December 6, 200718 yr I find it's based on hype a lot these days sadly. No, it was hype back then, not now! Hype the single high into the chart, then watch it fall out 3 or 4 weeks later. Now they stay around because people have time to latch onto them and buy them because they actually like them. No-one's buying Chasing cars or Umbrella or About you now after they've been on the chart so long because of hype - they're buying them because they like them. The old style hype doesn't work any more - just ask The Spice Girls. Their single is behaving like something from five years ago. In and out. Edited December 6, 200718 yr by 45cat
December 6, 200718 yr Just the same way as the public were like sheep & rushed out to buy into him when he was touted as the best thing since sliced bread. Works both ways. That happens in a lot of cases, but in JB's case the media and Journalists very quickly turned tail on him. James appears to be yet another one of the unlucky ones. The damage has been done to him now and its going to be difficult for him to turn it around. Very much a matter of whether the face fits I think.
December 6, 200718 yr Totally agree with that post, here are this years #1s. 1050 27 Jan Mika Grace Kelly 5 1051 03 Mar Kaiser Chiefs Ruby 1 1052 10 Mar Take That Shine 2 1053 24 Mar Sugababes Vs. Girls Aloud Walk This Way 1 1054 31 Mar The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin (I’m Gonna Be) 500 Miles 3 1055 21 Apr Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake Give It To Me 1 1056 28 Apr Beyoncé & Shakira Beautiful Liar 3 1057 19 May McFly Baby’s Coming Back / Transylvania 1 1058 26 May Rihanna featuring Jay-Z Umbrella 10 1059 04 Aug Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson & DOE The Way I Are 2 1060 18 Aug Robyn with Kleerup With Every Heartbeat 1 1061 25 Aug Kanye West Stronger 2 1062 08 Sep Sean Kingston Beautiful Girls 4 1063 06 Oct Sugababes About You Now 4 1064 03 Nov Leona Lewis Bleeding Love Total of 15 #1s and you have a 10 weeks from Rihanna, on top of that 5 from Mika and 4 from Sean Kingston and Sugababes, plus Leona 6 weeks plus, so you have quite a few acts staying longer at #1 this year, compared to recent years. This is how the 80s looked like practically. One good thing the last 3 months of the year will be British acts And like Gooddelta has already pointed out, of those, only McFly and the Sugababes/GA tracks had little impact, the rest all sold well (by 21st century standards), and have all stuck around the charts for a while. Perhaps if the British public were to get behind the British artists a little more, instead of building them up and then standing by and doing their best to knock them down again out of pure jealousy, this wouldn't happen. We need to start supporting our British artists instead of filling the pockets of all the US ones who all sound the same anyway. To be honest I don't think we do with that a lot anyway; Dido, Robbie, David Gray, Coldplay, Sugababes, Girls Aloud to name a few; they've all had continued success throughout the 2000s, and whilst from time to time they have the odd critic snarling at them, they're all still well received by the public. I would suggest the problem lies with Blunt rather than the public, maybe he lacks the likability factor, or maybe people who bought Back To Bedlam weren't that impressed with what they heard, or maybe 1973 didn't catch many people's imaginations. I find it's based on hype a lot these days sadly. It was like that 10 years ago though, it isn't really a new trend, and if you look at the No1 lists from the past few years, I'd say 2007 is a lot more credible.
December 6, 200718 yr You know I really have to disagree. Aside from the fact that Bleeding Love IS a great track, I think it's better now that songs are lasting a lot longer in the charts and proving themselves to be genuinely hugely popular and long-lasting (Chasing Cars, Rehab, Patience etc.). Five years ago, it would be a new number one every single week, and 99% of them would be forgettable and be gone within a few months. Not anymore. I would say making number one now means more than it used to. I completely agree with this.
December 6, 200718 yr It was like that 10 years ago though, it isn't really a new trend, and if you look at the No1 lists from the past few years, I'd say 2007 is a lot more credible. What really annoys me about it is that it's nigh on impossible for a new act to break through these days unless they have had previous success in the US, come from a reality TV show or are 'radio 1 friendly'. :(
December 6, 200718 yr That's a big climb for The Enemy :o Seems to be the annual first week of December clearout :heehee:
December 7, 200718 yr That's a big climb for The Enemy :o It's a rip-off of The Jam's "A Town Called Malice" - and if you're going to imitate anything, imitate an absolute classic. It's getting a lot of Radio 1 airplay. Edited December 7, 200718 yr by 6weeksatnumber7
December 7, 200718 yr 'A Town Called Malice' was the first thing that came to mind when I heard it too!
December 7, 200718 yr :o cant belive danni is not even in the top 40 i know people dont like the tune but i realy like it and though it would be top 10 this week. u watch louis is going to be so smug on saturday
December 7, 200718 yr Author Bloody hell. WHERE is Dannii?! Friday Update Top 40 Only not top 40, if it was I would have posted it
December 7, 200718 yr not top 40, if it was I would have posted it Thanks, Mikey, I'm perfectly well aware of that. If I was asking you the question I would've addressed you. As it was, it was quite clearly rhetorical.
December 7, 200718 yr Author Thanks, Mikey, I'm perfectly well aware of that. If I was asking you the question I would've addressed you. As it was, it was quite clearly rhetorical. oooh just found out where she was yesterday 3 places outside the top 40 :lol: sorry had to laugh
December 7, 200718 yr Author Mikey, would you please give me GA album chart position? Thank you mate ^_^ same 1 as yesterday 7 there is a clue above ;)
December 7, 200718 yr Well Dannii is on Loose Women in a moment, would be interesting if she mentions the single or not! Glad to see Girls Aloud have remained top 3 throughout the week. And loads of christmas songs in the chart! WOO HOO!!! And Cascada are probably gonna make What Hurts the Most a classic which it should have been years ago
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