We Ever Meet Again (Timbaland Featuring Katy Perry)

2010 01 California Gurls (Katy Perry Feat. Snoop Dogg) -1-

2010 02 Teenage Dream -2-

2010 03 Firework -3-

2011 03 E.T. (Katy Perry Feat. Kanye West) -4-

2011 09 Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) -5-

2011 18 The One That Got Away -6-

2012 01 Part Of Me -7-

2012 09 Wide Awake -8-

2013 01 Roar -1-

2013 21 Dark Horse (Katy Perry Feat. Juicy J) -PS-

2013 60 Unconditionally -2-

 

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I absolutely loathe this song.

This really has been huge, haven't heard Unconditionally yet but I wonder if it'll do well for her as it's failed to crack top 40 so far. (I'm sure things'll pick up after promo starts)

I just can't get into 'Roar'. :( 'Unconditionally' is just awful IMO, I've gone right off her this era, the singles sound so basic. :( (I do love 'Dark Horse' though...)

Edited November 17, 201312 yr by Parallel Reality

14 (from 75) Céline Dion - Loved Me Back To Life [D]

 

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Chart Run: 75-14 [2 wks]

 

Release date: 04-09-2013

Format: download only single

Label: Columbia

 

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Biography

Céline Marie Claudette Dion, CC OQ ChLD (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian singer. Born into a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record. In 1990 she released the English-language album Unison, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world.

 

Dion first gained international recognition in the 1980s by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest where she represented Switzerland. Following a series of French albums in the early 1980s, she signed on to CBS Records Canada in 1986. During the 1990s, with the help of Angélil, she achieved worldwide fame after signing with Epic Records and releasing several English albums along with additional French albums, becoming one of the most successful artists in pop music history. However, in 1999 at the height of her success, Dion announced a hiatus from entertainment in order to start a family and spend time with her husband, who had been diagnosed with cancer. She returned to the top of pop music in 2002 and signed a three-year (later extended to almost five years) contract to perform nightly in a five-star theatrical show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada.

 

Dion's music has been influenced by genres ranging from rock and R&B to gospel and classical. Her recordings are mainly in French and English, although she also sings in Spanish, Italian, German, Latin, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese. While her releases have often received mixed critical reception, she is renowned for her technically skilled and powerful vocals. Dion has won five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for Falling Into You and Record of the Year for "My Heart Will Go On". She is the best-selling Canadian artist of all time, the second best-selling female artist in the US during the Nielsen SoundScan era, with her albums Falling Into You and Let's Talk About Love both certified Diamond in the US, and is the only female artist to have two singles sell more than a million copies in the UK. In addition, her 1995 album D'eux, is the best-selling French-language album of all time. In 2004, after surpassing 175 million in album sales worldwide, she was presented with the Chopard Diamond Award at the World Music Awards for becoming the best-selling female artist of all time. According to Sony Music Entertainment, Dion has sold over 220 million albums worldwide. - Wikipedia

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

1992 09 Beauty And The Beast (Céline Dion & Peabo Bryson) -1-

1992 57 If You Asked Me To -2-

1992 46 Love Can Move Mountains -3-

1993 72 Where Does My Heart Beat Now -1-

1994 04 The Power Of Love -1-

1994 40 Misled -2-

1994 01 Think Twice -3- MILLION SELLER

1995 08 Only One Road -4-

1995 07 Tu M'aimes Encore (To Love Me Again) -1-

1995 15 Misled (1995 re-issue)

1996 10 Falling Into You -1-

1996 05 Because You Loved Me -2-

1996 03 It's All Coming Back To Me Now -3-

1996 06 All By Myself -4-

1997 11 Call The Man -5-

1997 03 Tell Him (Barbra Streisand & Céline Dion) -1-

1997 11 The Reason -2-

1998 01 My Heart Will Go On -3/OST- MILLION SELLER

1998 05 Immortality (Céline Dion With The Bee Gees) -4-

1998 03 I'm Your Angel (Céline Dion & R Kelly) -1-

1999 29 Treat Her Like A Lady -5-

1999 12 That's The Way It Is -1-

2000 19 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face -2-

2002 07 A New Day Has Come -1-

2002 17 I'm Alive -2-

2002 38 Goodbye's (The Saddest Word) -3-

2003 27 One Heart/I Drove All Night -1-

2007 40 Taking Chances -1-

2013 14 Loved Me Back To Life -1-

 

Discussion Thread Here

I can't believe they started to play "Roar". :lol:

The list of #14 hits this year gets more strange by the week. Who'd have thought Celine would ever be this high again? :lol:

 

This is her most tolerable song I've heard.

This is a really great comeback single from Celine. :wub:

So pleased Celine has received her first Top 20 in over 10 years! :cheer: Her album is incredible, miles better than the one that is looking to beat it to number one (and I'm usually a fan of Gaga).

I absolutely LOVE this Céline song, despite not being massively fussed with her before. :wub:

This is basically 'No Air' without a male singer on it.

The list of #14 hits this year gets more strange by the week. Who'd have thought Celine would ever be this high again? :lol:

And as with most #14 hits, this will end up plummeting this week too. :(

This is her most tolerable song I've heard.

 

You find this more tolerable than 'It's All Coming Back to Me Now?' Admittedly Meat Loaf's version is better, but still, it's a belter song.

 

OMG Celine's song sounds kinda like Elastic Heart!!

(obvs Sia is connected with both songs but STILL)

WOW

13 The Poppy Girls - The Call (No Need To Say Goodbye) [P]

 

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Chart Run: 13 [1 wk]

 

Release date: 10-11-2013 / 11-11-2013

Format: digital single / CDS

Label: Decca

 

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download track listing

1 The Call (No Need To Say Goodbye)

2 Always and Forever

 

Biography

The Poppy Girls - Megan, Florence, Alice, Bethany and Charlotte – all have Dads serving in the Royal Navy, Army or Royal Air Force.

 

The group was formed following an exhaustive worldwide search within the Armed Forces community. More than 1000 hopefuls entered a competition to win a spot in the group. - Britishlegion.org.uk

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2013 13 The Call (No Need To Say Goodbye) -1-

Glad to see the Poppy Girls held up quite well towards the end of the week. Expect a huge drop next week though...

Lol at this.

 

The Poppy Girls are actually releasing a full album in a few weeks - maybe would have made more sense to release that on Remembrance week when more people would care and the single a few weeks earlier?

Aw this is beautiful. :heart:

G'WON LA DION *.*

What the f*** is this?