Ellie Sioux 8 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 iTunes update 08. Gangnam Style (ê°â€¢Ã«â€š¨ 스Àì¼) - PSY That's right Gangnam Style... Keep falling... ... This pleases me.... :creepflop: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlond 14,299 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Can someone pls confirm this, is Rihanna bigger than Gaga in UK? What I only know is that they're both huge there. At the moment, Rihanna. She became really popular in the UK from GGGB and onwards, but it was when she released Loud that she became a real force on the charts. Loud is her most successful album here, selling over 1.8 million and she did a ton of arena dates in the UK with the Loud tour, almost all of them sold out and she's doing three stadium shows here with her new tour, with the possibility of more. Her singles after WFL pretty much flopped, though and while Diamonds went to #1, it only got one week at the top, which is pretty rare for a Rihanna single these days and what with all the new releases this week and the fact that she didn't have her usual X Factor promotion yestarday, this might be her first album since Rated R not to go to #1. As long as she releases dancey tunes, the UK will have her back, but if she gets too "weird" (Rated R), too sedate (almost all her ballads) or too urban (the later singles from TTT), she flops. Basically, if it's a tune you can dance too, Rihanna's pretty much got a UK #1 in the bag. But outwith that, she struggles immensly. I was rather concerned when she further diminished Gaga's acheivements last year with the release of TTT and I'm glad Gaga didn't have to compete with her this year. TTT, despite being released later, has almost sold as many copies as BTW, which is really annoying. Rihanna's releases always instil real fear into any other artist here, and that's why I'm glad that Gaga lays off the November releases to avoid direct competition. With every album, I keep hoping that this is the time when the public finally get bored of Rihanna, but unless she takes two years or more to release her next one, I don't see interest in her dying down anytime soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy8923 9 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 WOW. Lotus debuts at #28?! That's dreadful. Mind my asking, how strong of a force was X-Tina in the UK? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlond 14,299 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 WOW. Lotus debuts at #28?! That's dreadful. Mind my asking, how strong of a force was X-Tina in the UK? She never reached the level of Rihanna and Gaga, but she was very successful during her Stripped era. She was THE biggest popstar in the UK at that time. It's probably why she filmed her tour DVD here. Lady Marmaade went to #1 and it kicked off the UK's obsession with her and it led to Dirrty and Beautiful going to #1 and Fighter at #3. Can't Hold Us Down went to #6 and The Voice Within at #9. Her Stripped album went to #2, went 5x platinum and has sold 1.8 million to date (which just so happens to be the same amount that Rihanna's most successful album sold in the UK) and remains her most successful UK album. Her success continued when she released a cover of Car Wash, which went to #2. She released Back To Basics, which went to #1, though it's sold considerably less copies to date (522,000+) and the lead single, Ain't No Other Man went to #2. But then she released Hurt as the second single and that's when it all fell apart. It was her first single not to go top ten since the year 2000 and it was all downhill from there. The radio never played her songs, the public stopped talking about her and she's been flopping like hell ever since. I assume the big wait between albums is the main cause of it. If you want UK success, your albums have to be frequent. She barely did promotion here either, which is also a key factor to UK success. Her last #1 was Beautiful in 2002 and her last top ten was Ain't No Other Man in 2006. Even Madonna has had UK #1's later than that and she's 54. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy8923 9 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 She never reached the level of Rihanna and Gaga, but she was very successful during her Stripped era. She was THE biggest popstar in the UK at that time. It's probably why she filmed her tour DVD here. Lady Marmaade went to #1 and it kicked off the UK's obsession with her and it led to Dirrty and Beautiful going to #1 and Fighter at #3. Can't Hold Us Down went to #6 and The Voice Within at #9. Her Stripped album went to #2, went 5x platinum and has sold 1.8 million to date (which just so happens to be the same amount that Rihanna's most successful album sold in the UK) and remains her most successful UK album. Her success continued when she released a cover of Car Wash, which went to #2. She released Back To Basics, which went to #1, though it's sold considerably less copies to date (522,000+) and the lead single, Ain't No Other Man went to #2. But then she released Hurt as the second single and that's when it all fell apart. It was her first single not to go top ten since the year 2000 and it was all downhill from there. The radio never played her songs, the public stopped talking about her and she's been flopping like hell ever since. I assume the big wait between albums is the main cause of it. If you want UK success, your albums have to be frequent. She barely did promotion here either, which is also a key factor to UK success. Her last #1 was Beautiful in 2002 and her last top ten was Ain't No Other Man in 2006. Even Madonna has had UK #1's later than that and she's 54. Shame. Oh well, she really is not a dedicated artist. She rarely promotes now and assumes her name alone will bring in all the money and sales and that simply is not the case. Even the biggest of stars need promotion to score their sales. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangerous Man 9,245 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 At the moment, Rihanna. She became really popular in the UK from GGGB and onwards, but it was when she released Loud that she became a real force on the charts. Loud is her most successful album here, selling over 1.8 million and she did a ton of arena dates in the UK with the Loud tour, almost all of them sold out and she's doing three stadium shows here with her new tour, with the possibility of more. Her singles after WFL pretty much flopped, though and while Diamonds went to #1, it only got one week at the top, which is pretty rare for a Rihanna single these days and what with all the new releases this week and the fact that she didn't have her usual X Factor promotion yestarday, this might be her first album since Rated R not to go to #1. As long as she releases dancey tunes, the UK will have her back, but if she gets too "weird" (Rated R), too sedate (almost all her ballads) or too urban (the later singles from TTT), she flops. Basically, if it's a tune you can dance too, Rihanna's pretty much got a UK #1 in the bag. But outwith that, she struggles immensly. I was rather concerned when she further diminished Gaga's acheivements last year with the release of TTT and I'm glad Gaga didn't have to compete with her this year. TTT, despite being released later, has almost sold as many copies as BTW, which is really annoying. Rihanna's releases always instil real fear into any other artist here, and that's why I'm glad that Gaga lays off the November releases to avoid direct competition. With every album, I keep hoping that this is the time when the public finally get bored of Rihanna, but unless she takes two years or more to release her next one, I don't see interest in her dying down anytime soon. Oh... thanks for the response. I thought gagz is more superior than riri in UK. :sweat: "A little less conversation and a little more touch my body." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangerous Man 9,245 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 They both go up and down in popularity. Talk That Talk's era was about the same as Born This Way's. massive first hit, #1 album and then singles dwindled away with the exception of TEOG & WHYB hmmm..thanks. but...how about the number of records(songs+album copies) both artists sold? Who's more superior? "A little less conversation and a little more touch my body." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 13,083 Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 iTunes update 01. Troublemaker (feat. Flo Rida) - Olly Murs 02. Something New - Girls Aloud 03. Little Things - One Direction 04. The Power of Love - Gabrielle Aplin 05. Beneath Your Beautiful (feat. Emeli Sandé) - Labrinth 06. Girl On Fire - Alicia Keys 07. Locked Out of Heaven - Bruno Mars 08. Ho Hey - The Lumineers 09. Candy - Robbie Williams 10. Gangnam Style (ê°â€¢Ã«â€š¨ 스Àì¼) - PSY 11. DNA - Little Mix 12. Not Giving In (feat. John Newman & Alex Clare) - Rudimental 13. Diamonds - Rihanna 14. Don't You Worry Child (Radio Edit) [feat. John Martin] - Swedish House Mafia 15. Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya) [feat. Skepta, JME & Ms. D] - Wiley 16. A Thousand Years - Christina Perri 17. Skyfall - Adele 18. Latch (feat. Sam Smith) - Disclosure 19. Sweet Nothing (feat. Florence Welch) - Calvin Harris 20. One More Night - Maroon 5 21. Shine Ya Light - Rita Ora 22. Beauty and a Beat (feat. Nicki Minaj) - Justin Bieber 23. A Thousand Years, Pt. 2 (feat. Steve Kazee) - Christina Perri 24. Give Me Love - Ed Sheeran 25. Girl On Fire (feat. Nicki Minaj) [inferno Version] - Alicia Keys 26. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift 27. Tidal Wave (feat. Alpines) - Sub Focus 28. Love Is Easy - McFly 29. Hall of Fame (feat. will.i.am) - The Script 30. Back In Black - AC/DC 31. Do You Think of Me? (Radio Edit) - Misha B 32. I Found You - The Wanted 33. Try - P!nk 34. Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding 35. Rest of My Life (feat. Usher & David Guetta) - Ludacris 36. Gangnam Style - PSY 37. Right Now (feat. David Guetta) - Rihanna 38. Va Va Voom - Nicki Minaj 39. Little Things - One Direction 40. Diamonds - Rihanna Bubbling Under 51. Holdin' On (Skrillex & Nero Remix) - Monsta 77. Silver Lining (crazy 'bout you) [single Version] - Jessie J 80. Change Your Life - Little Mix 93. Drinking from the Bottle (feat. Tinie Tempah) - Calvin Harris 95. Six Degrees of Separation - The Script 99. Yeah Yeah - Willy Moon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 13,083 Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 Mids Singles 1. Olly Murs (60k+) 2. Girls Aloud (39k+) 3. One Direction (23k+) Albums 1. Rihanna (35k) 2. Led Zeppelin (28k) 3. Little Mix (22k sold) 4. One Direction (a couple of thousand behind) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miley 5,006 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I feel bad for Christina Aguilera... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 13,083 Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 BTW is 64k sales away from a million. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 13,083 Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 iTunes update 01. Troublemaker (feat. Flo Rida) - Olly Murs 02. Little Things - One Direction 03. Beneath Your Beautiful (feat. Emeli Sandé) - Labrinth 04. Something New - Girls Aloud 05. Girl On Fire - Alicia Keys 06. The Power of Love - Gabrielle Aplin 07. Locked Out of Heaven - Bruno Mars 08. Ho Hey - The Lumineers 09. Candy - Robbie Williams 10. Gangnam Style (ê°â€¢Ã«â€š¨ 스Àì¼) - PSY 11. Not Giving In (feat. John Newman & Alex Clare) - Rudimental 12. DNA - Little Mix 13. Diamonds - Rihanna 14. Don't You Worry Child (Radio Edit) [feat. John Martin] - Swedish House Mafia 15. Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya) [feat. Skepta, JME & Ms. D] - Wiley 16. A Thousand Years - Christina Perri 17. Latch (feat. Sam Smith) - Disclosure 18. Skyfall - Adele 19. Sweet Nothing (feat. Florence Welch) - Calvin Harris 20. One More Night - Maroon 5 21. Shine Ya Light - Rita Ora 22. Beauty and a Beat (feat. Nicki Minaj) - Justin Bieber 23. Back In Black - AC/DC 24. Gangnam Style - PSY 25. Give Me Love - Ed Sheeran 26. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift 27. A Thousand Years, Pt. 2 (feat. Steve Kazee) - Christina Perri 28. Tidal Wave (feat. Alpines) - Sub Focus 29. Right Now (feat. David Guetta) - Rihanna 30. Girl On Fire (feat. Nicki Minaj) [inferno Version] - Alicia Keys 31. Try - P!nk 32. Diamonds - Rihanna 33. Hall of Fame (feat. will.i.am) - The Script 34. Love Is Easy - McFly 35. Highway to Hell - AC/DC 36. DNA - Little Mix 37. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC 38. Do You Think of Me? (Radio Edit) - Misha B 39. Rest of My Life (feat. Usher & David Guetta) - Ludacris 40. Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding Bubbling Under 53. Holdin' On (Skrillex & Nero Remix) - Monsta 55. Silver Lining (crazy 'bout you) [single Version] - Jessie J 87. Six Degrees of Separation - The Script 90. I Knew You Were Trouble. - Taylor Swift 93. Change Your Life - Little Mix Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlond 14,299 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Jeez-o, Something New down to #4 just three days after release? The way it was going, it definitely had a chance at #1. This will probably mean that their second single won't fair much better, especially as all their biggest fans will already have it on the album. It's a crap song anyway, so I'm rather glad. Just a shame that their last #1 had to be the over-rated The Promise, which is by far one of their worst singles. Should've been Untouchable. And looks like I was wrong about Rihanna missing out on a #1 album. It must be going to #1 because the majority haven't listened to it online before buying it. The fans who love her dance pop songs are going to be pissed when they realise that there's only one song on the entire album that you can actually dance to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 13,083 Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Just a shame that their last #1 had to be the over-rated The Promise, which is by far one of their worst singles. Should've been Untouchable. ABSOLUTELY. I NEVER understood all of the love which The Promise got. Untouchable fared so much worse, but it's SO much better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soixont 614 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Can anyone tell me where I can find Daily Radio updates for the UK (like Kworb for the US)? A King With No Crown Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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