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I voted for Fever - it's iconic, even the non-singles like Fragile and Love Affair had such a "diva" and iconic feel about them. Everything was perfect about the album, the videos, the promotion, the image.... everything!

Bring back Julie Martin (Robinson) from the dead though....coupled with the outrageous storylines and the awful acting... that one was GOLD!

We all did! In hindsight, for the show, I don't even think that's a good thing. Because H&A's ratings never suffered because a single character left. Neighbours on the other hand, even in the 90s (pre- Internet and streaming and all), it was never able to recapture its glory after the Charlene - Scott - Henry days. The producers tried and tried to bring in interesting characters (at least according to them) like Annalise and that English chic who shags Dr. Karl kennedy (forgot the name).... but it just never worked. I personally don't care for either H&A or Neighbours these days as the shows, and Aussie popular culture itself is becoming so American-wannabe that I feel I'm watching another American soap with Aussie accents.

Thanks to Feel_The_Fever for starting this thread! So much to write on both N and H&A..... IMHO, Between Charlene and Emma, Charlene was the winner. When Charlene joined N, without even knowing that K would one day become an icon, she just had that wow factor. From her entrance (the way she punches Scott), to her constant fights with madge, she was always challenging the norms for a teenage white girl in the 80s: she was probably the only cast member who consistently got great story lines. Everything about the character was unconventional both for Neighbours as well as 80s soap operas: her career (mechanic, which in the 80s for a teenage girl was a huge thing), the proposal (Scott proposes to her whilst she's still at work with oil smear on her face in her uniform!).... that it all just made it all the more iconic. Even her departure wasn't a picture perfect one (example - a typical exit those days with husband, etc.), but the strong headed Charlene recognises a biz opportunity in Brisbane and leaves her husband behind.... just everything from start to finish was always different / left field for her character (especially those days, and for a show as tame and safe as Neighbours never challenging social norms or makeup). I can't think of anyone else who had that much of scriptwriter's love with interesting storylines...probably Mark Brennan from the 2010-13'ish days?? I wonder what the point was in bringing Daniel and Madison for such short lived storylines. Their chemistry with Paul was awful! Emma on the other hand.... I couldn't tell her from the wallpaper on H&A as she was like the gazillion other rebellious kids on that show. She got a few meaty storylines...but so did most people on H&A (in a sense that - storylines amongst characters on H&A inc the shock ones seemed more egalitarian). If anything, I think Melissa George ended up being the more iconic character to come out of H&A (Although I personally don't like both Melissa and Angel). Another thing that stood in Emma's disadvantage was that H&A had a "me too" on Neighbours. N paved the way for a small time, Aussie soap to be a killer on UK (international) airwaves. H&A also proved to be equally successful, yes, but was always seen as version 2. In a lot of ways, Dannii and Emma have had similar parallels to Kylie and Charlene - the later 2 just "came in earlier" and hence not only saw more popularity but enjoyed more "iconic" and longer lasting status. Isn't it funny how even to this day, when K's name comes up, Neighbours/Charlene somehow finds a way of being mentioned. But for Dannii, I rarely see H&A being mentioned. If anything, her stint on X Factor UK and the playboy mag are talked about more (and she was really really good on X Factor, one of the more authentic genuine judges on the panel).

I really hope she finds the happiness as a solo star, she was always the least included one in the quartet. So happy for her.

Wasn’t this her last top ten UK hit? Those charity songs don’t count

Golden

Truth is - she did a great great front loaded job of promoting this album last yr so she probably doesn’t care now. Also, not like a K appearance on a top rated show will massively increase sales anyway. She’s probably thinking of the next project. One thing with K is that she’s very balanced in her appearances - she doesn’t overdo it to a point where people are fed up of her.

Does it have a chance for #1 before the month ends, though?

Bigger drop than I was hoping :(

I don't consider both triumphs as "trio" related. Both were recorded and released with Jesy in the band. it's not like her vocals were moved and a re-edit shot to #1.

The buzz will die down if they continue on as a trio. Jesy was the heartbeat of this band, so I just hope they don't end up being a Sugababes or another type girl band, after building up such a great identity with Jesy on board. I still miss Jesy! :(

The whole excitement for me when this dropped was that K could tag on to current airplay darling and get some mileage for this song. If Dua’s camp isn’t promoting it much, then I wonder why they even bothered “releasing” it (or releasing it now).

Kylie, why???!!

Can Confetti get to #1 next week? I just want them to get that #1 album so bad, they so deserve it after everything the poor girls have been through.

"Take me with you" alone made Hits+ absolutely worth! I love that album so much. What about one of K's more underrated "Difficult by design"? Back to DISCO, fingers crossed for a top 40 tomorrow. The rest of Jan will be interesting to watch.

Looks like even a Dua credit on the song isn’t enough to get a Kylie record on capitalFM or R1 😟

I can't remember the last time a K album had such a consistent run! Are we sure she'll be doing Aussie promo though?

Thank you. So Is it at 110K now?

This album has legs!! I suspect top 30 all of Jan!!

I hope it hits the top 20...but at this point, I'm not complaining. Once those Xmas albums leave, Disco will return to the top 20 in Jan, I reckon. This album feels like a proper "hit", almost like Fever. I just hope the next album doesn't do a BL :D :D

It’s got a lush lounge meets Girls Aloud feel to it.

I agree! I want her to do 80s electropop

I could not agree more! The only good thing about 2020!

That does sound low... I was hoping at least 8K if not 10! Eitherway, 6 weeks in the top 20...amazing!