A lot of UK artists decide to ignore the biggest music market in the world (the US market) and try to concentrate on making it big in Europe and the rest of the world, but they don't try to work on making it big in the US.

A lot of UK artists achived that goal the past few years including Coldplay, Leona Lewis, Duffy, Amy Winehouse, Adele , Estelle, James Blunt and Radiohead to name but a few but a lot of other UK artists even abstained from releasing any single in the US, which led to the limitation of their worldwide appeal.

 

Name some singles by UK artists which, if released and promoted, could've been big in the US.

 

Here is a small list of mine.

 

The Boy Does Nothing - Alesha Dixon (it was a big hit everywhere else, so why not the US)

Breathe Slow - Alesha Dixon (very R&Bish ballad, the kind americans like)

Work - The Saturdays (sounds like a poppier Beyonce, should do)

The Promise - Girls Aloud (so OK it's very pop, but if Lady Gaga, Kristina Debarge and others could make it big Stateside, i don't see why Girls Aloud shouldn't especially with this huge international hit)

Ride It - Jay Sean ( i know he's been having some modest success with his latest tune 'Down' but it's 'Ride it' who could set the charts alight in the US)

Wait a minute - Estelle Ftr will.i.am (the B.E.P are very en-vogue at the mo, and this amazing tune produced by will.i.am is one of the highlights on Estelle's latest album 'Shine' so i could be her 2nd US hit)

About You Now, Girls ,Push The Button - The Sugababes (the babes never ever did promotion stateside even though they are very famous everywhere else, 'About you now' , 'Girls', 'Push the button' and others could've been huge hits in the US if well promoted, the current US charts are way more open to pop tunes)

Rule The world - Take That (this pop classic by Take That could've become the band comeback US single)

Number 1 - Tinchy Stryder (this funky tune is a mixture of hip hop, electro and R&B which could work very well in the States, it could even become a 'Number 1'!!!)

Lies - McFly (Busted and McFly made it big in the UK with their american-friendly sound similar to that of Panic At the Disco, All american Rejects, Green Day, Blink 182 and Fall Out Boy, but can they crack the american market? i think yes, if well promoted)

Edited July 11, 200915 yr by Big Mistake

About You Now could've been huge, I think, like you said.

Kate Nash - Foundations :kink:

Noisettes - Don't Upset The Rhythm (I thought it can appeal to the US public)

Sugababes - About You Now (I agree with this) & Girls (even though a weak lead single...)

 

I can't think of the others ATM.

Yeap, quite a lot of Girls Alouds & Sugababes matieral could have been quite big in the US (Call The Shots, The Promise, About You Now, Push The Button, Biology, Something Kinda Oooh). Hopefully The Saturdays will break the chain of not releasing in ths US.

A version of AYN was released in the US though and failed pretty hard - and it was about as US orientated as it could get. I don't see how the sugababes version could have done any better.

 

I think Tinchy Stryder has US potential stateside.

None of those girl group songs would ever make it in the US. Pop music hasn't been featured on US radio since maybe 1973. Duffy's album sold fairly well, but she didn't have any big hits: again she was too pop. Adele did better because she won the grammy for best new artist and she comes across as an acoustic singer-songwriter. I can't see Tinchy Stryder being popular at all; his arrangements are pop sounding and don't sound like American hip hop. Coldplay and Keane are popular because they fit in with lite-rock formats.

 

It bothers me greatly that most Americans have never heard such superb songs as About You Now, Rule The World, and Angels. These three songs are already standards (everywhere but the US) and rank up there with the best songs ever written. I'm sure there will more great British songs in the future that never make it to American shores.

they heard About You Now...some teen girl covered it and flopped hard.

None of those girl group songs would ever make it in the US. Pop music hasn't been featured on US radio since maybe 1973. Duffy's album sold fairly well, but she didn't have any big hits: again she was too pop. Adele did better because she won the grammy for best new artist and she comes across as an acoustic singer-songwriter. I can't see Tinchy Stryder being popular at all; his arrangements are pop sounding and don't sound like American hip hop. Coldplay and Keane are popular because they fit in with lite-rock formats.

 

It bothers me greatly that most Americans have never heard such superb songs as About You Now, Rule The World, and Angels. These three songs are already standards (everywhere but the US) and rank up there with the best songs ever written. I'm sure there will more great British songs in the future that never make it to American shores.

There's been plenty of pop music featured on US radio since 1973 - what were New Kids On the Block, for example? They were all over US radio in 1989 and 1990. The early to mid 80s were all pop - Wham, Culture Club, Duran Duran and many other UK acts who crossed over in that era were out and out pop. Since NKOTB in 1990 US radio has fractured into genres though - something that started in the mid 80s - but there has been a lot of pop hits since 1990. Ace Of Base were massive on the airwaves in the mid 90s and they were as pop as you can get.

 

Angels was a Hot 100 hit in 1999, reached #53, but the lack of a commercial single hindered its progress. Millennium also made the Hot 100, #72. I'm sure a Sugababes single has made the Hot 100, possibly About You Now but I'm not 100% certain. If it did it wasn't a very big hit, #95 or something.

 

Kate Nash - Foundations

Foundations was released in the US and made #1 on the Hot Singles Sales chart but sales are never normally that high on that chart so I don't think it sold enough to cross over to the Hot 100.

 

NONE of the Girls Aloud/Sugababes stuff would ever have been big in the US. The only thing I think would have come close would be "Overload" and possibly "Round Round", and I think they tried with both of those, didn't they?

I wouldn't say pop was quite dead there - Somebody mentioned Lady Gaga and they will even embrace the odd europop song (Just ask Gina G, Kylie or S Club) but the days when someone can go over to the US and carve a career out of pop are long gone.

I'm sure a Sugababes single has made the Hot 100, possibly About You Now but I'm not 100% certain. If it did it wasn't a very big hit, #95 or something.

 

Hole In The Head made #96 in June 2004.

Yeap, quite a lot of Girls Alouds & Sugababes matieral could have been quite big in the US (Call The Shots, The Promise, About You Now, Push The Button, Biology, Something Kinda Oooh). Hopefully The Saturdays will break the chain of not releasing in ths US.

I can't really see how, Aled.

Not even Europe has showed any particular understanding of Girls Aloud's complex blend of cheesy 90's euro power house and Bow Wow Wow post punk sensibility. however, it would be interesting to see Polydor promoting that formula (more of that later in this post)

 

I agree that Foundations could have been a sizeable hit in the US, because it came out on the back of the americans flirtation with Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse and Kate Nash just fit in with that kind of neurotic pop persona.

 

again, thinking back at the way Can't get you out of my head became a huge hit on its own strength I just wish record companies took more risk and just not limited themselves to feed the american market with a pre-packaged idea of what should appeal to big america.

 

kylie minogue may be a case, back in 2001 she sounded AND (in that particular promo) looked like an alien to the average US citizen and that didn't stop Fever becoming a huge seller.

now wouldn't it be such a thrill if In for the Kill replicated that feat :)

 

 

 

the AYN cover was terrible. the lyrics were changed the layout was changed. The video was rubbish the singer was rubbish. And considering it was like the forth single off that persons album an still the most successful of her singles. I think if the babes had released their version it would have done really well.

 

The problem was that i don't think they could have released anything else to appeal to america that was on Change so i think it would have been a case of just the one hit single.

I think, although their sound is very different to American hip-hop, a few British rappers COULD do ok in the US if they released there...

I think, although their sound is very different to American hip-hop, a few British rappers COULD do ok in the US if they released there...

Like Lady Sovereign. :heehee:

Hole In The Head made #96 in June 2004.

Cheers Paul. I knew one of the singles had charted very low, just wasn't 100% sure of which one. That charted in the era of low singles sales (and no downloads) but when airplay only singles could only chart on the Hot 100 when they had reached the top 75 of the Hot 100 Airplay Chart. The result was a number of singles charting very low on the Hot 100 on CD or vinyl sales simply by default because tracks with more chart points were ineligible for the Hot 100 as they had not yet made the airplay chart.

The Promise - Girls Aloud (so OK it's very pop, but if Lady Gaga, Kristina Debarge and others could make it big Stateside, i don't see why Girls Aloud shouldn't especially with this huge international hit)

 

Huge international hit? :huh: It only charted in the UK and Ireland.

Actually "About You Now" did chart in the US but was covered by some Tween Star from Nickelodeon and Angels was covered by Jessica Simpson/Dave Archuletta.

 

Pop music has never died out actually in the US , it just different than everywhere else in the world.

 

Britney/Miley Cyrus/Jonas Bros/Rihanna/Natasha Bedingfield are all examples of pop music that does well in the US. Of Course I would love some of the UK/Europop stuff to hit here as well. Its just is what it is

Actually "About You Now" did chart in the US but was covered by some Tween Star from Nickelodeon and Angels was covered by Jessica Simpson/Dave Archuletta.

 

Pop music has never died out actually in the US , it just different than everywhere else in the world.

 

Britney/Miley Cyrus/Jonas Bros/Rihanna/Natasha Bedingfield are all examples of pop music that does well in the US. Of Course I would love some of the UK/Europop stuff to hit here as well. Its just is what it is

 

That's what i said but it wasn't as good as the original by quite some margin imo.

That's what i said but it wasn't as good as the original by quite some margin imo.

Her Name was Amanda Cosgrove ...she made it to the top 50 . The original is better by far