Posted December 14, 200618 yr Here is a list of every No.1 single from this year and how its follow up single did... 1026 28 Jan Arctic Monkeys When The Sun Goes Down 1wk Follow up Leave Before the Lights come on reached No.4 1027 04 Feb Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge & Avery Storm Nasty Girl 2wks Follow up Spit Your Game reached No.65 1028 18 Feb Meck featuring Leo Sayer Thunder In My Heart Again 2wks No follow up released yet 1029 04 Mar Madonna Sorry 1wk Follow up Get Together reached No.7 1030 11 Mar Chico It’s Chico Time 2wks Follow Up D.I.S.C.O missed the top 20... 1031 25 Mar Orson No Tomorrow 1wk Follow up Bright Idea missed the top 10 reaching No.11 1032 01 Apr Ne-Yo So Sick 1wk Follow up Sexy Love reached No.5 1033 08 Apr Gnarls Barkley Crazy 9wks Follow up Smiley Faces reached No.10 1034 10 Jun Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair) 1wk Follow up What If I'm Right missed the top 20... 1035 17 Jun Nelly Furtado Maneater 3wks Follow up Promiscuous reached No.3 1036 08 Jul Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean Hips Don't Lie 1wk Follow up Illegal set to miss the top 20 for certain... 1037 15 Jul Lily Allen Smile 2wks Hugely hyped follow up LDN missed top 5 peaking at No.6... 1038 29 Jul McFly Please Please / Don't Stop Me Now 1wk Follow up Star Girl peaked at No.1... RE 05 Aug Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean Hips Don't Lie 4wks See above... 1039 02 Sep Beyonce feat. Jay-Z Deja Vu 1wk Follow up Irreplaceable reached No.4 but sold more than Deja vu 1040 09 Sep Justin Timberlake - SexyBack 1wk Follow up My Love peaked at No.2... 1041 16 Sep Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin' 4wks Follow up Land Of A Thousand Words reached No.19... 1042 14 Oct Razorlight - America 1wk Before I fall to Pieces has so far flopped up to No.17... 1043 21 Oct My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade 2wks Follow up will be lucky to go top 10 in the new year... 1044 04 Nov McFly - Star Girl 1wk Follow up reacehd No.3 1045 11 Nov Fedde De Grand - Put You Hands Up For Detroit 1wk 1046 18 Nov Westlife - The Rose 1wk 1047 25 Nov Akon feat Eminem - Smack That 1wk 1048 02 Dec Take That - Patience 3wks so far...[/b] These 4 have not had follow ups yet...Take That and Westlife should manage top 5 follow ups in early 2007, and Fedde willprobably remain a one hit wonder... All of this shows that apart from a few anomalies such as McFly, Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake, many acts who have scored No.1's this year have followed them with a resounding flop...Scisssors, Shakira, Chico, Sandi Thom, Orson and Notorious BIG scoring some of the biggest selling songs of the year and then completely faltering with a follow up... Perhaps this proves once and for all that no matter how big of a No.1 hit you have, you have to release something just as appealing to score another sizeable hit...you cannot just rely on the old saying 'it will be a top 10 hit off the back of a former No.1's success' because this is evidently not the case... However those that have pulled off hit follow ups such as Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake and McFly have eith Timbaland as a producer (a blessing?) or a loyal fanbase... So in the era of downloads the quality of songs matter so much now as the weaker follow ups which would have done better physically are peaking 10-15 places lower at times...a bit of quality control is clearly needed... Edited December 25, 200618 yr by gooddelta
December 14, 200618 yr I don't think some of these are flops- i don't see how having a number 1 then a number 3 or 4 is a flop!
December 14, 200618 yr 1035 17 Jun Nelly Furtado Maneater 3wks Follow up Promiscuous reached No.3 I dont see how that is flop :blink: Considering how crappy Promiscuous is, its a great position :wub:
December 14, 200618 yr I think he just went through all of the #1 regardless if they were flops or hits...
December 14, 200618 yr I think you either need to be more specific about what you consider a flop, or just stop being so stupid and thinking a top.10 followup to a number one is a bad thing!
December 14, 200618 yr I think he just went through all of the #1 regardless if they were flops or hits... I think so too. Otherwise he wouldn't have included McFly following up a #1 with a #1. It's an interesting thread, GD. I wonder what has caused so many flops: or whether there have been more this year than in others.
December 14, 200618 yr Yeah, i agree with most of the above, i think if the follow missed the top 20 then i'd consider it a flop. Notorious BIG, Shakira, Sandi Thom, definetly flops of the year i think id put scissor sisters in there too, as it wasn't anywhere near as huge as most people thought it would be!!
December 14, 200618 yr TBH most of those #1s were brand new releases to launch a new album campaign. And most of those artists have had big selling albums this year too - its quite logical that as the album sells more there will be less interest in future single releases (unless you're McFly or $h!tlife). Gnarls & Sandi Thom for example were just hyped up around that one song - once thats been a big hit the albums hit #1 nobody really gives a toss.
December 14, 200618 yr If the song comes from an album with massive album sales and it flops, it's a good reason but if it flops from an album with weak album sales, then it's probally just the song
December 14, 200618 yr I agree with other people - some of the songs arent really flops. I mean, how can Nelly Furtado's promiscious be regarded as a flop when it reached no3 and is in the top40 singles of the year? Also, Madonna Get Together is hardly a flop. Ok, it didnt sell great but its still a minor hit. Chico & Sandi Thom are flops.
December 14, 200618 yr Author Sorry...I didn't mean that all of these were flops...Justin and Nelly are exceptions...I just listed all of the No.1's for arguments sake or it would look like a biased argument
December 14, 200618 yr Sorry...I didn't mean that all of these were flops...Justin and Nelly are exceptions...I just listed all of the No.1's for arguments sake or it would look like a biased argument Ooohh i get it now :D
December 14, 200618 yr Author I think you either need to be more specific about what you consider a flop, or just stop being so stupid and thinking a top.10 followup to a number one is a bad thing! A top 10 follow up to a No.1 is good but despite Smiley Faces reaching No.10 I would hardly call it a huge success following a No.1 song which sold over 3 quarters of a million copies...
December 14, 200618 yr I wouldn't call them all flops really. Maneater reaching than Promiscious reaching no 3.
December 15, 200618 yr A top 10 follow up to a No.1 is good but despite Smiley Faces reaching No.10 I would hardly call it a huge success following a No.1 song which sold over 3 quarters of a million copies... It couldn't really have been expected to match Crazy's success. That was number one for 9 weeks and is the biggest selling single of the year so far. Smiley Faces had a decent chart run as well. I don't think it did badly considering most people said they would be one hit wonders.
December 15, 200618 yr You can only judge them on the first single from their next album really. Singles from albums that are already out cannot be compared to the initial release.
December 15, 200618 yr LOL!!!!!!!! I'd hardly call Arctic Monkeys, Madonna or Nelly Furtado flops... ridiculous.
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