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Post by #Infinity on Feb 19, 2018 17:50:43 GMT 10
Yup, I still can't believe that this song literally reached #1 on every chart it made, yet only peaked at #54 in the US. Frankly, I'm glad it wasn't ever overplayed here in the US because it's just a stupid, tastelessly annoying song. It's catchy, yeah, but not in a really likable way. It's just a polished, clean-knit dance song with nothing memorable except its foreignness. I actually far prefer "Macarena," another novelty fluke dance phenomenon from a Spanish duo.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 2, 2018 18:42:13 GMT 10
I just found out a few minutes ago, that "Bills" by LunchMoney Lewis is an example of this thread. Despite topping the charts in Australia, peaking at #2 in the UK, #6 in New Zealand and the Top-20 in several European countries, the 2015 hit peaked at just #79 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 3, 2018 22:32:34 GMT 10
I'm surprised that "I Like Me Better" hasn't at least charted within the Top-50 of the Billboard Hot 100. In parts of Europe and Oceania, this was one of the biggest hits of 2017. It peaked at #8 in Australia and #13 in New Zealand. Interestingly enough, "I Like Me Better" only managed to peak at #58 in the UK. I suppose that's not really a bad thing though, because the song is quite depressing. 
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Post by #Infinity on Mar 4, 2018 2:15:39 GMT 10
I'm surprised that "I Like Me Better" hasn't at least charted within the Top-50 of the Billboard Hot 100. In parts of Europe and Oceania, this was one of the biggest hits of 2017. It peaked at #8 in Australia and #13 in New Zealand. Interestingly enough, "I Like Me Better" only managed to peak at #58 in the UK. I suppose that's not really a bad thing though, because the song is quite depressing. It's not that terrible a song, to be honest, but there are far worse things for the US to have missed out on that year, like Clean Bandit's "Symphony", Dua Lipa's "Be the One", and Little Mix's "Power". Here's another big soccer hit, from 2009: I've mentioned this a few times in passing, but Pixie Lott has become one of my favourite pop singers from the past decade. She was clearly following the footsteps of Amy Winehouse and her '60s soul renaissance style, but her sound and image were a bit lighter and happier. Perhaps because of that, she wasn't quite able to tap as positively into the same crowd here who embraced Winehouse, since she was less of a counter to modern pop music and more somebody who straddled the fence. The song above was Pixie's debut single and international smash. It made it to #1 in her native UK, but also landed well within the top 40 of numerous other countries. It actually flopped in Australia, peaking merely at #55 (New Zealand saw it reach #19, however), but it didn't chart at all in the US or Canada, so that's not much to weep over.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 4, 2018 19:37:53 GMT 10
Here's another big soccer hit, from 2009: I've mentioned this a few times in passing, but Pixie Lott has become one of my favourite pop singers from the past decade. She was clearly following the footsteps of Amy Winehouse and her '60s soul renaissance style, but her sound and image were a bit lighter and happier. Perhaps because of that, she wasn't quite able to tap as positively into the same crowd here who embraced Winehouse, since she was less of a counter to modern pop music and more somebody who straddled the fence. The song above was Pixie's debut single and international smash. It made it to #1 in her native UK, but also landed well within the top 40 of numerous other countries. It actually flopped in Australia, peaking merely at #55 (New Zealand saw it reach #19, however), but it didn't chart at all in the US or Canada, so that's not much to weep over. From what I understand, Pixie Lott is a very well-known personality in the UK. Apart from her music career, she also has an established career in stage and television. Pixie actually appeared as a judge in the first season of The Voice Kids: UK last year, which is how I became aware of her. Prior to that, I had no idea who she was, because she's essentially unknown here in Australia.
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Post by #Infinity on Mar 10, 2018 18:50:52 GMT 10
For some reason, this was not a hit whatsoever in North America, even though it came from the US and was a solid hit in several territories. After "Conga" came out, Gloria Estefan would become one of the biggest hitmakers in the US for several years, so the domestic confinement of this particular song to scattered latin music clubs is puzzling, to say the least.
Yet another dance pop song from 1984 sung by an American that did excellently in Europe yet completely flopped at home. It did reach #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart ("Dr. Beat" only made it to #17, while Sabrina's "Boys" didn't chart at all, in part due to only getting a Maxi release for the US), but it only reached #85 on the Billboard Hot 100. In Australia, it only made it to #98. Not a good song to miss out on, I must say, at least in my opinion. Obviously, that hammed up singing can't be for everybody, but I'm just in love with the entire production, right down to its infectious 80s club beat, propulsive tune, and yes, the over-the-top singing. Frankly, this is one of my favourite dance songs of the decade and I always find myself really grooving to it whenever I play it.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 16, 2018 8:46:15 GMT 10
It's surprising that this song did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, given the fact that Fun Lovin' Criminals are an American band. Outside of North America, "Scooby Snacks" was quite successful. It peaked at #18 in New Zealand, #22 in the UK and #32 in Australia. Interestingly enough, Fun Lovin' Criminals continued to achieve Top-20 success in the UK in the years after the release of "Scooby Snacks".
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Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 16, 2018 10:02:11 GMT 10
Boney M's cover of "Sunny" was a worldwide hit back in 1976, reaching the Top-10 in several countries around the world. However, it was completely passed up by the United States, as it did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at all. Likewise, it wasn't too successful in Australia either, although it at least managed to peak at #36.
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Post by #Infinity on Mar 16, 2018 10:23:31 GMT 10
Boney M's cover of "Sunny" was a worldwide hit back in 1976, reaching the Top-10 in several countries around the world. However, it was completely passed up by the United States, as it did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at all. Likewise, it wasn't too successful in Australia either, although it at least managed to peak at #36. Yeah, Boney M. were among the very biggest hitmakers of the disco era worldwide, rivalling the Bee Gees and Earth, Wind & Fire in chart dominance, so their total failure on the Hot 100 is perplexing. I know they were German, but since ABBA was so popular in the US and plenty of German dance songs succeeded here in the ‘90s, it’s surprising how bad they had Robbie Williams syndrome. Their first big hit “Daddy Cool” flopped here, while they only had one minor top 40 hit with “Rivers of Babylon”.
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Post by aja675 on Mar 25, 2018 1:19:31 GMT 10
This was the #1 song of 2001 in the UK, and it topped the charts of numerous other countries that same year. Despite coming out before the Y2K era of manufactured bubblegum pop had ended, however, it's completely and utterly unknown in the United States. As an American, the only Atomic Kitten song I knew for awhile was "Right Now," since it was featured in Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix. I knew they were a popular British girl group, but I had never heard their signature song until I purchased Now 48. For reasons I honestly cannot explain, the United States has been completely and utterly resistant to UK girl groups ever since the demise of the Spice Girls, no matter how popular they were at home and elsewhere. There have still been plenty of American girl groups that have scored hits since then, like Cherish, Danity Kane, and Fifth Harmony, but to this day, not a single UK girl group has had a legitimate hit in the United States since the Spice Girls' "Goodbye" in 1999. The closest we've ever gotten is Mis-Teeq's "Scandalous" reaching #35 in 2004. There are some fans of Little Mix here, enough that their albums have sold decently, but not even the advent of social media has given them any serious success in the American top 40. The reason I find this all so peculiar is that back in the 80s and 90s, the United States did allow UK girl groups a decent level of success, just like the rest of the world. The Spice Girls in the late 90s are the most obvious example of this, but beyond that, Bananarama were extremely popular here during the 1980s, while groups such as Shakespears Sister, All Saints, Cleopatra, and Eternal all earned at least one or two solid hits during the 1990s. You would think the rise of imported British pop since the early 2010s, plus nostalgia for the Spice Girls, would signal a legitimate return of UK girl groups in the United States, but alas, they seem to remain the primary producers of soccer hits to this day. This upsets me because a pretty large chunk of my favourite pop songs this decade have come from UK girl groups. If One Direction can be such megastars in the United States, why couldn't the Saturdays or Little Mix? I suppose it's all because we need more room on our charts for crappy trap music...sigh. The clingiest lyrics ever.
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Post by aja675 on May 6, 2018 15:34:02 GMT 10
This was the #1 song of 2001 in the UK, and it topped the charts of numerous other countries that same year. Despite coming out before the Y2K era of manufactured bubblegum pop had ended, however, it's completely and utterly unknown in the United States. As an American, the only Atomic Kitten song I knew for awhile was "Right Now," since it was featured in Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix. I knew they were a popular British girl group, but I had never heard their signature song until I purchased Now 48. For reasons I honestly cannot explain, the United States has been completely and utterly resistant to UK girl groups ever since the demise of the Spice Girls, no matter how popular they were at home and elsewhere. There have still been plenty of American girl groups that have scored hits since then, like Cherish, Danity Kane, and Fifth Harmony, but to this day, not a single UK girl group has had a legitimate hit in the United States since the Spice Girls' "Goodbye" in 1999. The closest we've ever gotten is Mis-Teeq's "Scandalous" reaching #35 in 2004. There are some fans of Little Mix here, enough that their albums have sold decently, but not even the advent of social media has given them any serious success in the American top 40. The reason I find this all so peculiar is that back in the 80s and 90s, the United States did allow UK girl groups a decent level of success, just like the rest of the world. The Spice Girls in the late 90s are the most obvious example of this, but beyond that, Bananarama were extremely popular here during the 1980s, while groups such as Shakespears Sister, All Saints, Cleopatra, and Eternal all earned at least one or two solid hits during the 1990s. You would think the rise of imported British pop since the early 2010s, plus nostalgia for the Spice Girls, would signal a legitimate return of UK girl groups in the United States, but alas, they seem to remain the primary producers of soccer hits to this day. This upsets me because a pretty large chunk of my favourite pop songs this decade have come from UK girl groups. If One Direction can be such megastars in the United States, why couldn't the Saturdays or Little Mix? I suppose it's all because we need more room on our charts for crappy trap music...sigh. The clingiest lyrics ever. But that's exactly why I could relate.
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Post by SharksFan99 on May 6, 2018 18:28:04 GMT 10
This song was released as the second single off Fifty Shades Freed. Incredibly, it achieved it's greatest success in China, of all places, where it topped their Singles Chart. "Capital Letters" was also a moderately successful hit in most parts of Europe, Australia and the UK, however it has failed to chart at all in the United States and New Zealand. I'm pretty surprised by the song's poor performance in those two respective countries, especially considering how successful "Love Myself" and "Starving" were just a few years ago.
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Post by aja675 on Jun 3, 2018 21:20:26 GMT 10
This was the #1 song of 2001 in the UK, and it topped the charts of numerous other countries that same year. Despite coming out before the Y2K era of manufactured bubblegum pop had ended, however, it's completely and utterly unknown in the United States. As an American, the only Atomic Kitten song I knew for awhile was "Right Now," since it was featured in Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix. I knew they were a popular British girl group, but I had never heard their signature song until I purchased Now 48. For reasons I honestly cannot explain, the United States has been completely and utterly resistant to UK girl groups ever since the demise of the Spice Girls, no matter how popular they were at home and elsewhere. There have still been plenty of American girl groups that have scored hits since then, like Cherish, Danity Kane, and Fifth Harmony, but to this day, not a single UK girl group has had a legitimate hit in the United States since the Spice Girls' "Goodbye" in 1999. The closest we've ever gotten is Mis-Teeq's "Scandalous" reaching #35 in 2004. There are some fans of Little Mix here, enough that their albums have sold decently, but not even the advent of social media has given them any serious success in the American top 40. The reason I find this all so peculiar is that back in the 80s and 90s, the United States did allow UK girl groups a decent level of success, just like the rest of the world. The Spice Girls in the late 90s are the most obvious example of this, but beyond that, Bananarama were extremely popular here during the 1980s, while groups such as Shakespears Sister, All Saints, Cleopatra, and Eternal all earned at least one or two solid hits during the 1990s. You would think the rise of imported British pop since the early 2010s, plus nostalgia for the Spice Girls, would signal a legitimate return of UK girl groups in the United States, but alas, they seem to remain the primary producers of soccer hits to this day. This upsets me because a pretty large chunk of my favourite pop songs this decade have come from UK girl groups. If One Direction can be such megastars in the United States, why couldn't the Saturdays or Little Mix? I suppose it's all because we need more room on our charts for crappy trap music...sigh. The stream brought me here.
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Post by aja675 on Jun 3, 2018 22:30:23 GMT 10
Yes, "Whole Again" was the #3 song for 2001 here in NZ. I actually remember Atomic Kitten being big here in the early 2000s. My family had their album lol Didn't you catch me singing that on the livestream?
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Post by longaotian on Jun 3, 2018 23:27:03 GMT 10
Yes, "Whole Again" was the #3 song for 2001 here in NZ. I actually remember Atomic Kitten being big here in the early 2000s. My family had their album lol Didn't you catch me singing that on the livestream? idk like you were singing on a tour bus or something lol.......I didn't watch the livestream much, I have better ways to spend 3 hours at the moment...
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