I used to love Ne-Yo until he released generic rubbish like Beautiful Monster, Let Me Love You and Coming With You :(.

 

My favourites from him are Sexy Love, Because Of You, Do You and Mad :wub:.

2. DJ Fresh - Gravity (feat. Ella Eyre)

12. Bakermat - Teach Me (Radio Edit)

58. Bipolar Sunshine - Daydreamer

2006-07 Ne-Yo is essential imo, stellar example of the Stargate R&B sound of the time. I kinda stopped caring after he went dance-pop but I think he's released a few good tracks since ("Closer", "Let Me Love You").

It's a shame that Ne-Yo and Usher have diverted from their sound so much really. The 'dance-R&B' only really works for a song or two before it becomes extremely boring, though in their defence R&B doesn't have a place in the charts anymore.

 

Surprised Ne-Yo didn't promote "She Knows (feat. Juicy J)" though, it's essentially another "Dark Horse"; but I think it would've done pretty well.

Bakermat :snif: ~ galling to see it usurped by the pedestrian offerings of Ne-Yo and Charlie XCX! :angry:

 

I agree, love the fact that DJ Fresh is at 2 but I'm gutted Bakermat isn't top 10 yet that awful Chris Brown track is top 5 and Ne-Yo's new single are charting higher :cry:

 

I actually don't mind the Charli XCX track, I'd rather that be top 10 then the other tracks I've mentioned but we can't have everything I guess!

She Knows is the Ne-Yo smash that never was :(

 

Of course, R&B has a place in the charts, what a misguided assumption :lol:

 

The dance-R&B hybrid still produces good songs. In defence of Usher 'Good Kisser' and 'I Don't Mind' are pretty much pure R&B

I'm not usually a fan of the dance-pop offerings by R&B acts but I have a bit of a soft spot for Ne-Yo, I really like both 'Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)' and 'Coming With You' (though the latter still just sounds more like an Olly Murs song than a generic dance-pop song to me :kink:)

 

Good that DJ Fresh has managed to get to #2 on iTunes, I expect he'll still end up at #3 for the week though due to 'Uptown Funk' continuing to dominate streaming.

Its not as if all the R&B artists are collobarting with David Guetta/Calvin Harris like 2009-12 :lol:

 

That was when they were really producing dance-pop songs; Usher, Ne-Yo and Chris Brown in particular.

11. Bakermat - Teach Me (Radio Edit)

56. Bipolar Sunshine - Daydreamer

pre-order update

 

138. King - Years & Years

248. GDFR (feat. Sage the Gemini & Lookas) - Flo Rida

300. They Don't Know (Radio Edit) - Disciples

352. When the Beat Drops Out - Marlon Roudette

365. Fester Skank (feat. Diztortion) - Lethal Bizzle

371. I Don't Mind (feat. Juicy J) - Usher

451. Keep Smiling - Bars and Melody

532. Make Me Feel Better - Alex Adair

568. Beautiful Me - Dappy

571. Hold My Hand - Jess Glynne

593. Revive (Say Something) - LuvBug

642. Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson

940. Something New - Axwell Λ Ingrosso

 

1094. Jealous - Nick Jonas

1441. Fade Out Lines (UK Radio Edit) - The Avener & Phoebe Killdeer

1454. Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix Radio Edit) - Omi

"Coming With You" is fine, but I really think Ne-Yo's international team dropped the ball when the bypassed "She Knows". That's already amassing to be a huge smash in the US!

Good that DJ Fresh has managed to get to #2 on iTunes, I expect he'll still end up at #3 for the week though due to 'Uptown Funk' continuing to dominate streaming.

At least it'll match "Dibby Dibby Sound"'s peak :)

Pre-order:

 

186. Luke Friend - Hole in My Heart

 

Hopefully this will climb higher this afternoon, it absolutely must smash :wub:

150. Luke Friend // Hole in my Heart (Pre-Order)

 

Good to see this having a good initial impact - been avaliable to pre-order since midnight

Edited February 9, 201510 yr by ElectroBoy

X Factor series 10 finally getting a "hit" that isn't Skyscraper :heehee:

X Factor series 10 finally getting a "hit" that isn't Skyscraper :heehee:

 

I was actually unsure how Luke was going to do, but it's good to see it in the top 200.

 

142. now :D

I was pretty certain he'd have some level of success, mainly a decent selling album, but singles-wise it wasn't really very clear. Hole In My Heart is very accessible though, so radio better jump on board and make it the smash it needs to be :heart:

I can't see Luke getting much support. Hate to be negative but I can't see him doing much beyond his probably limited fanbase.

Edited February 9, 201510 yr by Joey XCX.

I was pretty certain he'd have some level of success, mainly a decent selling album, but singles-wise it wasn't really very clear. Hole In My Heart is very accessible though, so radio better jump on board and make it the smash it needs to be :heart:

 

I'm sure i've seen tweets of support from Capital - maybe that's due to him supporting the Vamps on tour etc.

 

ANyway 131 now :D

 

Anyway 117 now :D

Edited February 9, 201510 yr by ElectroBoy

Don't Give A Dam is the Ne-Yo hit that never was, I adore it!

 

I am enjoying the new one!