December 15, 200618 yr Author LOL!!!!!!!! I'd hardly call Arctic Monkeys, Madonna or Nelly Furtado flops... ridiculous. I'm not saying they were...I mentioned every single No.1 for arguments sake...look at year 2000...42 No.1's and only 7 of them had a follow up which failed to reach the top 10...this year at least 7 will follow up their No.1 with a huge flop despite the fact that there have been far fewer No.1 singles...Only McFly have had a follow up No.1 this year
December 15, 200618 yr Alot of those are not flops... and there are reasons why some songs flop, it isn't always due to it being a bad song.
December 25, 200618 yr Author Continuing the trend, Razorlight's new single has just gone into the chart combined at No.17 following a rather large No.1...
December 26, 200618 yr Someone who agrees with you Gooddelta (apart from me) is James Masterton: The only other significant new arrival on the festive chart is Razorlight's 'Before I Fall To Pieces' which limps to Number 17 on combined sales. Whilst we could explain this away by suggesting that the single like so many others before it has just been lost in the Christmas rush, it is also worth noting that it is by no means their smallest hit single ever, although 'Vice' and 'Rip It Up' were released in 2004 before their career went stratospheric. One could also argue that Razorlight are yet another victim of the most curious phenomenon of 2006 - the curse of the Number One single. Many big name acts who have managed a chart-topper this year have released followups on to seem them die on their backsides. Just take a look: Chico (Number 24 with his followup), Orson (11), Gnarls Barkley (10), Sandi Thom (22), Shakira (34), Scissor Sisters (19), and now Razorlight. That isn't to say other acts haven't had a little more consistency, Madonna, JT, Beyonce and Nelly Furtado have done very nicely thank you but it is incredibly telling that in the whole of 2006 just one act topped the singles chart twice. I just can't bring myself to name them right now.
December 26, 200618 yr 1037 15 Jul Lily Allen Smile 2wks Hugely hyped follow up LDN missed top 5 peaking at No.6... LMFAO you're not a Lily fan, isn't it?
December 26, 200618 yr GOO DTOPIC ,YA A FEW ARTISTS HAVE A HAD DISASTROUS FIOLLOW UP TO NUMBER 1'S THIS YEAR
December 27, 200618 yr Author LMFAO you're not a Lily fan, isn't it? I am actually. I love Smile and LDN, but there's no denying it underperformed -_-
December 27, 200618 yr Author Someone who agrees with you Gooddelta (apart from me) is James Masterton: The only other significant new arrival on the festive chart is Razorlight's 'Before I Fall To Pieces' which limps to Number 17 on combined sales. Whilst we could explain this away by suggesting that the single like so many others before it has just been lost in the Christmas rush, it is also worth noting that it is by no means their smallest hit single ever, although 'Vice' and 'Rip It Up' were released in 2004 before their career went stratospheric. One could also argue that Razorlight are yet another victim of the most curious phenomenon of 2006 - the curse of the Number One single. Many big name acts who have managed a chart-topper this year have released followups on to seem them die on their backsides. Just take a look: Chico (Number 24 with his followup), Orson (11), Gnarls Barkley (10), Sandi Thom (22), Shakira (34), Scissor Sisters (19), and now Razorlight. That isn't to say other acts haven't had a little more consistency, Madonna, JT, Beyonce and Nelly Furtado have done very nicely thank you but it is incredibly telling that in the whole of 2006 just one act topped the singles chart twice. I just can't bring myself to name them right now. Two great minds think alike :o It does seem to have been a curse for many...acts are gradually building a nice collection of top 10 hits and then they finally have a No.1 and people get sick of them and stop their future success...very odd year
December 27, 200618 yr Alot of those are not flops... and there are reasons why some songs flop, it isn't always due to it being a bad song. Yeah, and the reason is, the follow ups didn't sell very well... :D Okay, okay, I know what you're getting at. :lol: Actually, maybe coz singles that did become a UK #1 (with a few exceptions) didn't sell in the quantities of yesteryear, so perhaps they're become more vunerable to fluctuations. :thinking: Perhaps downloads are contributing to this effect. Who knows? :unsure:
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