Encore

Do we think they might get a slot to perform on Comic Relief? That's on the 15th, song is released the 17th. Roch and Ness went to Tanzania with Comic Relief a few months ago, and now they're doing that Comic Relief thing with Maltesers... they've done a lot with them so hopefully they could?! Comic Relief, Ant & Dec, Alan Carr and the morning shows (Daybreak/This Morning/Loose Women) etc would be good a TV promo schedule for them. Chuck in a Radio 1 Live Lounge performance too.

The EP is #80 on iTunes... hmm wonder why they're doing well there? Radio, TV airplay, Chasing The Sats? That's not bad at all considering the only time their EP's are that high are usually the first day the EP actually goes up for pre-order? Surprised it's that high tbh, usually they're down around the #200 mark in the few weeks before the release lol.

So, just under 3 weeks to release... over 6 mil views on YT (incl. Sean Paul version of video), B List at Radio 1, and on Capital and Kiss FM's playlists too. Hopefully things will go well, and radio play continues after the release for once too. Top 5 would be great.

Didn't Rochelle and Ness fly out to Africa(?) to do some work and filming for Comic Relief a few months ago?

Ben Howard's album sales are about to go through the roof.

Once The Saturdays are no more, I can see Una and Mollie moving into songwriting and the behind the scenes side of the industry. Kinda like Lucie Silvas.

Was in the car today and heard this on Capital... then again on Kiss in the space of 5-10 minutes. Hopefully a good sign? :)

They should bring the UK release of this forward... 3rd March would be a decent time.

Jeez, What About Us really is nosediving... I can't see it climbing back up that far now if it continues to drop at the rate it is. Oh dear. :( I dare say they're not going to succeed over there. I said from the start What About Us was the wrong song to debut with and wouldn't do much for them nor propel them to stardom Stateside. It's more worrying that they seem sure that the reality show was the only tool they needed to help them do it (and that's looking like its fallen flat on its face now too). Hopefully the second single could do something for them but by then Little Mix will - most likely - have taken over a la 1D. If they don't succeed over there and their UK situation doesn't improve after this album then I reckon they'll call it quits, especially with Rochelle just becoming a mum now too, and Ben not really getting to see Aoife/Una. Perhaps after a 'Greatest' Hits tour/album for the fans or something but how much longer can they keep going if they can't sell? I'd love them to keep going, success or no success, for the music but the label won't see it like that. And since their contract with Polydor was for 5 albums I think - and all things considered, I'd say this is the fifth album... would that contract be renewed if nothings changed sales wise? Where else can they go? Even Una said it was 'make or break' in regards to America and their career in an interview somewhere recently. Think it might have been that Sunday Mirror magazine where they dressed as cheerleaders or the Daily Mail one where they were in those sparkly dresses the other week - can't remember which one. :P

So Higher has now overtaken What About Us.... lol. Higher = #250 What About Us = #254

I know it's an older single but really, even before today with Higher doing well on iTunes, it screams a debut international pop single. It just sounds and feels right, much more than WAU does and ever will. It's just fun, catchy pop that appeals to everyone, whether they be old, young, a teen, male, female without alienating any of those audiences by being too sexed up etc lyrically.

They should have released Higher in the US around the time they released it in the UK and gone for it then. Of course this is all with hindsight and before the whole 'America loving the Brits' thing that's going on now so it would probably have been a harder task but even so. And what happened to those plans to release it in Germany too? Now there's going to be too much competition with Little Mix/Fifth Harmony both launching over there too this year etc and knowing The Sats luck it will probably be them out of the three who will miss out on any success and flop. Mercury are annoying now too, they never bother to really mention the girls but plug the hell out of Lawson all the damn time. They don't seem particularly invested or that bothered, especially considering everything promo wise that's taken place over there thus far has been down to E! and the reality show. Hmm, hopefully Mercury are saving it all for the next single. That aside, I want an acoustic EP from them this year. Just a little side project/gift to fans a la Bieber's new acoustic album.

What About Us isn't going to happen is it? If it can't get into the top 100 and is now falling constantly already I don't hold out much hope for it climbing back up. How ironic if Higher took off.

What About Us hasn't even had an adds date given yet by Mercury for radios apparently. If so, then what are they playing at? Little Mix's Wings has an adds date of the 19th Feb over there just for comparison (a month before they head over there! They aren't promoting in the US until March!)... nothing for The Sats yet. It's been sent to radio, but Mercury haven't sent an adds date for the track. Like they want them to fail.

A radio tour all over the US (not all, but 'major' states/cities and a few others here and there) is needed or they'll flop completely. Not just flitting between LA and New York for two days. A spot on Ellen would be handy if they could grab one.

Oh dear.... to be expected though. No American outside the (rather small) fanbase would be compelled to watch them when they know next to nothing about them. Bit of a shame, especially if this signals how the rest of their American plans are going to go lol. Hate to see them completely flop and come back here with the press and their 'Ha! Told you so!' style stories. Sure the Daily Mail commenters would love this to happen haha. :P I admire them for being so determined in giving it a go and thinking up the show etc but now they really need to do a hardcore US radio tour ASAP if they want the song/the group itself to take off or they're not going to happen at all, they can't rely on the show or some TV promo here and there evidently. They need to work at it and keep at it. Radio is the key for them now. Not just two or three interviews in LA or New York, but actually travel round other cities/states too, even if they have to do it without Rochelle. I hope they don't think they're above doing radio tours. Especially before there's another spanner in the works by Little Mix arriving on the scene in March and completely wipe them out. Songs can take months in the US to take off so hopefully that's the case here. :P At least they have Glozell's approval... silver lining and all that. :P

This is gonna stall at #102 and fall back down again isn't it? :P So annoyingly close!

Sounds pretty good! I thought that'd be the ballad though... hopefully there's at least one ballad on there.

The show really helped the track then!? From #200 to #127! Just hope it continues to go up towards the top 100 on iTunes rather than nosedive again. Hmm... maybe we could request the song at radio stations?

Yeah, but the storylines throughout the series that have been created mean nothing if nobody really bothers to tune in to the first episode... but like you say it's following the Kardashian show so hopefully the show gains those viewers too. I also worry that they are far too reliant on this show taking off and doing the work for them.

Quite nervous for the show. Excited all the same to watch it but nervous too. Hopefully it gets decent ratings... not expecting anything big since I doubt many Americans will flick through their TV guide tonight and go 'Ooh! Have to watch that!' when nobody really knows who they are but hopefully it's not disastrously bad that they move the show to a different slot.

So apparently some of/perhaps even their whole performance wasn't shown as it was replaced by Obama calling a press conference or something... these girls have the worst luck. Seriously. :nocheer:

USA #124 Canada #57

One last update from me for the night: USA #137 (up 2) Canada #73 (up 4) Not bad considering just this morning the song was around the #400 mark on both Canada and US main iTunes charts. :) Really hope they perform on The Today Show, could give them another boost (and then radio airplay/adds needs to get sorted).

#140 - USA #79 - Canada