January 19, 201412 yr Quite surprising that I See Fire hasn't really caught on here, it's been huge in loads of other countries, gone to number 1 in Sweden this week and I'm not sure he's even had any hits to speak of there beforehand!
January 19, 201412 yr Great to see Chase & Status reach a new peak with 'Alive'. :cheer: Edited January 19, 201412 yr by ►ej
January 19, 201412 yr I think with Justin Beiber there really are a lot of people who know who he is but would struggle to name a song by him - most people over about 30, probably - because his promotion is so targetted. 1D aren't in that position though, they're closer to the mainstream but even if people know some of the other songs only 'Story Of My Life' really seems widely enough liked to challenge so far. I think most people associate 'Baby' with him from what I've found.
January 19, 201412 yr 20 (from 19) Katy Perry - Roar [D] http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music6/v4/2e/fa/b0/2efab065-e898-dc72-e2e7-d709053d2d0b/13UAAIM69359.170x170-75.jpg Chart Run: 1-1-2-2-4-7-6-4-7-11-15-13-18-24-23-15-8-11-19-20 [20 wks] Release date: 01-09-2013 Format: download only single Label: Capitol Records Sales: 800k+ Video here: CevxZvSJLk8 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) -IG1- 2013 25 Unconditionally -2- http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/uploads/group_images/of_185.png
January 19, 201412 yr Great longevity for this! Dark Horse to smash A.S.A.P. Yes please! It's a smash waiting for happen!
January 19, 201412 yr One of the best songs in this century!!!! This song was written to be a million selling single!!!
January 19, 201412 yr One of the best songs in this century!!!! This song was written to be a million selling single!!! I know, 'Dark Horse' is incredible! :P
January 19, 201412 yr I'm not so sure about DH being huge... Surely it should be top 75 by now if that so? Top 10 without a doubt though
January 19, 201412 yr 19 (from 17) AWOLNATION - Sail [D] http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CBhsLgO7L._AA160_.jpg Chart Run: 73-54-49-39-42-31-22-23-20-18-25-31-17-19 [14 wks] Release date: 25-09-2011 Format: download only single Label: EMI UK Sales: 200k+ Video here: PPtSKimbjOU Biography A solo project of Aaron Bruno, AWOLNATION began as a creative outlet for the songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Bruno, who had been a member of Home Town Hero and Under the Influence of Giants, needed a break from the collaborative process and hoped to find a place for some of his songs that didn’t fit with his other bands. With AWOLNATION, Bruno built a kind of creative free-for-all for himself, allowing him to blend genres as he wanted in a style reminiscent of Beck, blending live instrumentation, electronic elements, and slick production into an electro-pop hybrid that draws from the whole of pop music. In 2011, AWOLNATION made its full-length debut, releasing Megalithic Symphony on Red Bull Records. - iTunes Chart history (Year peak title): 2013 17 Sail -1-
January 19, 201412 yr I'm not so sure about DH being huge... Surely it should be top 75 by now if that so? Top 10 without a doubt though No release date yet, no video. Mark my words, it will be top 5 (and probably #1 in the US).
January 19, 201412 yr This has had more weeks top 40 than Sam Bailey, oops! :kink: Edited January 19, 201412 yr by Jade
January 19, 201412 yr I'm not so sure about DH being huge... Surely it should be top 75 by now if that so? Top 10 without a doubt though It hasn't been pushed as a single here yet. Hasn't been playlisted anywhere.
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