June 8, 201412 yr 'Half Light' is growing on me, still nothing on 'Afterglow' though. Glad to see it getting a decent position even if it required that dreaded chart manipulation ~
June 8, 201412 yr Nice to see Wilkinson back in the chart. Afterglow was a lot better though. The Stadiumx remix of this is worth checking out, I much prefer it to the original
June 8, 201412 yr 24 40 05 Little Mix Salute Salute | 2013 http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music6/v4/8d/94/9f/8d949fae-e285-65e7-bd7d-05834e297930/886444569064.170x170-75.jpg Chart Run: 74-51-35-40-24 Release date: 01-06-2014 Format: digital single Label: Syco Music Sales: 30k+ Video here: Kjpa0SMOug0 Biography Surpassing the achievements of One Direction and JLS by becoming the first group to win The X Factor in the U.K., four-piece girl band Little Mix were one of the few success stories to emerge from the underperforming and controversial eighth season. Jade Thirlwall (who had auditioned for two previous series) and Perrie Edwards (both from South Shields), Jesy Nelson (from Romford, East London), and Leigh-Anne Pinnock (from High Wycombe) had all originally auditioned as solo artists, but like fellow acts Nu Vibe and the Risk, were put together as a group at the boot-camp stages. After impressing Jessie J and mentor N-Dubz's Tulisa Contostavlos at Judges' House, they made it to the live finals, where their engaging personalities, girl-next-door image, and contemporary song choices saw them outgrow their initial underdog status. Originally known as Rhythmix, the girls were forced to change their moniker in week four after it was revealed that there was already a Brighton-based children's charity of the same name. But following stellar performances of En Vogue's "Don't Let Go," Katy Perry's "E.T.," and Rihanna's "Don't Stop the Music," they beat the Conway Sisters and Hope's previous record to become the first girl band in the show's history to make it past week seven. After contributing to the high-profile M&S TV ad campaign and the finalists' charity cover version of Rose Royce's "Wishing on a Star," they eventually went on to triumph over Marcus Collins in the final. Their debut single, a rendition of Damien Rice's 2003 hit "Cannonball," went on to top the charts but scored the lowest first-week sales by an X Factor winner since Steve Brookstein's "Against All Odds" in 2004, and was later beaten to the coveted Christmas number one spot by the Military Wives Choir. Their debut album, DNA, featuring the singles "Cannonball," "Wings," and the title track, was released in late 2012. - iTunes Chart history (Year peak title): 2011 01 Cannonball -NAS- 2012 01 Wings -1- 2012 03 DNA -2- 2013 12 Change Your Life -3- 2013 16 How Ya Doin'? (Little Mix Feat. Missy Elliott) -4- 2013 03 Move -1- 2013 57 These Four Walls -AT- 2013 14 Little Me -2- 2014 06 Word Up! -NAS- 2014 24 Salute -3- http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/uploads/group_images/of_235.png
June 8, 201412 yr Half Light sounds a bit similar to Afterglow, but that's not a bad thing as that was a tune.
June 8, 201412 yr Hopefully this can climb to the top 10 next week, their performance last night was spectacular! :wub:
June 8, 201412 yr Hopefully this should be top 10 next week but failing that it should at least continue their top 20 streak.
June 8, 201412 yr 23 23 20 Clean Bandit Featuring Jess Glynne Rather Be New Eyes | 2014 http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music6/v4/2c/42/26/2c42267b-2ff1-f712-9133-a68a8dba133c/825646347636.170x170-75.jpg Chart Run: 1-1-1-1-3-3-3-5-7-8-8-9-12-16-16-18-22-21-23-23 Release date: 19-01-2014 Format: digital single Label: Warner Music Sales: 900k+ Video here: m-M1AtrxztU Biography Rather than the usual bombast or snooze-inducing "relaxation music," the U.K. six-piece known as Clean Bandit mash classical music and pop forms for an airy and dreamy yet driven sound that's like the chamber music version of house music. The core four-piece of the group were known as the Chatto Quartet, a classically trained string quartet that performed J.S. Bach and cited Jacqueline du Pré as an influence, but their post-show, wind-down music often consisted of garage, two-step, Craig David, and Arcade Fire tracks. The quartet members were aware of both producer Jon Wandeck and MC Ssegamic through the duo's work in photography, and when Wandeck suggested they play on one of his house music cuts, Clean Bandit were born. With MC Ssegamic on the mike, they released the classical-meets-house-meets-hip-hop-meets-heartbreak song "Telephone Banking" in the summer of 2011. Their Dance Armstrong mixtape followed in 2012, while 2013 saw the release of their Mozart's House EP. - iTunes Chart history (Year peak title): Clean Bandit 2013 17 Mozart's House -1- 2013 43 Dust Clears -2- 2014 01 Rather Be (Clean Bandit Feat. Jess Glynne) -3- 2014 05 Extraordinary (Clean Bandit Feat. Sharna Bass) -4- Jess Glynne 2014 01 Rather Be (Clean Bandit Feat. Jess Glynne) 2014 01 My Love (Route 94 Feat. Jess Glynne) Discussion Thread Here
June 8, 201412 yr 'Half Light' is growing on me, still nothing on 'Afterglow' though. Glad to see it getting a decent position even if it required that dreaded chart manipulation ~I agree but wasn't aware of the manipulation! Is it an instant grat or something?
June 8, 201412 yr 'Rather Be' is still amazing. Hopefully their album goes top 5, I like it. 'Salute' isn't that bad on 2nd listen, it's still missing something that 'Move'/'Wings' had.
June 8, 201412 yr I agree but wasn't aware of the manipulation! Is it an instant grat or something? No, the entire album was deleted for some reason so it wasn't able to waste sales as an album track in the run up to its 'impact date' (i.e. its sales were more concentrated to a single week). I'm not sure if that was intentional but that's the only reason it charted so much higher than 'Too Close'.
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