October 30, 20177 yr Spice Girls in general split far to quickly. One Direction stayed much longer and made such great success which has strongly benefited all their solo careers. Each one of them has managed good solo success so far, at the moment there is no big front runner.
November 2, 20177 yr Have any of the boys done particularly well though? I don't think any of them have matched Zayn's 'pillowtalk' in terms of longevity and actual success? Everything else seems quite flash in the pan?
November 2, 20177 yr I think a major reason why One Direction have managed successful US solo careers is thanks to their strong social media presence and being in the digital age. Twitter/Facebook/the internet in general makes it easy for them to launch their solo material with a bang, while iTunes/Spotify makes their music instantly accessible. I know the same goes for every act these days, but given the huge number of followers 1D amassed individually, it's incredibly easy for them to gain attention! Also, they've given no one the opportunity to forget them. At their level in this day and age, that'd be quite impossible. Spice Girls obviously didn't have any of this. They'd have had to have worked considerably harder to launch solo music in the US, visiting numerous radio stations across the states, to try and raise hype - there'd have been a lot of groundwork to do & it'd probably have been a much more expensive endeavour. Geri & Melanie C didn't have the impetus behind them to get airplay and sales. Same goes for worldwide, the solo Spice Girls had to visit numerous countries on a promo circuit for every album/single. Because of course, the one method of consumption then was physical copies and they had to raise hype to get each country to go out and buy copies. Nowhere near as easy as posting a YouTube/Spotify link on Twitter and reaching their entire fanbase with a click! I think these differences is a major reason why the Spice Girls as a group were over quite quickly - their workload of endless promotion all over the world due to being phenomenally in demand, burned them out quickly. 1D's promotion was significantly less hectic than the Spice Girls', which allowed them to dedicate the majority of their energy into touring more significantly than the Spice Girls did. I honestly think if there had been social media/the internet (to the level of popularity it has nowadays) in the days of the Spice Girls, then they wouldn't have had to have worked as hard and they'd have more easily maintained a presence as a group - and then as individuals - on a worldwide basis.
November 2, 20177 yr Have any of the boys done particularly well though? I don't think any of them have matched Zayn's 'pillowtalk' in terms of longevity and actual success? Everything else seems quite flash in the pan? I think they have all done well. The industry is pretty brutal for starters. Bar Liam anyway, I don't think any of them are making commercial music. I think they're doing pretty well, the market in general is pretty brutal.
November 3, 20177 yr They have all managed a 300,000 plus selling single with Niall,Liam,Louis and zayn managing 2.i think solo wise they are all doing well and Nialls album seems to be an album that will sell for a few months. He will do more promo and get sales and sales will be higher as it's peak sales time.
November 12, 20177 yr After 2 weeks at number 1 the album drops to number 3 here in Ireland this week.
November 18, 20177 yr UK 39,200 US 147,372 Canada 40,000 (gold) Australia 11,942 Ireland 10,000 (gold) WW 343k SPS
December 29, 20177 yr Flicker is up to 32 this week so probably around 5,000 sales, here in Ireland its managed its 10th week in the top 10 at number 9. It had 2 weeks at number 1 here.
January 17, 20187 yr Flicker - WW Certifications UK - Silver Australia - Gold Ireland - Gold Sweden - Gold Mexico - Gold Canada - Platinum Eligible for Gold in US!
February 19, 20187 yr ‘Flicker’ has to date amassed over 2 BILLION worldwide streams and sold over 2 MILLION albums - hitting No.1 in the US, Top 3 in the UK, 2x platinum in Ireland, and platinum in the US, Canada, Australia, and the Netherlands. WW Certifications Ireland - 2x Platinum US - Platinum Canada - Platinum Australia - Platinum Netherlands - Platinum Mexico - Gold Sweden - Gold UK - Silver http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/Simo...PR/view/173838/
February 22, 20187 yr I feel Niall has done extremely well. Prior to his first release i dont think many people expected him to much solo success. He has achieved 3 successful singles and the album has sold well. I understand in comparison to One Direction sales it is not much, but he is holding his own.
February 23, 20187 yr I thought Niall would be a better albums seller but 🤷🏻♂️ Well he has - I mean if you bothered to look at the post directly above yours :rolleyes:
February 23, 20187 yr The album's definitely been a success, I think people were overestimating him here though. I never pegged him down as outselling Harry's album and it's no shock to me that he's not even close (Harry is ~100k ahead), even with a Q4 helping hand.
February 24, 20187 yr I'm rather surprised that it's only sold enough for Silver in the UK when it's 2x Platinum in Ireland and Platinum in other major markets! I wonder if it's just due to varying certification thresholds or something else.
