Lee_his_cheeks

Yup.. Though I’m dead curious what the current sales update is for both albums!

That’s interesting! Maybe it could’ve alienated the fans? I think in the UK it was spot on. On a global scale I see some missed opportunities if you ask me.

For me: • Release Love’s in another week to get them another #1. • Skip the US and promote the album more in Europe/Australia/Asia. • Release Summer of love in Europe/Australia and do some big promo. What would you change?

Album Steptacular 25 november 1999 Step one 8 february 2000 (US release, a mix of their first 2 studio albums) Singles Love’s got a hold on my heart 12 july 1999 After the love has gone 11 oktober 1999 Say you’ll be mine/Better the devil you know 13 december 1999 Deeper shade of blue 3 april 2000 When I said goodbye/Summer of love 3 july 2000

I hope pt. 2 gets to silver first!

I am surprised the album is still top 20 worldwide!

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Thanks for the update @DanielCarey ! Hopefully WTFH pt2 will be next with a silver certification.

I got the promo single for TAFTM.

Here and now

Great! I can imagine and enjoy @Paddington James

That’s actually a good idea @gooddelta, BBF/LUM (new mix). And release this after H/T died down.

That’s great, especially with It’s short chart run! I’m happy they got another gold certification with their new material.

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01 NZ 1-5-10-15-25-15-13-19-20-23-30-29-34-38-35 gold 7.500 01 US 1-2-7-9-12-10-8-11-13-19-19-20-22-28-29 655.000 (estimate) 01 Australia 1-4-8-10-14-6-4-10-10-13-26-19-35-46*** 01 Germany 1-4-6-7-8-7-5-14-15-23-31-27-32-39-48 01 Ireland 1-3-9-11-22-25-24-28-26-36-53-65-76-87-*** 01 UK 1-4-5-8-8-10-10-23-21-32-43-50-52-49-69 gold 128.256 (estimate) 01 Switzerland 1-1-5-11-5-12-6-17-10-15-18-43-32-47-58 01 Italy 1-6-15-11-18-19-20 gold 25.000 01 Finland 1-3-6-8-12-10-10-13-13-16-16-17-21-24-23 01 Spain 1-4-6-7-14-12-12-25-14-16-31-35-37-48-47 01 Canada gold 40.000 01 Belgium Wallonia 1-4-8-5-7-7-12-19-18-19-38-44-40-52-52 platinum 20.000* 01 Belgium Flanders 1-4-10-9-10-12-11-21-18-22-29-42-52-87-71 platinum 20.000* 01 Scotland 1-5-6-11-10-24-13-29-27-22-36-52-62-44-31- 01 Norway 1-2-2-2-3-3-4-6-6-8-9-10-13-15-16 01 Slovenia 1-4-6-7-8-7-8-8-8-9-9-11-13-13-15 01 Austria 1-2-6-7-8-7-4-12-9-16-22-28-32-43-64 01 Poland 1-5-6-7-3-4-3-6-5-11-14-15-28 platinum 20.000 01 Portugal 1-3-6-7-14-6-9-10-6-10-15-17-18-28 01 Czech Republic 1-5-5-7-5-5-8-9-8-9-13-15-15-21-21 01 Argentina 01 Hungary 02 the Netherlands 2-5-9-9-13-11-10-13-15-19-29-28-42-51-62 02 France 2-5-6-6-6-8-7-9-8-12-22-27-28-27 gold 54.547 02 Sweden 2-5-20-10-12-14-12-17-19-28-35-31-41-56*** 03 Lithuania 03 Denmark 3-15-36** 06 Iceland 12 Greece 14 Japan 52 Nigeria — Brasil platinum 40.000 01 Global chart 1-6-7-4-6-6-6-9-7-9-10-14-14-12-16 1.506.000

I totally agree with building up their momentum. Though it would’ve been nice for BBF to grab the #1 spot as well. Mm, not sure about a 6th single though. Maybe a double A with a new track?

Deeper for me!

The above post is updated. #12 on the global chart after 14 weeks and almost at 1.5 million copies sold!

I think a lot of things went great for them this era. Changes for me: -Delay the BBF for a month or 2/3. H/T was still riding high and it could’ve been a #1 in other weeks in the UK. -Not doing an US release. More promo in Europe/Australia and Asia, especially as Steptacular was released and less of a succes in those regions. -Maybe a re-release of the album in Europe around the time H/T was a hit in some countries over there (with some extra tracks/mixes). -Release BBF in Australia. Depending on their promo it could’ve been a nice top 20 hit.

Album Step one (11 September 1998) Singles 5,6,7,8 (10 November 1997) Last thing on my mind (20 April 1998) One for sorrow (24 August 1998) Heartbeat/Tragedy (9 November 1998) Better best forgotten (8 March 1999) ———————————————————— Are their things that you would’ve changed?

Just like the first time ❤️

100% and also balance in their dynamics!

Faye more leads in: OFS/DSOB Lee more in general, but also: Tragedy/DSOB/WISG I don’t enjoy H in DSOB tbh..

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Normally I’m not a fan of posting AI videos. In this case I find them interesting as they have different vocals then their original versions. It does make me wonder..did Claire got too much of the lead vocals? Please, this is not to start an attack on her but more like opening a nice discussion about it. Listening to these versions I would have loved some more Faye/Lee on the vocals ( and less H). Your thoughts?