June 6, 20196 yr Does she even have enough hits to fill an album with Fight for this love 3 words Promise This Parachute Call My Name Under The Sun Crazy Stupid Love Are there any more :lol:
June 6, 20196 yr there's also Heartbreaker (top 5) The Flood (top 20) I Don't Care (#1) Only Human (hit is a bit of a stretch here, but top 75) Love Made Me Do It (top 20) and her extremely important contribution on that version of Will.I.Am's 'Check It Out' for the lolz
June 6, 20196 yr Was there a specific reason as to why she swapped labels? I assume she was dropped or wasn't get any support? Dropped or alternatively finished her contract and they didn't want to re-sign her. It was fairly obvious to them that the market was changing and that she was going to struggle on streaming. Considering she couldn't sell albums with #1 hits to her name, how would they do without hits?
June 6, 20196 yr Dropped or alternatively finished her contract and they didn't want to re-sign her. It was fairly obvious to them that the market was changing and that she was going to struggle on streaming. Considering she couldn't sell albums with #1 hits to her name, how would they do without hits? Interestingly I read on Popjustice yesterday that she could have signed to Atlantic but ultimately choose not to. I imagine with Cheryl any label wanting to sign her would want a cut of all of her earnings, and when basically all of your earnings come from outside of music then it probably is best to sign to a smaller label and keep your non-musical earnings to yourself.
June 6, 20196 yr Interestingly I read on Popjustice yesterday that she could have signed to Atlantic but ultimately choose not to. I imagine with Cheryl any label wanting to sign her would want a cut of all of her earnings, and when basically all of your earnings come from outside of music then it probably is best to sign to a smaller label and keep your non-musical earnings to yourself. Any sane label would demand any sort of a 360 deal to sign her as it's obvious that her music (which includes studio time, promotion, costs of video, etc etc) won't pay for itself. If 3 Beat gets no back end from anything other than her music, alternatively she funds a lot of it herself and they only pay part of the costs, they really have made a horrible deal as she's likely losing them money.
June 6, 20196 yr there's also Heartbreaker (top 5) The Flood (top 20) I Don't Care (#1) Only Human (hit is a bit of a stretch here, but top 75) Love Made Me Do It (top 20) and her extremely important contribution on that version of Will.I.Am's 'Check It Out' for the lolz Also Girls Aloud B Side Crazy Fool which made Girls Aloud's greatest hits.
June 6, 20196 yr Any sane label would demand any sort of a 360 deal to sign her as it's obvious that her music (which includes studio time, promotion, costs of video, etc etc) won't pay for itself. If 3 Beat gets no back end from anything other than her music, alternatively she funds a lot of it herself and they only pay part of the costs, they really have made a horrible deal as she's likely losing them money. Well someone else did say on Popjustice that she is technically independent and 3 Beat are just her distribution.
June 6, 20196 yr Still not on any huge or really crucial playlists but at least its moving higher on the bigger ones that it is on. Spotify Update New Music Friday - 720,000 followers - #8 (+8) The Pop List - 650,000 followers - #5 (-) Chart Hits UK - 220,000 followers - #10 (+22) Future Hits - 60,000 followers - #4 (+11) Correct me if I am wrong, I did ask on the Spotify thread but no one has responded yet, but doesn't it climbing on playlists indicate its at least popular in those playlists? If it does well in certain playlists it should find its way onto more playlists, at least that is how I have always thought Spotify worked.
June 6, 20196 yr I forget who it was that said it over on the Spice Girls forum, but how Cheryl is about new solo music now is how I imagine Geri Halliwell/Horner is about it (I say Geri because success wise, they're the closest in comparison). That's why Geri's only released two singles in recent years, and one of them didn't even come out here in the UK. Unless she could be guaranteed of a big number one with the smoke and fanfare that used to come with all of that back in 1999/2000, then as she sees it, it's not worth her time. Cheryl is the same, but just swap out 1999 for 2009. She would do well after this to take a step back and consider what it is she really wants to do that will be satsifying for her personally and professionally. If you look at Geri now outside the Spice Girls reunion bubble at present, she co-hosts one of the most popular Saturday night shows on BBC One with Rob Beckett (All Together Now), she's still quite active with the United Nations in her ambassador role as far I'm aware, and she does other bits and pieces like her 90s documentary retrospective she did a couple of years ago and Celebrity Bake Off as well. In Cheryl's case, it would be 'The Greatest Dancer' as she's clearly enjoyed that and got a buzz out of it (and rightly so, because dance is where she's always been strongest as a performer) and it's back for another series next year. Focussing her energies into that and also her centre for her Trust in Newcastle seems to be the way forward I would think.
June 7, 20196 yr This charted at number 57 today. Any promo lined up? I imagine this will only get the 1 week top 100 if not.
June 8, 20196 yr "You say you played at Reading then you chart at 57" :lol: Forgot about that lyric! ~ Cheryl's UK peaks (release order): 4 - Heartbreaker 1 - Fight for This Love 4 - 3 Words 5 - Parachute 1 - Promise This 18 - The Flood 1 - Call My Name 13 - Under the Sun 1 - Crazy Stupid Love 1 - I Don't Care 70 - Only Human 19 - Love Made Me Do It 57 - Let You ^ Interesting that from Promise This to Let You, she either hit #1 or she missed the Top 10... outside of the 3 Words era she wasn't great with post-album releases. Cheryl's UK peaks (numerical order): 1 - Fight for This Love 1 - Promise This 1 - Call My Name 1 - Crazy Stupid Love 1 - I Don't Care 4 - Heartbreaker 4 - 3 Words 5 - Parachute 13 - Under the Sun 18 - The Flood 19 - Love Made Me Do It 57 - Let You 70 - Only Human Well, she had a good run :cry: I just hope she isn't deterred by this, and that she & the label are happy enough to release a few more singles without being too bothered by the peaks. I will believe that when I see it though. It's funny to think that the "6 week promotional build up before release" method of releasing was "only" 5 years ago & that Cheryl was still such a chart force that she entered at #1 with every pre-album release single, across all four of her albums. Looking back, that was very impressive. So much has changed in 5 years.
June 9, 20196 yr This deserves a higher peak than LMMDI - it's such a bop. I don't see a compilation happening but it would be fitting if she had a '10 year' celebration singles collection-esq album given it will be a decade since the release of FFTL!
June 11, 20196 yr I know she keeps saying no... but I’m fully expecting a Girls Aloud reunion tour next year...
June 11, 20196 yr It would be great if the girls could sort out their differences and reunite. Musically, it is the only the girls will have success going forward. As they all attempted solo music careers shows they want to remain in the industy and this would be their best way forward. I would greatly welcome both Girls Aloud and The Spice Girls reuniting and recording new studio albums.
June 11, 20196 yr The reason she had such single success was because of her huge promo slot on X Factor at the time when XF was having 8+ mil viewers a night. It was translating to sales. With no dominant show like that any more and no promo of a comparable level she simply doesn't have the platform. She should've tried to get some deal with Love Island or something.
June 11, 20196 yr I think it’s a combination of things. I agree that The X Factor was a big reason of course, but there were other things going in her favour. Even though she’d been in the business for 7 years, she was new as a solo artist & seemed fresh. She was young (26). The music industry was in a totally different place (6 week build up of radio, promotion & preorders). I think it’s fair to say Fight for This Love as a video, song & her visuals just really worked & connected with the public! Sometimes it doesn’t work. X Factor was still a big deal in the ratings when Tulisa was a judge, but her album didn’t work out for her!
June 11, 20196 yr X Factor really helped Cheryl achieve some of her number 1 singles. It wasnt the only factor in her success but it played an important part.
