August 26, 2024Aug 26 Having not looked at the results from the last running of this rate, I'm getting plenty of surprises. I'd have given long odds on No Doubt being the first act with 13 voters! Imagine Dragons and Atomic Kitten this high? Less surprised at Maroon 5 being so high but I can't stand them so am relieved it's not higher!
August 26, 2024Aug 26 Author Having not looked at the results from the last running of this rate, I'm getting plenty of surprises. I'd have given long odds on No Doubt being the first act with 13 voters! Imagine Dragons and Atomic Kitten this high? Less surprised at Maroon 5 being so high but I can't stand them so am relieved it's not higher! Strap yourself in then! :D Tomorrow we'll lose another 30 pointer PLUS the first artist forum act will exit the rate!
August 26, 2024Aug 26 Atomic Kitten <3 Amazed to see them so high, I forgot they were still to come. They had a wonderful underdog story, a great singer in Natasha, and Liz was also a fine singer while Jenny's talk-singing also became a key part of the brand (and I loved her ever since Precious). I liked the band a lot more after Kerry left although she was a big part of their wonderful debut album - full of fun, catchy and carefree pop and harnessing the spirit of OMD (with Andy McCluskey and Stuart Kershaw behind a lot of the early material). I know they had the edges shaved off them a bit after the success of Whole Again turned them into more of an MOR pop act, but they did that middle ground kind of pop better than the rest for my money. Girls Aloud were much better at the uptempos, and Sugababes better at the soulful stuff and the harmonies, but Atomic Kitten's radio pop strummers really appealed to me and I do think they are underrated critically. Clearly not commercially though as they have double the monthly listeners of Girls Aloud on Spotify, but I think that's because they had more global success. Maroon 5 I really enjoy too, or did for a period at least. I mostly lost interest after the 2014 album.
August 26, 2024Aug 26 Huge climb for AK , i gave them points and am still shocked they are this high! Me too, did not expect that result. Good to see Bon Jovi also slightly rising.
August 26, 2024Aug 26 Stable ish positions for Bon Jovi and Maroon 5 there. Love a lot of Bon Jovi's output. 'Bed Of Roses' and 'Bad Medicine' are some of their more underrated gems I feel. Did dip off Maroon 5 from 2014 too. 'This . Summer..' probably their last real good track imo.
August 26, 2024Aug 26 Yay for Atomic Kitten, I've always had a real soft spot for them. Both Liz and Tash were excellent singers and I really loved the direction they took after Whole Again. The earlier material with Kerry was ok I guess and kinda experimental for a girl group really but the MOR sound they took on I thought really suited them with songs like It's ok, Be with you, Last goodbye and If you come to me. They are very much the underdog of girl groups now with Girls Aloud and Sugababes really surpassing them (understandably with their longetivity and better music), I rate them above the likes of The Saturdays and Eternal (and Destiny's Child tbh). 3 of my votes in a row out there love Bon Jovi and Maroon 5 too.
August 26, 2024Aug 26 Huge climb for Atomic Kitten, love them hence my votes but didn’t expect them this high! Bon Jovi, nice little climb but deserved top 25 imo! Love a bit of Maroon 5 too especially in earlier days they’d probs be just outside my votes
August 27, 2024Aug 27 I decided to reward The Cure greatly this time as I only got into them a few years ago, after the last rate took place. I saw their performance of ‘Pictures Of You’ on TOTP repeats and immediately needed to hear more - quickly became obsessed with Disintegration and then their discography in general :wub: I’m impressed by how well Robert’s voice has held up all these years later. THIS! I was exactly the same and discovered a lot of gems and songs I knew but didn’t realise was by them!
August 27, 2024Aug 27 Author NO 32- MANIC STREET PREACHERS ( 50)- 181 POINTS Voter: DarrenJames- 22pts, Jade- 1pt, xajnipi- 12pts, AH Gold- 12pts, Severin- 29pts, Mango- 17pts, smint- 7pts, Chez Wombat- 21pts, marcinjaro- 12pts, Chartjack2- 25pts, Stonedragon- 23pts 34 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: IF YOU TOLERATE THIS YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE NEXT (#1, 1998) THE MASSES AGAINST THE CLASSES (#1, 2000) sJNg8NBzbxs
August 27, 2024Aug 27 Author NO 31- ONE DIRECTION ( 27)- 182 POINTS Voter: Cow P- 11pts, Josh!- 19pts, JosephBoone- 28pts, Padamic Tension- 6pts, Mack- 11pts, Bris29- 4pts, …Ready For it- 20 pts, Jay- 19pts, Jordanlee- 7pts, Mango- 15pts, Rogue- 15pts, Jason- 25pts, Riser- 2pts 29 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL (#1, 2011) WISHING ON A STAR (#1, 2011) LITTLE THINGS (#1, 2012) ONE WAY OR ANOTHER (TEENAGE KICKS)(#1, 2013) DRAG ME DOWN (#1, 2015) 6p-o5rZ2Gec
August 27, 2024Aug 27 Author Voters chart update 1 (1) Spiceboy 347 2 (3) Lukuzz 320 2 (6) Leonardo 320 4 (4) Lillanv273 307 5 (5) Jay 304 6 (9) AaronTM 290 7 (8) JulianT 284 8 (14) Jra1989 280 9 (6) Stonedragon 278 10 (2) Jordanlee 277 11 (18) One_For_Sorrow 267 12 (10) Padamic Tension 266 13 (23) Bris29 265 14 (10) Rogue 262 15 (28) Dark Horse 258 16 (20) Quartonworks 248 17 (16) Roba 245 18 (31) Vibe 230 19 (29) Electroboy 228 20 (20) JosephBoone 227 21 (23) Xajnipi 225 22 (17) Marcinjaro 216 23 (26) Mango 211 24 (33) AH Gold 210 25 (12) DarrenJames 208 26 (13) …ready for it 207 27 (34) Jade 201 28 (32) Jason 193 29 (35) Gooddelta 192 30 (15) Chez Wombat 191 31 (30) Josh! 190 32 (22) Detonate 187 33 (39) Lee_His_Cheeks 179 34 (40) GreyAsh 171 34 (36) Gezza 171 36 (42) Jimwatts 157 37 (43) Jester 156 38 (25) Mack 152 38 (19) Riser 152 40 (38) Popchartfreak 148 41 (41) Rio309 146 42 (27) Dandy* 138 43 (37) Smint 133 43 (43) Scene 133 45 (45) Chartjack2 100 46 (48) Cow P 85 46 (49) King Rollo 85 48 (46) WhoOdyssey 78 49 (47) LewisGT 70 50 (51) DoBelieveTheHype 62 51 (50) Seven 58 52 (52) PeteFromLeeds 0 53 (53) Severin 0
August 27, 2024Aug 27 Author Acts left in Spiceboy 18(*) Lillanv273 17(*) Lukuzz 17(*) Leonardo 17(*) Stonedragon 16(*) Rogue 16(*) AaronTM 16(*) Padamic Tension 15(*) JulianT 14(*) Quartonworks 14(*) Jay 14(*) Jordanlee 13(*) …Ready for it 13(*) DarrenJames 13 Roba 13(*) Mango 13(*) Jade 13 (*) Gezza 13 One_For_Sorrow 13(*) Dark Horse 13 Electroboy 12(*) Xajnipi 12(*) Jra1989 12(*) Bris29 12(*) Gooddelta 11 marcinjaro 11 JosephBoone 11(*) GreyAsh 11 AH Gold 11(*) Scene 10 Vibe 10 (*) Jason 10(*) Riser 10(*) Detonate 10(*) Chez Wombat 10(*) Josh! 10 (*) Mack 9(*) Lee_his_cheeks 9(*) Jester 9 Dandy* 8 Smint 8 Popchartfreak 8(*) Rio309 8(*) Chartjack2 7(*) Jimwatts 7(*) WhoOdyssey 5 Cow P 5(*) King Rollo 5 Seven 4 LewisGT 4 DoBelieveTheHype 4(*) PeteFromLeeds 0 Severin 0
August 27, 2024Aug 27 Atomic Kitten being so high is pleasing, I feel like they're often overlooked nowadays compared to the likes of Girls Aloud and Sugababes, but all three of their albums are great and they have one hell of a singles discography. I find it hard to pick my favourite of theirs because the quality is consistently high! Did think 1D may be the first to depart, not a bad outcome for them but naturally they deserve better x
August 27, 2024Aug 27 Atomic Kittten would have got my 30 if I'd have voted, You Are is the perfect pop girl band song! Debut Album is consistently 10/10 songs. I prefer Jenny being in the group but there's no denying the quality and edge in the first album is perfection. Last Goodbye is also sensational Edited August 27, 2024Aug 27 by Rough_edges
August 27, 2024Aug 27 17 acts in the top 30 for me 😮 Manic I’ve always found a bit boring. 1D I do like a fair bit of their stuff but some of their earlier days stuff hasn’t aged amazingly
August 27, 2024Aug 27 Interesting to see One Direction as the first of the forums out, I definitely did not predict that! I'd agree personally as I feel out of all the groups they have the least stage presence as a group, although they have some great singers and some great songs. I prefer Harry as a solo act to them as a group, I'd go see him in concert but not One Direction.
August 27, 2024Aug 27 And that's me done (at least in terms of my votes). Might be a band or two I quite like left in it but I suspect few and far between now
August 27, 2024Aug 27 Author NO 30- PARAMORE ( 70)- 183 POINTS Voter: Josh!- 27pts, WhoOdyssey- 6pts, Jade- 11pts, Lukuzz- 8pts, …Ready For It- 25pts, Lillanv273- 6pts, Jay- 9pts, Quartonworks- 24pts, Detonate- 30pts, Rogue- 17pts, Riser- 20pts 7 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: IGNORANCE (#14, 2009) U58nzNEvcYo
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