Posted June 25, 200817 yr ok... apart from 'they were c**p'...lol Single Releaced Country Chart Sales "One Step Closer" 22 April 2002 UK #2 >250,000 "Automatic High" 22 July 2002 UK #2 160,000, "New Direction" 7 October 2002 UK#2 100,000, "Puppy Love" 9 December 2002 UK #5 60,000, "Fool No More" 30 June 2003 UK #4 74,000, "Sundown" 29 August 2003 UK #4 40,000, "Don't Tell Me You're Sorry" 22 December 2003 UK #11 7,000, from wiki thats one HUGE plummet in slaes, no one could survive that, hence the axe fell.
June 26, 200817 yr i always thought it was cause they added 5 new people and became I Dream *shudders*
June 26, 200817 yr Author tbh those sales figures surprise me.... a significant drop, and shifting 250k units they can be as c**p as they like! lol.
June 26, 200817 yr I find it hard to believe the sales for Sundown and DTMYS are correct, especially DTMYS, 7k for a single that peaked at 11 and spent 8 weeks on the chart? and Sundown had 2 weeks in the top 10 and 5 weeks in the top 40 matching FNM (which only had 1 week in the top 10). I think IDream was what did the final blow, i think if they re-worked their sound they could have had an awesome third album, but instead ruined it by adding 5 new people.
June 29, 200817 yr I'm not surprised about the sales, actually ... I never liked them. And I knew they were not having the success of the old days anymore.
July 1, 200817 yr That #11 single that supposedly sold 7,000 in total probably sold that in the first week, I'm certain 'Sundown' did more too. But it's not because of the singles why they were dropped, I suspect it's because their second album did so dismally.
July 3, 200817 yr Author That #11 single that supposedly sold 7,000 in total probably sold that in the first week, I'm certain 'Sundown' did more too. But it's not because of the singles why they were dropped, I suspect it's because their second album did so dismally. both are linked though... the singles are the advert for the album and they went down. put it this way.... if they were selling loads, they wouldnt have been dropped!
July 3, 200817 yr DTMYS actually charted in the first week of 2004 not the last week of 2003, when sales are very low, so they were probably very lucky to get to #11. I think the 7000 could be right.
July 3, 200817 yr tbf... At that time, sales of singles were declining anyway. And also most of their pop fans had grown up and their music just wasnt that appealing.
July 18, 200817 yr I thought it was because their second album did really badly? I didn't realise the singles were selling so few though either :heehee:
July 26, 200816 yr and yee, at the start of the year not many cds get released, so if you release at the end of a year, you'll more than likely chart in the next year...
August 22, 200816 yr i always thought it was cause they added 5 new people and became I Dream *shudders* I agree. Nasty. *Washes self*
August 29, 200816 yr They were $h!t anyway but their last two singles sold more than those totals. Ok not a whole lot more but still :heehee: Bless them.
August 29, 200816 yr Anyway I found on Haven in the year charts cos I was bored. One Step Closer 280,000 Automatic High 170,000 New Direction 113,000 Puppy Love 100,000 Fool No More 51,000 Sundown 62,000 And official from Music Week for the week it was released for 'Don't Tell Me You're Sorry' 10,705 Sophie Ellis Bextor [i Won't Change You] (9) 10,339 Atomic Kitten [Ladie's Night] (10) 10,312 S Club 8 (11) I knew Sundown sold more cos Fool No More fell really quickly :heehee: Oh Yeah Go ME. Edited August 29, 200816 yr by Grami
August 29, 200816 yr That makes more sense. It was pretty obvious they sold more than 7k of Dont Tell Me Your Sorry.
October 14, 200816 yr because Simon Fuller screwed them up and made them into I Dream. Don't fix what ain't broke -_-
