Posted March 27, 20232 yr Are there any artists you thought would be huge but actually never got the momentum they deserved? Keisha White is probably a big one for me. I loved everything she released as a single, but I don't think she ever found the momentum that quite pushed her to the level she deserved to be at. The closest she got was with her cover of Joan Armatrading's 'The Weakness In Me'. Someday gB7f9mDw6PM --- Don't Care Who Knows (feat. Cassidy) ADplKSem_6c --- Don't Mistake Me 4RIq6I6RRi8 --- The Weakness In Me RlGYSiym0us --- I Choose Life _HA5aLPjQno All of them sounded like big hits to me? So it's a shame it never really happened for her :( Not a single dud here. Truly. 'Don't Mistake Me' is sooooo underrated!
March 27, 20232 yr VV Brown perhaps one. Although I'm probably basing it off one song as I loved 'Shark In The Water' and she had a great voice too. Frankmusik also who I was playing in sync tube tonight. I remember there being hype around him and he only got to like #26 or something and another one was top 30 too but nothing really took off further as such. I'll think of some more.
March 27, 20232 yr Author FrankMusik :wub: He had his album on his store where he'd print your name in the album booklet. So my name is in there, but iirc, it's in the middle with the stapled it lmao.
March 27, 20232 yr There was a really excellent band called The Modern who were kind of like a "modern" day Human League, they had a #35 hit with this in 2005: rKTgLaNXzz4 Then around the exact time this site opened, 'Industry' was due to chart in the top 15/top 20 but the OCC disqualified it for reasons I can't quite remember and they were never heard from again :cry: NAiuUmljUZk This was meant to be their next single, but it never ended up being released: pV8uRLbr_0Y Although in a sort of happy ending, their shelved album Life in a Modern World finally appeared on Spotify a few years ago.
March 30, 20232 yr Free is a great choice, I had it on cd single. Often overlooked by the smash hit before it, Case of the Ex.
March 30, 20232 yr Gary Go, his self-titled album was spammed to death growing up as my dad was a fan :lol: was shocked when he returned to the chart in the 2010s alongside Benny Benassi on 'Cinema'!
March 31, 20232 yr VV Brown perhaps one. Although I'm probably basing it off one song as I loved 'Shark In The Water' and she had a great voice too. Frankmusik also who I was playing in sync tube tonight. I remember there being hype around him and he only got to like #26 or something and another one was top 30 too but nothing really took off further as such. I'll think of some more. VV Brown has had so many times! Whipped Crying Blood Faith Leave She does deserve more than the one hit
March 31, 20232 yr How about these… 669cz-uUXkE gMevOUPYLZk w6Mcf970q6M Amy Studt’s second album is sensational. I’m amazed songs off of that didnt chart - especially Nice Boys I’m gonna throw Siobhan Donaghy in there. Two stellar albums and only minor hits from them Edited March 31, 20232 yr by Herbs
March 31, 20232 yr Amy Studt’s second album is sensational. I’m amazed songs off of that didnt chart - especially Nice Boys Yes I remember Nice Boys being absolutely spammed on the music channels at the time so was very surprised when it didn't chart. Strange that it's not on Spotify when all her hits are.
March 31, 20232 yr Amy Studt’s second album is sensational. I’m amazed songs off of that didnt chart - especially Nice Boys I’m gonna throw Siobhan Donaghy in there. Two stellar albums and only minor hits from them Siobhan Donaghy a great pick. Absolutely love her.
March 31, 20232 yr Stacie Orrico changed the world and the world wasn’t ready, (There’s Gotta Be) More To Life is genuinely one of my all time faves, like top 20!!
March 31, 20232 yr Stacie Orrico changed the world and the world wasn’t ready, (There’s Gotta Be) More To Life is genuinely one of my all time faves, like top 20!! Stuck, So Simple & I’m Not Missing You are also great.
March 31, 20232 yr Yep, agreed with that - We Are The Pipettes is an album I still regularly play from start to finish. Others - Nerina Pallot (how was the magnificent Fires not a huge top 10 album?), Vanessa Amorosi (one of the best vocalists Australia has ever produced reduced to a one-hit wonder here, however great that hit was she has so many other brilliant songs), Colbie Caillat (this is strictly UK only as Bubbly was a giant hit almost everywhere else in the world apart from here), Regina Spektor (she never managed a top 40 here, insane). I could go on... qWALuiuTibU p13D9f_5ovg AWGqoCNbsvM wigqKfLWjvM Edited March 31, 20232 yr by gooddelta
March 31, 20232 yr Oh yeah Colbie Collait is a good shout. She's released some great songs. 'Fallin For You' was another good track by her.
March 31, 20232 yr I did have hope Nerina would be much bigger. It seemed like they soft-released the album before 'Everybody's Gone to War' came out (and that didn't do anywhere near as well as I hoped :( ), that single version of 'Sophia' was a complete mauling of what is a beautiful song - but I'm not convinced it made a great single. That album was so good and there were loads of potential hits on it.
March 31, 20232 yr I think I'd have picked Idaho, although I'm not convinced it's a massively commercial song. Would have loved to have seen a video for it though. I was amazed Everybody's Gone to War didn't go top 10 as well, the first time I heard it I thought it was Sheryl Crow's comeback :lol: Also, I love that version of Sophia, the strings and instrumentation work really well to me, although the bare piano of the original is also brilliant. Probably not a great single choice though, that I agree on. Re Colbie, I feel like Try could have done something with a push here too in 2014, I guess these days it's the sort of thing that might go viral on TikTok. Lucie Silvas probably deserved at LEAST a top five hit and top ten album too, with her talent, a bit like Nerina it feels like she took years to get her career off the ground, had a bit of middling success and faded into the background again. The Game Is Won missing the top 30 was such an injustice. Edited March 31, 20232 yr by gooddelta
March 31, 20232 yr yeah I was surprised to learn Bubbly never made UK top 40 as it was an AUS #1 and I was living there at the time - Fidelity certainly deserved top 40 too, though that also missed top 40 in AUS
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